Malcolm Smith wrote:
I'd be very interested to know how you get on with video Darren. I've not really had any use of the cameras(s) that have video capabilities, as I've had no real interest. However, this morning, a 'phone call from friend suggested making a short video on the changes in my area over the last 25 years (basically since he left my area), which although he mentioned as a joke, it's something I'd like a go at. As the function is there, I should at least give it a try. Our family was not much into home movies; I've got a dozen or so 8mm films from the late 60's my father made (not seen since I was a teenager) and two mini Betamax video cassettes from a camera which probably had one hour of use in the time my parents had it.
The first time I tried video on a DSLR I realized something. I was photographing a musician on my Kx with my 77/1.8, so it was a rather shallow depth of field. I realized that "home movies", whether super 8, camcorder, or cell phone have always been done on small sensor systems, which give a lot of depth of field. Everything I'd ever seen with shallow depth of field was professional, either movies or TV, so just by having shallow depth of field my mind associated it with "professional quality".
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