Never doubt the power of a DSLR for movies again (1 Viewer)

Wow, that was pretty nice. It's amazing how technology is nowadays. I'm still doing research on which camera to get for my preference.

 

[Sam Posten]

Lucas using the 5dm2 shots taken during pickup filming on Redtails, full report from Philip Bloom:
http://philipbloom.co.uk/2010/05/12/redtails/

 

[Sam Posten]

Awesome short shot on RED.

 

[Bill Buklis]

Wow that was great.

 

[Sam Posten]

Now he's just showing off =)
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2010/08/29/major-update-to-the-gear-section/

 

[Sam Posten]

A humble D5000 video by your narrator, shot at Ft. Monmouth's flag casing cermony.
 
Cannon battery firing:

 

[Scott Merryfield]

That's excellent video quality, Sam. Did you use an external mic to record the audio, or is that just from the built-in microphone of the camera?
 
My Canon 7D just arrived yesterday. Although I have never been much for shooting video I'm looking forward to trying out its HD video feature just to see what the video quality is like. I need to figure out the still photography features of the camera first. It's a little different than my 40D.

 

[Sam Posten]

Just the crappy wind whistling on board mono mic.
 
If the D7000 is announced wednesday with features as rumored I will buy a Zacuto Zfinder and one of these mics to pair with it:
http://www.rode.com.au/microphone.php?product=VideoMic

 

[Sam Posten]

http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/5428
http://www.digitalphotographywriter.com/2010/07/dslr-camera-microphone-for-videos.html

 

[Sam Posten]

First public view of a production Scarlet:
https://twitter.com/wiegaertner/status/15005992014057472

 

[Shane D]

the video department here burned up 2 7d's trying to do production video on them so be wary, granted ithink they had them running for like 30 min non stop.

 

[Sam Posten]

They specifically warn you not to run them over 20, I think the 5dm2 stops after 5 mins!

 

[dmiller68]

I have been shooting video off and on with my Canon T1i and it does a pretty good job all things considered. I still think it will be a while before we get full on the fly auto-focus video camera functionality. The Camera purists that I hang with don't believe mixing the two is a great idea. I think they believe the long term sacrifices will be too great. For the amateurs like me I think it is cool.

 

[Eric Samonte]

I tried just shooting video with the 60D and it did kept on shooting way past the 5 minute mark. I stopped at around 8 minutes.
So am I to understand shooting for 20 minutes or more not a good thing?

 

[Sam Posten]

Just beautiful:

 

[Sam Posten]

Is it really a revolution?

http://ninofilm.net/blog/2011/01/16/dslr-video-is-a-revolution/

 

[Don Solosan]

Eric, I have a Canon Powershot SX1is that shoots 1080p, and the limitation is that it records in chunks of 4 gigs. So I get about 14 minutes, then it shuts off. Most of the time I'm not shooting long takes, so it's not a problem. I don't know if consistently shooting long takes is especially hard on a camera or not...

 

[Sam Posten]

Definitely varies by camera. Check your manuals before long takes!

I like this one!
http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/blog/2010/11/03/my-first-play-with-the-nikon-d3s-wildlife-video/

 

[CitrixXen]

I use my nikon D90 for capturing videos and I'm satisfied with it. What other dslr cams do you know guys that can really be very helpful in videos?

 

[Sam Posten]

Right now the Canon 5d mark2 is the gold standard.