D2 is a digital Dual Format Camera

My friend, what is the sense of this option? It does not widen the sensor, but simply cuts off the top and bottom. Why throw away pixels when you can simply crop in Photoshop or whatever (and with more control over the composition I might add....)
 
I can think of two advantages:
1) more shots will store on the memory card.
2) If you intend to display on HDTV (such as a documentary), the image will fit without having to do additional Photoshop work.

My (ancient) Nikon E3 uses the 4:3 format. I think it is the last laugh by Nikon and other Japanese camera compaines pushing the 24mmx32mm negative format after WW-II.
 
If you'r shooting wide, it will definitely be EASIER to compose for the wide shot while the wide aspect is being displayed on the LCD display.
 
Never use the LCD display, just the viewfinder LCD. I prefer the monitor for cropping. Matter of taste I suppose.
 
" Why throw away pixels when you can simply crop in Photoshop" r whatever (and with more control over the composition I might add....)


If you crop in PhotoShop you are Throwing away pixels anyway. And I want the control when im taking the picture not after. Using the doble space on your memory card and then wasting time trying to crop/compose all the pictures, is not my idea of control.
But if it works for you is ok! :D


Does anyone know what HDTV mean?

gustav[] pEña
 
High Definition Television. I suspect the image is sized to show on an HDTV monitor without losing the image. HDTV uses a 16:9 ratio rather than the 4:3 ratio of standard television. The Japanese format for 35mm film in the '40s was 32mm x 24mm, which is also 4:3.
 
Sorry to be the one to dash cold water, Gustav, but unfortunately the HDTV mode in the D2 is exactly what it claims to be : a reduced-resolution option to output the photo directly to a HDTV screen. The manual states that the resolution of the HDTV mode is 1920x1080 pixels. That means the D2 is reduced to a lowly 2 Mp panorama camera. As a matter of fact, one can crop 2 1/2 HDTV resolution files from one full resolution shot -vertically!And this mode doesn't accept RAW. Full resolution is 2560x1920 pixels. The post-cropping option would yield a 2560x1450 pixel shot. Or try multiple shots and stitching. I don't use this method myself-too much work, but I've seen reults- Wow! :angel:
:mad: This is the one thing I hate about the D2. It has "features" that would be more suited to 150$ P&S camera's like this HDTV, sound recording and video, and are quite unworthy of the superb quality of the machine. :bang:
 
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I never said I was sure about it. Thanks! Just the information I need it.

I'm wondering if anybody know the answers of this questions:

1- Is there an option in Photoshop/or any other program to convert the image in HDTV format automaticaly whitout losing pixels?
2- Do you think is ok to make a stop motion video whit 1920x1080 for the Television?
3- How many pixels Would be 2560X1450?

gustav[] pEña
 
gustav[] pEña said:
1- Is there an option in Photoshop/or any other program to convert the image in HDTV format automaticaly whitout losing pixels?
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I don't think it's possible, since the format change requires discarding the top and bottom of the image, automatically reducing the number of pixels.
2- Do you think is ok to make a stop motion video whit 1920x1080 for the Television?
3- How many pixels Would be 2560X1450?
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Multiply 2560x1450=3712000 total pixels. Divide by 1024 to get 3625Kpixels; divide again by 1024 to get 3.54 Mp. Similarly 1920x1080=1.98Mp.
 
I suspect you can do the stop-motion video for HDTV. What are you planning to do? Do you have to turn it into an MPEG style video? The camera will turn out JPEG's.

Does anyone know of software to turn JPEG frames into an MPEG, allowing you to specify frame-rate? Most stop-frame animation work can be done with 4~6 frames per second of projection time. Back in Super-8 days, you took 3 or 4 frames of the same still image before setting up for the next shot.
 
gustav[] pEña said:
I never said I was sure about it. Thanks! Just the information I need it.

I'm wondering if anybody know the answers of this questions:

1- Is there an option in Photoshop/or any other program to convert the image in HDTV format automaticaly whitout losing pixels?
2- Do you think is ok to make a stop motion video whit 1920x1080 for the Television?
3- How many pixels Would be 2560X1450?

gustav[] pEña
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You'd have to consult the manual; I seem to remember that there is a possibility of making "animations", another of the things that are done far better by a DV-cam.
For converting Jpeg into Mpeg you're probably best off with a program like Studio 8 or any other video-editing program. those usually have a possibilty of incorporating Jpeg stills in video-output.
 
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