DSLRs as HD video cameras…
Both Nikon and Canon have recently announced new DSLR cameras with the ability to shoot moving images. This is a quite interesting development. These cameras, since they’re for professional photographers, have extremely large CCDs in them so they can easily produce a good HD video. They also use 35mm lenses which give the same depth of field as what would I would achieve with the DOF adapter I’m building. These things can definitely change the playing field a bit in videography. But, it seems their strengths inherently produce many weaknesses. The first is the fact that they are DSLRs. The bodies are ergonomically not made for shooting moving images. The other is their CCDs. From reports that tested the video functions of these cameras, the image capture system is too slow causing weird distortions in the image when moving the camera. However, despite some of their weaknesses, these cameras might perform well for certain jobs, especially if you want that great shallow DOF. It should be interesting to see the improvements in the next generation of these cameras.
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