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No doubt some of you will have seen the latest copy of "Nikon Pro" the official NPS UK Nikon magazine. The D4 and D800 are now regarded by video broadcasters to be the first DSLR ever to be up to standard for very high end film and TV production. IE they have passed the very elaborate European Broadcast Union (EBU) test often called the BBC Test.
These tests showed that both D4 and D800 exhibited the lowest amount of rolling shutter they have ever seen on a COMOS equipped camera. Other tests showed the two cameras to be very close to top grade broadcast cameras. Also praised for remarkable low light performance and the D800 was thought to be exceptional value given it's very high performance.
As stated my modest tests proved the D800 to produce very high quality moving images but I still stand by all my remarks in this topic at how difficult it it to use a DSLR for location filming compared with a pro video camera, but no complaints on final image quality in an edited video film.
I suspect the desire to have a multifunctional camera body outweighs the operational awkwardness for some people.
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Eric