I have started the New Year buying the Canon 5D MKll even though I have acquired this camera at the end of it's product cycle, the camera will still be good when it is replaced, also being discounted by $900 for the kit lens version was awesome. I'm very serious about producing quality stock footage for sites like Pond5 and Shutterstock and the style I have adopted for now is the more run and gun travel content. This means I'm shooting in controlled lighting environments as well as low light night scenes, the Canon 7D is a great camera but and yes there is always a but, the low-light performance of the Canon 7D is not good enough for quality stock video clips and still photographs. The brief time I have had the Canon 5D MKll I have been repeatedly impressed at it's low-light performance. I have shot video at 320 iso that is extremely high quality and suitable for stock footage sales. I'm keeping the Canon 7D as a back up camera and for the 60 frames per second for slow motion.
My personal goal is a one camera set up for stills and video clips, being light to travel with and extremely versatile in a variety of lighting situations, especially while traveling. I'm having trouble with some airlines and their carry on rules for weight so for my next planned trips to Panama and Beijing I will be traveling with the minimum of equipment as carry on and checking the tripods and light stands into my checked baggage. I will always have my Panasonic HDC-TM700 stuffed into my cargo pants for the ultimate stealth stock worthy video clips for quick set up grab shots.
Best wishes for a successful 2012
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