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CUSTOM SETTINGS AND OTHER MENUS—CUSTOM SETTINGS
Custom Settings (continued)
Custom Setting 28: NEF(RAW) Image Save
This item determines whether the RAW image format is avail-
able at an image quality setting of High, and whether RAW-
format images will be compressed. Note that Nikon View or
Nikon Capture 3 is required when viewing RAW images on a
computer.
OK
NEF
(
RAW
)
Image Save
OFF
Uncompressed
Compressed
F28
CSM MENU
DescriptionNo.Option
RAW images are saved without compression.
Uncompressed
(default)
For more information on:
pg. 56 Image quality
pg. 150 Nikon View
pg. 152 Nikon Capture 3
pg. 140 The Folder Designate menu
pg. 117 The File No. Seq. menu
RAW images are compressed using a “lossless” al-
gorithm that reduces file size from around fifty to
sixty percent without affecting image quality.
Compressed
High-quality images can only be saved in TIFF for-
mat.
OFF