Moppie wrote in post #13336431
Yeah some of those old lenses are cool, but I'm just shooting run and gun stuff with a very limited budget and an even more limited skill set
For $400 or so you can get a decent camcorder with a 40x (or so) zoom. Why struggle with an SLR with a form-factor that is anything but ideal for video?
Also you say you don't usually carry a tripod - why not? "Run and gun" isn't how movies (or videos) are done.
It's common for a photographer to take a still camera and walk the streets of a city or travel in the wild and just take pictures of what looks appealing.
Making films (or videos) is completely about planning and editing. As far as image quality, HD is HD - 1080p doesn't require a large sensor or a lot of megapixels (I think that 1080p needs just over 1MP).
Why buy an expensive lens when you say you have a limited skill set? Why not go cheap (camcorder) and see what's really involved in holding people's interest? (I could not watch the video you posted for more than a minute or two - not even when I skipped ahead thinking it might get better). You may realize what is involved and go on from there, get better video equipment and sell the camcorder (and probably your dSLR and it's lenses if you are really serious), or you may just give up on making videos since it's an effort that takes a lot of collaboration and a lot of work to do properly - unless you already have a crew that is willing to work together and work for long hours and no money.
This is VERY different than still photography that can be accomplished by one person with a camera. Motion pictures take a crew - and again, a ton of planning.
A bit of camera shake is the last thing you need to worry about if you are trying to develop a "skill set" - So is attempting to use a heavy camera and lens without a proper viewfinder (let along a tripod). Image stabilized lenses will not make a noticeable difference - arm fatigue will set in very quickly even if you are a body builder.
When you see "hand held" shots in movies or even from the sidelines of an NFL game, the cameras are all shoulder mounted - with "steady cam" (Steadicam) mounts...NO ONE holds weight out in front of them. Yeah, there are truly hand-held shots that are exceptions but for an effect (like "cinema vérité " that lasts seconds - any more and most of an audience would experience vertigo (symptoms similar to sea-sickness).
Video is great for taking 30 second clips of a baby's first steps and a toddler blowing out birthday candles. Making "movies" is something entirely different. I have 4 cameras that can take video (and have had countless cell phones) and haven't ever used the feature - that's with 40 years of experience in he motion picture business and a degree in film making. There's nothing I can do by myself that would not be a bore to anyone without a personal interest in what I could capture -
