DSLRs make good video cameras for some applications. I wrote and directed a video for an automotive parts supplier and worked with a pro cameraman who regularly shoots Red Wings hockey, Michigan football and other major television productions. For the shoot in the part supplier's design studio, he used a Canon DSLR with a video screen attached. It was one of their high end APSC models. With relatively wide shots needed, it proved a good choice and a convenient way to do the job. At the auto show many of the pro video guys shoot with similar rigs: DSLRs with video screen attached. I shot the video for my Times Dream Cruise piece with my K-5 on the same day I shot the stills. Worked out well, since I was able to prefocus and use a wide lens for all the shots I needed. The only limitation was my limited experience as a videographer. I look forward to better video on the K-3.
Paul On Oct 28, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh. I never had a reason to look at the K-5 etc pictures with their captions > showing where each of the buttons are - I figured I knew all of that. > So if the cameras have a sound capability, why haven't we seen functions that > would allow a voice-recorded tag on images, or spoken warnings. Why can't I > use the O-GPS1 unit to give me driving directions - it already has a > navigation feature. > And in case anyone thinks I am serious, look at the thread on divergence and > simplicity. I disagree with the author's examples in several instances but > agree with the basic point that feature clutter is not a good thing. > > I am still baffled by the whole video thing and haven't been able to think of > a single instance where I would want my DSLR to record video, much less > sound. I have owned and used video cameras in the past, and if I wanted to > shoot video again the last device I would consider for that purpose would be > a DSLR. First choice would be a video camera. > > stan > > On Oct 27, 2013, at 8:25 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> Stan, your K5 and K20 have built in speakers as well. Shoot a movie, play it >> back, and press your ear close to the holes i the body that are not the mic. >> >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 21:15 , Stan Halpin wrote: >> >>> Ken - I have started into the K-3 manual Darren posted. It looks exactly >>> like the pdf versions of K10, K20, K5, & K5ii manuals that I have used >>> before. Same layout, same level of detail on descriptions of e.g. menu >>> functions, etc. And the "What is in the box?" page shows that the hardcopy >>> manual is included. >>> One thing that strikes me so far is how much more prominent the >>> video-related functions are. And I had not realized that it has a built-in >>> speaker! Verbal alerts? "Hey dummy, the flash won't work until you turn it >>> on!" I'll read more tomorrow. . . >>> >>> stan >> >> >> >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> > > > -- > 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.
