Nikon D5500 Product Manual - Page 264

File Naming G button ➜ C shooting menu Photographs are saved using file names consisting of "DSC_" or, in the case of images that use the Adobe RGB color space (0 243), "_DSC", followed by a four-digit number and a threeletter extension (e.g., "DSC_0001.JPG"). The File naming option is used to select three letters to replace the "DSC" portion of the file name. For information on editing file names, see page 159. A Extensions The following extensions are used: ".NEF" for NEF (RAW) images, ".JPG" for JPEG images, ".MOV" for movies, and ".NDF" for dust off reference data. In each pair of photographs recorded at image-quality settings of NEF (RAW)+JPEG, the NEF and JPEG images have the same file names but different extensions. NEF (RAW) Recording G button ➜ C shooting menu Choose the bit depth for NEF (RAW) images. Option ( 12-bit ) 14-bit Description NEF (RAW) images are recorded at a bit depth of 12 bits. NEF (RAW) images are recorded at a bit depth of 14 bits, producing larger files but increasing the amount of color data recorded. 240 C The Shooting Menu: Shooting Options