Nikon J3 - Manual (Page 140)

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Choose a file format and compression ratio for photographs.
Choose the size of photographs.
❚❚ Standard Photographs
The following options are available in still image and Smart
Photo Selector modes and when an option other than Easy pan-
orama is selected in creative mode.
Image Quality
Option File type Description
NEF (RAW) NEF
Compressed 12-bit raw data from the image sensor
are saved directly to the memory card. White bal-
ance, contrast, and other settings can be adjusted
on a computer after shooting.
JPEG fine
JPEG
Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of
roughly 1 : 4 (fine quality).
JPEG normal
Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of
roughly 1 : 8 (normal quality).
JPEG basic
Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of
roughly 1 : 16 (basic quality).
NEF (RAW) +
JPEG fine
NEF/
JPEG
Two images are recorded: one NEF (RAW) image
and one fine-quality JPEG image.
Image Size
Option Size (pixels) Approximate print size at 300 dpi (cm/in.) 1
# 4608×3072; 14.2 M 4608 Ч 3072 39.0 Ч 26.0/15.4 Ч 10.2
$ 3456Ч2304; 8.0 M 3456 Ч 2304 29.3 Ч 19.5/11.5 Ч 7.7
% 2304Ч1536; 3.5 M 2304 Ч 1536 19.5 Ч 13.0/ 7.7 Ч 5.1