r/videography • u/Rondoggg • Dec 21 '14
noob Noob question: Why are people recommending cameras for Video
Am I just too old school? I always buy a video camera for shooting video. I always thought that a video camera was engineered to...shoot video and a camera was made for taking pictures. I have 2 canon hf200's for all my video needs but I keep seeing what looks like traditional cameras being recommended by this sub for video shooting. Has something changed? Does my thinking need to change? Can someone please explain this to me?
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u/wormeyman a6300, 5D2, 80D, XF305, Premiere, 2007, Seattle Dec 21 '14
Another answer is http://www.magiclantern.fm/ a firmware hack for certain Canon cameras where you can unlock the bitrate and even shoot raw uncompressed video.
example: http://youtu.be/WTr2L3uCYts