Can D2h create 640x480 jpegs in-camera?

[jake_mecklenborg]

I have an unusual question -- I am taking high volume (hundreds, if not over

1,000 per day) real estate exterior photos. We take photos of every property in

a zip code for a national database. The camera we are using currently, an

Olympus p&s, has a mic and we record the address as we take the photos. This

file is named the same as the respective jpeg, but with .wav at the end. The

company's software lines the two up so that the address info can be added easily

at the end of the day on the computer. The images for this program have to be

640x480.

 

The Olympus has several significant disadvantages. It doesn't have a lens hood

and so shooting in even the most imperceptible rain doesn't work. Lens flare is

a major problem. The zoom is ridiculously slow. The light meter is terrible.

In short I waste a lot of time in even the most ordinary shooting conditions

just adjusting the camera. I'm certain I could work 10-20% faster with a DSLR.

 

I have a D70 and the 17-55 f/2.8, which would be perfect for this gig except it

has no sound function.

 

I'm thinking of selling the D70 and getting a used D2h which will have enormous

advantages in speed and flexibility in tough lighting.

 

But it needs to create matching .jpeg and .wav files and it needs to create

jpegs that are 640x480. Otherwise I will have to batch process these in

Photoshop, which is potentially a serious time waster and I'm not quite sure how

to do it.

 

The D2h has the advantage as well of being able to take a decent photo of

whatever is encountered on these daily walks, the Olympus's image quality is

simply terrible. Also, the small camera causes my hand to cramp up after a few

hours.

 

 

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[lee_ricks]

The short answer is 1820 X 1224 is the smallest one.

 

Having said that:

 

 

Everyone ought to own or at least shoot with a D2H once in thier life. Nikon hit a home run with this wonderful camera. It takes about an hour for you to forget it is in your hand and just shoot.

 

Nikon in its idiocy has removed the recorder from all but the D3. The D300 would be a passable PJ camera if it were not for this omission.

 

If you can figure out how to batch your pictures at the end of the day....it is not hard...you will begin a love affair with this marvelous camera.

[walterh]

"Otherwise I will have to batch process these in Photoshop, which is potentially a serious time waster and I'm not quite sure how to do it."

 

Jake in case you got the current PS version CS3 it is really simple to process an entire folder with images.

 

goto FILE-> SCRIPTS -> IMAGE PROCESSOR

 

There you get a form where you can select an input folder and an output folder. You can also select a file size for JPG files and there you go.

 

Do not be scared it is really that simple.

 

Now you can use any camera for 480wide jpg files.

[stephen dohring]

While the d2h is a better camera the d100 with battery grip has the voice feature.

[lex_jenkins]

Nope, no web-size suitable ready-to-go JPEGs. That's why I use my "ancient" Olympus C-3040Z for most of my online sales unless I need really good quality bounced/diffused flash.

 

But it's very quick and easy to modify larger JPEGs (or NEFs or TIFFs, for that matter) from the D2H.

 

For quick 'n' dirty web use, I batch process everything through Irfanview with automated image tweaking. It spits out whatever web-sized JPEGs I want - 480x640, 600x800, etc.

 

Irfanview isn't sophisticated but it's easy to use and requires very few system resources - even with my puny PIII with 512 RAM I can continue doing other stuff while Irfanview batch processes dozens or hundreds of photos in the background. Can't say that about some more sophisticated photo editing software, which will crash my PC even when I'm doing nothing else.

[jake_mecklenborg]

I have Irfanview, didn't know it could do that. The D100 has the advantage of being cheaper and lighter, but with the grip it comes close to the price of a D2h so I think I'm going to go with the bigger camera. Thanks for these responses everyone.

[reiley_mckerracher]

if you want to do it in software, the easiest way if you using winxp is to load the powertoys resizer in (free from microsoft), select your pictures, right click, select size, done. its super easy!