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The main attraction of a DSLR having cine/animation capability is obviously being able to utilize those large investments on lens done earlier by photographer, to pay back in terms of quality motion picture. The prior rechargeable lens digital motion video cameras all were extremely pricey, none made for average Joe.

HD capturing and then ease of rendering that to a HD easily viewable image on a large screen LCD TV that is a common phenomena of today in every house using HDMI out put and then add that great sound capabilities have all added a vast potential for bringing a swiss knife concept to DSLR at a reasonable price. The real deal is manufacturer do not need to add anything to weight or tools to provide this feature. In other words, this is the bonus of improved technology when "Live View" was discovered.

5D is a big bang for many professionals that look into this body for a long time due to its all needed features for professional use, say extra ordinary color rendering through excellent sensor (That surpass or equals the very much expensive higher class line of product sister cameras i.e. 1D), full frame format and then professional grade rugged body. Now add the movie capability and think of if this doesn't make the photographer covering a Marriage a function or a reporting location, the happiest person around. That is the theory. In reality there are still a lot of short comings just to say a few, AFing, pause you get in motion picture as you use the camera for still picture accusation, in middle of running movie, location and sensitivity of microphone capturing even lens' IS motor sound, inability to use a huge number of functions offered under still camera when it is use for motion capture, etc.

The reverse concept also exist. I recently bought a Sony camcorder SR-11 (I buy always a generation older for the obvious advantages) and gush what has happened with the videocameras since I knew them... This one has High Definition movie picture quality like nothing I have seen before. It is just A m a z i n g quality that you don't believe unless you see with your own eyes. Then it has a 10.2 MP still camera built in that is excellent for a general use photography. In fact it can catch images better for those unexpected situations better than any still camera but of course doesn't come with all the manual overrides that I expect to see from my still camera.

Back to still cameras, any older DSLR that has "Live View" capability is actually able to take movie and if you have one, you may find the recipe on line with a yahooing or googling as to how to hack it. Its simply the technology that is advancing even without need for additional hardware. This is a given and not a taken process.

So any way you look at it, we as users are getting these new features for almost free on the newer models. Tell me if you can't be happy with free bonuses, then what else makes you happy?