Cape Coral Joel

We pay a lot of money for our dslr's and many of us don't use or choose to learn many of the features we pay dearly for. I have seen in many posts where a member is responding to the features of a camera, and what is curious is if it shoots video many of them say they don't use the video feature. Their response is "I only take pictures" or "my wife takes all the video" or if they do take video they use a separate video camera. I was in that camp once, but I tried the video feature and I find I'm using it often. I have a 4k video camera but it's usually not in my bag or if I have it, the opportunity to take a great video would be gone by the time I get the video camera out of the bag. A photo stops time and place but a small video in some situations can help tell or support what you are feeling or seeing. I will stop here because it is getting a little esoteric.

Kissel vonKeister Loc: Georgia

Just another tool that didn't used to work really well but now does. It's fine with me, since it doesn't get in the way of any other settings.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

All of my cameras shoot video. My DSLR, Nikon Bridge, and Sony pocket camera. My father owned a 8mm movie camera from a long time ago. He later didn't have any interest in the camera and gave it to me. He brought a film SLR camera, Minolta SRT-101. When I started borrowing the SLR, I lost interest in the movie camera and sold it. Everyone knows their DSLR is capable of 29 minutes of video time. They just aren't interested in it. Just like me.

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

I think it's a throwback to the film days when you are trained to be a still photographer or a movie photographer. However today more and more videographers are using DSLRs to shoot video. I sold cameras for years and the first thing I would ask is a customer was were they looking for a still or video camera. Video camera sales have gone down in sales do to most cameras doing both jobs quite well. There is not much need to separate the two.

Kissel vonKeister Loc: Georgia

Wise words indeed. Lots of videographers are using mirrorless cameras too. I'm told the Panasonic GH4 was/is a better at video than stills.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

I miss the video capability of the Olympus EM-1 I had.
It was so much better than the Nikon D810.
The in-body stabilization in the Olympus made is look like I was using a monpod and the flip out screen was a great feature. I hear Panasonic is even better.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Yep, it all depends on the DSLR. I recently had to shoot a 2 minute video of my house for sale, and even though I have a decent video camera, I took my 5D3 and a couple of L lenses thinking the quality would be excellent. I had never shot video with this camera before, and in the end, I would have been better with the dedicated video camera. Started out with a tripod and dolly, but it was so difficult to get the dolly though doorways and over thresholds, I decided to shoot handheld. As we all know, there's no tilt LCD on a 5D3, so you're either stuck in a crouching position and/or holding a 5 lb camera/lens/grip combination up to watch the LCD. Worse though (and it's in the manual if I had read the video section), the AF doesn't work when zooming in video mode (so all my zoomed close-ups were out of focus), and of course, no power zoom, so they were jerky AND out of focus. UGH! I had hoped the IS would compensate for the camera movement as I walked and my outstretched arms shook from the weight of the heavy camera, but no luck there either, so hours spent with Adobe Premier removing and minimizing the camera shake. In the end, I went back with a video camera and re-shot it. There are certainly DSLRs and mirrorless cameras that would have been more convenient to shoot video, and if I needed to do this a lot, I'd be shopping for one. Lots of lessons learned...

BebuLamar

If I buy a DSLR with video that's because I can't afford one that doesn't have it. Luckily I can afford a DSLR that doesn't have video.

Cape Coral Joel

I was at my grandsons 16th birthday and I took some nice photo's and with the flip of a switch on my 5D3 I shot about 5 minutes of very nice Video. The quality was very good. I got some expressions and words that would not be possible without the video. I put the video and stills into Premiere Pro and After effects and it will be something he will cherish 20 years from now. His wife and children will be able to see him who he was in his younger years It's just another aspect of the hobby that we have at our finger tips and for a lot of us we have already paid for it, so my philosophy why NOT!

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

All 3 of my cameras can do video, none can do 4k. I mostly have used the SX50HS for video, tho' I've not done video recently. I found that the SX50HS had an annoying habit of changing exposure while recording a live musical performance (let's not get sidetracked, I am a friend of the performer!) I have noticed that my D80 when in Manual setting does not do this, but I just don't often have the urge to make videos.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

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BebuLamar

Which DSLR currently available that doesn't have video? So if I have only $1000, $2000 for a DSLR I have to settle for one with video. Luckily I could afford near $3000 to get one without video.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Photography takes effort. Videography takes effort as well and is more complicated and time consuming. I can generally tweak a photo in just a few minutes. But editing a four minute video, tweaking the video and sound, adding titles and background music if appropriate will take me half a day. Possibly that's why so few amateur photographers are into video as well.

If I did have a camera with 4K video capability I would be interested in using it to get 8MP stills from video. I downloaded a 4K youtube video yesterday and got the attached still. I don't know what kind of camera or lens was used, but the still frames from 4K seem to have potential as another way to get interesting photographs.

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Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm one of those people who seldom uses the video feature. Thanks for reminding me. My son shoots 99% video (Sony camcorder), and I shoot 99.99% still (Nikon D750).