Discussions on the Thread "Canon t3i"

I shoot with a canon 60d dslr. In order for you to get great results your're going to have to invest in a rig for a number of reasons. Number 1, stability. For a wedding shoot your going to go hand held most of the time. Its very difficult to hand hold a dslr and get stable footage, nearly impossible. 2, if this is a paying gig and your getting paid good money you dont want to show up with just a photography camera. A dslr rig makes you look professional. On my rig I have the Zoom h4n for audio, A 7 inch hd monitor to help w focus and framing the shot, follow focus for manual focus (never auto focus w/ dslr). Viewfinders are a good investment for focus. If your thinking of buying a dslr to shoot video professionally, then be prepared to invest a minimum of $2000 in addition to the camera. And thats with out good quality lenses!! Dont mean to discourage you from dslrs, they're amazing to work with, and I love my rig. Check out Tony Rielly of Shooting DSLR 101 on youtube. I learned just about everything for him he's the man!! Good Luck!

Hi Marissa,

My thought is two fold. I've shot with DSLRs before and it really depends on what you are shooting and the need. For a wedding, I think audio is important...if you are doing run/gun style, it might be a hastle because you really need a rig...meaning a good mic (like the rhode video mic) and a way to monitor...typically it's going through a tascam or h1n or something...this allows you to monitor appropriately. The gain is tricky with those cameras. I'd rent one for a wedding, along with all the gear (it's pretty cheap to rent), and try it out. For stuff like that I'd prefer an actual video camcorder. If you wanted togive that a try, rent a canon xa10 as well. It's cheap too.