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Still no news from any of you re shooting movies with D800 and am just in process of finishing my write up for the RPS magazine.Well not a D800 but the D7000 shares the same ergonomic shortcomings.
My thoughts on using DSLR for movie work are still the same. The quality of movie footage from the D800 is of a very high order but as a publisher of BLuRay and DVDs my Sony NX5 (AVCHD format high def) Camcorder is so much easier to use and image quality is more than I need.
The D800 needs a lot of bolt ons to even compose and focus, also auto focus does not work well for movie and there is no steady-cam for hand holding! Zooming with a DSLR lens is also a no no. On board sound is also poor so you need to plug in a good pro mike through a portable audio mixer.....
I have just bought my wife a Panasonic camcorder and expect to retire the D7000.
The fact is, DSLR video, despite the inherent quality, requires 'film maker' attention to detail technique to realise it. What I mean by that is, without a rotatable LCD and better placed buttons, handholding is a joke...you HAVE to use a tripod. (even then, the viewing angle of the rear LCD isn't comfortable). I won't go on listing.
Not everyone sets about using a video camera to make 'films'. They certainly dont start with a shooting script or even consider taking a tripod with them. As a former 16mm filmmaker I am trying to help my wife improve her filming technique. But her filming will always be spontaneous and she could not use the D7000 for casual videoing.
Graham
I am also going to upgrade the wife's PC (might even consider a Mac). What do you consider is a good specification that I need to be aiming for ...to handle HD editing?
Last edited on Sun Jan 6th, 2013 17:29 by Eric
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