A mate of mine was shooting HD video on his 5D MkII on the weekend....with a Lensbaby attached to the camera.
The effect was very cool. DS 2009/5/12 JC OConnell <hifis...@gate.net>: > the untold problem with doing hd video with still camera lenses > is that the zoom lenses you can get are not well suited for video > use, no power zoom, no proportional power zoom. It might be fun > once in a while to do HD but it wouldnt be fun full time with > typcial SLR camera lens zooms. > > JC O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) > "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > John Francis > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:08 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 at B&H > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Graydon wrote: >> >> Note that Panasonic is a consumer electronics company; Pentax (and >> Hoya) are optical companies. They don't want to wander out of the >> area of their strengths into those of the competition, which is what >> moving to an EVF would do. > > I think the driving factor behind moving to an EVF (apart from cost) is > the requirement for HD video - that's going to be a must-have item. > Personally I don't care, but I know that I'm not the target customer. > > The capability is already showing up in consumer cameras, although as > yet it isn't always fully integrated (no auto-focus adjustments, say). > But once you have live view and 60fps video, you've already got an EVF. > > If that means venturing into the strengths of Panasonic, so be it; the > alternative is to be left on the sidelines. And, in any case, there's > still a lot of space in front of the sensor for an optics company to > showcase their capabilities. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
