Nikon D90 or Canon 50D MK II – Twitterstream

ConstantChange
To @5tu and @EugeniaLoli – friend got hands on Nikon D90 – prefer or not over Canon 50D Mk II?

Stu Maschwitz
5tu @ConstantChange Not.
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ConstantChange
@5tu I guessed so. The footage I’m seeing from the D90 really looks nice though. http://ri.ms/rfv4 (D90 Grammy spot shot by friend)
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EugeniaLoli
@ConstantChange That’s because the scenes are so short that you don’t get to see all the disadvantages of the D90. Choose 5D.
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ConstantChange
@EugeniaLoli Cheers, as I told Stu Maschwitz – that was what I suspected, wanted to confirm it remained true after firmware updates etc ty!
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ConstantChange
The film we are shooting in Hawai’i right now is using a RED camera

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EugeniaLoli
Ordered the Rode Stereo VideoMic, a dead kitten for it, and a 2.5 m boom pole too. Should be fun.

ConstantChange
@EugeniaLoli – I love the rode mic for my HV20. Have the boom pole too but the attachment screw for it is not well designed.

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(Meanwhile back on Stu’s Twittertstream:)

Stu Maschwitz
@debonbon Actually (Nikon D90′s) 720p is a wonderful resolution if everything else is done well. What Nikon needs is manual control.

Tyler Ginter
@5tu If rolling shutter is the same on the D300s as the D90 and D5000 then Nikon is just showing how little pride they take in video… IMO

Stu Maschwitz
@tylerginter Agreed. The 5D2′s rolling shutter is nasty but workable. The D90′s is a dealbreaker.
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Eugenia Loli is a videographer, tech journalist, developer who writes an excellent blog about video, post-production and color correction at http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/

Stu Maschwitz is a founder of The Orphanage and author of the DV Rebel’s Toolkit.  he runs http://prolost.com/ an astounding resource on everything from After Effects and color timing to the very latest in HD cameras and shooting techniques.

Constant Change is the author of this blog.

**Full disclosure – although Stu and Eugenia are both critical and discerning and do not work for either of the companies being discussed, I did first come across each of them through their enthusiasm for, and my interest in, the Canon HV20 camera.