Shift Command 4- screenshot

I'm running 10.3.9, and the shift-command-4 shortcut allows to capture part of the screen as an PDF image file. I've found that 10.4 and higher saves such a screengrab as a PNG file, rather than PDF. Is there a way to set preferences, or otherwise set this function to default to PDF files?

This is for Tiger but may work in Panther (and I hope the horrible link works):
[http://books.google.com/books?id=Vf4U4UkDANsC&pg=PT146&lpg=PT146&dq=command%2B+shift+%2B+4format&source=bl&ots=s5Iidxequ2&sig=Ot6Uja3nmgGbpLxXdI94oIkUIUw&hl=en&ei=njixSrf bFIWk4QbguJj8Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=command%20%2B %20shift%20%2B%204%20format&f=false]
The document mentions Tinkertool as allowing you to change your defaults.

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