Memory Card Capacity - Nikon D3X User Manual

Memory Card Capacity

The following table shows the approximate number of pictures
that can be stored on a 4 GB SanDisk Extreme IV (SDCFX4) card at
different image quality, image size, and image area settings.
FX format (36 × 24) 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)
3
JPEG fine
3
JPEG normal
3
JPEG basic
Image size File size
—
27.6 MB
—
35.6 MB
—
23.0 MB
—
29.4 MB
—
38.9 MB
—
50.6 MB
L 73.5 MB
M 41.5 MB
S 18.6 MB
L 14.1 MB
M 7.9 MB
S 3.6 MB
L 7.1 MB
M 4.0 MB
S 1.8 MB
L 3.6 MB
M 2.1 MB
S 0.9 MB
1 1
No. of images
100
77
137
114
100
77
53
94
210
277
491
1000
552
976
2100
1000
1800
4100
2
Buffer capacity
24
28
26
34
22
21
22
23
30
44
78
80
61
80
83
69
82
83
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