how many RAW shots can i get on 64gb xqd card in nikon d5?

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Hi, if anyone can help with this id be very grateful. How many RAW shots can i get on 64gb xqd card in nikon d5?. Im used to using nikon d750 with SD cards but renting out a couple of d5's but need to know how many cards I'll need?
I understand different makes will be different just need a rough guide.

Thank you in advance, Col!
 
Ah yeah, of course it does. I however don't pick them up for hire until thursday so cannot check. Thanks for that though, easy when you think of it!!!

Thanks again!
 
Don't forget that the number the camera gives you is a worst case scenario and the chances are that you'll get more shots on the card than it says. Probably!
 
Different RAW file types are going to have different capacities but a 64GB XQD card of any make is going to have the same 64GB capacity (it’s only Cameras buffer capacity that will likely change depending on maximum card speed). The details you need should be listed in the manual. You should be able to download a manual from the internet.

Edit: a quick google gives the answer with a table of the different types:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1063344/Nikon-D5.html?page=405

Basically:

1300 images for 14 bit lossles compressed on a 64GB card.
1700 images for 12 bit lossless compressed on a 64GB card.
 
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rob-nikon said:
Different RAW file types are going to have different capacities but a 64GB XQD card of any make is going to have the same 64GB capacity (it’s only Cameras buffer capacity that will likely change depending on maximum card speed). The details you need should be listed in the manual. You should be able to download a manual from the internet.

Edit: a quick google gives the answer with a table of the different types:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1063344/Nikon-D5.html?page=405

Basically:

1300 images for 14 bit lossles compressed on a 64GB card.
1700 images for 12 bit lossless compressed on a 64GB card.
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14 bit lossless compressed are 24.2mb, so by my calculations that's approximately 2645 images (640000/24.2). My guess is that the manual states the file number prior to lossless compression (just like what the camera displays) as the manual also says 1300 shots for uncompressed 14 bit.

This has just made me realise how big my D850 files are ;)
 
snerkler said:
14 bit lossless compressed are 24.2mb, so by my calculations that's approximately 2645 images (640000/24.2). My guess is that the manual states the file number prior to lossless compression (just like what the camera displays) as the manual also says 1300 shots for uncompressed 14 bit.

This has just made me realise how big my D850 files are ;)
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I bet those D850 files are big. The ones on the D810 are big enough. I remember having 8GB cards on my first Nikon D7000, now I’m using 64GB cards as standard (partly because of file size and that I can’t be bothered to change cards anymore).

You are right that Nikon do seem to massively underestimate memory card capacity in the instruction manual charts and in relaity its probably double. I'm guessing Nikon are working on the ‘always better to under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver’ theory. Not that I ever check don’t file size differ depending on complexity of the image ie 24.2MB is average therefore some may be higher, some lower.

By the way theres a typo (one too many zeros) on the calculation, and isn’t 1GB equal to 1024MB..... I know you like your lab coat ;)
 
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rob-nikon said:
I bet those D850 files are big. The ones on the D810 are big enough. I remember having 8GB cards on my first Nikon D7000, now I’m using 64GB cards as standard (partly because of file size and that I can’t be bothered to change cards anymore).

You are right that Nikon do seem to massively underestimate memory card capacity in the instruction manual charts and in relaity its probably double. I'm guessing Nikon are working on the ‘always better to under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver’ theory. Not that I ever check don’t file size differ depending on complexity of the image ie 24.2MB is average therefore some may be higher, some lower.

By the way theres a typo (one too many zeros) on the calculation, and isn’t 1GB equal to 1024MB..... I know you like your lab coat ;)
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Haha, well spotted. I wish my 64gb cards were actually 640000mb though ;)

I thought I’d try to keep the math simple hence rounding and also taking averages :p
 
Just buy at least 2 cards, preferably 3. That should cover you for anything but the end of the world when you would need 4.
 
rob-nikon said:
By the way theres a typo (one too many zeros) on the calculation, and isn’t 1GB equal to 1024MB..... I know you like your lab coat ;)
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Just being pedantic but 1GB doesn't always equal 1024MB. Some forms of memory, such as RAM, are usually calculated that way, but others (hard drives and presumably memory cards) are more likely to use the metric equvalent of 1GB = 1000MB. It's why if you put a 128GB card into a Windows computer and check it's properties it will show the size as 119GB. :)
 
Thanks so much everyone!!! Really appreciate the help as always.

Cheers, Col
 
rob-nikon said:
I bet those D850 files are big. The ones on the D810 are big enough. I remember having 8GB cards on my first Nikon D7000, now I’m using 64GB cards as standard (partly because of file size and that I can’t be bothered to change cards anymore).

You are right that Nikon do seem to massively underestimate memory card capacity in the instruction manual charts and in relaity its probably double. I'm guessing Nikon are working on the ‘always better to under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver’ theory. Not that I ever check don’t file size differ depending on complexity of the image ie 24.2MB is average therefore some may be higher, some lower.

By the way theres a typo (one too many zeros) on the calculation, and isn’t 1GB equal to 1024MB..... I know you like your lab coat ;)
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use a 256GB XQD for the 850.
 
snerkler said:
How does 640000mb = 80mb? :confused:
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Even worse 640000mb = 0.0008MB

that being 640000 millibits or 800 Bytes (puts socks on as that was a big number)

or that could be 640 Bytes if using 8 bit Bytes with a stop bit and parity bit.
 
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dmb said:
Even worse 640000mb = 0.0008MB

that being 640000 millibits or 800 Bytes (puts socks on as that was a big number)

or that could be 640 Bytes if using 8 bit Bytes with a stop bit and parity bit.
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I didn't know there was such a thing lol. Clearly I meant Megabyte :p
 
It might be clear to you but David's right - there's a huge (several orders of magnitude!) difference between a mb and a MB. The joys of the SI unit!
 
And that's before you start on Mebibytes and Gibibytes! :)
 
Nod said:
It might be clear to you but David's right - there's a huge (several orders of magnitude!) difference between a mb and a MB. The joys of the SI unit!
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I'm just lazy with the shift key ;)
 
dmb said:
Even worse 640000mb = 0.0008MB

that being 640000 millibits or 800 Bytes (puts socks on as that was a big number)

or that could be 640 Bytes if using 8 bit Bytes with a stop bit and parity bit.
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You're correct, I put an inadvertant M in there.
 
snerkler said:
I didn't know there was such a thing lol. Clearly I meant Megabyte :p
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1B = 8b
M = 1000x
m = (1/1000)x

(or 1024 if talking about computer memory)

It's quite confusing as datarates are usually given in b and data sizes in B
 
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