Find out who is the king of traffic in this HD-DSLR video niche.
I love to consume content on DSLR Video – I eat it up like I’m at an all-you-can-eat buffet. I wanted to find out if I was missing any really good content out there on ‘DSLR Video’ so I started looking a traffic numbers for these type of sites.
I am guessing this blog post might upset some people that their favorite blog or site is not listed. And to be honest that is kind of the point of this blog post is to find out what else is out there so I can update the list below and find more content for me to consume. 
I’m only interested in sites that deal mostly with DSLR video, I know there must be a lot more popular still (photography) sites that occasionally talk about video, but I’m only interested in sites sharing great info on the DSLR video with big traffic numbers.
Update 6/23/10: From the comments below I added a new site I never knew of before called eoshd.com and that is now in the top 5.
Update 8/8/2010: More people found this page so I updated it again and took Chase Jarvis off since his blog appears to be more about stills rather than video. Also Google AdPlanner does have the best data from what I can see and Compete.com does so I also changed the rankings for that as well.
For those confused by Alexa’s Traffic Rank number above – the lower number means more traffic. My favorite metric for this small niche is Google AdPlanner – give it a try it is pretty interesting.
Please leave a site or blog below you would like me to check on to see if it will make it in the top 5.
I would recommend:
http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com – More about projects using the 5D to shoot, he talks about what lenses he uses and for what reason.
http://www.nextwavedv.com – A lot about techniques he uses and about lighting.
http://ninofilm.net – One I stumbled upon recently, this is a lot about the camera and equipment, mainly 550D.
And my most recent site to be added to my feeds:
http://www.learningdslrvideo.com
One of my favorites is http://www.eoshd.com/
Then you have http://www.thec47.com/ as well.
Thanks guys for the additional links, I just updated the spreadsheet and eoshd.com made in the top 5. I had never heard of that one.
Dave!!! I’ve been lurking around for a while, and just wanted to say thanks so much for your blog! I am a graphic design student majoring in video, and just bought a T2i, and happy to be able to read what you are going through. Like many of us new DSLR users, the more I can read about it the better. On my reading journey into the world of DSLR, here is a list of sites that I have encountered that might help all of us on our journey. I’m not affiliated with any of them — they like your site have helped me along!
Again, thanks so much, and keep up the great work!
Tina
The sites (just to name a few):
http://www.dvinfo.net
http://www.dvxuser.com
http://www.digital-slr-guide.com
http://www.dslrfilm.com
http://www.hdmom.com
http://thebuibrothers.com
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2010/03/14/starting-up-with-a-dslr-and-sony-vegas/
I found the above to be really helpful for someone like me (a rank beginner)..
Excellent podcasts by the way!
@33 Thanks I really appreciate that.
While Cameratown is both a photography and cinematography website, the focus of our reviews over the past 16 months have been on video (5DMKII, 7D, Rebel T2i, Glidetrack, indiSlider, Z-Finder, LCDVF, JAG35 Shoulder Rig, Rebel T2i vs 7D for video, Camtrol stabilizing system, Coleman LED Quad Lighting System, and more coming).
Our numbers:
Compete.com Unique Visitors: 35,084
Alexa Rank: 67,320
Google Ad Planner: 100K
Hi Dave.
I recommend to the portuguese community this blog
http://hdslr.com.br/
best regards!
Where is DVculture.com?
Great list, Dave. Thanks very much for including NoFilmSchool. I hadn’t shared my Google Analytics data with AdPlanner, so I’ve just added that to see where NFS ranks (it might take a few days to show up).
Compete.com’s numbers are quite a bit lower than the actual stats — which I’m sure applies to sites across the board. Of course, if you go by Compete’s numbers, I’m 6th! Three months ago I probably would’ve been last, so it’s nice to see NFS growing.
Very nice site you’ve got here.
Tony here from NextWaveDV. Thanks for listing our site. We plan on adding even more DSLR specific training soon.
You might also want to do something like… http://www.invesp.com/blog-rank/Photography – where they assign different points for the different categories giving a total – that way you can use compare.com/quantcast/google and alexa and whatever you want to give a total score.
I’ve also found by the way that google analytics and compare.com vary widely in the number of unique users that they say visit. I also think compare.com’s July data was grossly wrong in terms of my site – we didn’t have that big of a decrease in traffic according to google or alexa.
That’s why the ranking thing makes a lot of sense because they don’t rely on one particular site or stat.
@Mitch, wow that looks like a cool page but that also looks like a ton of work to keep updated.
Hi Dave,
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best
Carl
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