File Naming

G button U C photo shooting menu

Pictures are saved using file names consisting of “DSC_” followed by a four-digit number and a three-letter extension. [File naming] is used to select three letters to replace the “DSC” portion of the file name. For information on text entry, see “Text Entry” (0 Text Entry).

File Names

File names take the form “DSC_nnnn.xxx”, where nnnn is a number from 0001 to 9999 and xxx is one of the following extensions, assigned according to the options selected for image quality and file type:
- NEF: NEF (RAW) format, used when RAW is selected for image quality
- JPG: JPEG format, used if an image quality other than RAW is chosen with SDR selected for tone mode
- HIF: HEIF, used if an image quality other than RAW is chosen with HLG selected for tone mode
- MOV: MOV videos
- MP4: MP4 videos
- NDF: Dust off reference data
Pictures created with [Adobe RGB] selected for [Color space] in the photo shooting menu have file names of the form “_DSCnnnn.xxx”.
The NEF (RAW) and JPEG photographs in each pair of pictures recorded at image-quality settings of RAW + JPEG/HEIF have the same file names but different extensions (“.NEF” for the NEF (RAW) photo and “.JPG” for the JPEG copy).
The NEF (RAW) and HEIF photographs in each pair of pictures recorded at image-quality settings of RAW + JPEG/HEIF have the same file names but different extensions (“.NEF” for the NEF (RAW) photo and “.HIF” for the HEIF copy).