Please wait...
yeah, just got back from Chamonix, 3200 ft at the valley floor is too low.
No slednecks there, too bad for Animal. Plenty of mechanized access to the mountains though...
Every Picture Tells A Story, Doughnut?
I was driving my car down a side-street and saw this sign.
I want to know the story that led to this sale.
I disagree, that sign was not made by an angry,soon to be ex-wife. If it said "Ex-husband's crap for sale" that would say the man is no longer around. I would say they couple has a baby on the way.
Could have sworn we had a photography room. Oh well...
Someone with a clue please tell me about using a DSLR for video. Is it worth it? I have a Nikon DSLR and if I were to trade up for one that can shoot video, I would be able to use my existing lenses, right? Is shooting video with DSLR a real thing at this point, or is it a gimmick?
2020-09-30 18:19 from IGnatius T Foobar in A/V Talk>
Could have sworn we had a photography room. Oh well...
Someone with a clue please tell me about using a DSLR for video. Is
it worth it? I have a Nikon DSLR and if I were to trade up for one
that can shoot video, I would be able to use my existing lenses, right?
Is shooting video with DSLR a real thing at this point, or is it a
gimmick?
It all depends on what you're trying to do. You can shoot some good video that will be far better than cellphone quality. But DSLR stuff doesn't really achieve digital cinema quality, because of the lenses and secondarily due to some lacking features in the camera bodies.
Nikon's are the worst of the bunch because their lenses tend to have mechanical aperture control which can't be changed in the middle of a video shoot on all but the most expensive Nikon camera bodies. Nor do they have phase-detect autofocus integrated on sensor, except on the newest mirrorless bodies.
I use a Nikon D7100. It works with both the old mechanical-autofocus (D-type) and electronic-autofocus (G-type) lenses. Also the new E-type lenses with electronic aperture control. All of these lenses will work for video, you just have to choose a resonable aperture when you start shooting and stick with it. (Shutterspeed and ISO will still vary automatically, and the sensor has a lot of latitude, so this is not too bad.) In principle, the E-type lens should be able to change aperture in the middle of a video shoot too, mechanically, but it's a question of software support. I own just one E-type lens, everything else I own is G-type, I'd have to check and see.
Short answer: try it. You'll probably like it. You might like it better with the newest full-frame Nikon mirrorless body and an adapter for your old lenses, but I'm not really up on the details.
Canon and Sony generally considered to have advantages for video.
* the reason for this is that the aperture control linkage is mechanically linked to the shutter, so once the shutter is open, aperture is fixed. it's different on high-end nikon bodies
They're generally cheaper and easier to deal with.
2) If you want a stills camera that does video, go mirrorless.
3) Your camera is probably too old to worry about the glass you currently have.
4) Sony seems to have the biggest video use, but I don't think their glass is as good as Canon or Nikon.
5) If Nikon - look at the Z6. The Z6 II is about to come out though, so if you don't mind being a generation behind, some deals are soon to be had.
6) Buy a video camera.
I've got a Nikon D850. Love it. Would never want to use it for video. Also, what type of video do you really want to do? I've had success with both a GoPro and an iPhone, but my video needs are pretty limited. A few hundred dollar video camera that records to an SD card has served me well.
But I also don't care about 4k, etc. when it comes to video. I'm much more particular about stills.
Whenever I see a "the video guy" shooting video it always seems to be a (probably mirrorless) DSLR, but it does seem as if for those prices I could buy a pretty decent dedicated video camera. The one thing I really would like to have is a decent mechanical zoom. The world of video cameras these days is saturated with digital zoom. Even though they have enough resolution to pull it off, you can still tell the difference ... things get compressed in a weird way. Railroad cars look like they're two feet long, for example.
If you wanted a dedicated video camera, with optical instead of digital zoom, you could go with a ILCE Mirrorless dedicated video camera like the Full Frame Sony NEX-VG900 or something newer like the Sony FX Cinema cameras. You can even get a few power-zoom lenses for them if you don't want to mechanically operate the lens to zoom. But honestly, a used full frame Sony A7ii or newer (even the APS-C A6600 with it's killer Continuous Eye AF and IBIS) are just as great for video as they are for photography.
On that note Cannon has made great AF strides with their mirrorless and Nikon has recently tried to get back into the game as well but still lag Sony and Canona and right now Canon and Sony are trading blows for top spot.
I want to link a video (on my cloud storage) that I cut together with Video from my A6600 and Stills from my A7ii, but I'm not sure the etiquette of linking offsite on a first post, but I expect it would be rude.
Sat Oct 03 2020 12:29:43 EDT from IGnatius T FoobarWhenever I see a "the video guy" shooting video it always seems to be a (probably mirrorless) DSLR, but it does seem as if for those prices I could buy a pretty decent dedicated video camera. The one thing I really would like to have is a decent mechanical zoom. The world of video cameras these days is saturated with digital zoom. Even though they have enough resolution to pull it off, you can still tell the difference ... things get compressed in a weird way. Railroad cars look like they're two feet long, for example.
Used to be big into the entire thing. But never really made the transition to digital, beyond a couple of nikon coolpix, I should have kept all my gear and made a " digital adapter back " for it. and slowly upgraded the element over the years as better tech came around.
Dont toss a bunch of 35mm cans at me!
During cleaning/sorting/pitching last couple of weeks ran across my my Nikon A300. ( also an older one, and a Samsung video recorder thing, both got donated to goodwill )
Damned buttons wont work worth anything. Its due to gunk buildup on the contacts and is common, but to fix it you tear it apart to clean it. Debating if its worth the effort.