This is big, Nikon is working on an Auto Rack Focus Video Feature

While not revolutionary (been doing it on my FX7's for years now) it is a nice feature that illustrates that Nikon is at least thinking about motion shooters while designing their new stuff. I'm still holding out hope they get it right one of these days.
 
It is extraordinary how people can get insecure by what another brand that they don't use can do. If tomorrow Nikon new dslr output some type of RAW video or high bit 10bit 422 images, don't you think that Canon will be forced to do the same amd in the end everybody is going to gain from that. Nikon has been issuing a lot of video related patent the last 2 years. They have also done some competition and festival for movies, so lets hope that they will have some very good video quality and features in the next gen camera.
 
Danielvilliers said:
It is extraordinary how people can get insecure by what another brand that they don't use can do. If tomorrow Nikon new dslr output some type of RAW video or high bit 10bit 422 images, don't you think that Canon will be forced to do the same amd in the end everybody is going to gain from that. Nikon has been issuing a lot of video related patent the last 2 years. They have also done some competition and festival for movies, so lets hope that they will have some very good video quality and features in the next gen camera.
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It hasn't worked that way in the DSLR world so far; everyone expected the D7000 to at least match Canon for features - frame rate, fully manual control, all of that... do you remember the disappointment when the body was released?

I see a lot of people thinking along these lines on filmmaker-centric message boards, but I for one suspect we are a very small slice of the market - especially in Nikon's case. If filmmakers were responsible for 10-20% of 7D or D90/7000 sales, I think we'd see a lot more improvements. The evidence is we're a very small impact on the bottom line, with Canon at least having some interest in learning what we want for future R&D. Keep in mind DSLR video was an afterthought ("hey, we're sending a lot of pixels to the LCD, maybe we can capture that?") and the response to it took the manufacturers by surprise. They've been "surprised" since the D90 came out and we haven't seen much new come our way. I suppose we'll know more when either (a) the next gen 5D arrives or (b) we see if the rumored Canon cinema-cam based on DSLR tech become a reality.

There are so many posts on this site and others demanding DSLR manufacturers listen to our desires, assuming we're some vast crowd that will storm their gates. I suspect that at this time, we're really not.
 
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