09-29-2010, 02:13 AM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1285678634' post='3319']
It would be smarter to just get a Canon EOS 550D instead, if 24fps is what you need. Its codec also is easier to work with. I see no advantage in choosing an A55v here.
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Don't forget how easy it is to use lenses from all other mounts on EOS too... you can do that to a certain extent on the A-mount but it's far more difficult than it is on EOS.
As a quality-oriented alternative to a camcorder instead of a pro video camera (i.e. like a pocket P&S is to a DSLR in photography), I'd go for the DSLTs by Sony because of the P&S video AF. Still think you can do lots of neat dynamic stuff just with a bit of manual focusing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmY_AvpV1Cc
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmY_AvpV1Cc"]Watch it in 720p[/url]
... try doing that on an Alpha <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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GTW
It would be smarter to just get a Canon EOS 550D instead, if 24fps is what you need. Its codec also is easier to work with. I see no advantage in choosing an A55v here.
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Don't forget how easy it is to use lenses from all other mounts on EOS too... you can do that to a certain extent on the A-mount but it's far more difficult than it is on EOS.
As a quality-oriented alternative to a camcorder instead of a pro video camera (i.e. like a pocket P&S is to a DSLR in photography), I'd go for the DSLTs by Sony because of the P&S video AF. Still think you can do lots of neat dynamic stuff just with a bit of manual focusing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmY_AvpV1Cc
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmY_AvpV1Cc"]Watch it in 720p[/url]
... try doing that on an Alpha <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />GTW