Help please on DSLR choice

[rossifumi]

Hi everyone

It's time to upgrade my digital camera and I'm interested in purchasing a DSLR.
Does your average DSLR have a movie function of good quality?

Should I be thinking of a decent digital video camera with the ability to take good quality stills? What sort of pixel quality would such a video camera come in?

Any advice and pointers appreciated. :thumbsup:

[Canuck935]

DSLR's do not have video functions. Video camera's don't really take great stills. If you can get or only want one camera, I guess you just gotta decide what is more important to you.

[espressotalk]

Hi, I would invest in two different products. A DSLR with a great lens and a small pocket sized video camera. This way you will get the very best of both worlds.

[jorgemonkey]

I went the way of a small pocket sized MiniDV camcorder and a nice camera. Its definitely been the best combo.

[Medley]

Video image captures are 640x480, unless there's been improvements in the field that I'm not aware of. Most point and shoots have video modes, but you give up a lot by going for a point and shoot over a DSLR.

-Joe U.

[Canuck935]

I'm sure many vid cams these days do the standard dvd resolution of 720x480, and now HD (1280x720) or HD1280i (1920x1280).

[trog100]

consider something like a panasonic fz50.. its not a dslr but then again its not a point and shoot either.. and unless u are prepared to carry a bag full of heavy weight lenses around with u and a seperate video camera it will do things a dslr will never do..

trog