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Standard). If you’re using a “small” sized 4GB card, the counter overflows at 999 expo-
sures when you shoot at JPEG Standard (the actual capacity is about 1,232 exposures).
Even puny 2GB cards can cause the counter to falter if you elect to use Medium or Small
resolution settings.
So, ironically, if you choose a size-friendly file format in order to squeeze more images
onto your memory card, the 60D won’t tell you just how many more pictures remain,
until the count dips below 999. Some other camera brands insert a K (for kilo, or thou-
sands) in the counter (as in 1.4K) to show large numbers of exposures remaining. The
60D does not.
There’s not much excuse for this, because 8GB and 4GB cards have become so preva-
lent, and it’s a real pain for someone like me who uses 32GB memory cards to avoid
swapping when traveling on long trips. I get 1,240 RAW shots on a single 32GB card,
but I don’t really know how many I have left until I’ve taken almost 300!
Table 1.1 shows the typical number of shots you can expect using a modestly sized 4GB
memory card (although I expect 8GB and 16GB cards to be the most popular size card
among 60D users as prices continue to plummet during the life of this book). All fig-
ures are by actual count with my own 4GB memory card (and so may differ from
Canon’s published figures). Double them if you prefer 8GB cards.
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Table 1.1 Number of Shots Using a 4GB Memory Card
Large Medium Small
File Format
JPEG Fine 583 1113 1743
JPEG Standard 1164 2190 3373
RAW 156 N/A N/A
MRAW 231 N/A N/A
SRAW 347 N/A N/A
RAW+JPEG Fine 122 137 143
RAW+JPEG Standard 137 146 149
MRAW+JPEG Fine 164 191 203
MRAW+JPEG Standard 192 208 216
SRAW+JPEG Fine 216 264 289
SRAW+JPEG Standard 266 299 314
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