The Shooting Menu (A, B, C or DMode)

Image Quality

Enter shooting mode M dbutton MA, B, C, D or i tab (A9) M Image quality

Set the image quality (compression ratio) used when saving images.

Lower compression ratios result in higher quality images, but the number of images that can be saved is reduced.

 

Option

Description

a Fine

Finer image quality than Normal.

Compression ratio of about 1:4

 

 

b Normal

Normal image quality, suitable for most applications.

 

(default setting)

Compression ratio of about 1:8

d

RAW (NRW) +

Two images are saved at the same time: one RAW

 

Fine

(NRW) image and one fine-quality JPEG image.

e

RAW (NRW) +

Two images are saved at the same time: one RAW

 

Normal

(NRW) image and one normal-quality JPEG image.

 

 

Raw data from the image sensor are saved. Create

 

 

JPEG image files after shooting using RAW (NRW)

F RAW (NRW)

processing (E12) in the playback menu.

When RAW (NRW) is selected, Image size is reset

 

 

 

 

to F4000×3000.

 

 

File format: RAW (NRW), Nikon's own format

C RAW (NRW) Images of This Camera

To print or edit RAW (NRW) images, use JPEG images created from the RAW (NRW) images using RAW (NRW) processing (E12). RAW (NRW) images cannot be printed or edited.

ViewNX 2 (A99) needs to be installed on the computer to be able to view RAW (NRW) images on the computer.

Section Reference

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