Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even a "pro-sumer" level 3CCD camera will outperform the DSLR by virtue of means of capture and a wider_color_gamut. Even using a superwide lens on a DSLR you're not getting faster than f/2.8 while DV cams get down to f/1.3 on the high end. Yes there is that cost factor. You can put together the Rube Goldberg ungainly, bad ergonomic system for $6k or you could just buy a pro level DV cam that will record better quality HDV along with 24p, 30p, 60p, 60i and across aspect ratios. THEN you can start talking audio. The HDV cams give you options while the DSLRs force you to use a little hot shoe mic or even a mini-jack. The best option here is to just synch sound with a slate but that becomes awkward and for rolling footage of event coverage, ungainly and probably unsustainable. THEN you can start talking timecode which is one of the main reasons that people who do this often would never think about using a DSLR. So it's not all about acreage is it? I think it's also about what company pays the photographers to use their gear. That or they just don't want to spend a few hundred on a truly pro level video camera rental for a few days. Phil Forrest On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:29:25 -0500 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The crop circle factor on what the video guys are used to with their > standard 2/3's sized seniors is 5.62. > So the diagonal or normal lens for that format is a measly 7.70mm's. > The format is 6.16mm by 4.62mm. > Its no wonder thy are impressed by the images quality of a sensor > hugely bigger which even a 4/3's is let alone a 1.5 crop or no crop. > Can it all be about those micro depth of field shots? > I doubt its all about that. That's a nice accent of a larger format. A > limited dof option. > Mainly its about image format capture size. I've been looking it up. > Acreage like its always been size day one of still and motion picture > photography. > Area. > And they are willing to go thought rube Goldberg contraptions to get > it. > > Also there is the cost feasibility factor. > They can put tougher a system for seven grand not forty grand. > And even after spending 40 grand it would be a smaller format. > Other than the awkwardness its win win. > Less money for more acreage. > > -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest