Nikon D300 - Page 132

Combined NEF and JPEG Shooting
(Two Images at Once)
Some shooters use the three storage modes at the beginning of
Figure 3-10, image 2, whereby the D300(S) takes two images
at the same time—NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine, normal, or
basic. This gives you the best of both worlds in that the
camera takes a nice NEF file and a JPEG file each time you
press the Shutter-release button. In NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine,
my camera’s 8-gigabyte single-card storage drops to about
295 images since it is storing a NEF and a JPEG file for each
picture taken.
Here are the three modes found at the beginning of the
Shooting Menu > Image quality setting:
▪ NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine
▪ NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal
▪ NEF (RAW) + JPEG basic
With the D300S (only), you can set Shooting Menu >
Secondary slot function to write the NEF (RAW) file to one
card and a JPEG fine to the other.
You can use the NEF (RAW) file to store all the image data
and later process it into a masterpiece, or you can just use the
JPEG file immediately with no adjustment. A lot of people
use one of these three modes quite often. You can have a
JPEG to give others immediately and later work on the NEF
(RAW) file for special purposes.
There is no need to go into any amount of detail about these
modes since the NEF (RAW) + JPEG modes have the same
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