If Nikon fails...

Uwe Lansing

Uwe Lansing

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... with the next vdslr`s this year, what is to do? I was thinkung about that the last days. There`re several options. Sure, most of us have different needs. But I suppose, that we all wish manual control and a better image quality for the video mode.

For me personally it seems to be the best way to keep my d90 for stills and buy a gh1 for filmmaking. Bye, bye 1 cam solution. The reasons:

- the D90 is an excellent still camera to this day (the gh1 isn´t). And after 1 year a sale isn´t worth the bother
- the gh1 has a lot of benefits for filmmaking:
- manual control
- af works fine
- all automatic features are fine for run + gun, travelling...etc.
- with an mft/nikon adapter i can use my nikon glasses
- swivel lcd
- 1080/25p pal => no crappy pulldown removal
- 720/50-60p with good image quality what i´ve seen so far
- long recording time
- no overheating
And what me always gets => aliasing. Illya Friedman just mentioned it in another topic: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1648581&postcount=48 I second that entirely.

But the jury is still out and i´m pondering about it. What are your alternatives?
 
I wouldn't write the GH1 off for stills but the D90 certainly is better. At least you didn't sell your D90 prematurely so you can wait for the D400, samsung NX, sony ???

I think the MKII is a clear winner in overall image quality, the aliasing can probably be mitigated with some added grain and some blur....it's far too sharp for my liking anyway. The GH1 has a few usability advantages over the MKII so I guess it comes down to image vs usability vs wait for something that may have it all.
 
squig said:
...so you can wait for the D400...
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I will. I was so sure until a few days and now i become a bit nervous. Perhaps they aren´t able to offer a considerably improved video mode. It won´t do any harm to think about that possibility.
 
I have a D70s, D200 and a DVX100b. So I'm ok for now. I really want a new still camera and would not even consider the panasonic. I also like the idea of having some good video with the still camera. So my plan is just to wait till Nikon does something. Which they will sooner or later.
 
Zim said:
... I really want a new still camera and would not even consider the panasonic...
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Only for stills I agree with you on that point. But just in case the next vdslr´s wouldn´t offer manual control and noticeable better image quality for the video mode, would you still buy one?
 
as long as the image was improved yes I'm going to buy it. Manual controls would be nice but I would still get the Nikon. I've been buying Nikon for the last 22 years and alway happy with them.
For me the top reason will be still pictures. But if I can get some really good video out of it then it is a big plus.
 
I´ve got the impression that they´re pretty baffled + helpless at the moment. The 5DII isn´t an alternative for me personally. I wonder what the future has in store :-)
 
Zim said:
I have a D70s, D200 and a DVX100b. So I'm ok for now. I really want a new still camera and would not even consider the panasonic. I also like the idea of having some good video with the still camera. So my plan is just to wait till Nikon does something. Which they will sooner or later.
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I think you and I are in the same boat. I have a D70s and DVX100a. I'll be content with my current setup until Nikon makes some moves in the video DSLR market.
 
So, after some pondering over the current situation of dslr-video I´ve decided to purchase a gh1 - if nothing unexpected happens. For the moment I´ll keep my d90 + await what nikon is able to offer in the next couple of months.
 
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