Nikon D2Xs 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 1 GB card at different image quality and size settings.

		Hi-speed crop: Off			Hi-speed crop: On
	Image	File	No. of	Buffer	File	No. of	Buffer
Image quality	size	size 1	images 1	capacity 2	size 1	images 1	capacity 2
NEF + JPEG	L 6	25.1 MB	36	16	14.2 MB	64	28
	M 6	22.6 MB	41	16	12.8 MB	72	28
Fine 3, 4, 5
	S 6	20.7 MB	45	16	11.8 MB	79	28
NEF + JPEG	L 6	22.2 MB	41	16	12.6 MB	73	28
	M 6	20.9 MB	44	16	11.9 MB	78	28
Normal 3, 4, 5
	S 6	20.0 MB	47	16	11.4 MB	82	28
NEF + JPEG	L 6	20.7 MB	45	16	11.8 MB	79	28
	M 6	20.1 MB	47	16	11.4 MB	82	28
Basic 3, 4, 5
	S 6	19.6 MB	48	16	11.2 MB	84	28
NEF (RAW) 4	—	19.2 MB	49	17	10.9MB	86	29
	L	36.5 MB	26	16	20.5 MB	46	28
TIFF (RGB)	M	21.2 MB	46	16	11.9 MB	83	28
	S	10.3 MB	104	16	5.8MB	183	28
	L	5.9 MB	138	22	3.3 MB	244	38
JPEG Fine 5	M	3.3 MB	244	22	1.9 MB	433	38
	S	1.5 MB	538	22	0.84 MB	919	38
	L	2.9 MB	274	22	1.7 MB	473	38
JPEG Normal 5	M	1.7 MB	473	22	0.95 MB	822	38
	S	0.76 MB	1000	22	0.44 MB	1700	38
	L	1.5 MB	538	22	0.85 MB	919	38
JPEG Basic 5	M	0.85 MB	919	22	0.49 MB	1500	38
	S	0.39 MB	1900	22	0.23 MB	3100	38

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. Drops when Long Exp. NR is on, when ISO sensitivity is set to HI-0.3or higher, or when High ISO NR is on and Custom Setting b1 (ISO auto) is on or ISO sensitivity is ISO 400 or higher.

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 per- cent; although number of exposures remaining does not change, number of images that can be recorded increases.

5 Figures assume JPEG compression is set to Size priority. Selecting Optimal qual- ity 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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