ggttc Loc: TN

Agreed.

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

I shot videos for years of our kids growing up. Never looked at them after the first time.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

It's kind of like those people who use their smartphone for one thing only (for example, texting)... even if the smartphone is capable of so much more.

Admittedly, I don't shoot video very often with my camera. But I'm glad that feature's there! Sometimes still photography just won't do; the capture needs to be in video format.

10MPlayer Loc: California

I'm with you. Sometimes when I'm looking at a stream tumbling over the rocks to a small rapids or waterfall capturing the splashing and burbling sounds along with the movement is so much better than anything you can do with still photography. For some reason, maybe because the site is dedicated to still photography there is a huge amount of anti-movie chauvinism here. I don't get it. No one is saying don't take lots of still shots but why not once is a while shoot a few seconds of video.

Also, when I was still working, the young new guy I hired to replace me came up with the idea of making short how-to videos. This was about training staff how to do technical job tasks. That was six years ago. An eternity. Now you look on YouTube and you can find how-to videos on just about any subject you can image. Our DSLR cameras can do that easily.

I've looked up videos on such esoteric stuff as how to do anything from breaking down and cleaning a 1918 Luger to how replace the rechargeable batteries in a Dustbuster hand held vacuum. Yep, I supercharged my Dustbuster. After checking out a YouTube video I learned how to take out the old batteries and replace them with a better lithium ion battery that lasts longer and makes more power. That's just a small example of what you can do with a camera that has video capability. You're only limited by your imagination.

BamaTexan Loc: Deep in the heart of Texas

Why do you care Dan?

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

I have single images that take that long...😃😃😃

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Me too. I enjoy ever minute of it. Anyone who considers it work should find another hobby

rlscholl Loc: California

A camera is a tool, just as a hammer is a tool. Different cameras are specialized for different tasks, just as there are different hammers for different tasks. Just as you can use a planishing hammer as a framing hammer doesn’t mean that it is the best tool for that application. Similarly, cameras are specialized tools. A camera optimized for still photography may be usable for creating videos doesn’t mean that a video camera, optimized for taking videos isn’t a better tool for that application. Back in the film days I had separate still and movie cameras. The still cameras were used significantly more than the movie cameras. Eventually, I stopped using the movie cameras altogether. After switching to digital cameras, I have yet to use one as a video camera, and have no interest in making videos. Others with different interests will choose appropriately. As they say, “different strokes for different folks.”

fantom Loc: Colorado

fantom Loc: Colorado

"Times are a changin'"--nope.

Thoughtful people (including photogs) have been using the best technologies available to them in order to get the best or most inclusive results that they possibly can ever since a cave man began making hand shadows on the cave wall. To belittle or not acknowledge an emerging technology is short sided and foolish. Whether or not one intentionally chooses not to take advantage of the technology is their rightful choice and decision.

F15emaddawg

Words my brain is in synch with, well spoken Dennis
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