Canon actaully did that years ago with the XL-1: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-XL1S-MiniDV-Digital-Camcorder/dp/B00005NKXS
You needed an adapter and if memory serves there was a crop factor. ----- Original Message ---- From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:31:31 PM Subject: Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:31:55AM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > Might be fun to mess around with, but the frame rate will probably be too > slow. Also, I'm wondering if the HD mode allows for manual setting of f stop > and if there's some form of gain control (?) > > Should be interesting but I still have my doubts about shooting video with > DSLRs. I suspect that an eventual solution is a company that makes dedicated video cameras that use DSLR lenses. Let's face it, chances are that the camera body isn't the most expensive bit of gear in your kit. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
