Nikon D300 D300 User's Manual - Page 83

Image quality is set by pressing the QUAL button and rotating the main command dial until the desired setting is displayed in the control panel. QUAL button Main command dial d Control panel A NEF (RAW) Recording The [NEF (RAW) recording] item in the shooting menu controls compression (pg. 58) and bit depth (pg. 59) 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. 58). A NEF (RAW)+JPEG When photographs taken at [NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine], [NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal], or [NEF (RAW) + JPEG basic] are viewed on the camera, only the JPEG image will be displayed. When photographs taken at these settings are deleted, both NEF and JPEG images will be deleted. A The Image Quality Menu Image quality can also be adjusted using the [Image quality] option in the shooting menu (pg. 254). 57