Memory Card Capacity - Nikon D3100 User Manual

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
NEF (RAW)+
3
JPEG fine
NEF (RAW)
JPEG fine
JPEG normal
JPEG basic
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.
Image size File size
L 19.8 MB
— 12.9 MB
L 6.8 MB
M 3.9 MB
S 1.8 MB
L 3.4 MB
M 2.0 MB
S 0.9 MB
L 1.7 MB
M 1.0 MB
S 0.5 MB
1 1
No. of images
151
226
460
815
1700
914
1500
3300
1700
3000
6000
2
Buffer capacity
9
13
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
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