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Dave
House season finale a landmark in digital cinematography
The season finale of House aired in the states a couple of days ago, I'm not a follower of the program but like many other digital photographers, filmmakers and cinematographers, I had to watch it based upon how it was shot - using digital SLR cameras that are intended for stills photography and can be picked up from your local Jessops.
I've been experimenting with these video DSLRs since the launch of the Canon 500D mid-2009, and have been in love ever since. Due to their large sensors and fast lenses you can achieve a fantastically shallow depth of field. This means the subject will be in focus but the background will be blurred, which really makes whatever is in focus 'pop out'. This effect was until recently only achievable by cumbersome cinema cameras, only available to those with a sizable budget, but with the advent of video DSLRs the game has truly changed.
There has been a lot of speculation to whether these cameras were quite up to the job of being used in serious productions due to a couple of drawbacks with their design, but with the recent screening of the House finale these doubts can be laid to rest as the results are absolutely stunning, and indistinguishable from any film camera.
As a video producer (amongst other things) here at focus I have begun introducing my own DSLR camera into our productions as a secondary camera along side our canon xl2 workhorse. Although for aesthetical reasons it will never replace a point and shoot video camera, the quality of the footage is light years ahead for only a quarter of the price and a fraction of the size.
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