Nikon D7000 HOW MANY SHOTS?

Chapter 1 ■Nikon D7000: Thinking Outside of the Box 23
HOW MANY SHOTS?
The D7000 provides a fairly accurate estimate of the number of shots remaining on the
top-panel LCD at all times (even when the camera is turned off), as well as at the lower-
right edge of the viewfinder display when the display is active. (Tap the shutter release
button to activate it.)
It is only an estimate, because the actual number will vary, depending on the capacity of
your memory card, the file format(s) you’ve selected, and the content of the image itself.
(Some photos may contain large areas that can be more efficiently compressed to a
smaller size.)
For example, an 8GB card can hold about 813 JPEG Fine shots in full resolution (Large)
format; 1,600 shots using Normal JPEG compression; or 3,100 shots with Basic JPEG
compression. When numbers exceed 1,000, the D7000 displays a figure and decimal
point, followed by a K superscript, so that 3,100 shots (or thereabouts) is represented by
[3.1]Kin the LCD and viewfinder. The D7000 offers three different resolution settings
that provide different numbers of exposures: Large (4928 ×3264; 16.1 megapixels),
Medium (3696 ×2448; 9.0 megapixels), and Small (2464 ×1632; 4 megapixels). For
example, JPEG Basic using the Small resolution setting yields 11K exposures on a single
8GB memory card!
Using RAW/NEF format (more on that later) reduces the number of shots. An 8GB card
has enough room for 300-400 RAW photos in Nikon’s NEF format (depending on the
type of compression you choose, as described later) or 191 pictures if you’re shooting
RAW+JPEG Fine pairs. Table 1.1 shows some typical capacities for an 8GB memory
card. You should know that the D7000 has various compression options for JPEG and
RAW files, as well as 12-bit and 14-bit dynamic range settings for the RAW format; we’ll
look into those options in more detail in Chapter 8.
Figure 1.9
Hold down
the buttons
marked Format
to initiate
reformatting of
a memory card.