Nikon D50 manual Appendix, 126, Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size

Technical Notes—Appendix

Appendix

Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size

The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on a 256 MB card at different image quality and size settings.

				Buffer capacity2
Image	Image	File size	No. of	Long Exp. NR	Long Exp. NR
quality	size	(MB)1	images1	Off	On
NEF (Raw)	—	5.0	33	4	3
	L	2.9	70	9	7
JPEG Fine	M	1.6	123	10	8
	S	0.8	258	19	17
	L	1.5	137	12	10
JPEG Normal	M	0.8	233	16	14
	S	0.4	464	27	25
	L	0.8	258	19	17
JPEG Basic	M	0.4	423	27	25
	S	0.2	770	49	47
NEF+JPEG Basic	—/L	5.83	29	4	3

1 All figures are approximate. File size varies with scene recorded and make of memory card.

2 Maximum number of frames that can be stored in memory buffer. Actual number of photos that can be taken before buffer fills may vary with make of memory card.

3 Total file size of NEF (RAW) and JPEG images.

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