SD Cards
Oct 13, 2018 10:39:34 #
I have a Nikon D7100 and a D7200 both of which are 24 megapixels cameras yet, using the same sized sd card, the 7100 can
store almost twice as many images. Why?
store almost twice as many images. Why?
Oct 13, 2018 10:46:52 #
Oct 13, 2018 10:47:21 #
Oct 13, 2018 10:48:23 #
mdpathjp wrote:
I have a Nikon D7100 and a D7200 both of which are 24 megapixels cameras yet, using the same sized sd card, the 7100 can
store almost twice as many images. Why?
store almost twice as many images. Why?
You have different settings on the two cameras is why.
Check your "QUAL" settings.
Oct 13, 2018 10:51:28 #
What is each camera set to store? Are both set the same?
RAW
RAW+JPEG
JPEG
Definitely will give you different capacities on the card.
RAW
RAW+JPEG
JPEG
Definitely will give you different capacities on the card.
Oct 13, 2018 10:55:07 #
Also something to keep in mind.
Keep the memory cards separate for each camera. Moving them with pictures on them between cameras can cause odd problems with images later not being seen by your computer.
Keep the memory cards separate for each camera. Moving them with pictures on them between cameras can cause odd problems with images later not being seen by your computer.
Oct 13, 2018 12:53:21 #
Oct 13, 2018 12:56:31 #
mdpathjp wrote:
Both set to raw.
Odd then. Is anything else on the card that seems to have the less capacity?
Oct 13, 2018 13:42:25 #
Oct 13, 2018 18:15:17 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
mdpathjp wrote:
Both set to raw.
12 bit or 14 bit? With 12 bit the image file size would be significantly reduced.
Some Nikon let you choose.... I just don't know if that's the case with D7100 and D7200. (All Canon are 14 bit all the time... but they do have option to shoot smaller size RAW files on many model.)
12 bit images have potential for 68 billion shades of color. That sounds like an awful lot, until you consider that 14 bit has a palette of 4 trillion shades! In other words, 14 bit has almost 60X more colors. But thankfully every color isn't used in every image in either case... On average I think you can get around 33% more 12-bit NEF on a card, than 14-bit. That doesn't fully explain one camera able to save double the number of images.
Also check if you are saving compressed or uncompressd RAW.
Oct 13, 2018 18:20:06 #
amfoto1 wrote:
12 bit or 14 bit? With 12 bit the image file size would be significantly reduced.
Some Nikon let you choose.... I just don't know if that's the case with D7100 and D7200. (All Canon are 14 bit all the time... but they do have option to shoot smaller size RAW files on many model.)
Some Nikon let you choose.... I just don't know if that's the case with D7100 and D7200. (All Canon are 14 bit all the time... but they do have option to shoot smaller size RAW files on many model.)
Interesting. I did not know that! (I only have a Canon.)
Oct 14, 2018 07:08:49 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
The are different settings for jpeg. One setting is large,medium,small The there another setting which includes fine. Then there is size are you shooting 1x1 or 9x16 or 3x4 when you put thes parameters together you get different size jpegs. Add to that you can shoot jpeg with raw.
Oct 14, 2018 10:06:09 #
D7200 w/64gb card
Raw Compressed 14 bit = 1.7k images
Raw Compressed 12 bit = 2.0k
Raw Lossless Compressed 14 bit = 1.1k
Raw Lossless Compressed 12 bit = 1.5k
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Raw Compressed 14 bit = 1.7k images
Raw Compressed 12 bit = 2.0k
Raw Lossless Compressed 14 bit = 1.1k
Raw Lossless Compressed 12 bit = 1.5k
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