must be not HD enuf.
nowsadays lots of people use DSLR as video cam.
but they dont know the bst are still digi cam corder.
only convenient and got HD so people say good. can easily tell
differnce between DSLR and digicorcer outputs.
DSLR suffers in very poor focusing speed and accracy, and many
think they use DSLR lens can focus very need they forget its a DLSR
lens not a DSLR macro lens theygot on cam body. so you see when
focus very near the image and faces OOF.
another thing is lots of DSLR uses rolling shutter, so got jelly
effect and worse is when the subject or cameraman is fast moving,
again focusing spee and accuracy suffers.
DSLR is good for stationary and interviews, viedo with not much
fast pased actions, or shot at wider angle persspective, in this
case some moderate pfast paced action shot is possible, but suject
not too near please.
some canon DSLR vieo quality are mostly better than nikon DSLR
ones.
the main advantage of DSLR video is the freedom to use the
manual focus ring for in-out focus effects freely, unlike digicam
corder have to use on screen controls and very troublesome and also
dont know can record th in-out focus effects while 'manual
focusing' or not. only costly higher end (e.g canon HFG10 and above
professional grade cams) have manual focusing ring.
dont just look at HD and image quality. look out for focusing
accuracy and speed, exposure consistency when transitioning between
a brighter area to a darker area.
some sample videos below
(1) A sample weddig video
http://vimeo.com/36519049
As timeline 2:45, very clear the groom buttoning up his suit the
hands focus is out. see the whole vieo and take not, not once and
many times the subject (can be face, faces, objects, and event body
parts like hands and legs) focus are out and soft. no not
creatively or purposely done for sure. i have nothignaginst this
ivdeo and company, but just to illustrate some technical shortfall
of a DSLR for video. and trust me this guy is using DLSR video mode
to make this video at certain or all the frames.
this is not the only one that produces such videos, there are
more others doing like this but still got people say good and they
can still get jobs. clients only wanna see portfolio and more
videos and on actual day they happy can oredi.
want a real professinal look , check this one out.
http://vimeo.com/25448173
no mention of equipment used. but ther eis a possiblity that
this one at vimeo was done with DSLR equipment instead of
professiona cam equipment.
(2) scenery shots with no closeups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0pYDPQZGI
This video looks very good. uses a canon 600D and enhanced by
using glidecam for the balanceing effects. but user know the pros
and cons of a DSLR video and uses the pros to his advantage. notice
no clsoeup focusing and thus high the shortfalls.
(3) Action shots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l2P3Y27cqo&list=PL774DDA979B5F6D4D&index=3
same guy again using 5Dmark III with better AF system.
Rig:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- Canon 16-35mm F2.8 L MK II
- Glidecam HD-2000
Spec
Recording Size And Frame Rate 1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p / 25p /
24p 1280 x 720 (HD): 60p / 50p 640 x 480 (SD): 30p / 25p
video was best viewed at 1080p but if he had uses the 720p
option with 60p frame rates, the slow motion frames would have been
smoother. download the whole video at 1080p and watch note the slow
motion scenes, theya re soft. also user uses wide abgle lens 16-35
and avoids closeup focusing on sibjects so no OOF and blurring in
most scenes.
