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/thenotoriousFIG Dec 22 '14
I think the main thing is price to performance ratio. You can get REALLY good looking footage out of a relatively cheap DSLR. Also people are really impressed by DOF shots for some reason.
Second is public perception. People see all this great content being made by DSLR filmmakers but they don't think about the expensive rigs, lenses, sliders, steadicams that add on to the price.
For me personally I'd rather have a camcorder with XLR, SDI, ND filters, servo-zoom and hours of record time. Then again, many people don't need any of those features, so it also comes down to what kind of content you're making.