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Taking Photographs—Image Quality and Size
Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on
a 512 MB card at different image quality and size settings.
Image quality Image size File size (MB)
1
No. of images
1
Buffer capacity
2
NEF + JPEG Fine
3, 4, 5
L
6
8.90 53 40
M
6
8.00 60 40
NEF + JPEG Normal
3, 4, 5
L
6
7.90 61 40
M
6
7.50 65 40
NEF + JPEG Basic
3, 4, 5
L
6
7.40 66 40
M
6
7.20 69 40
NEF (Raw)
4
— 6.90 72 40
TIFF (RGB)
L 12.00 39 40
M 7.00 69 40
JPEG Fine
5
L 1.90 205 50
M 1.10 354 50
JPEG Normal
5
L 0.99 390 50
M 0.57 650 50
JPEG Basic
5
L 0.51 709 50
M 0.30 1300 50
1All fi gures are approximate. Size of JPEG fi les varies with scene recorded.
2Maximum number of frames that can be stored in memory buffer. Turning Long
Exp. NR on halves buffer capacity.
3Total for NEF and JPEG images.
4Figures 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 number of exposures remaining does not change, number of images that
can be recorded increases.
5Figures assume JPEG compression is set to Fixed size. Selecting Optimal quality
increases fi le size of JPEG images by up to eighty percent; number of images and
buffer capacity drop accordingly.
6Applies to JPEG images only. File size of NEF (RAW) images can not be changed.