Nikon d50 settings help not at home

[samsav]

Hello

not at home so cannot chk the manual. However I have downloaded some jpegs and they are only 2mb - I thought the d50 was 6megapixels. Also image size is on large

Setting already on fine - does anyone know what I should change the settings to

thanks

sam

[Liquid101]

The D50 is indeed 6 Megapixels - however, this doesn't mean the files are 6MB - they are actually closer to 15.5MB in their uncompressed form.

The JPG file is a compressed version of this 15MB file. Depending on the detail within the image, the files could be anywhere from 500k to 5MB, even at the lowest (finest) compression setting.

No need to change any settings. but you might want to shoot in RAW format, which has a lossless compression and therefore even better image quality, a wider dynamic range and a smoother transition in fine tonal detail.

[samsav]

thanks would that be the nef setting or nef and basic jpeg?

sam

[Liquid101]

Originally Posted by samsav

thanks would that be the nef setting or nef and basic jpeg?

sam

The NEF setting is for just RAW images. the NEF + Basic Jpeg creates a highly compressed JPG version of the RAW file, which makes image browsing easier if you don't have a dedicated RAW viewer.