burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Respectfully, it wouldn’t. The video was there FIRST.

Although the first sensor was for still imaging, the earliest mass market applications for digital sensors were in broadcast video cameras. Your digital camera is essentially a video camera with added shutter and other still photography tools.

It is simply easy to add still imaging features to what is essentially a video camera. 90% of the circuitry is already there.

Canon, Sony, and Panasonic are all deeply competitive in the film, broadcast, and consumer video markets. The smartphone companies include pretty decent video cameras on their devices.

Almost all of these cameras are assembled from standard electronic devices. One imaging processor may power most models offered by a manufacturer, with only the hardware interfaces (switches, jacks, “features”) and the firmware making each of them unique.

Robert1 Loc: Davie, FL

Yea, right. You would think so. Check the Nikon Df, no video, almost $3000.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I think working in video is a mindset. It is essentially storytelling with words and streams of images.

I grew up writing and photographing feature stories for my high school newspaper. In college and two years after, I worked in radio and audio production. Then I made sound filmstrips, slide tape shows, and multi-image shows for a living for eight years. So video was an evolution of that.

My twins grew up with mice in hand. In 4th grade, I gave them sub-$100 Canons that recorded DV video. They picked up video editing in iMovie right away. They’ve made short films occasionally, ever since, sometimes with my help. I think it will always be a skill they will use to enhance whatever else they do.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

98% stills. 2% video

fantom Loc: Colorado

One % video

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Only if he used all camera equally. Or at least if he used his Z50 1/3 of the time.

Bret Perry

At home for myself, 10% Video, 90% Still.

At work, 35% Video and 65% Still, based on time spent shooting.
Before COVID, that is.

Now, 0% anything at work.
Only one still shoot since March 2020.
(product shot in studio, I tethered for the first time, so art director and I could social distance instead of letting her pixel-peep on the camera!) No video.

JBRIII

As an aside, many astro cameras are video. Take many, many images and select best during stacking. It is especially useful for planetary I hear. Planets are bright so short time frame possible so video works while allowing capture during periods of best atmospheric conditions, helps eliminate distortion. Also high speed video for capturing water drops, etc. There is an astro section to ask. Also consider action cams and underwater photography. I forgot underwater when I said 95/5. Underwater is more like 10/90 in favor of video. I do 4 kinds of photography at present, but hard to estimate how much of each over time with Covids, been nowhere since Feb. 15, 2000
Type. Now. Before. Future.
DSLR. 0/0. 95/5. 95/5. none until at least Dec. 2021
Underwater. 0/0. 5/95. 5/95. Unknown when again
Astro. 100/0. none. none. Photo only telescope take 1500/2000 per night
High Speed. not yet 100/0

If number of photos or time is the factor, astro would dominate everything, the scope takes 30 to 40 GB (1500 to 2000 images per night) when skies permit. I believe I have taken more astro photos in last year than all others in last 10 years of retirement.

All considered, I would say video is maybe only 2-5% of my total imaging, but absolutely critical to me.
Jim
1. DLSR 95/5

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yup, And that would be the supposition made from the information that he presented.

Sensei

I have several cameras and never deliberately use the video. I shot some video hi 8 years ago, using a video camera while visiting Thailand, but only because I wanted to extract stills and could not catch the shot in a fast moving action situation with my film (it was a long time ago) camera.

DebAnn Loc: Toronto

100% photography.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

Photo 99 Video 1 but put away my Video cameras; with Z50 plan more video plus single frame captures

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

I think the OP's question can be stated a different way: How much storage space do you have for still vs. video? Some of my videos were taking up 1GB of storage space. I had to go back and delete some to keep open space for new photos!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

My twins and I made a 7-minute 48-hour film project submission in 2019 (One of four such that we have done). That's a competition where you are given a character, a prop, a line of dialog, and a genre to work within, and then have 48 hours to make a 100% original film from SCRATCH. It's a sleepless weekend, an insane amount of fun, and a good challenge to your wits and creative instincts. So plot, script, storyboard, assign roles, practice, film, record sound effects, write original music, edit, and submit... Then crash and SLEEP.

If you need an excuse to make a video, check this out: https://www.48hourfilm.com/en/about Then follow the links to your city site or watch some winning films. (We didn't win that year. But we did finish on time!)

We captured over 80GB of 4K data on two cameras over about a 30 hour period. It edited down to < 1 GB 1080P file. So yes, video does eat storage space. We always edit on SSD, and store on slow hard drives.

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Photography 100% even though my camera will shoot 8K.