Is processing speed affected by image quality (raw vs jpeg vs raw+jpeg)?

Camera Fun

Senior Member
Is the processing speed of the D7000 impacted by what image quality is selected?
RAW only vs. JPEG only vs. RAW+JPEG?
Does the role selected for writing to the cards have any bearing? I use SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s cards.
Thanks.
 

480sparky

Senior Member
Other factors will impact processing speed. Turning on Active D-Lighting, Noise Reduction, Lens Distortion Correction et al will all slow the camera down.
 

Camera Fun

Senior Member
I've got controls such as ADL, Auto distortion control, Long Exp NR as off with High ISO NR at normal and realize that RAW files are larger. For general/still/portrait shots, I've been doing RAW for card 1 and JPEG(fine) for card 2. I'm considering going to RAW & JPEG on the same card or possibly just RAW and was wondering how much (if any) impact there might be on the speed. Thanks.
 

PatrickDeBie

Senior Member
RAW + JPG is slower than RAW alone. The processor needs to process a JPG image from the RAW file and store it on the SD card.
But since you have fast SD cards, I think you won't notice the difference.
 

Woodyg3

Senior Member
Contributor
Unless you are using continuous shutter release until you fill the buffer, you'll never notice the processing speed.
 
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