Quality - Kodak DC290 User Manual

Quality

You can set your camera to take pictures with a Good, Better, Best, and
Uncompressed Quality setting. The Quality setting indicates how much the
picture is compressed to save space on the memory card. The pictures are
captured in a JPEG file format, except for the Uncompressed Quality setting,
which captures the picture in an uncompressed TIFF file format. With the
uncompressed TIFF file format, the file size is very large, and takes up a large
amount of space on the memory card.
When taking pictures, you can switch freely among the four settings. However,
with the Uncompressed setting, Ultra Resolution is not available. The number of
pictures the camera is able to store varies accordingly. The Quality and
Resolution settings combine to dictate how many pictures you can store on your
memory card. For information on setting camera resolution, see "Picture Type
Settings" on page 25. The four Quality settings are:
Uncompressed (Uncmp)—which should be used when you want an
image with no compression, in a TIFF file format. Produces better
image quality for certain scenes when making large prints. Please
note that the image file size is very large, and can extend computer
downloading times.
Best—which should be used when image quality is very important.
Ideal for everyday picture-taking.
Better—which should be used for standard quality picture taking
and to store a large number of pictures.
Good—which should be used to store the greatest number of
pictures on the memory card and for images you plan to use online.
This setting has the most compression and provides the least
image quality.
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