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<blockquote data-quote="skater" data-source="post: 374482" data-attributes="member: 19158">I just watched the moss+waterfall video and I see what you're saying.&nbsp; But here's the thing with digital video:&nbsp; It's not a set of images put together one after the other, certainly not at the D7000 level at least.&nbsp; Think of it as a data stream that can only contain a certain amount of data.&nbsp; Since you had a lot of motion in that video, the camera had to compress elsewhere and there went your detailed moss.&nbsp; The compression works by seeing what changes the least between frames so your eye is least likely to notice it, and the compression algorithm favors the movement, figuring that's the most important thing (which it usually is).Theoretically, increasing the data stream size would give you more data and MIGHT be enough to resolve that moss.&nbsp; As I said above, I don't know what settings the D7000 has for video and whether it's adjustable.I'm still kind of surprised that people use a DSLR this way.&nbsp; I mean, I guess it works, but if I were doing video like this I'd get out my dedicated video camera and not worry about it shutting down after 20 minutes and all (which the D7000 will).&nbsp; At ~$200, it was also a lot cheaper than a DSLR + lenses, too, and much easier to hold one-handed, being designed for that purpose.&nbsp; On the other hand, I wouldn't have access to my different lenses, either, so if I wanted to do extreme wide angle or something then I guess the DSLR would be my choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skater, post: 374482, member: 19158"] I just watched the moss+waterfall video and I see what you're saying. But here's the thing with digital video: It's not a set of images put together one after the other, certainly not at the D7000 level at least. Think of it as a data stream that can only contain a certain amount of data. Since you had a lot of motion in that video, the camera had to compress elsewhere and there went your detailed moss. The compression works by seeing what changes the least between frames so your eye is least likely to notice it, and the compression algorithm favors the movement, figuring that's the most important thing (which it usually is). Theoretically, increasing the data stream size would give you more data and MIGHT be enough to resolve that moss. As I said above, I don't know what settings the D7000 has for video and whether it's adjustable. I'm still kind of surprised that people use a DSLR this way. I mean, I guess it works, but if I were doing video like this I'd get out my dedicated video camera and not worry about it shutting down after 20 minutes and all (which the D7000 will). At ~$200, it was also a lot cheaper than a DSLR + lenses, too, and much easier to hold one-handed, being designed for that purpose. On the other hand, I wouldn't have access to my different lenses, either, so if I wanted to do extreme wide angle or something then I guess the DSLR would be my choice. [/QUOTE]

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