Close to buying a 7D.. BUT!

Just want to say ISO on GH1 is much higher than ISO on 7D and just mentionging ISO numbers does not mean much.

If you have waited on purchasing 7D this long, why not wait for 60D? Newly added articulated screen and audio control should be worth waiting for.
 
I think there are only a few hackable GH1 cameras left anywhere...

I've just bought 2 from Taiwan... at $660AU each delivered ... too cheap to even worry about...

I don't even have any glass for them yet... but bought a 20mm 1.7 from the same seller...

I've got a 7d and I'm sort of happy with it... will be i interesting to see the comparison with the GH1's...

Cheers
 
I would say GH1 or 60d, and the GH1's sensitivity is greatly improved if you shoot your low light movies in s mode or aperture priority (even with the slow stock lens) I don't know why but it does, it also allows you to use much higher ISO's which surprisingly have less banding than 800 in video mode (800 iso in s/a mode is much cleaner as well) but don't take my word for it try it out yourself.
 
I was waiting for the possibility of the 60D a few months back, but finally decided to just dive in and get the T2i. The 60D came out today.

I think I made the right choice. I've now had the T2i for a few months and know what all the buttons and knobs do. I've been able to shoot projects, do camera tests, and get footage of things. I've got my workflow completely established. If I had held out for the 60D, I would still be waiting to get it in the mail.

The point? Get the T2i, or the 60D, or the 7D, master it, and start shooting. There's always going to be a newer, better, faster camera coming along.

I'm not going to upgrade again until Canon makes some indeterminate number of steps forward in aliasing, moire, dynamic range (bit depth), and possibly resolution increases. The reality is that the 7D, the 60D, and the T2i are all virtually identical as far as shooting video is concerned.
 
I haven't regretted, not even for a second, my purchase of the T2I. We shot a low budget feature on it in June, and watching my editors work on it in post still makes me giddy.

The only thing I would have done differently is that I would avoid the kit lens. You can pick up up a 50mm 1.8 for a hundred bucks. Unfortunately, when I bought mine, they only had the kit version in stock, and I'm an impulsive 9 year old when it comes to tech.
 
I must be one of the only people who thinks the kit lens isn't that bad. That 50mm f/1.8 is nice.

My first DSLR lens several years ago was a 50mm prime. It takes fantastic pictures. On an APS-C sensor camera, it also makes it virtually impossible to take a picture of, say, two people sitting side by side in a typical bedroom. The focal length is just too long for a lot of shots, especially indoors. On shots where a 50mm lens is what you want, of course, then it's perfect.

If you're coming from the world of video cameras, here's what a 50mm lens gets you. Hold your right hand out away from your body as far as you can. Now spread your fingers open as far as they will go. Now hold that outstretched hand and fingers up against the things you see around you. That's your field of view with a 50mm lens.

Here's a very prosaic but typical example of how a 50mm lens as your only option can be limiting. I wanted to sell a synth keyboard on eBay a few years ago, and so I took pictures of it with my 50mm prime lens. This was a 61 key keyboard, so it was probably about four feet wide. In order to get the entire keyboard in the picture, I had to move it over toward the other wall and get out of the 10x12 room entirely and take a picture of it at an angle from the hallway. I just managed to get it into frame.

In my experience, on a 7D/T2i/etc a 50mm lens is best for close ups.
 
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