Most newish smart-phones these days have 720p video cameras built in, Apple's iPhone and HTC's Desire are two examples, using one of these will save you carrying around a separate camera. The quality is as good as any camera out there.
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Seems that a DSLRs (and DSLR lenses) are good enough for mainstream broadcast TV:Originally posted by Paddy View PostSorry, it can't. Digital SLRs can do some sort of HD but the lens on an SLR is totally different to the lens on video (by a long way)
House Season Finale Filmed Entirely with Canon 5D Mark II
Don't understand your point about image stabilisation either. Most HD video-capable DLRS now have IS either in the body or in the lenses.
Suggest OP has a look at www.dpreview.com and checks out the video capabilities of various cameras.Last edited by bogeyman; 9 December 2010, 20:19.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Amateur!Originally posted by wurzel View PostNeed to do the voiceover while I'm on the job so I'll check out your microphone suggestion.Comment
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Monster movie out this week was shot on a 5D. Haven't seen it yet but supposed to be good.
Personally, being a contractor, I'd just go out and buy a Red."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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I laughed so hard you owe me a new pair of pants.Originally posted by freelancer75 View PostThe quality is as good as any camera out there.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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This looks good mind...Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostMonster movie out this week was shot on a 5D. Haven't seen it yet but supposed to be good.
Personally, being a contractor, I'd just go out and buy a Red.
Panasonic announces AF105 Micro Four Thirds camcorder, interchangeable lenses not included -- Engadget
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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