Adjusting The Image Quality And Exposure; Record Mode - Olympus CAMEDIA C-740 Ultra Zoom Reference Manual

6 Adjusting the image quality and exposure

Record mode

You can select a record mode in which to take pictures or shoot movies.
Choose the best record mode for your purpose (printing, editing on a PC,
website editing, etc.). For details of the different record modes, resolutions
and number of pictures storable on the card, refer to the table on the next
page. The numbers in the table are approximate.
Record
mode
The highest quality mode. As the images are
saved as uncompressed data, this is the
best mode for printing or image-processing
on a PC. This mode has different resolutions
TIFF
to choose from, depending on your purpose.
Selecting
image without losing its borders - almost the
same image size as that used by photo labs.
A high quality mode using the JPEG format.
Because the compression rate is very low,
high quality can be maintained. Selecting
lets you print the entire image without
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SHQ
losing its borders - almost the same image
size as that used by photo labs. The
ENLARGE SIZE function is useful when
printing on large-format paper.
A high quality mode with medium
compression. Because the compression rate
is higher than SHQ, file sizes are smaller, so
HQ
more images can be saved to a card. Like
SHQ, resolution can be changed by using
or the ENLARGE SIZE function.
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The most compressed modes. For each
resolution, you can choose HIGH (to reduce
SQ1
noise) or NORMAL (to save more images).
SQ2
Select the best setting for your purpose
(printing, Internet pages, etc.).
Description
lets you print the entire
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Quality File size
Clearer Larger
Normal Smaller
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