Nikon 5400 Manuel D’Utilisation

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

The camera stores pictures in one of two formats: TIFF (HI quality) and JPEG 
(FINE, NORMAL, and BASIC quality).  JPEG images are compressed to reduce 
the amount of memory each picture occupies.  Images are analyzed in blocks 
eight pixels on a side and detail within each block selectively reduced.  The 
more images are compressed, the smaller the resulting fi les and the less 
space occupied on the memory card.  Compressing images to make very 
small fi les may however cause the block pattern to become visible, and there 
may also be noticeable loss of detail.  The actual effects depend on the type 
of subject and the size of the image when printed or displayed.

TIFF

(RGB)

Image stored in TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) 
with no compression.  Use when fi delity is of par-
amount importance.  Only available at image sizes 
of 

  (2592 × 1944)  and 

  (2592 × 1728).

None

JPEG

Normal image quality, suited to most applications.  
File size reduced to roughly 

1

/

8

 of original.

Basic image quality, suitable for pictures that will 
be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages.  
File size reduced to roughly 

1

/

16

 of original.

Fine image quality, suitable for enlargements or 
high quality prints.  File size reduced to roughly 
¼ of original.

Low

High

Digital zoom is not available at HI image quality.