D2x Digital Camera Manual
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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.
Image quality
Image
size
Hi-speed crop: Off Hi-speed crop: On
File
size
1
No. of
images
1
Buffer
capacity
2
File
size
1
No. of
images
1
Buffer
capacity
2
NEF + JPEG
Fine
3, 4, 5
L
6
26.6 MB 36 16 14.9 MB 64 28
M
6
24.0 MB 41 16 13.4 MB 72 28
S
6
22.2 MB 45 16 12.4 MB 79 28
NEF + JPEG
Normal
3, 4, 5
L
6
23.7 MB 41 16 13.2 MB 73 28
M
6
22.4 MB 44 16 12.5 MB 78 28
S
6
21.5 MB 47 16 12.0 MB 82 28
NEF + JPEG
Basic
3, 4, 5
L
6
22.2 MB 45 16 12.4 MB 79 28
M
6
21.6 MB 47 16 12.1 MB 82 28
S
6
21.1 MB 48 16 11.8 MB 84 28
NEF (Raw)
4
— 20.7 MB 49 17 11.6MB 86 29
TIFF (RGB)
L 36.5 MB 26 16 20.5 MB 46 28
M 21.2 MB 46 16 11.9 MB 83 28
S 10.3 MB 104 16 5.8MB 183 28
JPEG Fine
5
L 5.9 MB 138 22 3.3 MB 244 35
M 3.3 MB 244 22 1.9 MB 433 35
S 1.5 MB 538 22 0.84 MB 919 35
JPEG Normal
5
L 2.9 MB 274 22 1.7 MB 473 35
M 1.7 MB 473 22 0.95 MB 822 35
S 0.76 MB 1000 22 0.44 MB 1700 35
JPEG Basic
5
L 1.5 MB 538 22 0.85 MB 919 35
M 0.85 MB 919 22 0.49 MB 1500 35
S 0.39 MB 1900 22 0.23 MB 3100 35
1 All fi gures are approximate. Size of JPEG fi les varies with scene recorded.
2 Maximum number of frames that can be stored in memory buffer. Drops when Long
Exp. NR is on, when sensitivity is set to HI-1 or HI-2, or when High ISO NR is on and
Custom Setting b1 (ISO auto) is on or sensitivity is ISO 400 or higher.
3Total for NEF and JPEG images.
4 Figures assume Raw compression is set to NEF (Raw). Selecting Comp. NEF
(Raw) decreases fi le size of NEF (RAW) images by approximately forty to fi fty percent;
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 fi le 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.