Originally Posted by
Ole Anderson
Just beware that many DSLR's aren't designed for video, they do video as an add-on. And, yes they can do a fine job. There are exceptions in some of the newer ones, but many do not run continuous video for more than about 12 minutes without having overheating problems. Also choice of the memory can be critical, cards that do fine with stills may display errors while attempting to record video. Also the shallower depth of field of a DSLR compared to a video camera can haunt you as DSLR's normally don't have auto focus in video mode. FYI I have a Canon T2i and found out the hard way about memory cards while trying to record whales breaching on an Alaska cruise. Kept getting errors while recording. My suggestion, get a Canon Vixia video camera and do everything in 720p. We use Canon XA-25's at church, but mostly for the HD-SDI cable-out option which we need as we don't record on cards in the camera. Most folks can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, particularly on a computer screen or phone.