Plenty good enough.
DSLR for filming
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You need a go pro.. If you want decent audio to sync in post.. Buy a cheap zoom h1... Mount in a cradle to prevent vibration and you will have a lovely cheap set up for your bike video...
He's not going to be actually on the bike, he's filming guys on bikes.
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Just thought I would let you know I went with a Blue Yeti as I didn't need a portable mic.
I have it plugged into a macbook running garageband. I use the mac + garage band as a very low noise preamp with zero latency. I then have the output plugged into a D800E.
Sound quality is phenomenal (better imo than lav mic's I'v heard), no hiss and I don't have to mess around syncing audio and video files in post.
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Just read a test in what digital camera and out of the canon 650d/nikon d5100 and the Sony a65 the 650d was the best for video
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Sounds like an awesome combo. I look forward to some examples
It really depends on the use. Having used a friends 650D myself for video and owned a Sony A77 I can honestly say that the Sony is far more noob friendly.
For family / holiday / general video's the 650D is nowhere near as good as the Sony's purely because the 650D's AF is so damn slow.
However as soon as you want to start to get creative and a little more serious about the video side of things (and be prepared to manually focus) the Canon really does shine above the Sony with the options and flexibility that it has.
Can't comment on the Nikon though as I haven't used my D7k for even 1 minute of video.
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^^^, as above, you really have to think about what the video is for. If it is lazy point and shoot video of children play etc, then the Sony is much better than Canon/Nikon, but a Panasonic GH3 is better again and actually a Nikon 1 is pretty damn good. But then a dedicated HD video camera is likely even better, cheaper, smaller and lighter.
If you want to actually be creative with video then the AF of the Sony becomes kind of irrelevant because you are manually focusing anyway. In this category you are paying much more money for support, stabilizers, focusing kits, focusing screes, etc. Nikon D800 is a good shout here since it offers uncompressed raw 422 video over the HDMI port and a Nikon F-mount gives access to plenty of great MF lenses.
If you want to actually be creative with video then the AF of the Sony becomes kind of irrelevant because you are manually focusing anyway. In this category you are paying much more money for support, stabilizers, focusing kits, focusing screes, etc. Nikon D800 is a good shout here since it offers uncompressed raw 422 video over the HDMI port and a Nikon F-mount gives access to plenty of great MF lenses.