Nikon D5500 - Memory Card Capacity

391Technical Notes
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures
that can be stored on a 16 GB SanDisk Extreme Pro 95 MB/s
SDHC UHS-I card at different image quality and size settings.
Memory Card Capacity
Image quality Image size File size
1
No. of
images
1
Buffer
capacity
2
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 14-bit
— 24.4 MB 428 10
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 12-bit
— 19.7 MB 511 14
JPEG fine
Large 12.3 MB 929 100
Medium 7.9 MB 1500 100
Small 3.9 MB 2900 100
JPEG normal
Large 6.1 MB 1800 100
Medium 3.9 MB 3000 100
Small 2.1 MB 5600 100
JPEG basic
Large 2.0 MB 3500 100
Medium 1.5 MB 5700 100
Small 1.0 MB 10300 100
1 All figures are approximate.
Results will vary with card type, camera settings, and scene
recorded.
2 Maximum number of exposures that can be stored in memory buffer at ISO 100.
Drops when
long exposure noise reduction (0 243), auto distortion control (0 245), or Date stamp
(0 256) is on.