- EPSON Color Digital Camera User's Guide PhotoPC 3100Z

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4. Press the Back button.
Taking photos in the TIFF file format
In addition to the four basic image quality settings,
your PhotoPC 3100Z allows you to take
uncompressed images in the TIFF file format. These
images are captured at 2048 × 1536 and offer the
highest image quality, but have a much larger file size
and take longer to process. The included 16 MB
CompactFlash Card stores approximately one TIFF
photo.
To take TIFF photos, follow these steps.
Note:
❏ To take a TIFF photo, you must use a CompactFlash
Card that has at least 9.1 MB of memory available.
❏ The continuous shooting feature is disabled when
taking TIFF photos.
1. Remove the lens cap, turn on the camera, and set
the dial switch to .
2. Press the Shot SETUP button.
3. Press the Image button to select TIFF.
Note:
Selecting JPEG allows you to take photos using the
HyPict image quality setting, instead of the TIFF file
format.
4. Turn the camera’s dial switch to or , then
press the image quality button on the top of the
camera until appears on the display panel.
5. Press the shutter button to take a TIFF photo.
Note:
After you take a TIFF photo, the camera takes
approximately 22 seconds to process the image.
Setting the flash
The flash has the following effective ranges,
depending upon the optical zoom ratio and whether
or not the macro setting is used.
The effective flash range varies depending on the
sensitivity setting (see page A-3 for details).
Wide (minimum zoom): 50-420 centimeters
Tele (maximum zoom): 50-340 centimeters
Macro: 20-50 centimeters