Image Quality - Minolta DiMAGE S404 Instruction Manual

IMAGE QUALITY

This camera has four image quality settings: super fine, fine, standard, and economy. Always select
the desired setting before taking the picture. See navigating the auto-recording mode menu section
on page 38. In multi-function recording mode, image quality is controlled in the basic section of the
multi-function recording menu (p. 50).
Image quality controls the rate of compression, but has no effect on the number of pixels in the
image. The higher the image quality, the lower the rate of compression and the larger the file sizes. If
the economical use of the CompactFlash card is important, use the economy mode. Standard image
quality is sufficient for normal usage. The super-fine mode will produce the highest quality image and
the largest image files. Depending on image size, when capturing super-fine images, a delay of up to
fifty seconds can occur as the image is saved to the CompactFlash card; the monitors will be blank
and the access lamp will glow during that period.
File formats vary with the image quality setting. Super fine images are saved as a TIFF file. The fine,
standard, and economy settings are formatted as a JPEG file. Super fine, fine, standard, and
economy files can be recorded as colour or monochrome images (p. 60) in the multi-function
recording mode.
If the image quality is changed, the data panel will display the approximate number of images that
can be recorded at that setting on the installed CompactFlash card. One CompactFlash card can
contain images with differing qualities.
Data
LCD monitor
panel
S. FIN
FINE
STD
ECON
Super fine - the highest quality image.
Fine - high quality image.
Standard - the default setting.
Economy - the smallest file sizes.
File type
TIFF
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
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