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Memory Card Capac ity

The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on

a 8 GB SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I card at different image quality and size

settings.

Image quality Image size File size1No.
of images1Buffer capacity2
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG
fine3
Large 37.0 MB 152 6
Medium 32.2 MB 173 6
Small 28.5 MB 192 6
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG
normal3
Large 30.9 MB 178 6
Medium 28.4 MB 192 6
Small 26.5 MB 203 6
NEF (RAW)+ JPEG
basic3
Large 27.7 MB 196 6
Medium 26.6 MB 204 6
Small 25.6 MB 210 6
NEF (RAW) — 24.6 MB 217 8
JPEG fine
Large 12.2 MB 507 35
Medium 7.4 M B 853 100
Small 3.8 MB 1600 100
JPEG normal
Large 6.2 MB 1000 100
Medium 3.7 M B 1600 100
Small 1.9 MB 3200 100
JPEG basic
Large 3.0 MB 1900 100
Medium 1.9 M B 3200 100
Small 1.0 MB 6000 100
1 All figures are approximate.
Results will vary with card type, camera settings, and scene recorded.
2 Maximum number of exposures that can be stored in memory buffer at ISO 100.
Drops when long
exposure noise reduction (0153) or auto distortion control (0151) is on.
3 Image 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 a setting of
NEF (RAW)+JPEG have the same file names but different extensions.
Copies created with
image overlay (0184) and movie edit options (0107) 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 (0152) have names that begin with an underscore
(e.g., “_DSC0001.JPG”).