Nikon D3 User Manual page 450

DX Format (24 × 16) Image Area
Image quality
NEF (RAW), Lossless
compressed, 12-bit
NEF (RAW), Lossless
compressed, 14-bit
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 12-bit
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 14-bit
NEF (RAW),
Uncompressed,
12-bit
NEF (RAW),
Uncompressed,
14-bit
TIFF (RGB)
JPEG fine
JPEG normal
JPEG basic
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Image size
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3
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3
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3
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File size No. of images
5.7 MB 229
7.0 MB 177
4.7 MB 312
6.0 MB 260
8.1 MB 229
10.7 MB 177
15.3 MB 124
8.8 MB 220
4.3 MB 480
2.5 MB 637
1.4 MB 1100
0.6 MB 2400
1.2 MB 1200
0.7 MB 2000
0.3 MB 4400
0.6 MB 2400
0.3 MB 3900
0.2 MB 7800
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Buffer capacity
28
25
36
29
25
22
20
25
41
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130