Minolta Dimage A1 - Manual (Page 82)

82 R ECORDING MENU
Image size and quality must be set before the picture is taken. Changes are displayed on the LCD
monitor and data panel. Image size and quality are set in section 1 of the recording menu (p. 80).
2560
2080
1600
640
2560 X 1920
2080 X 1560
1600 X 1200
640 X 480
Image quality controls the file type and rate of compression, but has no effect on the number of pix-
els in the image. TIFF and RAW are high-quality image files. The extra fine, fine, and standard set-
tings produce JPEG files at various rates of compression. The higher the image quality, the lower the
rate of compression and the larger the file sizes. If economical use of the memory card is important,
use the standard mode. The TIFF and RAW mode will produce the highest quality image and the
largest image files.
Only full-size inages can be taken with RAW image quality. RAW images require special processing
before they can be used, refer to the DiMAGE Viewer software manual. Some camera functions can-
not be used with the RAW image-quality setting. See page 84 for more information.
Extra fine - the highest quality JPEG file
A high-quality TIFF image.
Fine - the default setting. (JPEG)
Standard - the highest compression. (JPEG)
X.FIN
FINE
STD.
IMAGE SIZE AND IMAGE QUALITY
Minolta RAW - high-quality raw data.
Changing image size affects the number of pixels in each
image. The greater the image size, the larger the file size.
Choose image size based on the final use of the image -
smaller images will be more suitable for web sites whereas
larger sizes will produce higher quality prints.
RAW
TIFF