Re: DSLRs: A Time Exposure

[Ray Stark] "Watching the DSLR hype machine is amusing."

It sure is, especially the hoops people gladly jump through to make still cameras work for video.

If DSLRs cost $20,000, they'd be just another way to record good-looking video, no more than an eddy in the stream of video imaging technology. People would be pointing out all the shortcomings of shooting DSLR video.

But they cost a quarter of that, and perhaps even less. So people gush over the marvelous images and ignore the shortcomings.

My conclusion: the DSLR scare isn't about making great-looking video, it's about CHEAP, great-looking video, and it will pass as soon as it's incorporated into a real video camera.




Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA