Should I buy the D90 to learn video?

At this point I'm really glad I got the D300s for pictures. If you lock it down it will do ok for video but I'm still using the DVX100b. I'm also glad I didn't get the Canon 7D because I've found I don't like trying to shoot video with a DSLR. Just feels weird. When I do get my next video camera it will probably not be a DSLR.

Working on something now interviewing people and I'm glad I'm not limited to 5 to 12 minutes.
 
Zim said:
At this point I'm really glad I got the D300s for pictures. If you lock it down it will do ok for video but I'm still using the DVX100b. I'm also glad I didn't get the Canon 7D because I've found I don't like trying to shoot video with a DSLR. Just feels weird. When I do get my next video camera it will probably not be a DSLR.

Working on something now interviewing people and I'm glad I'm not limited to 5 to 12 minutes.
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Limited? A interview is where you ask a question and someone responds, does someone take 12 minutes to answer a question? Are they talking in all 12 of those minutes? I mean it takes only a split second to press record again after the 12 minute limit.....

Truly boggles my mind how anyone can think that the 12 minute limit is something they could not work around :lipsrseal
 
Sure you can work around it but it is nice to roll the tape and know you don't have to stop for awhile. It just seems the DSLS are more suited for shorter takes. I was asking questions the other day with a musician and ask several question. I didn't have to worry about the camera shutting off or overheating. I went 20 or 30 minutes without shutting off the DVX and only then because other people coming into the area making noise.
So yes you do have limits as all cameras.
 
Zim said:
Sure you can work around it but it is nice to roll the tape and know you don't have to stop for awhile. It just seems the DSLS are more suited for shorter takes. I was asking questions the other day with a musician and ask several question. I didn't have to worry about the camera shutting off or overheating. I went 20 or 30 minutes without shutting off the DVX and only then because other people coming into the area making noise.
So yes you do have limits as all cameras.
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First of all the Dvx is a tape based camera that shoots in SD , which is VERY DIFFERENT then current HD FILE Systems. Having shot on Dvx, Hpx 170-500 , several other cameras , + dslrs ( Gh1 , 7d, T2i, etc. )

You always want to create a file base system. Nothing worst than having a long ass take and you having to dig for footage or wasting tape and having to edit footage. When shooting an interview you ask a question, press record then stop after the person answers.

When you ask question #2 you do the same and so on. The point here is not to waste space and create a file numbering system. Obviously with an SD tape based cam you cannot do that, but with these HD cameras that record specific files you never really want long takes anyways.


I can't think of a single take, shot or performance that would last 12 minutes without me stopping. Not even sports games play for 12 minutes without some sort of break. I have said it countless times again I truly do not understand why people complain about a 12 minute limit.

Me as a director + editor would never want a 12 minute file, as I like to have clips broken into sections so I can know exactly what they are. Even if I were filming a music video, you still need to break for the hook, chorus, bridge etc. Even if you decide to record all the way through on average most songs are 3-5 minutes anyways so I still don't understand?


Regardless Im done here

ps. Just in case you didn't know a Panasonic Gh1 (Dslr) records unlimited with no time constraints.
 
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