Nikon D2Xs User 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
25.1 MB
36
16
14.2 MB
64
28
M
6
22.6 MB
41
16
12.8 MB
72
28
S
6
20.7 MB
45
16
11.8 MB
79
28
NEF + JPEG
Normal
3, 4, 5
L
6
22.2 MB
41
16
12.6 MB
73
28
M
6
20.9 MB
44
16
11.9 MB
78
28
S
6
20.0 MB
47
16
11.4 MB
82
28
NEF + JPEG
Basic
3, 4, 5
L
6
20.7 MB
45
16
11.8 MB
79
28
M
6
20.1 MB
47
16
11.4 MB
82
28
S
6
19.6 MB
48
16
11.2 MB
84
28
NEF (RAW)
4
—
19.2 MB
49
17
10.9MB
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
38
M
3.3 MB
244
22
1.9 MB
433
38
S
1.5 MB
538
22
0.84 MB
919
38
JPEG Normal
5
L
2.9 MB
274
22
1.7 MB
473
38
M
1.7 MB
473
22
0.95 MB
822
38
S
0.76 MB
1000
22
0.44 MB
1700
38
JPEG Basic
5
L
1.5 MB
538
22
0.85 MB
919
38
M
0.85 MB
919
22
0.49 MB
1500
38
S
0.39 MB
1900
22
0.23 MB
3100
38
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 ISO sensitivity is set to HI-0.3 or higher, or when High ISO NR
is on and Custom Setting b1 (ISO auto) is on or ISO sensitivity is ISO 400 or higher.
3 Total 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 per-
cent; 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.