Slot 2 - Nikon D3S User Manual

Slot 2

Use the Slot 2 option in the shooting menu (0 284) to choose the
role played by the memory card in slot 2.
Option
P
Overflow
Q
Backup
d
RAW Slot 1 -
R
JPEG Slot 2
For information on saving movies to a selected slot, see page 71.
D
Backup/RAW Slot 1 - JPEG Slot 2
When the above options are selected, the shutter-release will be
disabled when either of the memory cards is full. The viewfinder and
top control panel show the number of exposures remaining on the card
with the least amount of available memory. Voice memos (0 248) are
appended to the copy recorded to the memory card in slot 1.
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Rear control panel Description
The memory card in slot 2 is
used to record photographs
when the memory card in
slot 1 is full.
Each photograph is recorded
to both memory cards.
At image quality settings of
NEF (RAW)+JPEG, the NEF
(RAW) image is recorded to
the memory card in slot 1,
the JPEG image to the
memory card in slot 2. At
other image qualities, this
option is the same as
Backup.