Nikon D200 Manuel D’Utilisation

Together, image quality and size determine how much space each pho to graph 
occupies on the memory card.

The camera supports the following image quality options (listed in descending 
order by image quality and fi le size):

Raw 12-bit data from the image sensor are saved directly to the memory 
card in Nikon Electronic Format (NEF).

Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of roughly 1 : 4.

 *

JPEG Normal Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of roughly 1 : 8.

 *

Record JPEG images at a compression ratio of roughly 1 : 16.

 *

Two images are recorded: one NEF (RAW) image and one fi ne-quality 
JPEG image. 

Two images are recorded: one NEF (RAW) image and one normal-quality 
JPEG image. 

Two images are recorded: one NEF (RAW) image and one basic-quality 
JPEG image. 

*  Size Priority selected for JPEG Compression (

 30).

Image quality can be set using the Image Quality option in the shooting menu 
or by pressing the QUAL button and rotating the main command dial.  Two op-
tions are available for controlling compression: RAW Compression for NEF 
(RAW) images (

 31) and JPEG Compression for JPEG images (

 30).

NEF (RAW) images can only be viewed on a computer using the supplied software or Nikon 
Capture 4 Version 4.4 or later (available separately; 

 182).  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.

White balance bracketing can not be used with NEF (RAW) images.  Se lect ing an NEF (RAW) 
option for image quality cancels white balance bracketing.

See the Appendix for information on the number of pictures that can be stored on a mem-
ory card (

 196).