Nikon D300 User Manual page 137

▪ Large – 4288×2848
▪ Medium –
▪ Small – 2144×1424
Here are the steps to select an
1. Select Image size
the right.
2. Choose one of the three
Figure 3-12
3. Press the
I've been playing around with these settings for the fun of it.
I'm not very interested in using my
or 3.1 M. However, there are reasons to shoot at the lower
megapixel levels, such as when a smaller resolution image is
all that will ever be needed or if card space is at an absolute
premium.
Setting the camera's
to Small, and JPEG compression
capture 15,800 images on an 8-gigabyte card. The images are
3.1 MP in size (2144 × 1424 = 3,053,056 pixels, or 3.1
megapixels), and are compressed to the maximum, but there
are a large number of them. If I were to set off today to walk
completely around the Earth, and I had only one 8-gigabyte
memory card to take with me, well, my camera will give me
almost 16,000 images on the one card—so I can at least
document my trip well.
My Recommendation:
small-capacity memory cards, you'll get the best images at
12.2 M. Using the smaller sizes won't affect the quality of a
– 12.2 M
3216×2136 –
– 3.1 M
from the
shows Large
OK button to choose the size.
Image quality
6.9 M
Image size (see
Shooting Menu
Image size
as the selected size.
12.2 M
to JPEG basic, Image size
to Size priority
Unless you
137
Figure 3-12):
and scroll to
settings listed.
camera as a 6.9 M
allows it to
have really