Fri Jan 24 15:04:15 EST 2014 Bruce Walker wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org> wrote: > > > > Fri Jan 24 06:03:57 EST 2014 > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > >> On 23/1/14, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >> >Were it I shooting video, I'd meter the scene and set the camera on > >> >manual at that setting. There's nothing more annoying than having > >> >the > >> >exposure changing throughout some footage. That goes for WB too. > >> > >> That's the way we do it. However, panning or tilting through from > >> (say) > >> dark to bright areas of subject sometimes means one has to pull some > >> stop. Not a problem. Pulling stop, zooming *and* focus all manually > >> and > >> at the same time can take a couple of goes. Not a problem though. > >> > > > > Sure, - but that's for when you are doing a "planned" shooting, and > > when > > you have a VIDEO camera, i.e. a camera that is designed (as opposed to > > _adapted_) for shooting videos. I don't know about K-3, but K-7 and > > K-5 > > are not in that league. > > Don't dismiss your DSLR as a high quality video tool so quickly. > Entire broadcast quality television programs have been shot using > DSLRs (eg "House" with Canon 5DmkII's). > > I see a lot of indie movies at festivals and when you check the > credits, 9 out of 10 of them are shot on DSLRs these days. A few on > film, some REDs, but largely DSLRs. Put one on a rig, add a big focus > knob/gear doohickey and you can be shooting prfessional video. > I know. I've seen as an educational/documentary movie was being shot using a Canon DSLR. What I was talking about is that K-5 is missing certain capabilities, e.g. possibility to change the aperture once recording is happening. And as for myself, - most of the time I don't have the opportunity (and the desire) to deal with a rig, etc. Cheers, Igor -- 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.
