The "best" DSLR...

Sektor

Sektor

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Hi guys. I know that the meaning of "best" is totally subjective. But i'll have a chance to buy one of this cameras and i want to know whats your recomendatios. I'm going to be using it mostly in short films, skateboard recording, documentaries and some chroma keying...

I also want to know what do you think about "expanding" the camera and buying equipment and and what brand has more accesories availables such as lenses, rigs and obviously, costs.

Thanks, i'll be waiting for your answers.
 
If you can wait a few weeks or a month, just check out the specs of the Canon 60D or whatever moniker canon gives it. There should be an announced Aug. 19th according rumors, and if not, then in September.

Me thinks its price / performance will be "the best" and possibly an improvement over the features of the 5D.

I'm without a personal video camera, so it's probably the one I will buy if it's less than $1600. A stable, tested Scarlet looks to be a reality well into year 2010 before you get your turn in line.
 
Short films sure, but for everything else you mention it would be fairly stupid to get an slr. Maybe a canon hv?
 
The 5D MKII has the best picture but the GH1 is easier to shoot with- flip out LCD, less rolling shutter, image stabilization, AF lens, 24p, overcranking.

the same accessories are available for all DSLRs, you're gonna want a blackbird or merlin stabilizer if you want to shoot skate footage and a 16mm fisheye lens, the zenitar is cheap and good.
 
Sektor
How do you want your films to look? How are you going to be working? There are so many answers to your question, and I have no idea what approach you intend to take with your material, so I'll focus on one concrete bit of information you gave.

If 'professional' looking, for relatively fast-moving objects outside in unpredictible conditions (people on skateboards), a dslr is not the answer - not Nikon, not Canon, not Panasonic. You need either a conventional video camera, or a motion picture camera. The only caveat to this is if you are going to have a little crew (which you would need with the motion picture camera) and you are going to plan every aspect of your movies, including set-ups with actor-marks (ie, where the skater starts and ends while you are filming), rehersals (with equipment and then with actors), lighting, and having more than one person learn exactly how to use the equipment. Then, you could consider a dslr. Generally speaking, to get the best out of the movie dslr requires a steadicam-type rig and/or a decent tripod, and some sort of rig to which you can attach at least a follow-focus device. While the Panasonic has auto-focus in movie mode, it is not in the same ballpark as a practised focus-puller.

The movie dslr is - at this stage - probably most suited to narrative film making where all conditions are controlled. And if that's what you want to do, it really doesn't matter which camera you buy. My biased opinion in this case would be that if you have enough to buy the Canon 5D, buy the Nikon D90 and use the difference to buy a base plate, follow focus and a tripod or steadicam-type device.

For on the fly type filming, buy a conventional camcorder.
 
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