The second video from the WheresTheSeat.com series. Featuring Kevin Liu, Chris Hii, and Albert Liao. Shot in Downtown Vancouver and the CPTA (Canaian Pacific Trials Association) trials park.
Music :
Timbaland (ft The Fray & Esthero) - Undertow
Wintersleep - Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellie
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
there are a lot of limitations with dslr that you should know about, before you spend money.
1. Because you are using such a big sensor to take a low resolution (when compared to photos) shot, you get a lot of aliasing artifacts. This is a big problem when you shoot anything with aperture set smaller than f2.8, because the detail on the background will suffer from this issue.
2. It is extremely difficult to pull focus and zoom on a dslr. Because you need to do it manually, it is difficult to do it smooth. Pull focus is a huge issue, because you need to shoot with a wider aperture.
3. The on board microphone is usually terrible. This means you'll need to spend money on a good zoom mic.
4. There is no image stabilization on the body. Even with lenses that have IS, it is not as steady as today's consumer camcorders.
5. DSLR uses CMOS sensors, which suffer from the jello effect. This means when you are shooting the video hand held (as opposed to tripod shots), the micro-tremors from your movement will cause the image to appear like it's being displayed on jello.
6. DSLRs video clips need to be rendered into an intermediate codec for the video to be edited properly (unless you are on a mac). Otherwsie, your shots will come out slightly more saturated than what you see when you view the clips raw.
seriously, you need to understand what you are buying. I made the mistake of not doing my research, and the first 3 weeks with my t2i were really frustrating. I had very high expectation for image quality coming from the sony xr, but i was really dissappointed. It took a long time for me to film properly. If you cannot understand or tolerate the camera's limitations, it's best to stay with a camcorder:)
i am pretty sure they make lens adapters for your camera, so you can run nikon slr lenses. i think CCD camcorders also have better dynamic range. you can get some pretty good shots.
im going to buy another camcorder in the summer so i can get a bigger variety of shots.