Nikon COOLPIX B700 Reference Manual - Page 134

The Shooting Menu (The Common Shooting Options) Image Quality Enter shooting mode* M d button M shooting mode menu icon M Image quality M k button * The image quality can be set in any shooting mode. The setting is also applied to other shooting modes (except shooting mode M and Easy panorama scene mode). Set the image quality (compression ratio) used when saving images. Lower compression ratios result in higher quality images, but the number of images that can be saved is reduced. a Option Fine Description Finer image quality than Normal. Compression ratio of about 1:4 b Normal Normal image quality, suitable for most applications. (default setting) Compression ratio of about 1:8 l RAW Raw data from the image sensor are saved without additional processing. You can use a computer to change settings that were set during shooting such as white balance and contrast. • Image size is fixed at q 5184×3888 File format: RAW (NRW), Nikon's own format j RAW + Fine Two images are recorded, one RAW image and one finequality JPEG image. k RAW + Normal Two images are recorded, one RAW image and one normalquality JPEG image. B Notes About Image Quality • RAW images cannot be captured in the following shooting modes: - Scene modes - Night landscape mode - Night landscape portrait mode - Landscape mode - Creative mode If you change the shooting mode to any of the above shooting modes when a RAW image quality has been selected, the image quality will change to Fine or Normal. • This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (A75). 118 Using the Menu The Shooting Menu (The Common Shooting Options)