DSLR as a Video Cam

[bestimage]

Folks,
Has anyone used dslr for full length wedding videography or does anyone have any comments on the subject matter. Thank you,
Raj

 

[enraginangel]

This past weekend I saw a wedding photography use a Canon 60D as a video camera. He set it for a wide shot and just had it set to record for hours. The 60D was running Magic Lantern so he didn't have that 12min limit and he had a battery pack installed so it lasted fairly long. He also had a separate sound recorder set up closer to the action.

 

[Axilrod]

Honestly for events, or anything you can't do multiple takes for I would not use DSLR's. I think actual video cameras work much better for these situations and there is much less of a chance of something going wrong. Not to say that people don't use DSLR's for weddings, but there are definitely some things you have to work around. If it's just a one man crew I think it's especially dangerous using DSLR's, I'd definitely recommend and assistant.

 

[bestimage]

Friends, thank you for response, i was thinking to get into video without heavily investing into video gears, take photo and video jobs but looks like dslrs are not the part of wedding videography recipie

 

[niccyboy]

In churches you often don't have a lot of light and trying to track a subject down the aisle at f2.8 with no chance of a re-take is a big effort!

 

[brant]

This is like a question from 2009