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Technical Notes—Appendix
Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be
stored on a 1 GB SanDisk SDCFX (Extreme III) series card at diff erent image quality
and size settings.
Image quality Image size File size (MB)
1
No. of images
1
Buff er capacity
1, 2
NEF+JPEG Fine
3, 4, 5
L
6
20.7 44 19
M
6
18.6 49 19
S
6
17.1 55 19
NEF+JPEG Normal
3, 4, 5
L
6
18.3 50 19
M
6
17.2 54 19
S
6
16.5 57 19
NEF+JPEG Basic
3, 4, 5
L
6
17.1 55 19
M
6
16.5 57 19
S
6
16.2 58 19
NEF (RAW) — 15.8 60 22
JPEG Fine
5, 7
L 4.8 167 37
M 2.7 294 56
S 1.2 650 74
JPEG Normal
5, 7
L 2.4 332 54
M 1.4 578 74
S 0.63 1200 76
JPEG Basic
5, 7
L 1.2 650 57
M 0.7 1100 75
S 0.33 2200 76
1 All fi gures are approximate. File size varies with scene recorded and make of memory
card.
2 Maximum number of frames that can be stored in memory buff er at ISO 100. Capacity of
memory buff er will drop if noise reduction is on.
3 Total for NEF and JPEG images.
4 Figures assume RAW Compression is set to NEF (RAW). Selecting Comp. NEF (RAW)
decreases fi le size of NEF (RAW) images by approximately forty to fi fty percent; although
camera displays do not change, number of images that can be recorded increases.
5 Figures assume JPEG Compression is set to Size Priority. Selecting Optimal Quality
increases fi le size of JPEG images by up to eighty percent; number of images and buff er
capacity drop accordingly.
6 Applies to JPEG images only. Size of NEF (RAW) images can not be changed.
7 Regardless of option chosen for JPEG Compression, camera never shows more than 25
frames remaining in buff er, even when more shots can be stored.