Making Effective Use Of Memory: The Image Size And Quality Menu - Nikon COOLPIX 4300 User Manual

Making Effective Use of Memory:
The Image Size & Quality Menu
Together, image quality and size determine how much space each
picture occupies on the memory card. This in turn determines the total
number of pictures that can be stored. To get an idea of how different
settings for image size and quality affect the number of images that
can be stored on a memory card, view the following table, which
shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on 16
MB, 64 MB, and 128 MB cards at different combinations of image size
and quality.
2272 2048
HI 1 —
FINE 8 10
NORMAL 16 19
BASIC 32 37
2272 2048
HI 5 —
FINE 33 40
NORMAL 65 78
BASIC 130 151
2272 2048
HI 10 —
FINE 66 80
NORMAL 132 158
BASIC 260 303
* Figures are approximate. The file size of JPEG-compressed images varies with
the scene recorded.
80
16 MB Card
1600 1280 1024 640
— — — —
16 24 37 86
31 47 69 144
59 86 121 229
64 MB Card
1600 1280 1024 640
— — — —
65 100 151 347
125 190 278 578
236 347 488 918
128 MB Card
1600 1280 1024 640
— — — —
130 200 303 695
252 381 558 1158
474 695 997 1840
Image Quality
To reduce the amount of memory that each shot
occupies, pictures taken at settings other than HI
are compressed as they are saved to the memory
card. Compression selectively reduces the quality
of the image; the more the picture is compressed,
the more noticeable this loss of quality is likely to
be. The actual effect depends on the size of the
picture when printed or displayed and on the type of subject.
Compression File
Option
ratio (approx.) format
HI No compression TIFF
FINE 1:4 JPEG
NORMAL 1:8 JPEG
BASIC 1:16 JPEG
You can control the amount of compression using the image quality sub-menu.
Image quality settings can be accessed from the SET-UP menu and the "Image Size
& Quality" sub-menu in the shooting menu (p. 96). Changes to image quality in
any of these menus apply to all modes. Note, however, that image quality setting of
"HI" cannot be selected with the SETUP menu and "HI" becomes "FINE" in
and SCENE modes, reverting to "HI" when the mode dial is turn to
Viewing the Current Image Quality and Size
The current image quality and size settings are displayed
in the monitor as shown at right.
IMAGE QUALITY
Image Quality FINE
Image Size NORMAL
Folders BASIC
Monitor Options
Auto Off
Seq. Numbers
CF Card Format
SELECT
Description
Maximum image quality. Use when fidelity
is of paramount importance. Only
available at image size of 2272 x 1704.
Fine image quality, suitable for
enlargements or high-quality prints.
Normal image quality, suited to most
applications.
Basic image quality, suitable for pictures
that will be distributed by e-mail or used
in web pages.
.
1/250 1/250 1/250 F2.8 F2.8 F2.8
SET
2272 2272 2272
15 15 16
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