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Menu Guide >
C
The Photo Shooting Menu
Photographs are saved using file names consisting of “DSC_” or,
in the case of images that use the Adobe RGB color space
(
180), “_DSC”, followed by a four-digit number and a three-
letter extension (e.g., “DSC_0001.JPG” or “_DSC0002.JPG”). The
File naming
option is used to select three letters to replace the
“DSC” portion of the file name as described in “Text Entry”
(
The camera offers a choice of the following image areas:
File Naming
G
button
➜
C
(photo shooting menu)
D
Extensions
The following extensions are used: “.NEF” for NEF (RAW) images, “.TIF”
for TIFF (RGB) images, “.JPG” for JPEG images, “.MOV” for MOV movies,
“.MP4” for MP4 movies, and “.NDF” for dust off reference data. In each
pair of photographs recorded at image-quality settings of NEF
(RAW)+JPEG, the NEF and JPEG images have the same file names but
different extensions.
Choose Image Area
G
button
➜
C
(photo shooting menu)
Option
Description
c
FX (36×24)
Images are recorded in FX format with an angle of
view equivalent to a NIKKOR lens on a 35 mm
format camera.
a
DX (24×16)
Images are recorded in DX format. To calculate the
approximate focal length of the lens in 35 mm
format, multiply by 1.5.
b
5 : 4 (30×24)
Pictures are recorded with an aspect ratio of 5 : 4
(Z 7 only).
m
1 : 1 (24×24)
Pictures are recorded with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.
Z
16 : 9 (36×20)
Pictures are recorded with an aspect ratio of 16 : 9.
