Nikon D3X D3X User's Manual - Page 93

Image quality is set by pressing the QUAL button and rotating the main command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the rear control panel. QUAL button Main command dial d Rear control panel A File Size See page 427 for information on the number of pictures that can be recorded at different image quality and size settings. A NEF (RAW) Recording The [NEF (RAW) recording] item in the shooting menu controls compression (pg. 69) and bit depth (pg. 69) for NEF (RAW) images. A JPEG Compression JPEG images can be compressed for relatively uniform file size or optimal image quality. The [JPEG compression] option in the shooting menu can be used to choose the type of compression (pg. 68). A NEF (RAW)+JPEG If only one memory card is used, only the JPEG image will be displayed when photographs taken at [NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine], [NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal], or [NEF (RAW) + JPEG basic] are viewed on the camera. Deleting the JPEG image deletes the NEF (RAW) copy. If two memory cards are inserted and [RAW Slot 1-JPEG Slot 2] is selected for Slot 2, deleting the JPEG copy from the memory card in slot 2 has no effect on the NEF (RAW) copy on the memory card in slot 1 (pg. 72). A The Image Quality Menu Image quality can also be adjusted using the [Image quality] option in the shooting menu (pg. 290). 67