Cape Coral Joel

What would bore your audience more 30 minutes of stills in a slide show or 30 minutes of video? Imagine how difficult it would be if You Tube was all slide shows, that would make camera and equipment reviews really useless. Video is there for most DSLR owners and its just another medium to learn and help keep the brain cells alive.

Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA

I shoot video of real estate regularly. Most FMLS listings only require 720, and 1920 is overkill. There is really no call for 4K at this point. When you invest in a Glidecam and a slide bar for your tripod, the results are excellent. With the Canons, at any point in time you can take a high resolution still shot, but shooting 25 to 40 images in HDR, I have the images to mix into video presentations using the "Ken Burns" effect, and the results are very nice.

Shooting RAW and in LIVE, I am able to set my ISO for the lighting conditions for perfect seamless clips. I-Movie or Final Cut provides very creative transitions when cutting and splicing clips for the final result. The programs also allow you match color temperature of all the clips for footage that Realtors pay dearly for.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

My family used to dread the annual invitation to see my uncle's vacation slide show. Fortunately, the lights were out, so we could nap.

cthahn

When most new photographers purchase a camera, they want it with all the features. Most don't use all the features, many because they don't know how to use the features, because they do not bother to read the manual fully. That is why the camera manufacturers have so many different models available. In the film days all cameras were basically the same, one lens, and we had a good time taking pictures. Now since digital has come, many are never happy, because they continually want something newer. They don't need it, but they have to have it.

BebuLamar

Today if one wants a DSLR one has to have video whether or not one wants it. So a lot of people must buy cameras with features they never want in the first place.
I want a DSLR with no video, no live view, no scene mode, no built in flash which do I choose? Don't I have to buy one with those features whether I want them or not? I really don't pay for those features.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I remember when cell phones were new, and someone on TV asked if anyone could possibly use all the features of the phones. I know I didn't use all that my little flip-phone had to offer. Today's smart phones can do so much more - especially with thousands of apps available.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I purchased a high-end camera because I liked the specs it had. One of many of the features of which I don't use is video. It's there. So what? I don't use exposure compensation, I don't use various color settings, I don't use BBF. However, the features for which I did purchase the camera get used constantly and consistently. Additionally, I prefer to focus on the craft of photography. If I wanted to shoot video, I'd purchase a dedicated video camera and lenses.
--Bob

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

A friend of mine uses ProShow to create slide videos and takes a few videos with his DSLR to insert into his shows.

Cape Coral Joel

I use Adobe Premiere to do the same and it makes for an interesting presentation. Those who say they don't want to use their cameras for anything but photography surely wouldn't take a take photo's with their cell phone.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Actually, mirrorless cameras do an even better job of recording video than dSLRs.

Ten years ago, I was using Canon and Nikon dSLRs for stills, and Sony and Canon video cameras for video. I was doing corporate training program development, so I was producing both videos and manuals with the same contents. With separate cameras for stills and video, I had to record every scene twice.

Now, I use a Panasonic Lumix GH4. I can record 4K video and extract the stills. The camera records very good JPEGs, excellent raw files, and video in many different file formats and standards.

This past weekend, my twin sons and I entered the Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project. We and their friends were one of 32 teams producing four to seven minute stories between 7:00 Friday night and 7:00 Sunday night.

The kids brainstormed and wrote a script Friday night. We filmed (on the GH4) from 10:00 AM Saturday until 7:30 PM. Then three of us recorded original music and sound effects for a few hours, while the rest of the team edited the video. Editing continued through Sunday until 6:00, when we rendered the show to flash drives. The kids drove it to Greensboro and turned it in with ten minutes to spare.

It was an amazingly fun experience! My sons were theatre majors at Penn-Griffin School for the Arts. They graduated last month. One goes to UNCG, and the other to Western Carolina University this fall, again as theatre/film majors. They have friends who are incredible musicians and decent actors, insightful writers... some of whom worked on the show.

We used three professional actors who volunteered to be in the film. Two are members of SAG/AFTRA, so we will have to get permission from their union before we can post the film online.

We got to see the film on the big screen at Carolina Theater in Greensboro on Wednesday night. It looked great, and was well-received.

I would not have attempted this at my age without something like the GH4.

Cape Coral Joel

That is a great story and sounds like it was a lot of fun The number one thing is you did it with your family and those memories are priceless.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

It was fun. We will definitely do it again.

Check out past award winning films on YouTube. Watch "But a Dream". It's not ours, but it's one of the better films from last weekend.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

In the USA, the Lumix GH4 has NO limits except for SD card capacity and battery life. The new GH5 truly has no limits, anywhere, because it has two card slots and allows hot swapping cards and batteries (with a grip), and you can use an AC adapter.

Tens of thousands of indy filmmakers, advertisers, TV station news crews, corporate communications and training producers, and hobbyists use either dSLRs or mirrorless cameras to record video. Some feature-length films have been made with them. To say that, "They just aren't interested in it," is a little short-sighted.

None of us knows what all others are doing with similar gear.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Several million apps...

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I have one. It's great for both. Are there better still camera choices? Sure. But the GH4 and GH5 have an amazing balance of hybrid features.