For a long time now, photographers made stills and cinematographers made movies. There have always been lots of 'amateur' photographers but not that many 'amateur' cinematographers. When camcorders came along, moving pictures leapt forward (some might argue the opposite) a giant step and 'amateur' movie makers appeared everywhere.
Still there was a divide. It is often impossible to tell the difference between a good amateur and a good professional photograph. Watch amateur footage side by side against professional however and the difference is usually obvious.
Now we seem to be in a different era. We have programmes like Adobe Premiere and After Effects and what is most exciting to a stills photographer, a new breed of digital SLRs that can also shoot HD video.
If you want to know how that makes film shot on the new DSLR different from that shot on even quite an expensive camcorder, do a quick search on Youtube - you can find films like this one, titled February by Nino LEITNER.
Things like changeable lenses, shallow depth of field and full manual control are what make the difference. Oh yeah, and a cameraman and editor who know their stuff!
Check out one of the latest cameras of this new hybrid – Canon 550D. It also shoots 18Mp still images as well.
I am more than just tempted to take the plunge.....
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