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I think all that remains is for me to understand the various formats, frame rates and quality settings for recording, editing and playing back with video, there seem to be so many, without justification. It will come, I just need to play a bit!
I don't think you have been harsh on the D800, seems to me you have given it a very fair comparison. However, I do think there is a case for for DSLR video recording where the user can't even begin to justify spending five to ten thousand pounds to gear up for video for just a few short, simple but good quality clips of video.
No doubt there are also some specialised applications where the DSLR can provide a different input style in some movies which the smaller format professional video cameras can't. So I am sure they do have applications for some, but they are not a replacement for a real, full time video camera, any more than the stills a video camera can produce will replace a DSLR.
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Robert.