Nikon D3X - Manual (Page 453)

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Memory Card Capacity
The following table shows the approximate number of pictures
that can be stored on a 4 GB SanDisk Extreme IV (SDCFX4) card at
different image quality, image size, and image area settings.
❚❚FX format (36 × 24) Image Area
Image quality Image size File size 1 No. of images 1 Buffer capacity 2
NEF (RAW), Lossless
compressed, 12-bit
— 27.6 MB 100 24
NEF (RAW), Lossless
compressed, 14-bit
— 35.6 MB 77 28
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 12-bit
— 23.0 MB 137 26
NEF (RAW),
Compressed, 14-bit
— 29.4 MB 114 34
NEF (RAW),
Uncompressed,
12-bit
— 38.9 MB 100 22
NEF (RAW),
Uncompressed,
14-bit
— 50.6 MB 77 21
TIFF (RGB)
L 73.5 MB 53 22
M 41.5 MB 94 23
S 18.6 MB 210 30
JPEG fine 3
L 14.1 MB 277 44
M 7.9 MB 491 78
S 3.6 MB 1000 80
JPEG normal 3
L 7.1 MB 552 61
M 4.0 MB 976 80
S 1.8 MB 2100 83
JPEG basic 3
L 3.6 MB 1000 69
M 2.1 MB 1800 82
S 0.9 MB 4100 83