Memory card capacity – Nikon D3100 User Manual
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Memory Card Capacity
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on
a 4 GB SanDisk Extreme SDHC card at different image quality and size settings.
Image quality
Image size
File size
1
No. of images
1
Buffer capacity
2
NEF (RAW)+
JPEG fine
3
L 19.8
MB
151
9
NEF (RAW)
—
12.9 MB
226
13
JPEG fine
L 6.8
MB
460
100
M 3.9
MB
815
100
S 1.8
MB
1700
100
JPEG normal
L 3.4
MB
914
100
M 2.0
MB
1500
100
S 0.9
MB
3300
100
JPEG basic
L 1.7
MB
1700
100
M 1.0
MB
3000
100
S 0.5
MB
6000
100
1 All figures are approximate. File size varies with scene recorded.
2 Maximum number of exposures that can be stored in memory buffer at ISO 100. Drops when noise
reduction (
0 134) is on.
3 Image size applies to JPEG images only. Size of NEF (RAW) images can not be changed. File size is the
total for NEF (RAW) and JPEG images.