Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

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Supported Image Types
ThefollowingisalistofimagetypessupportedbyZoomBrowserEX.
JPEG (.JPG)
Mostcamerasusethisimagetype.Itcompressesatveryhighratios,takingadvantage
ofthecharacteristicsofthehumaneye.However,becauseitisanirreversible
compressionmethod(partofthedataislostduringcompression),ifyouprocessand
saveanimagerepeatedlyusingthismethod,theimagemaybecomerougher.
RAW (.CRW/.CR2)
ThisisaproprietaryimagetypeprovidedbyCanon.Itsavestheoutputoftheimage
pixelsfromadigitalcamerawithoutanydeteriorationinthequalityoftheimage.
Somecamerasmightnotsupportthisimagetype.
Windows bitmap (.BMP)
ThisimagetypecomesstandardwithWindows.MostWindowsprogramssupportit.
TIFF (.TIF)
Thisisarelativelypopularimagetype.Itiswidelysupportedbynon-Windows
programs(suchasMacintosh).
PhotoCD (.PCD)
ThisistheimagetypeusedforPhotoCDs.
AVI (.AVI)
StandardWindowsmovietype.ThemovieiconappearsinZoomBrowserEX’sBrowser
Area.
MOV (.MOV)
Movietype.ThemovieiconappearsinZoomBrowserEX’sBrowserArea.