The DSLR

   
  The DSLR is definitely an awesome camera. It has some of the greatest potential for such an unassuming camera. The camera is of course meant for shooting pictures but also has a video mode that allows the camera to capture great video. One of the main benefits of the camera is the fact that it has a fairly large sensor in it which can capture really great images but also makes it fairly hard to focus with the camera. Which brings me to another one of the camera's major issues which is the fact that it is a still photography camera. Which means that the camera is not originally meant for video, so a lot of problems arise like how the camera fits in your hand, adjusting focus and zoom during a take, or panning the camera which causes a rolling shutter as well as some aliasing issues. Other than these couple of issues the camera is a great camera for capturing video. It's small, it has a good sensor, it does well on time lapse shots, etc and after you get some peripherals a lot of the problems become a lot better. So just because it's a still camera, don't count it out.