Nikon D50 D50 User's Manual - Page 42

Image Size, Reference-Image Quality and Size, L 3008 × 2000

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Image Size The following options are available: Image size Size Size (pixels) Approximate size when printed at 200 dpi L (3008×2000) Large 3,008 × 2,000 38 × 25 cm (15˝ × 10˝) M (2256×1496) 2,256× 1,496 29 × 19 cm (11.5˝ × 7.5˝) S (1504×1000) Small 1,504 × 1,000 19 × 13 cm (7.5˝ × 5˝) The current image size setting is displayed in the control panel. Reference-Image Quality and Size The QUAL Button If the monitor is off, image quality and size can be set by pressing the (QUAL) button and rotating the command dial until the desired combination of image quality and size is displayed in the control panel. 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, "JPG" for JPEG images, and "NDF" for Dust Off ref photos. The NEF and JPEG files recorded at a setting of NEF + JPEG Basic have the same file names but different extensions. Small copies created with the small picture option have file names beginning with "SSC_" and ending with the extension ".JPG" (e.g., "SSC_0001.JPG"), while images recorded at an Optimize Image > Color Mode setting of II (Adobe RGB) have names that begin with an underscore, (e.g., "_DSC0001.JPG", or "_SSC0001.JPG" for small copies of Color Mode II pictures). 32

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Reference—Image Quality and Size
Image Size
The following options are available:
Image size
Size
Size (pixels)
Approximate size when printed at 200
dpi
L (3008 × 2000)
Large
3,008 × 2,000
38 × 25 cm
(15˝ × 10˝)
M
(2256 × 1496)
2,256× 1,496
29 × 19 cm (11.5˝ × 7.5˝)
S (1504 × 1000)
Small
1,504 × 1,000
19 × 13 cm
(7.5˝ × 5˝)
The current image size setting is displayed in the
control panel.
The QUAL Button
If the monitor is off, image quality and size can be set
by pressing the
(
QUAL
) button and rotating the
command dial until the desired combination of image
quality and size is displayed in the control panel.
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 automati-
cally in ascending order by the camera, and
xxx
is one of the following three letter
extensions: “NEF” for NEF images, “JPG” for JPEG images, and “NDF” for Dust
Off ref photos.
The NEF and JPEG files recorded at a setting of
NEF + JPEG Basic
have the same file names but different extensions.
Small copies created with the
small picture option have file names beginning with “SSC_” and ending with the
extension “.JPG” (e.g., “SSC_0001.JPG”), while images recorded at an
Optimize
Image
>
Color Mode
setting of
II
(Adobe RGB)
have names that begin with
an underscore, (e.g., “_DSC0001.JPG”, or “_SSC0001.JPG” for small copies of
Color Mode II pictures).