Bill Bruner
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olaf – here is a side-by-side of the two cameras – looks like they cut together just fine: https://vimeo.com/41262613
Cheers,
Bill
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Bart – These folks have done it and made it work:
Cheers and good luck with your project,
Bill
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Brandon – have you looked at the $5000 Sony NEX-FS100? Better in low light than the AF100 – and, with a $400 Metabones adapter, the NEX is fully compatible with your Canon lenses. Here is a video shot with the 7D, FS100, Metabones adapter and Canon lenses: https://vimeo.com/41636538
Hope this is helpful,
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“The GH2 is great for video, but is one of the worst DSLRs for photography…”
Jeff – I have not found this to be true with my GH2. Here are some of my GH2 stills – and they’re not the best I have taken:
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Can you post some of your stills? Is your challenge with focusing on quick action? Exposure control? My guess is that trying to shoot stills with manual Canon FD lenses may be part of the problem with your GH2 photographic experience.
My other guess is that after shooting with the GH2, you won’t like the video challenges that come with the 5DMkII (e.g., moire, no autofocus in video mode, no viewfinder in video mode, 12 minute video clip limit, fixed LCD).
Unless you really really need the 5DMkII’s full frame aesthetic, I recommend you spend your $1000 on some decent Panasonic/Olympus glass instead of changing systems. I recommend couple of high quality system lenses like the $999 Olympus 12-60 f2.8-3.5 for 4/3, or $799 Olympus 11-22 f2.8-3.5 for 4/3 along with a Panasonic MA-1 adapter (I have the Oly 11-22, it is fabulous).
Or you can wait a few weeks for the $1300 Panasonic 12-35mm constant f2.8 – expensive, but costs less than the Canon 24-70.
With high quality autofocusing glass and automatic exposure control, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how well your stills will turn out.
Good luck with your decision!
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Steve – In EU countries, cameras that can record video for more than 30 minutes are taxed as camcorders, which is a higher rate. As a result, all manufacturers limit their “DSLR” and point and shoot cameras to 30 minutes or less of recording when exporting them to the EU area.
To confuse the issue, some manufacturers have not done the work to deal with technical limits on continuous recording (Canon [12 minutes*], Nikon [20 minutes]), and some have made a policy decision to market their cameras with the same recording time worldwide (Sony [30 minutes]).
I’ve omitted Pentax and the other minor players, but they all have recording time limits.
Only Panasonic uncripples their cameras and gives them unlimited video recording time outside of the EU area. My Panasonic Point and Shoot FZ150 has unlimited recording time, for crying out loud, but a $3000 Nikon doesn’t? I won’t buy any of these cameras until the manufacturers lift the recording time limit outside of the EU.
Cheers,
*except for the 5DMkIII [30 minutes]
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Noah, I can’t speak for your cameras, but according to the 7D’s specs at Canon USA: “Continuous Shooting Time: Approx. 12 min.(Full HD); 12 min. (HD); 24 min. (SD)”
Sadly, all Canon DSLRs (except the 5DMkIII) are limited to 12 minutes of continuous video shooting in HD due to the file structure they use when recording (FAT32), which limits file sizes to 4GB and does not allow file spanning.
Cheers,
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Scott, with your budget, I’d go with one of Noah’s suggestions – all of the cameras he recommends have hinged, rotating LCDs (like a camcorder). Both the 5D and 7D have fixed LCDs – so you wouldn’t be able to rotate the LCD up, down or flip it 180 degrees to face forward. This forces you to buy a monitor to get high/low angle shots or shoot self-portraits.
Something else you should know – the Canons all have a 12 minute continuous video clip duration limit. If you plan any concert or event coverage in addition to your music videos, you should keep that in mind. The GH2, like a camcorder, has no clip duration limit.
As for the small sensor camcorders you listed in an earlier post (Sony HXR-MC50U, HVR-HD1000U and HDR-FX7) – these are all fine camcorders that will produce great interlaced video with deep depth of field, and at least two of them shoot to card instead of tape – but modern cameras produce something called “progressive” video, which has twice the effective frame rate of interlaced video and looks more cinematic and less ‘videoish’ to most people. Same thing for the shallow depth of field provided by the large sensors of DSLRs and (expensive) large sensor interchangeable lens camcorders.
Here is a comparison of the T3i and the HDR-FX7 that might be helpful in seeing the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTBlxHQL6lk
Good luck with your decision,
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Jeff – I’d keep the GH2. With good glass and moving the auto white balance away from evil Panasonic green towards magenta, it’s a great still camera. It’s no full frame, but I don’t have to do any work to get good stills anymore. Set it to AWB, autofocus and pull the trigger.
Here is an example. Here is another.
I do like the full frame look, but not enough to spend full frame money 🙂
Bill
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Hi Steve – the Panasonic HDC-HS900K is the closest camera to meeting your requirements at the ~$750 price point. It has manual iris control with the lens ring, and produces high quality images in high contrast situations. It is OK in low light, but not the greatest. I have the flash memory version of this camera, the TM900, and it does a great job both indoors and out.
Hope this is helpful,