camera switched from raw to jpeg mid shoot

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picturegirl

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I was shooting yesterday (2 shoots in a row) checked all my settings before i started, went on with my shoots, came home uploaded and half my pics are in raw and the rest are jpeg!!! How did this change mid shoot. did I hit something? this has never happened before!! Any ideas??
 
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picturegirl

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Yea I figured thats what happened Im just not sure how, and I would like to know that way I dont do it again lol Is there a button on the camera that will change from raw to jpeg?
 
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Eyelight

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There is likely a button that changes function when you press it and rotate a command dial. Press the wrong button and the quality changes instead of ISO or white balance or something.
 
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480sparky

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I've had this happen as well and have never found an answer.

Everyone tells me I'm pushing a button on my camera that's set to change the format, but I don't have a button set for that.

And NO WAY is a 12-frame burst going to be changed from .NEF to .JPG and back to .NEF in 3 frames.

I've contacted Nikon about it several times and never heard back. So it's one of the Great Mysteries of the Ages. That, and where socks disappear to in the laundry.




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picturegirl

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Yup right under iso is quality I must have hit that and changed it not realizing. Thank god I caught it now, since I have 6 shoots this week! even tho I always check, my luck I would have forgot.
 
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Eyelight

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Y'all made me go look it up.

The button on the back of the camera that says QUAL above it; if pressed while rotating your command dial changes the image quality setting.

Try it and if it works, the problem is solved and you will now have to surrender your cameras to me. I'll send you the address. :)

Just kidding. Then I have to learn what all them other buttons do.
 
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picturegirl

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Oh mine wasnt like that mine was raw for the first half then jpeg. I have come to the conclusion I must have hit the uality button instead of the iso button one is on top of the other. So Im hoping that was the problem, I hope you get yours figured out tho
 
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aroy

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That is what I like about my D3300. There are so few buttons. Any way there is no button which does not require the thumb wheel to change settings.

I did get half a days's shoot in jpeg, but that was after I used Digicam for tethered shoot and forgot that it sets the camera to jpeg. After a few such changes, I constantly check the settings on the screen.
 
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Eyelight said:
Y'all made me go look it up.

The button on the back of the camera that says QUAL above it; if pressed while rotating your command dial changes the image quality setting.

Try it and if it works, the problem is solved and you will now have to surrender your cameras to me. I'll send you the address. :)

Just kidding. Then I have to learn what all them other buttons do.
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I accidentally did this with my D600 when taking theater photos at my local high school. No one was running spot lights so when they turned down the house lights, the balcony where I was standing went completely dark. I went to change my ISO by pressing the ISO button and turning the wheel, but I must have hit the QUAL button by mistake. I wound up with 6 RAW files and over 800 jpegs. :sorrow: The ISO and QUAL buttons are reversed on my D90 which makes it harder to memorize where the ISO button is located. Bet you pressed the QUAL button inadvertently, too, while rotating the dial. And bet you won't ever do it again! ;)
 
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