Pictures are saved using file names consisting of “DSC_” followed by a four-digit number and a three-letter extension. [] is used to select three letters to replace the “DSC” portion of the file name. For information on text entry, see “Text Entry” (Text Entry).
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File names take the form “DSC_nnnn.xxx”. nnnn is a number from 0001 to 9999. xxx is one of the following extensions, assigned according to the options selected for image quality and file type:
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NEF: NEF (RAW) photos
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JPG: JPEG (fine, normal, or basic) photos
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MOV: MOV movies
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MP4: MP4 movies
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NDF: Dust off reference data
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Images created with [] selected for [] in the photo shooting menu have file names of the form “_DSCnnnn.xxx”.
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In each pair of photographs recorded at image-quality settings of NEF (RAW)+JPEG, the NEF and JPEG images have the same file names but different extensions.