IMAGE-FILE SIZE AND COMPACTFLASH CARD CAPACITY
The number of images that can be stored on a CompactFlash card is determined by the size of the
card and the file size of the images. The actual file size is determined by the scene; some subjects
can be compressed further than others. The tables below list approximate file sizes based on aver-
age file sizes.
Image size
Image
quality
RAW
Super fine
Fine
Standard
Economy
Approximate number of images that can be stored on a 16MB CompactFlash card.
Image size
Image
quality
RAW
Super fine
Fine
Standard
Economy
Approximate file sizes.
2560 X 1920 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960
9.5MB
14.1MB
5.6MB
2.1MB
1.0MB
1.1MB
0.6MB
0.65MB
0.38MB
2560 X 1920 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960
1
1
5
8
13
–
–
3.6MB
0.66MB
0.41MB
0.29MB
–
–
2
3
11
15
16
21
22
26
640 X 480
–
0.96MB
0.27MB
0.2MB
0.15MB
640 X 480
–
11
27
31
35
85