Setting the Image Capture Quality

In ProCamera, you can tailor Image Capture Quality to suit your preferences. This setting controls the amount of Image Fusion applied during photo capture. Choose a Capture Quality that fully leverages the camera’s computational photography capabilities for maximum detail and clarity, or opt for a more natural look. Please note that some Capture Quality options are available only in Manual (M/SI) mode or Automatic (A) mode.

Accessing Capture Quality settings:

1. Open ProCamera Settings.
2. Select Capture Quality under Photo Mode Options.

Set up Image Capture Quality for automatic A mode:

Adjust the amount of processing by selecting one of the following Capture Quality options:

• Highly Detailed - uses progressive multi-image capture and sophisticated image processing. It provides outstanding sharpness, improved dynamic range, and reduced noise for optimal clarity.
• Natural - uses standard multi-image capture and image processing. It creates more naturally enhanced photos. It still benefits from improved dynamic range and reduced noise, but the enhancements are less "aggressive" compared to the Highly Detailed option.

Set up Image Capture Quality for manual M and semi-automatic SI modes:

Next on the same settings page is a section dedicated to manual M and semi-automatic SI mode. M/SI supports Standard and Deep Fusion, but not Multi-Lens Fusion, as only a single camera lens is used at a time. In addition to the Highly Detailed and Natural Capture Quality levels, M/SI mode also offers two unprocessed options.

• Highly Detailed and Natural are the same as for A mode. Required for Smart HDR.
• Unprocessed - applies optical image stabilization, but no image fusion.
• Unprocessed (no OIS) - applies no optical image stabilization and no image fusion. This makes it ideal for capturing motion blur and intentional camera movement (ICM).

Shooting unprocessed photos with the exact exposure settings

If you want to capture photos with the exact exposure settings (exposure time and ISO) you have selected, choose Unprocessed or Unprocessed (no OIS). These options disable multi-image fusion and only capture one exposure with the one active lens (single sensor read-out). Unlike these unprocessed options, both Highly Detailed and Natural options capture and merge multiple images to create an optimized photo with a higher dynamic range. In this multi-image process, the concept of a "single exposure time" becomes somewhat obsolete as several photos with varying exposure times and ISO values are merged.

Selecting Unprocessed or Unprocessed (no OIS) deactivates Smart HDR and disables image fusion. Turning off Smart HDR ("HDR" button) on the capture screen automatically enables the most recently selected unprocessed Capture Quality.

Image Fusion while shooting in the Bayer RAW format

When you are shooting in standard Bayer RAW format, which is defined as "unprocessed sensor data", no image fusion is applied, even if "Highly Detailed" or "Natural" is selected. Settings relating to image fusion are bypassed when using the Bayer RAW format. The only option applicable for Bayer RAW is Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). To deactivate OIS, select the Unprocessed (no OIS) option.

This limitation does not apply to the ProRAW format, which supports multi-image fusion and all levels of Capture Quality.