Camcorders Versus Cameras
DSLR vs Camcorders for professional filming?
I currently have a Sony Handycam DCR-VX100. Its from the late nineties, I believe. It was around 1000 dollars I believe (im not quite sure, I got it as a gift). My question is for the same price roughly there is also the Canon T2i, which I have seen shoot video and it seems like really good quality. (also there’s the canon 550D, but much more expensive.) Both of these Canon cameras are DSLRs. They both have mic inputs and are video enabled. The only con to using a DSLR versus a regular camcorder would be the rolling shutter, which my camcorder doesn’t do. My question:
Since DSLRs are so much cheaper, how come everyone doesn’t use those? Is there some major negative to using one that I’m missing?
one thing that you are missing is the 2011 price for a camcorder identical in performance to the Sony DCR-VX100 is $250. It is made by Sony’s trading partner, Canon, and it is the ZR960 model.
When it comes to shooting a still photo, a modern camcorder does a job equal to any dSLR under ideal conditions. Where the dSLR shines is the versatility in handling less than ideal situations.
Same thing is true of the dSLR, it can shoot amazing video, under perfect conditions. Where the camcorder shines is its ability to handle moving objects, change focus and zoom on the fly, while maintaining critical exposure and white balance.
if by professional you mean shooting trained actors that can hit their marks, under controlled studio lighting, recording audio separately,… then yes, you can get a more convincing hollywood look. but a camcorder is useful in many more situations, like sports where the subjects are playing the game and not listening to the film directors instructions. or nature, in a blind, shooting wild animals in the early morning/late afternoon when light conditions and white balance changes minute by minute.
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