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DSLR's are currently not in trend in the video world at the moment primarily as other companies have put out much more interesting offerings with the Panasonic GH4, Sony A7s and Black Magic Cinema with their cameras. Focus has always been an issue and only just about sorted out on some of the Canon models I'm not sure about Nikon. The biggest issue though is sound and the lack of monitoring and XLR inputs. Codecs also have been hampered and led to hackwares such as Magic Lantern gaining a loyal following. But at the end of the day they are just tools. Depending on what type of video you'll be producing should dictate what you look at. DSLR's will not be ideal if you are filming conferences or presentations as they can't film uninterrupted for long periods. The older models would just stop filming and the newer models will split the large file into 3-4 files which may be problematic for some uses.
Great insight, thank you. We currently have a little canon camcorder which is shit, it breaks up footage which is annoying to say the least. Does the black magic do that? It looks like a very interesting option indeed, and very affordable too...
Also I neglected to mention I'm actually recording stuff about 12-15m away
I hear the 800 and 750 are good, but I'd have no idea what's good regarding video. I did a test the other day and it seemed fine.
Cheers +photoben, will do some reading.
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@spotter DSLR's are currently not in trend in the video world at the moment primarily as other companies have put out much more interesting offerings with the Panasonic GH4, Sony A7s and Black Magic Cinema with their cameras. Focus has always been an issue and only just about sorted out on some of the Canon models I'm not sure about Nikon. The biggest issue though is sound and the lack of monitoring and XLR inputs. Codecs also have been hampered and led to hackwares such as Magic Lantern gaining a loyal following. But at the end of the day they are just tools. Depending on what type of video you'll be producing should dictate what you look at. DSLR's will not be ideal if you are filming conferences or presentations as they can't film uninterrupted for long periods. The older models would just stop filming and the newer models will split the large file into 3-4 files which may be problematic for some uses.