Comments on: Redrock Micro launches cinema accessories for Nikon DSLRs

By: Pablov

Pablov — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:48:32 +0000

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By: Pablov

Pablov — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:08:20 +0000

These kind of features (Movie/Video) are going to be seen more often and better on DSLRs.

It’s a matter of time to get better quality and full control of the recording settings.

RedOne can make better results, that’s obvious at this time, but for lot of photographers/movie makers (I’m not talking about Hollywood’s or some other big movie makers) the potential of recording Good HD Video with DSLR is Huge, and promising.

Many advantages (including price against a RedOne’s, interchangeable and Pro lenses against Camcorders’, low light recording, shallow depth of fields, etc) are already known and can not be compared to a traditional prosumer video camera or camcorder at all…

There are at least some sample movies from a DSLR well worth watching in the net, that show the potential (when used professionally). One, for instance, is:
http://vincentlaforet.smugmug.com/gallery/6042742_wZKiA#377930419_dgxvY

There are aspects to be improved, better implemented, etc., but the manufacturers must be working on (if not, then they will loose sales in near future…)

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By: Pablov

Pablov — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:03:16 +0000

These kind of features (Movie/Video) are going to be seen more often and better on DSLRs.

It’s a matter of time to get better quality and full control of the recording settings.

There are at least some sample movies from a DSLR well worth watching in the net, that show the potential (when used professionally). One, for instance, is: http://vincentlaforet.smugmug.com/gallery/6042742_wZKiA#377930419_dgxvY

There are aspects to be improved, better implemented, etc., but the manufacturers must be working on (if not, then they will loose sales in near future…)

By: Pablov

Pablov — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:03 +0000

These kind of features (Movie/Video) are going to be seen more often and better on DSLRs.

It’s a matter of time to get better quality and full control of the recording settings.

There are aspects to be improved, better implemented, etc., but the manufacturers must be working on (if not, then they will loose sales in near future…)

By: joe

joe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:06:31 +0000

very cool.

video is a great bonus for still photographers. And being able to shoot with nikkor lenses should yield some outstanding results.

I hope nikon and canon continue to add this feature to the higher end of their DSLRs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:34:32 +0000

To be honest, we’re quite a long way from getting mind-blowing quality out of DSLRs. Firstly, you have the problem of skew (which, supposedly, the 5D Mark II almost gets rid of); secondly full manual control, including both variable frame rates and shutter speeds, e.g. 1/48th second, otherwise it looks to smooth; and thirdly, the video out of these cameras is quite soft, doesn’t look like true 720p/1080p. No matter what, the quality out of something like the RedOne will be better, and so this will be a good solution more for the prosumer market; therefore, decent autofocus is needed, as well as good video compression in case uncompressed is not feasible.

One of the largest problems is ergonomics; you really can’t film with a camera that shape, unless you get the RedRock Micro setup, which is large and a hassle to have to take about. The viewfinder is also unusable – which is a very large problem, as to get anything decent you need an external monitor/evf.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:30:47 +0000

Wonder if Nikon will ever release a Camcorder with interchangeable F-mount lenses. Now THAT I would buy. Of course, even better if it could record to MiniDV’s instead of Flash Cards.

For what it will probably cost for this contraption plus camera, you could buy a couple of Canon’s HV20′s or HV30′s, which have great image quality AND take MiniDV’s.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:27:54 +0000

Even with prosumer cameras, sound recording quality isn’t exceptionally high. It is a cheaper, better and more convenient solution to use a camera like this and have an external sound recording system.

By: Staley

Staley — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:01:11 +0000

This is sweet. I’ve been starting to shoot video with my 90 and its a lot of fun. But this kind of setup would be AWESOME. Not trying to spam or anything but here’s a link..

http://www.dailystaley.com/2008/10/17/in-the-bunker/

By: Ernst

Ernst — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:34:24 +0000

DSLRs have a lens system (and imager size) comparable to the finest motion picture cameras, plus exposure and focus control that surpasses anything on offer in the video world. Once DSLRs are able to record quality video (i.e. uncompressed 1080p or beyond) to a high-speed, tethered storage device (doable on the cheap for a while now), the quality will be so spectacular you could shoot a feature film with one.

A modern DSLR has to have 80% of the systems needed for a video camera *anyway*, so it makes sense for manufacturers to consider adding video support.

Imagine if the D4 could shoot video that looked better than the results from a Panaflex cine camera, and as a complete freebie extra feature. Who then would still *want* a consumer or prosumer video camera, with their toy lenses and awful user interfaces?

If it doesn’t get in the way, video from a DSLR is a compelling (and probably inevitable) feature.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:11:46 +0000

How much is this setup without the camera?

By: JK

JK — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:04:02 +0000

If you want a video camera, buy a freakin’ video camera! I wouldn’t buy a camera phone to take wedding portraits…although some people might.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:52:12 +0000

Looks like for the near-term the main limitation in DSLR video is going to be high quality sound recording/syncing.

By: Pablov

Pablov — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:08:18 +0000

Very nice…

The train is coming…