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File Naming
G button
UC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 67).
D File Names
File names take the for
m “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
NEV: NEV videos
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 (“.RAW” 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 (“.RAW” for the NEF (RAW)
photo and “.HIF” for the HEIF copy).
Proxy videos have the same file names as the RAW footage with which they are recorded, but while
the RAW footage is assigned the extension “.NEV” or “.MOV’, the proxy files have the extension
.MP4”.
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BrandNikon
ModelZ 8
CategoryDigital Camera
LanguageEnglish

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