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Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D300
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Size is in K (e.g. 6000 is 6MBs) and some of these sizes are the average I’ve
seen using my D300, not necessarily Nikon’s listed sizes.
Note: Not all CompactFlash cards labeled of a particular size
actually have the same capacity due to differences in file
allocation and marked bad sectors. Moreover, a card
marked 1GB often has slightly less than 1GB of space. With
larger capacity cards, actual capacity is typically about 5%
less than stated size.
Thus, the numbers in the above table are an approximation
only. If you shoot a scene with a great deal of detail and
Sharpening
set to
7
on a CompactFlash card that
overstates its capacity, you may get far fewer images than
listed in these tables, especially with JPEG images
(sharpening adds more detail that JPEG has a hard time
compressing). Conversely, if you shoot non-detailed scenes
with
Sharpening
set to
0
on an efficient CompactFlash
card, you may get slightly more images than shown. Like
EPA mileage labels on cars, what you actually achieve may
not be what the manual indicated.
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To set
Image quality
(and
Image size
):
1.
Press the
MENU
button to show the menu system.
2.
Use the Direction pad to navigate to the SHOOTING
menu (camera icon tab) and press the
>
key on the
Direction pad to select it.
3.
Use the Direction pad to navigate to the
Image
quality
option. Press the
>
key on the Direction pad to
see the sub-options.
