Shooting Raw Images - Canon PowerShot S1OO Getting Started

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Shooting RAW Images

A RAW image is raw data recorded with nearly no deterioration in image
quality resulting from image processing inside the camera. You can use the
supplied software to adjust the image in any way you like with minimal loss in
image quality.
Records a JPEG image. When JPEG images are recorded, the images are
processed inside the camera for optimum image quality and compressed.
However, the compression process is irreversible, meaning that the raw data
cannot be recovered once it has been compressed. Moreover, the image
processing may result in a deterioration in quality.
Records a RAW image. A RAW image is raw data recorded with nearly no
deterioration in image quality resulting from image processing inside the camera.
This data cannot be used as is for viewing or printing on a computer. The supplied
software (Digital Photo Professional) must first be used to convert the image data
to a JPEG or TIFF file. When converting the image data, you can adjust the image
with minimal deterioration in image quality.
Recording pixels will be fixed to 4000 x 3000, and data size of a single image will
be approximately 17076 KB.
Two images, a RAW image and a JPEG image, will be recorded with each shot.
Since a JPEG image is also recorded, you can print the image or view it on a
computer without using the supplied software.
Be sure to use the supplied software when transferring both the RAW
images and the JPEG images that were recorded at the same time to a
computer (p. 34).
How do you erase images shot with
If you press the a button (p. 29) while viewing a
[Erase
], [Erase JPEG] or [Erase
The digital zoom (p. 50) and date stamp (p. 52) are not available when
shooting in
The file extension for JPEG images is ".JPG", and the extension for RAW
images is ".CR2".
Choose
After pressing the m button, press the
op buttons to choose
Choose an option.
Press the qr buttons or turn the 7 dial to
choose
+JPEG].
or
.
.
.
, then press the m button.
or
?
image, you can choose from
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