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Nikon or Canon SLR or Mirror-less that will shoot up to 3 hours of continuous video.
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Sep 6, 2018 15:53:38   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
burkphoto wrote:
The only cameras I know of that can do this are made by Panasonic. Lumix GH5 is your best bet. Dual card slots, NO 30-minute time limit, NO overheating, GREAT video and audio quality, very good low light performance and surprisingly great stills.

You would need the battery eliminator (AC adapter, OR a battery grip and multiple charged batteries.


While you may or may not have a 30 minute time limit, you definitely still have a 4 gigabyte file size limit. I suspect like many other modern cameras, it automatically starts a new file when the 4 gigabyte file size limit is reached.

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Sep 6, 2018 15:57:08   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
greenhead wrote:
I should have also mentioned that there is the important issue of audio. I would not want to shoot depositions without mics that have XLR connectors to an audio mixer and then to the camera. You should also be able to monitor the audio via a headset attached to the camera.


The Lumix GH5 has a headphone jack, mic jack, switchable limiters, level meters, level controls, and low noise preamps. You can add an optional low noise stereo XLR mic/line adapter via the hot shoe.

TASCAM, Zoom, and others make outboard recorders with XLR inputs and level controls that can feed audio to the camera for dual audio redundancy.

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Sep 6, 2018 16:15:23   #
greenhead
 
Sorry to seem so disorganized, but it has been several years since I have done court videography. First I believe 29 min 59 sec is the correct time for max video segments from a DSLR.not the 59 minutes I stated.

Unless the rules have changed since I was a court videographer it is a requirement that every frame has a time/date stamp. You would want to be sure that switching cards would not prevent this. Again, unless the rules have changed, any editing of the original video would get it thrown out at a trial.

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Sep 6, 2018 18:03:45   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
mwsilvers wrote:
While you may or may not have a 30 minute time limit, you definitely still have a 4 gigabyte file size limit. I suspect like many other modern cameras, it automatically starts a new file when the 4 gigabyte file size limit is reached.


Yes. But for a deposition, 4 GB can contain a lot of low resolution video! Sequentially dropping those files into an editor timeline takes just seconds. Hitting render takes a few more.

Actually, leaving the sequential 4GB files alone makes sense, too, because you can reference a particular file and time code in the file (yes, the GH5 has a time code generator in it).

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Sep 7, 2018 06:33:30   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
TBerwick wrote:
You might consider a GoPro.


Yes - very versatile. And GoPro imitations are very cheap.

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Sep 7, 2018 06:58:31   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
bobjaben wrote:
I need to replace my old 3 ccd Panasonic video camera. I am primarily a still photographer. I’d like to get a full frame dSLR that I could use to videotape depositions. I shoot photos with a Nikon D7100. It’d be nice to use my compatible lenses. Depositions can run to 8 to 10 hours. It would be reasonable to change sd chips hourly. Sorry if this is TL;DR.


Canon makes a full line of video cameras with the latest DPAF and EF mount.
They can shoot your extended time needs.
Current still cameras with limited video cut off at a second less than 30 minutes because of some tax issue. Don't remember where but I believe it is in Great Britain. So cameras are crippled due to this.
Of course the heat build up is still an issue I would imagine and real video cameras that Canon make address this issue for extended recording sessions.
They also are FF with a DR greater than Sony or Nikon top line DSLRS/mirrorless.

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Sep 7, 2018 08:05:09   #
wishaw
 
I thought I was limited by the charge in the battery and the size of the card. You now tell me it is politics and beaurocrats. Is there anything they do not get involved in and screw up

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Sep 7, 2018 09:07:18   #
Opsafari Loc: Roodepoort South Africa
 
"I need to replace my old 3 ccd Panasonic video camera." I've been in the television world for close to 40 years and it's my believe that if you shoot video it has to be a dedicated video camera and shooting stills its a SLR or now DSLR! I live in South Africa and we use PAL and in the USA its NTSC. Video is two fields to make a frame which you call interlaced. DSLR's video is for the computer screen which is called frame rate or non-interlaced. That is why true video cameras are more expensive than DSLR with video capacity. Audio is another problem, no DSLR has facility for XLR in-puts. Yes I know that DSLR's are used to produce television material, very popular in Nigeria but it's really a pain! If you want to make TV productions get a proper video camera! Gopro out of the question as it can not zoom! Get the equipment designed for the job. A mini (car) has an engine and four wheels but you need a special vehicle to drive in the desert and thick sand called a 4x4 and it also has 4 wheels and an engine! For home movies a DSLR will work. Plus, a dedicated video camera handles much better than a DSLR (forget shake reduction). My two cents!

