Michael1

*  Non-blown out highlights
*  Good shadow detail
*  Low frame rates
*  Scenes with low depth of field
*  Colors not oversaturated, and corrected to colors reproducible with film
*  Smooth gamma
*  Smooth camera motion
*  Good focus without mid-shot focus adjustments
*  Less obvious - picture grain
*  Images without over-sharpening
*  Wide shots without excessive lens distortion
*  Low on the "spoilers" such as moirés and aliasing
 
There is certainly subtlety to all this, though, and it has been an interest of mine why some digital cameras subjectively do better at the film look than others out of the box.
 
Having said this, I think 4K video may change the public's perception of what looks good.  They may see very sharp 4K footage as preferable over the somewhat softer "filmic look" shown today.  They may also like somewhat more saturated colors over time.
 
I was in a TV store recently with two identical model TVs, one over the other on the wall, and a woman pointed to one of the TVs, and said, "What's wrong with that one?".  The salesman replied, "It was calibrated."
 
Michael

I understand where Andrew was coming from, although his "DSLR Dead" points probably should have been in a different blog post.  The D5300 camera is more capable than many for video.  It has a nice image.  It's just a bit clumsy for controls, and is stuck with low data rates.  Nikon and the other camera manufacturers, like many big companies, are slow respond to changing trends.  Cell phone cameras are killing the P&S market, AND the camcorder market.  People want both stills and video in one camera, because they have seen it can be done on a cell phone.  If they spend the money for a separate camera and another item to carry around, they want superior quality and functionality for both stills and video, not just stills.  Other than Panasonic, the camera companies for the most part are still are stuck on stills, and dragging their feet on video, meaning they are 5 years behind the times.  That's an eternity when it comes to technology now.  Entire markets dry up in that amount of time.