Hello Im new to Nnikonites I used my Canon T2i for 2 years in September I jumped on the Nikon bus after months of research for the perfect camera for my needs. I am a videographer more then I am a photographer over 200 projects done in my short 3 years of filming. I purchased a D7100 but my biggest question about this camera is how do you check your SD cards space? In the canon it was 2 buttons menu then info. I have the manual and the Mastering the D7100 book and in neither can I find this simple information. I have been taking the card out and popping it in my laptop to find out how much space im working with. Can someone help me with that info?
D7100 SD card remaining data available
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RocketCowboy
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Howdy @RellyRale and welcome to Nikonites!
When the D7100 is powered off, it will give you an estimate on how many shots are remaining via the top LCD screen.
When the D7100 is powered on, pressing the "Info" button on the lower right hand side of the camera back will bring up a similar display to the top LCD screen, but will also show estimated remaining shots.
Hope that helps.
When the D7100 is powered off, it will give you an estimate on how many shots are remaining via the top LCD screen.
When the D7100 is powered on, pressing the "Info" button on the lower right hand side of the camera back will bring up a similar display to the top LCD screen, but will also show estimated remaining shots.
Hope that helps.
Ouch... Well ok I can work with that... My canon showed me how many Gigs down to the kilobytes. Well Im glad I have 2 32g san extremes, 2 16g and 3 8gig SD cards and I absolutely love this 2 memory card slot option. I think I chose this camera for that feature more then the upgrade from my Trex
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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@RellyRale.....welcome to the forum....you picked a great camera to start with from Nikon.
thanks @sonicbuffalo I think im going to practice my photography on my 90g saltwater tank I have 11 fish tangs and clowns others and a lot of coral. I have not opened this baby up yet. I have filmed 2 music videos with it though I hope to have them completed by the weekend.
If you are shooting in a compressed file format the count will not be accurate as each file's compressed size if different. The remaining frame count assumes minimal compression.
I shoot uncompressed.
With what camera? Your profile lists a D600 which to the best of my recollection (I don't have one in front of me at the moment) does not offer an uncompressed format, only lossless compressed or compressed raw, or jpeg.
Lossless compressed is not the same as uncompressed. If you look at your file sizes you will see that they differ from shot to shot depending upon the subject and therefore the compression.
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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I used to have a 150 gallon tank. Miss it sometimes, but it's a lot of work. My friend, who got me interested in aquariums had several Clown Triggers, a Lion Fish, and an assortment of other very colorful and beautiful salt water fish. It's also an expensive hobby, and I can only afford one expensive hobby.
Lossless compressed. Both D600s and D7100.
I still start out with an empty 16g card and have ~275 frames when starting, yet when I truly fill one up it's over 500.
And yes, I know why.