Jan 2013

Still cameras for video

My thought is still to use a video camera for video.  Too many hassles and compromises with using still cameras for video.  

It's cool if you are a still photographer who has a lot invested in lenses and you want to get into video, but if you're starting from scratch, the extra stuff you need will end up driving the cost up to the level of a dedicated video camera, and then it's not an integrated system.

This is the big problem with this whole trend toward what I might call 'mini-Cine' rigs - there's a lot of stuff and expense aside from the camera head itself.  Which is why for most of us, a PMW-type camera is ideal.  I mean, unless you really have a NEED for the interchangeable lenses that you get paid for (and will mostly be working cine-style).
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