First official look at the Panasonic AG-AF100 – will this be the end of DSLR video?

First official look at the Panasonic AG-AF100 – will this be the end of DSLR video?

If you’re shooting with a Canon T2i (550D) and want to record decent audio directly in the camera you now have a choice to make.
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Give me an unlimited budget and I’d buy one of everything. Then I’d shoot with each one until I found my favorites. The rest would go on a shelf, waiting for the perfect occasion.
But I don’t have an unlimited budget so I was glad to find BorrowLenses.com.
Magic Lantern is coming to the Canon T2i (550D).
Magic Lantern – 550D/T2i port from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo.
Do you always need a high end tripod to shoot great video with a DSLR?
Conventional wisdom says that you need a stable tripod with a smooth fluid head for shooting professional video. And that’s what I recommended in the Buyer’s Guide.
But Rodney Charters, DP for the Fox series “24″, in a recent interview on ProVideo Coalition had this to say about shooting with DSLR cameras.
Okay, this has nothing to do with the technology of 1080p in a timeline or any of that. It’s just a clear explanation and example of the power of editing from a master film maker.
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I came across a post in one of the DSLR video forums recently. The guy was a newbie and had a ton of questions. Of course, the replies in the forum were all over the place. There were lots of perspectives and lots of opinions. In his last post, the newbie said:
One of the best ways to increase the production value of your DSLR video is to record great audio. Here’s a short video that will help you record better audio whether you use a lavalier or a shotgun microphone.
A reader just asked:
“I just got a T2i kit (18-55mm). I also got a zoom lens (EF-S 55-250mm) and I considering buying some more equipment. I’m a high-end amateur photographer and in the past years fell in love with video editing too. I use to do my short movies on my Canon HV-10, but I always missed some of the more advanced options (such as a mic input). I plan to shoot most of my videos on the T2i now and I was wondering if I should invest in an mic + ext sound recorder or mic + prime lens? The options I’m considering are “Azden SMX-10 + Zoom h2″ or “Azden SMX-10 + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II”
Interesting question! Continue reading
Canon has released a firmware update for the T2i (550D) that fixes a problem where the set aperture moves unexpectedly when shooting movies in manual exposure mode.
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eosdigital7/firmware.html