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Message: <blockquote data-quote="12blackgt" data-source="post: 150716" data-attributes="member: 13825">Call me old fashioned, but I would not buy a DSLR for video. It's ok in a pinch, but a good video camera will still trump a DSLR for video. A couple weeks ago I was at Talladega superspeedway with my D7100 and my Panasonic HDC-TM900. The Panny's video shot on the same day as my D7100 makes the D7100 video look 10 years old. I experimented with some settings in order to close the huge gap, but none helped. The Panny's video is just that good. It should be it's a video camera. Now of course the roles reverse when the Panny tries to take a still image. The Panny's still image downright sucks when compared to the D7100. The argument that you need a large camera bag or two camera bags for a video camera and a DSLR doesn't wash anymore. My Panny fits in the palm of my hand as well as fits nicely in the same camera bag as my D7100.Check out this video I shot with the Panny. It's a Ferrari 458 Italia accelerating through 100 mph while on a S curve. Being perpendicular I'm panning equivalent to jerking the camera sideways and the video remains awesome. The video is true 1080p @60 fps. You need a good monitor as well as video card to do it justice!<a href="http://www.davidjohnsonpage.com/458Italia.mp4" target="_blank">http://www.davidjohnsonpage.com/458Italia.mp4</a></blockquote>