Image Quality Settings: RAW File Type
Selects the file type for RAW images.
- MENU → (Shooting) → [Image Quality/Rec] → [Image Quality Settings] → [RAW File Type] → desired setting.
Menu item details
- Uncompressed:
- Records images in uncompressed RAW format. When [Uncompressed] is selected for [RAW File Type], the file size of the image will be larger than if it were recorded in lossless compressed RAW format or compressed RAW format.
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- Lossless Comp (L)/Lossless Comp (M)/Lossless Comp (S):
- Records images with a lossless compression method that causes no deterioration* in image quality and has a high compression rate. The file size is smaller than when [Uncompressed] is selected.
- You can select L/M/S as the image size. The number of pixels after development using a Sony application is the same as the L/M/S size for JPEG/HEIF images.
- The L size can be selected only when shooting in full frame. When shooting in the M or S size, the pixel number does not change for full-frame shooting or APS-C-size shooting.
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*The M size and S size reduce the image size, so the image resolution will be lower than that of the L size.
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- Compressed:
- Records images in compressed RAW format. The file size of the image will be approximately half of that with [Uncompressed].
Hint
- The [RAW File Type] icons are displayed as shown below.
- Uncompressed:
- Lossless compression L/M/S:
- Compressed:
- The aspect ratio for RAW images is always 3:2. JPEG/HEIF images are recorded with the aspect ratio set in [Aspect Ratio] when RAW images and JPEG/HEIF images are recorded at the same time.
Note
- You cannot record RAW images with different formats to Slot 1 and Slot 2. Even when [Recording Media] is set to [Sort Recording], each slot has the same setting for [RAW File Type].