Why is my Nikon D7000 saving two copies of every photo?
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My Nikon D7000 appears to save two versions of every shot to the SD card. Each photo seems duplicated, and I want the camera to save only one file per press of the shutter. What settings should I check to stop this?
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Have you checked file extensions? You might have your camera set in the RAW+JPEG storing mode, producing both .JPG and .NEF file for each shot, showing the same thumbnail for both of them. Also many image viewers would show both of them.
Solution: Turn off RAW+JPEG mode and use JPEG only mode.
Check page 85 of the Nikon D7000 manual - Image Recording Options
(or page 64 in Nikon D700 manual - Image Quality in case this is your camera - you've mentioned both models).
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The most likely cause is that the camera is set to record RAW+JPEG, which saves two files for each shot: a JPEG and a Nikon RAW (.NEF). They can look like exact duplicates in many viewers. If you only want one file, change the image quality/recording setting to JPEG only or RAW only.
Other settings to check:
- Self-timer shot count: on the D7000, the self-timer can be set to take more than one photo each time it fires. Set the number of shots to 1.
- Bracketing: if enabled, the camera may take multiple exposures of the same scene. These usually differ slightly in brightness, so they are not truly identical.
Start by checking Image Quality / Image Recording Options, then self-timer settings, then bracketing.
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