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I think people some times get a little too heated up over the issue of video in DSLRs, I think its great that todays cameras now have movie modes. I wanted to fork out on a camcoder for occassional videos and I needed a stills camera and when DSLRs started having movie modes I killed two birds with one stone by getting a DSLR, how convenient is that !
There is myth that video modes somehow increase the cost of the camera or that camera makers are pouring money into video modes its not true! Video capture is more or less (I being very simplistic here) taking the live view stream and packaging it into a file with appropriate codecs and compression then shipping the data to the memory card . Most of this is done by software and micro chips in todays and its not a costly implementation to add . Those folks who dont like video modes in DSLRs dont have to use it its that simple..................meanwhile for those photographers who wanted to branch out into making movies its now easier and cheaper than ever especially if they bought a recent camera. For independent film makers who have tight budgets and couldnt afford high end cameras they can now use DSLRs which offer so much quality , control and creativity for a fraction of the price of a top end hollywood camera. Video modes in DSLRs is something to be applauded not ridiculed. If you dont applaud it thats fine but for a lot of folks out there this is a welcome development as photography and videography are now converging.Thats were the future is heading
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