Nikon D5100 Memory Card Capacity

Memory Card Capacity

The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on an 8 GB Toshiba R95 W80MB/s UHS-I SDHC card at different image quality and size settings.

Image quality	Image size	File size 1	No. of images 1	Buffer capacity 2
	Large	23.9 MB	244	10
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG fine 3	Medium	20.8 MB	279
	Small	18.4 MB	311	11
	Large	20.4 MB	285	10
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG normal 3	Medium	18.6 MB	307
	Small	17.4 MB	325	12
	Large	18.3 MB	311	10
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG basic 3	Medium	17.5 MB	324
	Small	16.9 MB	333	12
NEF (RAW)	—	16.4 MB	343	16
	Large	7.1 MB	844
JPEG fine	Medium	4.4 MB	1400
	Small	2.0 MB	3300
	Large	3.9 MB	1600
JPEG normal	Medium	2.2 MB	2900	100
	Small	1.0 MB	6200
	Large	1.8 MB	3300
JPEG basic	Medium	1.1 MB	5700
	Small	0.5 MB	11400

1 All figures are approximate. File size varies with scene recorded.

2Maximum number of exposures that can be stored in memory buffer at ISO 100. Drops if long exposure noise reduction (0 154) or auto distortion control (0 153) is on.

3Image size applies to JPEG images only. Size of NEF (RAW) images can not be changed. File size is the total for NEF (RAW) and JPEG images.

AFile Names

Photographs are stored as image files with names of the form “DSC_nnnn.xxx,” where nnnn is a four-digit number between 0001 and 9999 assigned automatically in ascending order by the camera, and xxx is one of the following three letter extensions: “NEF” for NEF images, “JPG” for JPEG images, or “MOV” for movies. The NEF and JPEG files recorded at settings of NEF (RAW)+JPEG have the same file names but different extensions. Copies created with image overlay (0 181) and movie edit options (0 111) have file names beginning with “DSC_” ; copies created with the other options in the retouch menu have file names beginning with “CSC” (e.g., “CSC_0001. JPG”). Images recorded with the Color space option in the shooting menu set to Adobe RGB (0 153) have names that begin with an underscore (e.g., “_DSC0001.JPG”).

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