Chapter 21: Movies and the EOS 70D

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The idea of using a DSLR to record movies is still hotly debated; many committed still-image photographers are strongly opposed to cluttering up their cameras with a lot of features, menus, and buttons they simply don’t need or want.

Nonetheless, the DSLR has been adopted by many videographers because it offers a physically large image sensor, a higher pixel count, a vast array of lenses, and a comfortable physical unit to work with, typically at several thousand dollars less than commercially-available video cameras.

The EOS 70D does provide video recording as a feature, and has also introduced the ...

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