Nikon D2Hs manual Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size

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

1 All figures are approximate. Size of JPEG files varies with scene recorded.

2 Maximum number of frames that can be stored in memory buffer. Turning Long Exp. NR on halves buffer capacity.

3 Total for NEF and JPEG images.

4 Figures assume Raw compression is set to NEF (Raw). Selecting Comp. NEF (Raw) decreases file size of NEF (RAW) images by approximately forty to fifty percent; although number of exposures remaining does not change, number of images that can be recorded increases.

5 Figures assume JPEG compression is set to Fixed size. Selecting Optimal quality increases file size of JPEG images by up to eighty percent; number of images and buffer capacity drop accordingly.

6 Applies to JPEG images only. File size of NEF (RAW) images can not be changed.

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