Making Effective Use Of Memory: Image Quality And Size - Nikon CoolPix 2000 User Manual

Making Effective Use of Memory: Image Quality and Size

Together, image quality and size determine how much space each picture
occupies on the memory card, which in turn determines the total number of
pictures that can be stored. The table below shows the approximate number
of pictures that can be stored on eight- and sixteen-megabyte memory cards
at different combinations of image quality and size.
1632
FINE 8
NORMAL 16
BASIC 32
*Figures are approximate. File size of JPEG images depends on scene record-
ed, producing wide variations in number of images that can be stored.
Image Quality
To reduce the amount of memory each shot occu-
pies, pictures 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 qual-
ity is likely to be (the actual effect depends on the
size of the picture when printed or displayed and
on the type of subject). The image-quality menu
allows you to choose the amount of compression performed.
Compression
Option
ratio (approx.)
FINE
NORMAL
BASIC
56
8-MB memory card
1024
16
31
62
Suitable for enlargements or high-quality
1 : 4
prints.
1 : 8 Suited to most applications.
Suitable for pictures that will be distribut-
1 : 16
ed by e-mail or used in web pages.
16-MB memory card
640 1632
39 16
72 33
121 65
FINE
NORM
BASIC
Description
1024 640
32 80
64 146
127 247
IMAGE QUALITY IMAGE QUALITY
F I NE
NORMAL
BAS I C
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