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Once you get the hang of it, the results can be amazing, though: most of the close action sequences in The Avengers were shot with a Canon 7D.
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The Differences Between a DSLR and Smartphone Camera?
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Once you get the hang of it, the results can be amazing, though: most of the close action sequences in The Avengers were shot with a Canon 7D.
:wtf:
My 7D has a little switch that allows me to switch from stills to videos. Surely the 5D and 1D have the same?
I remember the switch from my 7D
I know the quality is good but I don't really have any incentive to shoot video on my dslr.
RogueTr00per
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Yeah, Re: the video I posted in post #9, what I took from it was the Z2 kicked butt for 4K video, but for stills the Canon 60D was the winner (of course).
I went on an impromptu trip to Nairobi national park a few months ago. Had to use iPhone 5s to take pics. None of them were that great really, more like "proof that I saw x" than "amazing picture of x". It's a pity as there were some awesome "scenes".
Most limiting factor was lack of "zoom" followed closely by crappy metering and then tiny aperture/slow shutter speeds.
Have a Nikon J1 (basically used as point and shoot) and D90.
Normally though the biggest problem phone cameras have is low light. This is also one of the bigger differences as you get more expensive through the DLSR ranges.
Most limiting factor was lack of "zoom" followed closely by crappy metering and then tiny aperture/slow shutter speeds.
Have a Nikon J1 (basically used as point and shoot) and D90.
Normally though the biggest problem phone cameras have is low light. This is also one of the bigger differences as you get more expensive through the DLSR ranges.
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Thanks for everyone's AWESOME feedback, learned a thing or two! 
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Hopefully not derailing the thread here:
I have a very similar compact camera to the J1 of rorz0r (i.e. the V1). Recently I took an interest in how usable this would be under low light conditions. The theory is that one can achieve the desired depth of field at a far lower f-stop on a small sensor than on a larger sensor. In other words it would be necessary to stop down the lens on an SLR and go up a few steps in ISO to get the same result as with a compact camera. The SLR should still win in image quality, but not by as large a margin as would be expected.
Below is a shot that I took outside a petrol station a couple of nights ago with the V1 to test this idea. This was hand-held using a 50mm equivalent lens at f1.8. Even at this aperture there is a good DOF. The photo is not as noise free as one that an SLR would give, but it is still usable. The point is that a reduction in sensor size does not automatically equal a similar reduction in quality.
I have a very similar compact camera to the J1 of rorz0r (i.e. the V1). Recently I took an interest in how usable this would be under low light conditions. The theory is that one can achieve the desired depth of field at a far lower f-stop on a small sensor than on a larger sensor. In other words it would be necessary to stop down the lens on an SLR and go up a few steps in ISO to get the same result as with a compact camera. The SLR should still win in image quality, but not by as large a margin as would be expected.
Below is a shot that I took outside a petrol station a couple of nights ago with the V1 to test this idea. This was hand-held using a 50mm equivalent lens at f1.8. Even at this aperture there is a good DOF. The photo is not as noise free as one that an SLR would give, but it is still usable. The point is that a reduction in sensor size does not automatically equal a similar reduction in quality.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who does norraf*k understand how to do video on my DSLR - I've done one by accident but that's it
OGroteKoning
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Or at least how to switch it off…
Progenix Oj101
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You're assuming I care about video?
xera
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Agree.
Phone is pretty good for it's portability though, or those fixed-res Instagram shots.
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Dpreview have an article where they explore this in a lot more detail: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/2666934640/what-is-equivalence-and-why-should-i-care
I won't try to repeat a four page article here, but the TLDR is that under low light the image quality is independent of sensor size when taking the same photo with different format cameras. This is if the photographer has the right lenses.
As luck would have it I had to shoot my kids going their ice bucket challenge over the weekend so I downloaded the manuals, and a fresh copy of iMovie, and had at it. It ended up being a production of epic proportions.
OGroteKoning
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As luck would have it I had to shoot my kids going their ice bucket challenge over the weekend so I downloaded the manuals, and a fresh copy of iMovie, and had at it. It ended up being a production of epic proportions.
I assume "epic proportions"="damn I am good"
Oh yeah - I nailed it.
Multiple cameras with cutaways, lower thirds, PIP - the sound could have been better though since I had to rely on the built in mic on the EOS-M.
OGroteKoning
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Oh yeah - I nailed it.
/would love to see the end product - student at heart...