α Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Introduction of functions
- Before use
- Functions list
- Preparing the camera
- Shooting and viewing images
- Selecting a shooting mode
- Switching the recording information display
- Adjusting the focus
- Adjusting the brightness of the image
- Using the drive mode
- Advanced shooting
- Using the flash (sold separately)
- Flash modes available
- Flash Compensation
- Flash control
- FEL lock
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Setting the image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Setting image size
- Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
- Detecting faces
- Smile Shutter
- Zooming
- Reducing the noise in an image
- Setting the color space
- Movie recording setup
- Advanced playback
- Setup of the camera
- Viewing images on a computer
- Troubleshooting/Others
- Index
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Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
image can be opened and converted to a common format, such as JPEG or TIFF, and
its white balance, color saturation, contrast, etc., can be readjusted.
– The RAW format image cannot be printed using a DPOF (print) designated
printer.
– You cannot set [Auto HDR] or [Picture Effect] on RAW format images.
• RAW images shot with the camera have a resolution of 14 bits per 1 pixel. However,
this is limited to 12 bits in the following situations:
– Long Exposure NR
– BULB shooting
– Continuos shooting (including multiple shooting, such as continuous shooting in
Superior Auto mode)