Originally posted by EssJayEff Like many here, I only have a passing interest in making videos
I think that's true of nearly everyone and camera companies actually know that, it just doesn't suit their marketing.
Sometimes on the internet I've encountered someone talking about video being indispensable in this day and age and asked them to link to videos they've made, and no one had the conviction to do that.
We see people put up stills pics all the time.
Privately, I think it's much easier to make a still photo that captures a moment of interest than to make a video someone has to sit through and retain interest, there are lots more skills involved. IMHO, it's not enough to have a good subject, the motion in the scene must be good too, it's 'moving pictures'.
I of course don't mean snap stills or videos like the sort taken with a phone, they're everywhere, I do 'em too, more than use my 'real' cameras.