On 19/10/04, Nenad Djurdjevic, discombobulated, unleashed: >When the >technology improves further why wouldn't people shoot video all the time and >just pick a frame they like later if they want to print out photos?
If the technology does indeed progress that far, then I dare say that it will become the norm for fast action sports photography (say). As a TV cameraman I have to say that shooting video and shooting stills, for me, are two totally separate events, with two totally separate mindsets. If a stills photographer pics up a video camera (or some future high spec 25 fps monster stills digi) with the intention of squirting short sequences in the hope of picking out one decent frame for reproducing (say) as a print, then it could possibly work - much as I despise the thought. However, the techniques used in video and film production are completely different to stills photography, and if one were then to shoot lots of video with a 'stills' mindset in place, the resultant video footage would be probably unwatchable in its own right. You have shot video with your handicam - do you edit it? If not, how does it get viewed? The video you have shot with the intention of selecting one or many frames to use as a still image, does the 'leftover' video get viewed or are you treating it as master material from which to draw more still images? Video or stills, anyone can pick up a camera and shoot both. Not everyone can view the results comfortably ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
