Nikon Coolpix 2000 User Manual - Page 66

Menu Guide-The Shooting Menu Making Effective Use of Memory: Image Quality and Size Together, image quality and size determine how much space each picture occupies on the memory card, which in turn determines the total number of pictures that can be stored. The table below shows the approximate number of pictures that can be stored on eight- and sixteen-megabyte memory cards at different combinations of image quality and size. FINE NORMAL BASIC 8-MB memory card 1632 1024 640 8 16 39 16 31 72 32 62 121 16-MB memory card 1632 1024 640 16 32 80 33 64 146 65 127 247 *Figures are approximate. File size of JPEG images depends on scene recorded, producing wide variations in number of images that can be stored. Image Quality To reduce the amount of memory each shot occupies, pictures are compressed as they are saved to the memory card. Compression selectively reduces the quality of the image; the more the picture is IMAGE QUALITY FINE F I NE NORM NORMAL BASIC BAS I C compressed, the more noticeable this loss of qual- ity is likely to be (the actual effect depends on the size of the picture when printed or displayed and BK Set OFF on the type of subject). The image-quality menu allows you to choose the amount of compression performed. Option FINE NORMAL BASIC Compression ratio (approx.) Description 1:4 Suitable for enlargements or high-quality prints. 1:8 Suited to most applications. 1 : 16 Suitable for pictures that will be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages. 56