Photographer or Photocinematographer ?

[rashedahmed]

<p>First came photographer, later cinematographer. Now the cross breed will be known as Photocinematographer ?</p><div></div>

[KenPapai]

<p>Get that bad boy a lens hood! Pronto.</p>

[Spearhead]

<p>It's not like this is a new phenomenon. I've seen people with this setup, and more sophisticated ones, at every press conference I've worked. Everyone calls them "the video guy," since it really doesn't matter much what equipment is used.</p>

[tonmestrom]

<p>here's one shot in Munich last week</p><div></div>

[craig_shearman1]

<p>"I've seen people with this setup, and more sophisticated ones, at every press conference I've worked."<br />I work in Washington, D.C., arguably one of the news capitals of the world, and I have never seen a news crew shooting with a DSLR. Maybe there's a newspaper guy being pushed to turn in video for a web site in addition to stills. But every single TV station/TV network crew that I've seen still shoots with an actual video camera.</p>

[frank_skomial]

<p>Videographer.</p>

[Spearhead]

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<p> But every single TV station/TV network crew that I've seen still shoots with an actual video camera.</p>

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I see a lot of the foreign press using them here in the US. I see the sports magazines using them. I see them at events. The rental place I use (generally not a consumer place) says that they can't keep up with the demand for 5D2s for video. I haven't seen a TV crew using one either, but there is plenty of press besides TV, in fact, I see more independent and internet press now than I do TV people, except for crime scenes and disasters.</p>

[Tim_Lookingbill]

<p>Wonder if you can record video in a vertical frame configuration with the DSLR and have it read right the same as shooting stills. Most dedicated camcorders couldn't do that at least the ones I used back in the '80's.</p>

<p>Ever watch a right reading video in a vertical frame configuration instead of traditional horizontal landscape? I bet it looks goofy and becomes irritating to watch after a while.</p>

[jcuknz]

<p>Tim .. I remember reading about people who did this with their 8mm holiday movies when a camera came out which felt 'more natural' to be held on its side. I don't remember the camera model, sorry :-)<br>

Would have been at least 40 years ago.</p>