Nikon 29842-9425-19 D80 User's Manual - Page 47

Image Size

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Image Size Controls used: button + sub-command dial (monitor off ) Image size is measured in pixels. The following options are available. Image size Large (3872 × 2592/10.0 M) (default) Medium (2896 × 1944/5.6 M) Small (1936 × 1296/2.5 M) Size (pixels) 3,872 × 2,592 2,896 × 1,944 1,936 × 1,296 Approximate size when printed at 200 dpi* 49.2 × 32.9 cm (19.36 × 12.96 in.) 36.8 × 24.7 cm (14.48 × 9.72 in.) 24.6 × 16.5 cm (9.68 × 6.48 in.) * "dpi" stands for dots per inch, a measure of printer resolution. Images printed at higher resolutions will be smaller, images printed at lower resolutions larger. Image size can be set by pressing the QUAL button and rotating the sub-command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the control panel. Image quality can also be adjusted from the shooting menu ( 81). Note that the option selected for image size does not affect the size of NEF (RAW) images. When viewed on a computer, NEF images are 3,872 × 2,592 pixels in size. File Names Photographs are stored as image files with names of the form "DSC_nnnn.xxx," where nnnn is a fourdigit number between 0001 and 9999 assigned automatically in ascending order by the camera, and xxx is one of the following three letter extensions: "NEF" for NEF images or "JPG" for JPEG images. The NEF and JPEG files recorded at a setting of "NEF+JPEG" have the same file names but different extensions. Small copies created with the small picture option in the retouch menu have file names beginning with "SSC_" and ending with the extension ".JPG" (e.g., "SSC_0001.JPG"), while images recorded with the other options in the retouch menu have file names beginning with "CSC" (e.g., "CSC_0001. JPG"). Images recorded at a Optimize Image > Custom > Color Mode setting of II (AdobeRGB) ( 80) have names that begin with an underscore (e.g., "_DSC0001.JPG"). Reference: More on Photography (All Modes) / Image Quality and Size 35

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Reference: More on Photography (All Modes) / Image Quality and Size
Image Size
Controls used
:
button + sub-command dial (monitor off
)
Image size is measured in pixels.
The following options are available.
Image size
Size (pixels)
Approximate size when printed at 200 dpi
*
Large (3872 × 2592/10.0 M)
(default)
3,872 × 2,592
49.2 × 32.9 cm (19.36 × 12.96 in.)
Medium (2896 × 1944/5.6 M)
2,896 × 1,944
36.8 × 24.7 cm (14.48 × 9.72 in.)
Small (1936 × 1296/2.5 M)
1,936 × 1,296
24.6 × 16.5 cm (9.68 × 6.48 in.)
* “dpi” stands for
d
ots
p
er
i
nch, a measure of printer resolution.
Images printed at higher resolutions
will be smaller, images printed at lower resolutions larger.
Image size can be set by pressing the
QUAL
button and rotating the sub-command dial until
the desired setting is displayed in the control panel.
Image quality can also be adjusted from
the shooting menu (
81).
File Names
Photographs are stored as image files with names of the form “DSC_nnnn.xxx,” where nnnn is a four-
digit number between 0001 and 9999 assigned automatically in ascending order by the camera, and
xxx is one of the following three letter extensions: “NEF” for NEF images or “JPG” for JPEG images.
The
NEF and JPEG files recorded at a setting of “NEF+JPEG” have the same file names but different exten-
sions.
Small copies created with the small picture option in the retouch menu have file names begin-
ning with “SSC_” and ending with the extension “.JPG” (e.g., “SSC_0001.JPG”), while images recorded
with the other options in the retouch menu have file names beginning with “CSC” (e.g., “CSC_0001.
JPG”).
Images recorded at a
Optimize Image
>
Custom
>
Color Mode
setting of
II (AdobeRGB)
(
80) have names that begin with an underscore (e.g., “_DSC0001.JPG”).
Note that the option selected for image size does not affect the size of NEF (RAW) images.
When viewed on a computer, NEF images are 3,872 × 2,592 pixels in size.