What is a good digital camera that takes HD video AND photos?

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I want a camera that will be awesome to film with and awesome to take still photos with.

I know there's EOS 5D Mark II, but what else is there?

Answer
There is the Nikon D5000, Canon EOS 500D, and the Pentax K-x.

Here is quick price estimate:
Nikon D5000 12MP DSLR Digital Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens - $650
Canon EOS Rebel T1i (500D) 15MP DSLR w/EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens - $769
Pentax K-x 12MP DSLR with 18-55mm Zoom - $550

The 1st link is to a web page that has these 3 DSLR cameras listed so that you can compare features and spec but also there are links for each of these cameras to review pages that include sample images.

I am a Nikon user, but if I were buying one of these cameras right now, it would be the Pentax K-x. I have been reading it up on this camera and I have come across some impressive information. Below I included some links, the photo.net link is to a forum where a photograper posted some black & white images shot at some high ISOs (6400 ISO, 10000 ISO, and 1250 ISO) and they look great. The reviews are good and to me the video I have seen on youtube looks good.

Hope this helps.

Mark

marksablow.com

Why do most movie makers use film, whereas most photographers use digital?

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Shooting a film is a tougher task, won't it be more convenient if they use digital cameras?

The Canon 7D and 5D mark ii are used for The Avengers,

so are DSLRS capable to do the whole filming process instead of movie cameras? If so, why are 'most' movies are shot with 35mm/ 16mm films?

Plus, what are camcorders for? They are meant to do the recording job as well right? Why not many shoot movies with camcorders?
And one more question:

Are those who shoot movies, considered as photographer?

I meant they are capable to produce nice moving images, I thought they might be able to produce great photographers too?
@keerok: I didn't mean it in that way. I was talking about the whole processing stuffs, must be much more complicated and costly. Plus, the processing time.

With digital, when things went wrong, you can easily spot it (replay button) and make a new one.
But with film you will need to process the film first and spot the wrong thing, then only you can make a new one; but with a new film roll which would add an additional cost to the production.

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it's all about the quality of the final product. With film movies the quality on the big screen is so superior to anything else out there. The quality of the color and just the overall look is far and away superior.

Digital photography is a different matter. It's all about convenience. We can now do a pretty job with digital photos but they will never look like film, never. Film has a quality that is unequaled.

However many major studios are going digital slowly and forcing their theaters to install digital systems so we suppose that soon film will be a thing of the past in Hollywood. Too bad because it was a wonderful medium.

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