gessman wrote:
If you used a good lens with your D800, processed the video to play back at 1080p, the highest current resolution available for recording video, even for the "big boys in Hollywood," and then burn that to a blu ray and toss it onto a 70" HDTV you'd almost surely have to be impressed even if you didn't want to use the video that you got as an added software bonus without any appreciable additional cost. If you don't find 1080p video on blu ray and a 70" hdtv to be impressive you're probably a rare exception. I would sure hate to go back to a 4:3 format on a small tv, the tv of yesteryear prior to hd. I'm an old guy and lovin' every minute of TODAY. I go back to listening to the Green Hornet and the Shadow on radio as our state of the art entertainment. I don't want more of that. I want more resolution and sound - the more the better.
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Yep a good lens was used on the D800. But the Canon XA10 and XA20 does all you mention. These are my goto video units for taping performances in a variety of lighting conditions.