Jose A. Garcia
February 24th, 2010, 04:32 PM
Hi all,
I don't post much lately, but I wanted to share something with the members of the forum that taught me so much over the years.
I can tell you the exact day I first thought about this because I was taking pictures. It's great that you can remember the exact day and hour something happened thanks to metatags...
It was 3/21/2007 at about 0:20am (though it seems like ten years ago) and in those days I was trying to start working as a professional videographer. I was at home, taking pics of my girlfriend and trying to get the most out of my new 400D. Looking through the viewfinder I thought about the huge difference between what I was seeing: the texture, the light and the DOF... and like a 99% of the video cameras out there. Why all camcorders had to shoot interlaced video with tiny sensors if cinema was the exact opposite? Why not a single company offered some kind of alternative? Was it really true that noone had ever thought of recording what I was seeing through the viewfinder of my DSLR?
That same night I started my research on alternatives to standard digital camcorders, I found this great forum and begun my "homemade digital cinema camera" project. Then I heard about the RED One, the Silicon Imaging... things were changing... I found out about 35mm adapters, the HV20/30/40 revolution for indie filmmakers, I was learning new exciting things every single day. Then the first D90 video came out and people went crazy. It wasn't there yet but things were on their way. After that, the 5D where the real revolution begun. A few months after, the GH1... None of them were perfect but each one came with a new big step forward.
Nowadays we have video pros using DSLRs for their everyday work. It's been 3 years since I asked myself why there wasn't a single nearly affordable 35mm sensor cam shooting video and things have changed dramatically.
Right now I'm opening the box of my EOS 7D and if it wasn't for this story, you wouldn't know how happy I am.
I don't post much lately, but I wanted to share something with the members of the forum that taught me so much over the years.
I can tell you the exact day I first thought about this because I was taking pictures. It's great that you can remember the exact day and hour something happened thanks to metatags...
It was 3/21/2007 at about 0:20am (though it seems like ten years ago) and in those days I was trying to start working as a professional videographer. I was at home, taking pics of my girlfriend and trying to get the most out of my new 400D. Looking through the viewfinder I thought about the huge difference between what I was seeing: the texture, the light and the DOF... and like a 99% of the video cameras out there. Why all camcorders had to shoot interlaced video with tiny sensors if cinema was the exact opposite? Why not a single company offered some kind of alternative? Was it really true that noone had ever thought of recording what I was seeing through the viewfinder of my DSLR?
That same night I started my research on alternatives to standard digital camcorders, I found this great forum and begun my "homemade digital cinema camera" project. Then I heard about the RED One, the Silicon Imaging... things were changing... I found out about 35mm adapters, the HV20/30/40 revolution for indie filmmakers, I was learning new exciting things every single day. Then the first D90 video came out and people went crazy. It wasn't there yet but things were on their way. After that, the 5D where the real revolution begun. A few months after, the GH1... None of them were perfect but each one came with a new big step forward.
Nowadays we have video pros using DSLRs for their everyday work. It's been 3 years since I asked myself why there wasn't a single nearly affordable 35mm sensor cam shooting video and things have changed dramatically.
Right now I'm opening the box of my EOS 7D and if it wasn't for this story, you wouldn't know how happy I am.