Controlling The (File) Size Of Photographs: Image Quality And Size - Nikon COOLPIX 880 Manual

Controlling the (File) Size of Photographs: Image Quality and Size

Image quality and size together determine the file size of photographs taken with the camera. This in
turn determines how many photographs can be stored on a single memory card. The number of
images that can be stored on 8 MB, 16 MB, 64 MB, and 96 MB cards at different combinations of image
quality and size is illustrated in the following table:
Quality
MB
8
HI 0
FINE 5
NORMAL 10
BASIC 19
FULL
MB MB MB
16 64 96 8
1 6 10 —
10 40 61 19
20 81 121 38
40 159 239 73
Size
XGA
MB MB MB MB
16 64 96
— — —
40 159 239
79 311 446
151 590 885
VGA
MB MB MB
8 16 64 96
— — — —
48 100 392 588
91 187 734 1101
161 333 1302 1952
137
MB