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If you have an auto-focusing lens, will it continually focus while you are recording video? That's the one thing that's held me back from upgrading. I badly wan
by Flemlord 17y ago
If you have an auto-focusing lens, will it continually focus while you are recording video? That's the one thing that's held me back from upgrading. I badly want to combine my DSLR with my camcorder--I hate having to decide which one I'm going to carry with me.
- anigbrowl 17y agoIf you're just getting feet wet, the (~$1000) Canon T2i will do that. but most of the time you wouldn't want to. Autofocus is horrible on video, even on the best gear I have used (like a varicam). YMMV may vary of course if you are trying to shoot sports or certain documentary stuff. I think you would do far better to get some good used manual lenses and acquaint yourself with focusing manually.
- mtw 17y agoif you want an auto-focusing setup, get the panasonic gh1 with the specially designed lens 14-140mm. But people get the canon 5d or the 7d because of the film look. The sensor is bigger so you get shallower depth of field, and also you get wider selection of lenses