Video takes a lot of work to do well and generally requires a lot more support than stills do. And most DSLR's produce lousy video (particularly Pentax and Sony Video-capable DSLR's). And you need a new set of software to edit (and good video involves a LOT more editing than stills work).
Frankly unless you're a PJ, event shooter or somebody shooting clips for personal use (video snapshots of kids/family/friends) Video on DSLR's is mostly useless and requires skills that most still shooters don't have and aren't interested in developing. Personally I've shot a bit with both the K-x and now the A33. But the results were shit, much as I expected. I don't feel like spending the time necessary learning to get good at it, even though I've actually got a reasonable amount of experience (I've been doing bits of video on and off for 20 years now) -Adam On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Cory Waters <cbwat...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hello list, > > There seems to be quite a number of you folks out there who now have newer > DSLRs with video capabilities. It's been a year or more since these cameras > came online but I don't see any VideoESOs flying past in the PDML. > Granted, I don't check the list as often as I used to and I don't read > nearly as many of your messages as I once did (I AM still watching you > though...Cotty... and Frank... and Doug) but I figured by now video > submissions would be a common occurrence around here. > > > Is video a gimmick feature that you just don't use? > Are your videos too racy? (let us judge ;) > Is making decent videos just too hard? > Or are you guys just too much the "old dog" type or even "purists"? > > For my part, having at least six video cameras lying around the house (I'm > actually surprised by this number but I'm counting the cell phones and P&S > cameras + 1 "Flip" style camera), I find that the same problems that have > plagued us since the days of film-based home movies. Just rolling during > family events and outings produces lots of crap footage that nobody really > wants to edit into a package that anyone besides Grandma would want to > watch. > > So, Why no VESOs, y'all? > > Cory > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
