On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Cory Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > There seems to be quite a number of you folks out there who now have newer > DSLRs with video capabilities. It's been a year or more since these cameras > came online but I don't see any VideoESOs flying past in the PDML. > Granted, I don't check the list as often as I used to and I don't read > nearly as many of your messages as I once did (I AM still watching you > though...Cotty... and Frank... and Doug) but I figured by now video > submissions would be a common occurrence around here. > > > Is video a gimmick feature that you just don't use? > Are your videos too racy? (let us judge ;) > Is making decent videos just too hard? > Or are you guys just too much the "old dog" type or even "purists"? > > For my part, having at least six video cameras lying around the house (I'm > actually surprised by this number but I'm counting the cell phones and P&S > cameras + 1 "Flip" style camera), I find that the same problems that have > plagued us since the days of film-based home movies. Just rolling during > family events and outings produces lots of crap footage that nobody really > wants to edit into a package that anyone besides Grandma would want to > watch. > > So, Why no VESOs, y'all?
I have video capture capability with the E-5 and have captured a few clips. They're fun ... http://www.gdgphoto.com/menlo_school/ ... but hardly what I'd consider representative of the medium's capabilities. I'm interested to do more motion work however. I purchased a book ... "From Still To Motion" by Ball, Harrington et al" ... which looks to be a good starting point from which to do more sophisticated work. Haven't had time this year as yet but as my book contract is winding down, I'm looking forward to having the time to get more involved with it. When I was in High School and started college, I did a lot of cine work in 16mm. Capturing motion, doing sophisticated films, takes planning, scripting, etc. For more than very carefully contrived or simple efforts, it's a team sport. I'm not interested in the "funniest crappy home videos" level of motion capture, so doing anything significant in this domain implies a good bit of learning and practice time before I start pumping out "video of the day" things. ... -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
