Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality/Size
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on
a 512 MB card at different image quality and size settings.
Image
quality
NEF + JPEG Fine
NEF + JPEG Normal
NEF + JPEG Basic
NEF (Raw)
TIFF (RGB)
JPEG Fine
JPEG Normal
JPEG Basic
46
Raw
compression
Comp. NEF (Raw)
NEF (Raw)
Comp. NEF (Raw)
NEF (Raw)
Comp. NEF (Raw)
NEF (Raw)
Comp. NEF (Raw)
NEF (Raw)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Image
File
size
size
*
L
‡
**
‡
**
M
L
‡
7.9 MB
‡
M
7.1 MB
L
‡
**
‡
**
M
L
‡
6.6 MB
‡
M
6.1 MB
L
‡
**
‡
**
M
L
‡
6.5 MB
‡
M
6.3 MB
—
‡‡
—
6.0 MB
L
11.5 MB
M
6.5 MB
L
1.9 MB
M
1.1 MB
L
0.98 MB
M
0.56 MB
L
0.49 MB
M
0.28 MB
No. of
Buffer
images
*
capacity
††
24
††
24
58
25
66
25
††
24
††
24
67
25
71
25
††
24
††
24
72
25
75
25
††
25
79
26
41
35
74
35
222
40
390
40
433
40
709
40
780
40
1300
40
†