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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Stupid question: number of RAW doesn't add up to card capacity | |
Nikon is notorious for EXTREMELY conservative "shots remaining" estimates on that top LCD. It's often more like 50%+ greater than the number you see. Better to be conservative than the other way in this instance, for sure. File size can vary significantly as well (sometimes as much as +/- 10 MB with the higher MP cameras), based on the amount and type of information captured, so it's not as simple as taking a single shot, looking at it's size, and dividing the memory card size by that number.
I remember my old D300 used to show 197 shots remaining with a fresh 4GB card, and I would always get well over 300 shots. When the card was nearly full, it would also say "1 shot remaining" for at least 3-5 more shots before being completely full. It's just a conservative approximation, don't read into it too much.
Lastly, I would shoot in 14bit lossless compressed RAW, forget 12bit, the average difference in file size is only about 10MB per shot. Memory cards and hard drive space cost next to nothing these days, you might as well be getting the most out of your new D810!
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