Sony ILCE-7SM3 Help Guide - Page 209

Help Guide Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-7SM3 α7SIII File Format (still image) Sets the file format for still images. 1 MENU → (Shooting) → [Image Quality] → [ File Format] → desired setting. Menu item details RAW: Digital processing is not performed on this file format. Select this format to process images on a computer for professional purposes. RAW & JPEG/RAW & HEIF: A RAW image and a JPEG or HEIF image are created at the same time. This is suitable when you need two image files, a JPEG or HEIF for viewing, and a RAW for editing. JPEG/HEIF: The image is recorded in the JPEG or HEIF format. About RAW images To open a RAW image file recorded with this camera, the software Imaging Edge Desktop is needed. With Imaging Edge Desktop, you can open a RAW image file, then convert it into a popular image format such as JPEG or TIFF, or readjust the white balance, saturation or contrast of the image. RAW images recorded with this camera have a resolution of 14 bits per pixel. You can set whether RAW images are compressed or uncompressed using [RAW File Type]. Note If you do not intend to edit the images on your computer, we recommend that you record in JPEG or HEIF format. An environment supporting the HEIF format is required to play back HEIF images. Related Topic JPEG/HEIF Switch JPEG Quality/HEIF Quality JPEG Image Size/HEIF Image Size RAW File Type Introduction to computer software (Imaging Edge Desktop) 5-021-326-11(2) Copyright 2020 Sony Corporation 209