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elusive1
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There's is a lot of paranoia on this site about DSLR video taking over the stills aspect.
Honestly, for all you still shooters, I don't think you have much to worry about from DSLR video cannibalizing the stills side. Why? Because Canon is losing it's grip on the market it "accidentally created."
The 5D3 was a big disappointment for video. I know of very few video shooters who are super happy with it since it was so crippled for video. As for their higher end cameras like the C-300, which is also under-spec'd and over priced, I don't believe they are exactly flying off the shelves. The pricing of the $15K 1D-C is equally outrageous and who knows if and when that camera will ever come out since the 1D-x took so long.
Most video shooters who bought into the "accidental" DSLR revolution are now looking else where since Canon cannot provide decent video equipment at reasonable prices. Black Magic and Sony (soon to be released FS700 is amazing) are releasing really exciting, progressing video products and many people are starting to move towards those companies. Even Nikon's latest DSLR's are a huge step over their previous video efforts and since they have no high end video market to protect, who knows what they are capable of doing.
Unless Canon stops the heavy crippling and tiering of video, soon, it's going to go back to mostly stills people using Canon cameras, and I'm sure that makes most people on this forum very happy. So REJOICE still shooters, as us video people are steadily migrating away.
Honestly, for all you still shooters, I don't think you have much to worry about from DSLR video cannibalizing the stills side. Why? Because Canon is losing it's grip on the market it "accidentally created."
The 5D3 was a big disappointment for video. I know of very few video shooters who are super happy with it since it was so crippled for video. As for their higher end cameras like the C-300, which is also under-spec'd and over priced, I don't believe they are exactly flying off the shelves. The pricing of the $15K 1D-C is equally outrageous and who knows if and when that camera will ever come out since the 1D-x took so long.
Most video shooters who bought into the "accidental" DSLR revolution are now looking else where since Canon cannot provide decent video equipment at reasonable prices. Black Magic and Sony (soon to be released FS700 is amazing) are releasing really exciting, progressing video products and many people are starting to move towards those companies. Even Nikon's latest DSLR's are a huge step over their previous video efforts and since they have no high end video market to protect, who knows what they are capable of doing.
Unless Canon stops the heavy crippling and tiering of video, soon, it's going to go back to mostly stills people using Canon cameras, and I'm sure that makes most people on this forum very happy. So REJOICE still shooters, as us video people are steadily migrating away.
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