kevin_kelly3 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I have a 2GB Compact Flash card I formatted (in camera) before going out toshoot some sports action. The number of exposures on the camera read 396 beforestarting my shoot. I returned home with the camera displaying 9 exposures left,but when I uploaded them to the PC there were 619 photos ?? anyone run intoanything like this? I have image quality=jpeg fine, image size=medium, jpegcompression=optimal quality Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Were you shooting RAW AND Jpeg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_kelly3 Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 jpeg only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvarko Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 It is a conservative estimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowwoodguiding Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I see the same thing, I shot a lot of wildlife and love the D200 continuous high speed shutter to capture aniaml behavior. I find on a 1gb Lexar Pro card I can get anywhere from 200 - 350 shots on jpeg large. It always displays 169 on an emply card. This was the same with the D100. My understanding is the processor has to do less work if your shot changes very little frame to frame. Hence the file size is smaller giving you more shots per card. As soon as I switch from wildlife to doing macro on wildflowers, then landscapes the card fills up much faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_kelly3 Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 definitely conservative that is a ton more shots ! That would be similar, I am definitely snapping off most of the shots on continuous high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ko Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The camera estimates how many exposures would fit in the remaining space on the CF card. Since the size of JPEGs differ from picture to picture (check file size on your computer once downloaded), the camera takes a conservative estimate on how many large JPEGs it can fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pge Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Kevin, I agree with you. This is not just a conservative estimate, it is a bit crazy. My d200 estimates 112 shots on my 1 gig card at my normal setting but I regularly get over 220. I know that jpegs vary in size, but not by that much. I just treat it like a gauge, not really like an estimate, as I see it go down I just make sure to have my other card close by. Maybe the next firmware update will adjust the estimate to something more realistic. But I am not really complaining, the d200 is a great great camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvarko Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 High ISO exposures are much larger files. It'd be much more "crazy" if the camera reported fewer exposures than you were able to actually achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo5 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Does anyone know if the D80 also does this? I noticed the D80 is set to "complexity priority" when it comes to sizing, rather than size priority, as the D70 and D50 only have available. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvarko Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 All Nikons - and, really, most cameras - do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liang_kong_rui Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 It has to do with what is being photographed. This determines how much compression is used. A photo of a blank wall is easier to compress and takes less space then a complex photo with a lot of details, hence a larger file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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