Short Division
We’ve been in the market for a video DSLR for the path few months – and finding the best one to buy is pretty confusing. Right now it’s a tie between the Canon 60D, and the Panasonic GH2. They’re both good cameras for video in the price range, but they both have some problems – like how the Canon 60D has trouble with aliasing, and the GH2 doesn’t have as many cheap, fast lenses available. So I made a chart with some points of comparison.
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Panasonic GH2 |
Canon 60D |
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| Price | $999 | $899 |
| Screen | Touchscreen 3″ – 460k pixels TTF Touchscreen |
Higher Resolution 3″ – 1,040k pixels – 2x resolution of GH2 |
| Formats | AVCHD 1080p 24fps 1080i 60fps 720p 60fps Format: Motion JPEG: |
H.264 MOV 1080 29.97 / 25 / 23.976 fps 720 59.94, 50 fps |
| Aliasing | Less than Canon 60D None using 1:1 crop mode |
Sometimes Bricks, waves, detailed patterns |
| Rolling Shutter | Yes | Yes |
| Material | Plastic | Aluminum and polycarbonate resin with glass fibre |
| Available Lenses | More Modern Lenses $0 – 14-42 (28-84mm) f/3.5-5.6 $373 – 14mm (28eq) f/2.5 |
Faster Lenses $119 – Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 $379 – Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 |
| Weight | 0.86lb | 1.6lb |
| Video Autofocus | Contract Detection | None |
| Weight | 16MP | 18MP |
We’re still trying to figure out which is ideal for us, so I’ll update as we discover more pro’s and con’s.
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