Originally posted by jogiba Hello, it's now 2009, the youtube age and shooting high quality video is not like a floating car. There are people buying the Canon 5D Mark II just for the video feature.
Yes, I'm sure that's what they need a $2700 still camera with expensive interchangeable lenses for - so they can cook the sensor shooting amateurish videos for YouTube.\sarcasm
I'm well aware of what year it is, and I'm also aware that the "video feature" on the 5D II can be used for a whopping
12 minutes at a time, while you can buy dedicated HD camcorders -
for 1/2 the price, including the lens - that can record to your heart's content until you've filled up 12 hours of built in flash memory and another 12 hours on a memory card. The same folks buying the 5D II "just for the video feature" are about on the level of those who heard the 1DS III is "tough enough to hammer tent pegs" and bought one "just for the hammer feature."