Nikon introduces D5000 digital SLR with vari-angle LCD
D-Movie mode offers three movie sizes: 1280 x 720 pixels (equivalent to 720p HD resolution), 640 x 424 pixels and 320 x 216 pixels, all at 24 fps. The compression format is Motion JPEG. Movie files emerge from the camera with an .avi extension (and can be imported directly to an editor like iMovie without an additional conversion step).
The camera will record clips up to five minutes long at 1280 x 720 pixels (20 minutes at the smaller movie sizes) before recording is stopped to give the image sensor an opportunity to cool. The file size for a typical five minute, 1280 x 720 pixel clip is roughly 600MB. There's no control over the JPEG compression level. A mono mic on the front of the camera picks up audio. Sound quality, owing to a combination of the mic component and internal audio processing, is likely to be so-so. There is no provision for plugging in an external microphone. Other than turning the mic off, there are no audio options such as manual level adjustment or wind filtering.
D-Movie mode offers three movie sizes: 1280 x 720 pixels (equivalent to 720p HD resolution), 640 x 424 pixels and 320 x 216 pixels, all at 24 fps. The compression format is Motion JPEG. Movie files emerge from the camera with an .avi extension (and can be imported directly to an editor like iMovie without an additional conversion step).
The camera will record clips up to five minutes long at 1280 x 720 pixels (20 minutes at the smaller movie sizes) before recording is stopped to give the image sensor an opportunity to cool. The file size for a typical five minute, 1280 x 720 pixel clip is roughly 600MB. There's no control over the JPEG compression level. A mono mic on the front of the camera picks up audio. Sound quality, owing to a combination of the mic component and internal audio processing, is likely to be so-so. There is no provision for plugging in an external microphone. Other than turning the mic off, there are no audio options such as manual level adjustment or wind filtering.