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Sep 7, 2018 09:31:20   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
wishaw wrote:
I thought I was limited by the charge in the battery and the size of the card. You now tell me it is politics and beaurocrats. Is there anything they do not get involved in and screw up


Not all non-video cameras have these limits!

The Panasonic LUMIX GH4 and GH5/GH5s have NO limits due to heat or EU tariffs. Recording continuously is not limited when using AC power. Card size limits the GH4. However, the GH5 has two SDXC card slots, automatically switches from one to the other, and allows you to swap out the inactive card while recording to the other one.

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Sep 7, 2018 09:32:56   #
NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
 
I understand your desire, it sounds like you're trying to swim upstream by trying to get a DSLR to do what is designed and best done with a video camera. As I tell my clients, when you try to swim upstream like a salmon, you have to remember that there are bears on both sides of the stream. Same is true when trying to get one tool to do what another tool is designed to do.

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Sep 7, 2018 09:42:04   #
jmizera Loc: Austin Texas
 
burkphoto wrote:
The only cameras I know of that can do this are made by Panasonic. Lumix GH5 is your best bet. Dual card slots, NO 30-minute time limit, NO overheating, GREAT video and audio quality, very good low light performance and surprisingly great stills.

You would need the battery eliminator (AC adapter, OR a battery grip and multiple charged batteries.


I second the recommendation on the GH5. I own one and love it. I routinely shoot over six hour sessions. I'd never buy another camera with video time limits.

By the way, the sibling G85 also shoots continuously. Fantastic bargain for the kit version at around $800. No earphone jack, or XLR adapter support, but it does have a mic jack.

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Sep 7, 2018 10:33:52   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Burkphoto is offering good advice for your needs. Couple that with the Atmos Ninja and you will have a great DLSR video setup with a one TB storage for your video which is handy for you won't need to store it on the camera's media card. Here's a link to the Atmos Ninja: https://www.atomos.com/ninjav

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Sep 7, 2018 11:24:30   #
drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio
 
bobjaben wrote:
I need to replace my old 3 ccd Panasonic video camera. I am primarily a still photographer. I’d like to get a full frame dSLR that I could use to videotape depositions. I shoot photos with a Nikon D7100. It’d be nice to use my compatible lenses. Depositions can run to 8 to 10 hours. It would be reasonable to change sd chips hourly. Sorry if this is TL;DR.


Plug the camera into the computer and find a video program that will allow it to run and record to the hard drive. No chips to change. Or obtain a security camera that will burn to a computer program.

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Sep 7, 2018 11:25:35   #
drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio
 
drklrd wrote:
Plug the camera into the computer and find a video program that will allow it to run and record to the hard drive. No chips to change. Or obtain a security camera that will burn to a computer program.


Or just buy a cheap video camera that will record to your laptop.

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Sep 7, 2018 12:03:45   #
O2Ra
 
bobjaben wrote:
I need to replace my old 3 ccd Panasonic video camera. I am primarily a still photographer. I’d like to get a full frame dSLR that I could use to videotape depositions. I shoot photos with a Nikon D7100. It’d be nice to use my compatible lenses. Depositions can run to 8 to 10 hours. It would be reasonable to change sd chips hourly. Sorry if this is TL;DR.


BlackMagic has a BlackMagic Pocket Cinema 4K Camera coming out soon that would be great for your needs. It has all the proper hookups a large rear screen and the possibility for long recording. You can get big batteries and big storage for it . Check into it . It will not be as easy to use and get setup as some of the others maybe but when set up will be great for long shoots especially being able to record directly to SSDs . Also you can get a Metabones adapter for it that allows you to adapt you Nikon lenses. The dx lenses (crop sensor) take a different adapter than the (ff) lenses though.
Check into this I think it could be just the ticket for your needs. Good luck

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