Love the magic of shallow depth-of-field with the new breed of digital SLR cameras. By now you’ve marveled at the many, many offerings of DSLR pioneers taking these small tools and creating pure art. Just punch in ‘Canon 5D’ or ’7D’ in your search engine and you’ll see an impressive amount of video on the web if you’re not sure what all the hubbub is about. Here, I’ll save you the trouble and jump right to a beautifully done short film. Shane Hurlbut, ASC also does a “making of” video explaining why he loves the DSLR as a movie-making tool. Good stuff.
Too good. The majority of us aren’t working on feature films but have to give our clients some good raw materials for their project. So far, it’s been too much of a stretch to convince my clients a still camera is the way to go. So, to make this concept of shallow DOF a reality for us working videographers and DPs, surely there’s going to be a camera that makes more sense to our clients. Why hasn’t Canon, the undisputed leader in this emerging technology, jumped out there and given us this tool? It’s a mystery, but the broadcast giants at Panasonic and now, Sony vow to play in this arena. It’s all mock-ups right now, but it’s only a matter of time before the DSLRs are on the sidelines looking in at the new video tools. Here’s Sony’s idea of how they’re going to start. It looks consumerish for now. Do you think it will be a viable tool once it hits the market? I do.
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