Nikon COOLPIX 2500 manual Image Quality, MB memory card, Compression Ratio approx Description

IMAGE QUALITY

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To get an idea of how different settings for image quality and size affect the number of pictures that can be stored, view the table below, which shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on eight- and sixteen- megabyte memory cards at different combinations of image quality and size.

	8-MB memory card				16-MB memory card
	1600		1024	640	1600	1280	1024	640
		1280
FINE	8	12	18	43	16	24	37	86
NORMAL	15	23	34	71	31	47	69	144
BASIC	29	43	60	113	59	86	121	229

*Figures are approximate. File size of JPEG images depends on scene record- ed, producing wide variations in number of images that can be stored.

Image Quality

To reduce the amount of memory that each shot occupies, pictures are compressed as they are saved to the memory card. Compression selectively re- duces the quality of the image; the more the pic- ture is compressed, the more noticeable this loss

Taking Pictures

—Fine -Tuning Camera Settings

of quality is likely to be (the actual effect depends on the size of the picture when printed or dis-

SET

played and on the type of subject). The image-quality menu allows you to choose the amount of compression performed.

Option

FINE

NORMAL

BASIC

Compression

ratio (approx.)

1 : 4

1 : 8

1 : 16

Description

Fine image quality, suitable for enlarge- ments or high-quality prints.

Normal image quality, suited to most ap- plications.

Basic image quality, suitable for pictures that will be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages.

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