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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 1 GB card at different image quality and size settings.
Image quality
Image
size
Hi-speed crop: Off Hi-speed crop: On
File
size 1
No. of
images 1
Buffer
capacity 2
File
size 1
No. of
images 1
Buffer
capacity 2
NEF + JPEG
Fine 3, 4, 5
L 6 26.6 MB 36 16 14.9 MB 64 28
M 6 24.0 MB 41 16 13.4 MB 72 28
S 6 22.2 MB 45 16 12.4 MB 79 28
NEF + JPEG
Normal 3, 4, 5
L 6 23.7 MB 41 16 13.2 MB 73 28
M 6 22.4 MB 44 16 12.5 MB 78 28
S 6 21.5 MB 47 16 12.0 MB 82 28
NEF + JPEG
Basic 3, 4, 5
L 6 22.2 MB 45 16 12.4 MB 79 28
M 6 21.6 MB 47 16 12.1 MB 82 28
S 6 21.1 MB 48 16 11.8 MB 84 28
NEF (Raw) 4 —20.7 MB 49 17 11.6MB 86 29
TIFF (RGB)
L36.5 MB 26 16 20.5 MB 46 28
M21.2 MB 46 16 11.9 MB 83 28
S10.3 MB 104 16 5.8MB 183 28
JPEG Fine 5
L5.9 MB 138 22 3.3 MB 244 35
M3.3 MB 244 22 1.9 MB 433 35
S1.5 MB 538 22 0.84 MB 919 35
JPEG Normal 5
L2.9 MB 274 22 1.7 MB 473 35
M1.7 MB 473 22 0.95 MB 822 35
S0.76 MB 1000 22 0.44 MB 1700 35
JPEG Basic 5
L1.5 MB 538 22 0.85 MB 919 35
M0.85 MB 919 22 0.49 MB 1500 35
S0.39 MB 1900 22 0.23 MB 3100 35
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. Drops when Long
Exp. NR is on, when sensitivity is set to HI-1 or HI-2, or when High ISO NR is on and
Custom Setting b1 (ISO auto) is on or sensitivity is ISO 400 or higher.
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 Size priority. Selecting Optimal qual-
ity 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.