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Matt James Smith-Does anyone actually know any reliable statistics regarding DSLR video use relative to stills (i.e. numbers of people that buy DSLRs primarily for video rather than stills)? I imagine it's pretty hard to gauge how niche the HDSLR market is ... We have quite a large newsagent handy and today I counted the different magazines covering DSLR photography- fourteen ! (how do they stay in business ???) They only one related to DSLR video is "digital Film maker" a British magazine .That gives a rough figure of 7% DSLR magazines focusing on film making. I would love to know how many GH3s have been sold as surely most are being used for video.

Looking good Matt,is this a homemade monocam ?? Camera is bringing out some nice tones and details in the shadows too. Hope you had your wellies on.

Hi Matt Glad you like your 5300 .I am pretty happy with mine too , high quality of the still photos it is capable of taking is a bonus too. Have you played around with any sort of "follow focus" ? I am using AFD lens with manual focus and just using focus marks on sticky tape.

"I dont understand the hype with those mac's. There is nothing special about the hardware and the software is a pain in the ass. You always have compatibility issues. Whats the point of having a software that works if most things wont work with it? And its WAY overpriced." I work for a company that employ 200 staff.The Windows system we use crashes at least once a month usually a FULL working day to get things up and running again.In the mean time we have to go on to temporary hand written orders and deliveries and have No access to accounts.Windows sure keeps the IT people in a job .

How about the GH2 hack? Hi Tim .Philip Bloom wrote about the GH2 being hacked way back in July 2011 a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then.Quite a lot of GH2s appearing on the 2nd hand market too. Lets see what the GH4 is capable of ???

Oleg Kalyan's, wants list for the D5200: Kelvin temperature, full time histogram, full time audio monitoring. I hope Nikon will do it in the next firmware update. Here is one of his on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_Sagw6GBY Sergey&Anna wedding teaser

JBraddock Actually, I have been following your posts closely and I also own a D7100. As an amateur, I have a lot to learn and in regards to the suggestion of separate topic similar to the one on Dvxuser, I thought that having a topic about how to shoot with Nikon cameras would be useful. May be we could use this thread. dahlfors Such a topic would be great, although I'd suggest starting a separate thread for it. I've been shooting with D800 for quite a while, and there really isn't many online discussing issues/solutions etc. Matt James Smith I'd be up for this too, though I'd really rather it was a new thread. And if we do it on this forum we may need to dodge the odd bullet every now and again. *Ahem* There is a "Nikon HDSR International User Group" on vimeo -about 30 members. Although the movies posted are getting comments there seems to be very little in the forum. I think a Nikon video group is a great idea but would prefer to see it at this forum as for some reason posters here are very willing to contribute and discuss. Nikon USA are slowly waking up to the potential of video which is good to see http://cinema.nikonusa.com/blog/

NO ADVERTISING ON THE FORUM! - EOSHD “We used the Alexa as a baseline and had the D800 recording to an outboard recorder uncompressed and to an internal memory card at H.264 compressed,†says Fletcher. “We also tested a Canon C300 with a Cooke lens on it—a $40,000 setup—running alongside the $4,000 Nikon D800 setup. The Canon footage had what you might call an over-smooth look to it. But the D800 uncompressed footage blew us away.†When they looked at D800 footage alongside the ARRI baseline at Technicolor, he says, “we really couldn’t see much difference. But our jaws really hit the floor when we brought up the compressed D800 footage. Right then the decision was made with the post supervisor Megan Walsh that if we shoot with this camera, there is no need to shoot uncompressed. That means the file size goes from 4GB to 600 MB. That’s just the factory setup, too.†“It won’t ever replace the Alexa, which is a better form factor, a better picture, and has more dynamic range. The Alexa is also amazing at highlight retention, and that’s because it is doing an in-camera HDR and noise mask. But when you look at how the Nikon is handling the roll-off on the highs, how it is handling the toe of the curve, [and] how it is handling no information to getting into the dark grays and coming up in the middle tones, it is doing a fantastic job. Footage is creamy and smooth, much like the Alexa footage. It really looks cinematic and stellar.â€

Correction to my post of 24th November."The D5300 user manual is 84 pages and whilst is adequate for stills photography there is only two pages on recording movies !! Nikon should get their act together they are leaving purchasers in the dark about the settings available for high quality video." This evening I had a look at the CD that came with the camera, there is D5300 Reference manual on it as a pdf 280 pages including index.This goes in to far more depth than the printed booklet. I am very happy with the camera though shooting video on it is taking some getting used to coming from a camcorder background.

