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November 12, 2009

Zacuto Z-Finder for Your Video DSLR

Zacuto Z-Finder

I recently picked up a Canon 5D Mark II strictly for video purposes (don’t worry Nikon fans, there’s no way I’m giving up my D700 for still photography). One of the must haves that I found out very quickly is a LCD enhancer made by Zacuto called the Z-Finder ($395). The Z-Finder allows DSLR cameras to have the correct form factor for video, while also offering 3x focusable LCD magnification. It helps tremendously when manually focusing videos, and something I definitely recommend getting.

(Zfinder photo courtesy of molecule Mike)

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  • kenYa

    Why not just buy a real video camcorder? I still don’t get the fuss over video in camera???

  • AllaN

    With a camcorder, (if im correct here) you don’t get as much depth of field control, whereas the Dslr videos allow you to control focus and bokeh.

  • http://www.kineda.com Terry Ng

    The big fuss is that DSLRs (especially the 5DMK2) have much MUCH larger sensors than conventional camcorders. You’d have to pay roughly $50k+ for a similar setup that could even come remotely close to the HD quality a ~$3k DSLR could achieve. Couple that with nice prime lenses for amazing DOF and you have one heavenly setup for cinematography.

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