If you’re in the market for HD video capable digital SLRs, you should have a look at what the Canon and Nikon have made; its not just about the photos anymore… its about their HD Video capabilities.

Although Nikon launched the world’s first Digital SLR with HD Video capabilities, Canon’s new EOS 5D Mark II’s HD Video capabilities are siiiiccckkk! – I mean, it knocks Nikon videos out of the park!

The Canon’s body can be anywhere from $2700 to $3000 (USD) and the Nikon’s body is only a 1/3 of the cost at $1100.

Trying to Justify It…

At the moment, I can’t justify spending $3000 on a camera, but those sample videos on Canon’s website isn’t helping with the idea of sticking to a much much much cheaper budget. The Nikon D90 is much more reasonable and is more than capable of producing fantastic results for projects that would primarily be used on the web.

Keep in mind, the HD Videos you will see use a variety of different lenses such as the fish eye lense that really make you think of the possibilities of creating HD video.

Why would you buy a Digital SLR with HD Video capabilities when you could buy a much less expensive handheld HD camcorder for $600? Convenience. If you have one of those older point-and-shoot cameras and paid $400 for it several years ago, you, as I, are probably looking for the next best thing and stepping up your Photography game; its good to know that you can buy something today that gives you HD Video capabilities.

As most of my friends on Facebook are in the New Media industry, somehow and somewhere, I thought you would enjoy this note and just learn about some new products to get some new ideas out there and throw into your portfolio.

Ironically, I wasn’t much for video class. But today, I’m responsible for Social Media campaigns that leverage video sharing sites to deliver more traffic to websites.