Nikon D300 User Manual page 602

D-Movie Mode – Section Two
(User's Manual – D300S page 57)
I don't want to get into deep theory in this chapter because
most people are not really interested in reading a technical
manual. However, since the Nikon D300S is also a video
camera, it's good to understand some basics—if for no other
reason than to impress your friends and to make your videos
look great. I'm sure you want that!
High-Definition (HD) Video
Before shooting your first D-Movie, you'll need to configure
the camera for your favorite video frame size. We'll look into
the actual configuration in a later section. For now, let's just
discuss some basics.
Here are the available
▪ 1280×720
▪ 640×424 pixels
▪ 320×216 pixels
A video frame is much smaller pixel-wise than a normal
still-image frame. While your D300S can create beautiful
12-megapixel still images, its best high-definition video
image is just below one megapixel, at 921,600 pixels, or 0.9
megapixels.
Whoa! How can less than one megapixel be considered high
definition (HD)? Simply because it matches one of the
D-Movie
pixels (720p –
(3:2 format SD) – 24 fps (default)
(3:2 format SD) – 24 fps
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frame sizes in your D300S:
16:9 format HD) – 24 fps