I would almost say: you're wrong. But I won't. :-) - Only the European version of the GH2 has the 30 minute clip duration limit. On the USA and Asian and Australian version the duration is determined by size of SD card and battery. I'm doing 2 hour shots with the GH2. The Canon cams have a 12 minute duration limit. Very annoying.
- The GH2 doesn't have any heating issues. The Canon cams come with some warning about overheating but you can just ignore it and continue working. Nobody reported any real overheating problems. The cams does get hot though. - The GH2 does great (and very fast) auto focus when filming. I think the Canons do as well. You need to focus more often though due to the swallow dept of field so it's easier to shot out-of-focus material. During my first months of shooting with DSLRs I came home with a A LOT of out-of-focus shots, because I was used to put focus of my Canon video-cam on 1 meter, shoot with wide lens and then everything between 0.5 and 5 meters would be in focus. This is what makes the move to DSLR filming hardest probably. BUT once you know how to focus properly, you get fantastic shots. Playing with swallow dept of field focus really provides with what people are looking for in 3D video; adding the third dimension. - GH2 and Canon footage edits fine natively in Premiere. For editing on FCP, GH2 footage needs to be converted to ProRes first. - DSLRs don't do great audio. You're correct here. Field recorders or an XLR adapter box are necessary for obtaining usable audio. For run and shoot work I wouldn't recommend a DSLR though. DSLR is only an option when you have all the time in the world to prepare your shots, if you can do multiple takes, etc. For ENG and wedding it's not an option unless you're very experienced and really know what you're doing. Rieni At 13-9-2011 05:22, geraldprost wrote: > > >DSLRs are great for film makers because they give them very >beautiful results. There are of course some problems. DSLR can only >shoot short clips for two reasons: they have been hobbled at the >factory so they cannot take more than 30 mins of video in one clip >regardless of the size of the memory card, secondly they heat up to >the point where they won't function. Traditional video cameras are >required for event video, like I do, where I have multiple cameras >and I turn them on at the beginning of the event and I don't turn >them off until the end. DSLRs can't use their auto focus while >shooting video. The files that are recorded on DSLRs don't work well >on some editing systems without transcoding them. DSLRs normally >don't do audio well. You are going to have to buy one or more mics >and perhaps a field recorder. B & H has some great videos on DSLR >techniques and gear. Gerry > >--- In ><mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], >"robert46o" <1one1@...> wrote: > > > > I was reading the posts on the GH2 camera. > > Sounds really good and would help with long distance zoom shots. > > My local camera store tells me I should stick to camcorders. > > But a good camcorder with zoom lens runs out of my budget. > > Also the light wieght would be an advantage. > > I am wondering what the difference's DSLR vs Camcorder would be? > > Robert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
