Nikon 8800 User Manual
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Basic Photography
Image File and Folder Names
On the memory card, pictures are identifi ed by fi le names with three parts: a four letter
identifi er, a four-digit fi le number assigned automatically by the camera in ascending
order, and a three-letter extension (e.g., “DSCN0001.JPG”).
Type
Identifi er Extension
Original
RAW-quality still
DSCN
.NEF
33
HI-quality still
DSCN
.TIF
33
Other still
DSCN
.JPG
33
Movie
DSCN
.MOV
61
Time-lapse movie
INTN
.MOV
61
Copy
Cropped copy
RSCN
.JPG
71
Small copy
SSCN
.JPG
72
Copy created using D-lighting option
FSCN
.JPG
73
Audio fi
le
Voice memo (appended to original still)
DSCN
.WAV
74
Voice memo (appended to cropped copy)
RSCN
.WAV
74
Voice memo (appended to small copy)
SSCN
.WAV
74
Voice memo (appended to D-lighting copy)
FSCN
.WAV
74
When a picture is viewed on the camera, the fi le number and extension appear in the
top right corner of the display. The identifi er is not displayed, but is visible when the
picture is transferred to a computer.
Pictures are stored in folders named with a three-digit folder number followed by a
fi ve-character identifi er (e.g, “100NIKON”). The default identifi er is NIKON; if desired,
folders with other identifi ers can be created and pictures organized by theme (
116).
Each sequence of pictures taken using interval-timer photography, Ultra HS, or pan-
orama assist is stored in a separate folder with its own identifi er: “INTVL” for interval
timer photography (
90), “N_” plus a three-digit sequence number for Ultra HS (e.g,
“101N_001”;
88), or “P_” plus a three-digit sequence number for panorama assist
(e.g, “101P_001”;
32). Folders can hold up to 200 pictures; if a picture is taken
when the current folder contains 200 pictures, a new folder will be created by adding
one to the current folder number. If a picture is taken when the current folder contains
a picture numbered 9999, a new folder will be created and fi le numbering will begin
again from 0001. If the current folder is numbered 999 and contains 200 pictures or
a picture numbered 9999, no further pictures can be taken until the memory card is
formatted (
112) or a new memory card inserted.
The fi rst picture displayed when pictures are played back is the picture with the highest
fi le number in the highest-numbered folder.