p.3 #1 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I used it from time to time, especially when I'm on vacation. So, yes, it's a very nice feature for me to have.
Some of you probably don't realize this, but DSLRs would have been more expensive without video. This is like cable TV would have been more expensive if the cable company allow subscribers to cherry pick channels they want.
p.3 #2 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
Instead of video, it should make coffee
I'm about to join the modern age and get a Canon with video capabilities. This gives me one more way to capture beauty and express myself, hard to say if it will get used much. I always shoot RAW and rarely with jpegs, but sometimes I'll shoot with both, nice to know the feature is there...
I have had the thought, while watching the ocean or standing by a stream of having motion capabilities...
p.3 #3 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I actually like having the feature, but I don't use it that much mainly because I have hardly got the time to edit my still shots, let alone open up the world of video processing. I do like being able to capture movies of some of the interesting stuff you see as sometimes stills can't capture the full range of behaviour you observe.
It sorta sucks that you can't AF and from what dpreview says, the 650D new implementation of PDAF for LV/video is not that good. Hopefully one day that will improve, but it's not a great concern.
p.3 #6 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
Gary Petersen wrote:
If I wanted a video camera I'd buy one.
but with it built in it is one thing, not two to drag around, oh and no need for a second set of lenses or to be stck with the built-in lens, and the minor point about not needing to spend another few thousands in addition
p.3 #7 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
skibum5 wrote:
but with it built in it is one thing, not two to drag around, oh and no need for a second set of lenses or to be stck with the built-in lens, and the minor point about not needing to spend another few thousands in addition
At the time it would've cost many thousands more to get a full frame video camera when the 5D2 came out. So you carry one body and one set of lenses for less than the cost of a pro level video camera. The original RED was what 25k?
p.3 #8 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I suspect most of video enabling revolves around the operating code of a modern DSLR, not the hardware. Once you have a CMOS, LCD and Live View, the hardware needed for video is in place. To omit video from such a camera would be a simple matter of crippling the FW but I'm pretty sure the production costs would be about the same. Your resale value would probably be significantly less compared to a non-crippled model.
Not too many would want to give up their LCD or LV features but you could probably cook a FW hack to disable the video if it really bothers you. Although I've not used the video in my 5D2, I might if space aliens land in my backyard...
p.3 #9 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
Hardly ever used it, but the few times I did use it, damn... was I glad I had it.
What Gochugogi said. If your DSLR has Live View, it pretty much has video. The only thing added was the software to record it. So to those who keep saying "I don't need video", you're just making a big deal out of nothing.
The price of a DSLR with video capability is still pretty much the same as the previous version without video.
p.3 #10 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I like the video feature and its quality.
I think it is short sighted of those who don't care, or openly dislike, having video on the camera to not realize a number of benefits they DO enjoy are directly related, especially Live View and time-lapse, among other features. The technology of video is likely to become even more influential as time goes on, and my opinion is that we will see video composited "stills" as a regular feature in a few years, with modes like "sharp" (best sharp areas from bracket), focus stacking, HDR, GIFs, and others, at a sophisticated level. Video is what will be driving this development.
I've used video an number of times and like it very much compared to small DV recorders like the ZR850. Much higher quality and fantastic lens selection with DSLR. I only wish I had more needs where I could use it. Stills are good, but people appreciate (are entertained longer) moving pictures more -- plenty of research on this over the last hundred years!
I wonder if the people who definitely don't want video would be willing to pay significantly more for special run, limited non-video bodies? Generally, I doubt it.
p.3 #11 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
Video is very important to me and one of the key reasons I shoot with Canon gear. For thirty years I was a photojournalist and for the past 24 years I was working for a large metro daily newspaper. That industry is changing fast and online video and multimedia is a large part of that change. About six years ago I could see video becoming more important in my field and I taught myself how to do it in addition to my work as a still photographer. My employer saw the value in it as well and I was given some very good international assignments solely because I could provide video and file it on deadline.
I started out using a high end Canon HD video camera and found the experience frustrating having come from the still photojournalism world. When the 5DmkII was introduced it was revolutionary and suddenly video and multimedia production was not just a novelty, but a requirement. Now I use a 5DmkIII and the small improvements in video made from the previous model are worth every penny to me.
In April I was laid off from my job at the newspaper and by May I had landed another job as a staff photographer based largely on my video experience. There were a lot of other very talented photographers in the running for that job and the ability to shoot video made the difference in their hiring decision. I'm still spending the majority of my time working in stills, but video is just another of my skill sets that allow me to survive in this very competetive business.
Don't get me wrong, if I had my way I'd still be shooting Tri-X in a Leica M, but that's just not a realistic way to make a living today.
p.3 #12 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I love video in DSLRs. It gives me the opportunity to film and photograph our wild birds with the same gear, in the same birding trip.
Here's an HD video of the Philippine race of the Oriental Honeybuzzard, a subspecies of this raptor that is very rarely photographed, much less filmed in habitat.
And some Philippine birds in flight.
Though these are very amateurish in editing and presentation, I doubt if even NatGeo has as extensive footages of Philippine birds as our birders in our islands. Without DSLR video, this shouldn't have been possible.
p.3 #13 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I don't have anything against having video capabilities in a DSRL, but I never use it. Not once. :-)
I'm with you about dropping the "D" from all the camera names... its not like they still produce film cameras...
Dan
Steve Torelli wrote:
Hello All,
This post was prompted by a recent visit to Cameralabs, a British site where I read their review of the Nikon 800 (As an aside. Don't you think the manufacturers can drop the D from the title of every body made these days ? After all this time I think it's safe to assume it is, in fact, a digital camera.) In the review, they spent as much time going on about the cameras video capabilities as anything else.
It got me to thinking. How many people consider video important to the purchase of an SLR body ?
Let me expose my bias right off the bat here. AFAIC I couldn't care less about it and would gladly pay less money for, say a 5MK III without it if video was an option rather than just included whether you wanted it or not.
Other than wedding photographers who can save some time and money by doing the wedding pix and videos themselves, we're talking home movies here. Something you use a lot ? Something you consider nice to have even if you don't use it often ? Your primary reason for the purchase, or like me, something that's just never used.
I don't know how to set up a poll in this post, but I'd like to see how the community feels about it.
Good Luck, Steve ...Show more →
p.3 #14 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
I've used the video a couple times at my daughter's gymnastics meets though it isn't really ideal for that. Otherwise I would say the video never gets used. I've told that to Canon in their surveys many times but they don't seem to listen.
p.3 #15 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
Don't use it, won't use it. Shot video seriously for about 10 years, returned to still photography because it's what I like. Still have my original video camera & a couple more but none see any use.
p.3 #16 · How important is video in a DSLR to you ?
NCAndy wrote:
I've used the video a couple times at my daughter's gymnastics meets though it isn't really ideal for that. Otherwise I would say the video never gets used. I've told that to Canon in their surveys many times but they don't seem to listen.
