I haven't totally written off the Go-Pros, I've seen and heard good video from them, I just haven't been able to make them work. The seem to be great for mounting on a bike helmet or for jumping out of an airplane, but for what ever reason, I've had bad luck with them every time I've tried to use one on a car (on several different vehicles, mounted both inside, outside, on the back of the car ect. The sound has been so bad that the video was unwatchable.)
I believe in using the right tool for the job. Sure, you can use a crescent wrench on a brake fitting, however a flare wrench is the better tool. For me, a video camera is the better tool for video, and an SLR camera is the right tool for shooting a photograph. Sure, combining the two is easy to live with, but its a compromise in the long run. I'd rather have the camera be more user friendly for shooting pictures and shoot better pictures over video any day of the week. When I go to shoot a picture, I don't want to be digging though menus to change settings. This is something that many of the top of the line DSLRs are being criticised for, especially the D800 and the D4. Cannon seems to have things better in the video department, but they have lens compatibility issues with older lenses, something I happen to use on a somewhat frequent basis, especially at night. (I love my 40+ year old ISCO F2.8 180mm manual focus lens that still works on my D7000, hence the reason I bought a Nikon and will continue to use Nikons until they make shooting a picture with a camera harder than taking a video. At that point I'll move onto another brand or just continue to use old equipment.) Yeah, I'm old school, I'd still rather listen to CDs and records over MP3 (yes I can hear the difference) still I listen to MP3 (on a separate MP3 player) in the car simply because there is too much noise to hear the difference between a CD and MP3. Yes, in this case, the crescent wrench works just fine ;)
When I go to shoot a picture, I don't want to have to compromise because someone thought it would be a good idea to combine the camera and the video into one. Perhaps I'm a minority, however there are others that share my views. I always want the right tool for the job, not one that can "also do the job, but not as well as it should." Video camera for video, SLR for pictures. I'd rather have two precision tools rather than one tool that can sort of do both okay. Sure, a crescent wrench is a usable tool, but when you really need a flare wrench, that is the tool you want to use.
Will
I believe in using the right tool for the job. Sure, you can use a crescent wrench on a brake fitting, however a flare wrench is the better tool. For me, a video camera is the better tool for video, and an SLR camera is the right tool for shooting a photograph. Sure, combining the two is easy to live with, but its a compromise in the long run. I'd rather have the camera be more user friendly for shooting pictures and shoot better pictures over video any day of the week. When I go to shoot a picture, I don't want to be digging though menus to change settings. This is something that many of the top of the line DSLRs are being criticised for, especially the D800 and the D4. Cannon seems to have things better in the video department, but they have lens compatibility issues with older lenses, something I happen to use on a somewhat frequent basis, especially at night. (I love my 40+ year old ISCO F2.8 180mm manual focus lens that still works on my D7000, hence the reason I bought a Nikon and will continue to use Nikons until they make shooting a picture with a camera harder than taking a video. At that point I'll move onto another brand or just continue to use old equipment.) Yeah, I'm old school, I'd still rather listen to CDs and records over MP3 (yes I can hear the difference) still I listen to MP3 (on a separate MP3 player) in the car simply because there is too much noise to hear the difference between a CD and MP3. Yes, in this case, the crescent wrench works just fine ;)
When I go to shoot a picture, I don't want to have to compromise because someone thought it would be a good idea to combine the camera and the video into one. Perhaps I'm a minority, however there are others that share my views. I always want the right tool for the job, not one that can "also do the job, but not as well as it should." Video camera for video, SLR for pictures. I'd rather have two precision tools rather than one tool that can sort of do both okay. Sure, a crescent wrench is a usable tool, but when you really need a flare wrench, that is the tool you want to use.
Will
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