$2K camera dies, $20K camera thrives in funny movies

By Stokes Young

Normally we focus on consumer cameras here at msnbc.com's Gadgetbox, but the continuing revolution in digital video camera technology has yielded a couple of recent video gems on Vimeo.?They're so good, we?d feel bad if we didn't share them.

First, here's how to lose $2,400 in 24 seconds, by Kurtis Hough:?

Assuming the?waterlogging of a Canon 5D Mark II?gets you depressed, maybe you're in need of some serious shopping therapy.?If so, here's what you get if you put another $20,000 on your credit card, to buy the new Canon C300 video camera:

Thanks to the performance demo by Jonathan Yi,?the camera?looks pretty astounding, though bear in mind, for $20K you could?get this house in Detroit instead.

Stokes Young is the?director of multimedia?at msnbc.com. His photographers?are pleading with him to replace their DSLRs with next-gen video cameras, but he's too busy taking pictures of restaurant signs with his camera phone to listen.

More on (slightly cheaper) cameras from Gadgetbox:

Nikon's D5100 and Olympus' PEN E-P3 are both amazing, and come with similar pricetags and target customers. But they're very different, making a choice between them tricky.

Source: http://gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/02/9168642-2k-camera-dies-20k-camera-thrives-in-funny-movies

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