DSLRs finally have ability to shoot videos in HD
September 22nd, 2008
It’s been a good few weeks for DSLRs. Just after Nikon’s D90 became the first ever to jump into the sweet, sweet waters of the HD video pool, Canon did a gigantic cannonball today with the EOS 5D Mk II, upping the game to full 1080p captures at 30fps. Toslink Cable says the question that all of this good news brings up is: Why now? Why haven’t the DSLRs we’ve been using for years ever been able to grab video clips like their cheaper pocket-cam brethren? Let’s take a look at the roadblocks that have stood in the way of the DSLR video revolution, and why Canon, Nikon and others are only just now starting to Bigfoot right over them.
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