Looking into getting a camera for mainly video. DSLR or camcorder. Thoughts or suggestions?
DSLR vs camcorder for video
For video? Nothing will come close to a DSLR for quality. Unless you spend north of $10k.
D7000 = cheap as hell and super good. Plus lots of old primes are cheap and work great on modern Nikons (not so much with Canon).
actually you get can get some decent camcorders and you can swap out lenses etc.
dslr's are awesome, but they suffer from the jello/rolling shutter effect.
grab maybe a minidv camcorder on the cheap - raw footage vs compressed which can be easier to work with but need a firewire connection to import.
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I was on the fence as well, got a Canon T2i. Can't believe the quality of the video I'm getting with some decent lenses.
If you go with the DSLR, make sure you've got a mic in. Some of the older models and even the newer cheaper ones (D3100) don't have it which should be a deal breaker if you're concerned with video.
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