164iA NEF (RAW)/NEF (RAW) + JPEGThe option selected for image size does not affect the size of NEF(RAW) images. NEF (RAW) images can be viewed on the camera orusing software such as Capture NX-D.When photographs taken at NEF (RAW) + JPEG are viewed on the cam-era, only the JPEG image will be displayed. When photographs taken atthese settings are deleted, both NEF and JPEG images will be deleted.A File NamesPhotos and movies are stored as image files with names of the form“xxx_nnnn.yyy,” where:• xxx is either NMS (Motion Snapshots recorded with NMS filesselected for File format; 0 92) or DSC (photos, MOV-format MotionSnapshots, and movies),• nnnn a four-digit number between 0001 and 9999 assigned automat-ically in ascending order by the camera, and• yyy one of the following three-letter extensions: “NEF” for NEF (RAW)images, “JPG” for JPEG images, or “MOV” for movies.The NEF and JPEG files recorded at settings of NEF (RAW)+JPEG havethe same file names but different extensions. Copies created with theretouch options in the playback menu have file names beginning with“CSC” (e.g., “CSC_0001.JPG”). Images recorded with Adobe RGBselected for Color space (0 177) have names that begin with anunderscore (e.g., “_DSC0001.JPG”).A Image Quality and SizeTogether, image quality and size determine how much space eachphotograph occupies on the memory card. Larger, higher qualityimages can be printed at larger sizes but also require more memory,meaning that fewer such images can be stored on the memory card(0 213).