DOP Klaus Merkel and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön For the first time the cameraman worked during this collaboration with Panasonic cameras with up to ten parallel GH3s and thus can shoot each scene simultaneously from a variety of different settings. In this case, the camera man convinced the compactness of the GH3 over classic cinema cameras: "With her settings were realized, which are difficult to implement with traditional film cameras. Scenes inside a car or fancy angles can be on set with the GH3 so easily realized. "Merkel said the editing reserves that the footage (All-Intra 72 Mbps, in mov format) also offered in post-production. "Behind the scenes" is viewable on Youtube also downloadable -173 MBd http://hybridcamerarevolution.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/upcoming-german-film-frauen-women.html

Review by Michael Hession at Gizmodo gizmodo.com/canon-70d-review-dslr-video-nirvana-comes-more-into-fo-1444911115 "Unfortunately, for Canon and its many excited customers, the 70D stops there when it comes to offering video shooters anything new. The video quality is not improved one bit over previous models. It still exhibits significant moire distortion in certain subjects, and just looks a bit muddy in finely detailed shots. True, it's no worse than every other DSLR out there except the very top end—the 5D Mark III and Nikon D800. But still, we should expect some kind of quality improvement over 5 years. Perhaps more inexplicable is the lack of headphone jack. How does Canon expect a video shooter to choose the 70D when they are unable to monitor audio? It doesn’t make sense." in comments-"GH3 controls moire reasonably well and is superior than Canon APS-C video in that regard (also more detail)".

Great to have you call in and comment Brandon. Angela Nicholson has reviewed the camera at Techradar "Our tests of the D5200 revealed that images taken at ISO 3200 or higher sometimes suffered from banding in darker areas and this significantly limited the size at which they could be viewed or printed. Naturally, we have explored this area with the D5300 and it doesn't appear to suffer from the same problem. Noise is generally controlled well and has a random distribution and fine texture." She also has it on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=83BHJMKWUW8 Very little comments on the cameras video abilities but note the improved iso range over the D5200.

The 5300 has six picture control options. if you choose "Portrait" the sharpening,contrast,brightness, saturation and hue can be all adjusted and named and saved as a color profile. Here is a guy that has downloadable picture controls www.similaar.com/foto/flaat-picture-controls/index.html

Had a closer look at the benefits and implications of going the Canon/Magic Lantern path and came to the conclusion "not for me at this stage". Just purchased a 5300 .So far very pleased with it ,no sign of the fixed pattern noise,video quality has exceeded my expectations,great in low light ,50P is quite smooth .Interesting that Gordon Laing measured the 1080p60 High quality footage at an average bit rate of 35 Mbps wheras the 5200 was 24mbps at high. Flip out screen is nice and crisp and can still be read when you eyes are at a sharp angle to the screen, I had trouble focusing with the screen on my old Canon HV30. The user manual is 84 pages and whilst is adequate for stills photography there is only two pages on recording movies !! Nikon should get their act together they are leaving purchasers in the dark about the settings available for high quality video. Only power supply is the battery and charger ,an external power supply is available from Nikon or just get more batteries ,apparently there is a firmware update so that 5200s can take 5300 batteries. More to come in a few days,having fun !!

Hi Andrew Thanks for suggesting to look at the options in depth. Canon 60D can still be tracked down for about Aus $680 new so EF lenses would give better compatibility with Black magic a couple on years down the track.& option of Magic Lantern.

Hi Andrew many thanks for checking out the 5300 for us.Nikon Australia have released the pricing for their dealers but the first shipment hasn't arrived yet. Body only is Aus $885 or $775 for 5200 ,Pany GH3 $1250,Pany G6 only $770 Black magic pocket $1,239 ,Black magic cinema $2475. I am happy to go with the 5300 and Nikon glass on hand to serve my video projects for the next 18 months or so. Hoping that Nikon have reduced the FPN but if not applying noise reduction is no big deal. With the video camera scene changing so rapidly the prospect of getting in to micro four thirds lenses just does not appeal. The Black magic cameras are only the first versions one would hope that in a couple of years time they are more user friendly .

Hi Matt Thanks for the link to Brandon Li's site he sure seems happy with the D5200 and has put together some cool videos. I still haven't found any tell tale vids taken on the 5300 though would be happy to with the official Nikon one of thew guy playing guitar. I had a close look at the specs Nikon are giving for both cameras 5200 max 24mbps at all high settings 24P to 60 i max record time 20mins 5300 60 p and 50 p max record time 10 mins 5300 24p and 30 P max record time 20 mins does this mean the max is now 48 mbps for 50p and 60 P ???

New Nikon D5300 has started shipping This is the first Nikon to have the new Expeed 4 image/video processor and the first Nikon to be able to shoot video at 60 P.Nikon Canada are claiming that the video auto focus is smoother than that on the 5200. Any one else interested in this camera for video ?? I have several Nikon full frame lens from film days.