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shoot video, but it's now a lot more likely that if this application is your main activity, you're going to buy one of the very capable hybrid mirrorless cameras that are now available. There's no doubt that thevideo, it comes with a crop of 1.33x and a 7.5 minutes clip length limit. Additionally, being a DSLR, the camera has to be in its live view mode to record video which means the autofocusing is via contrast-detection measurements. However, eye/face recognition is available. Continuous AF operation is supported by the PLM series of Pentax lenses which have the faster and quieter stepping motor focusing drives (Ricoh calls them “pulse motors”).

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