Still photos from video - an interesting development
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Posted by Wick Smith on December 31, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Here's an interesting blog post & test of the Canon 1DC & the ability to take video while pulling still images from the video stream. They deal mostly with wedding photography, but clearly there is an application with almost anything we do in nature photography at some point - especially wildlife. Is this "real" photography? I'm sure there will be weigh in from all corners on this topic. Times, they are a changin'...
I saw they don't have the capabilitly to record in raw yet, but expect that to come sometime in the future. Fascinating possibilities.
Posted by Luke Ormand on January 1, 2013 at 7:52 PM
What's interesting to me is it goes to show that there are quite a few professional photographers who do want to use video and are actively using video on their DSLR's when many of us "pros" are still scoffing at the idea.
Posted by David Bostedo on January 2, 2013 at 12:50 PM
The main issue with pulling stills is still the shutter speed, as discussed in the article. If you're trying to record smooth video, it has to be fairly slow - like 1/60th for 30 frame per second video. If you don't care about the video smoothness, you can get faster shutter speeds at the same frame rate.
So at that point, you're just trading speed for resolution. Otherwise, IMO, it's pretty much exactly like taking something like a 1DmkIV and taking a lot of machine gun frames. The only difference is the reduced resolution allows a higher frame rate and can be continuous.
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So at that point, you're just trading speed for resolution. Otherwise, IMO, it's pretty much exactly like taking something like a 1DmkIV and taking a lot of machine gun frames. The only difference is the reduced resolution allows a higher frame rate and can be continuous.