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Using the Menu
The Shooting Menu (Common Across Shooting Modes)
Image Quality
Set the image quality (compression ratio) used when saving images.
Lower compression ratios result in higher quality images, but the number of images
that can be saved is reduced.
The setting is also applied to other shooting modes.
B Notes About Image Quality
• Image quality cannot be set in the following shooting modes:
- Time-lapse movie and Easy panorama scene modes
-Short movie show mode
• RAW images cannot be captured in the following shooting modes:
- Scene modes
-Creative mode
-Short movie show mode
If you change the shooting mode to any of the above shooting modes when a RAW
image quality has been selected, the image quality will change to Fine or Normal.
• This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (A80).
The Shooting Menu (Common Across Shooting
Modes)
Enter shooting mode M d button M Image quality M k button
Option Description
a Fine
Finer image quality than Normal.
Compression ratio of about 1:4
b Normal
(default setting)
Normal image quality, suitable for most applications.
Compression ratio of about 1:8
F RAW
Raw data from the image sensor are saved without additional
processing. You can use a computer to change settings that were
set during shooting such as white balance and contrast.
• Image size is fixed at i 4608×3456
File format: RAW (NRW), Nikon’s own format
G RAW + Fine
Two images are recorded at the same time, one RAW image and
one fine-quality JPEG image.
H RAW + Normal
Two images are recorded at the same time, one RAW image and
one normal-quality JPEG image.