Friday, March 22, 2013

What size memory card to use for a Nikon D300?

If you're shooting RAW images with a Nikon D300, the NEF format raw files made by the camera average about 10.7 to 11MB each.

For an 8GB card (which really holds 7.4GB of files) see [Hard Drive Size Capacities Calculator] to learn why
7,400MB / 11MB per image
= 672 images per card

For a 16GB Card (which really holds 14.8GB)
14,800MB / 11MB per image
= 1,345 images per card

On an actual memory card from a D300, 6.9GB of space was used and held 643 images.  That averages to 10.7MB per image.

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