Anna Clara Casapollo

That helps immensely, thank you very much. I had thought that that was a possibility, but wanted to make sure first. Thank you!

Hello everybody, so I have a job tomorrow, recording audio on my 7D. I rented Sennheiser's ew100 g2 radio microphone, and the recordings are fine, but I have no idea how to listen to what the camera records "live". Is there a way?

Very cool video! I really enjoyed it, and great results with the 7D

Hey everybody, so I've decided that I'll buy the 7D after all, now I'm ordering it and need to put a CF card with it. So how fast is fast enough? Thank you in advance

Wow! I really liked it! I'm thinking about buying the 7D, so it was nice to see it used in a complex situation. It held up nicely in my opinion in situations with a lot of light and darkness (the outside shots). Would you tell me a bit more of the specs? ISO? filters? And it's so cool that you managed it all in a single take. The only thing more I would have done was to smooth it out a bit in post, like color correction to give the skin a bit more pink, especially in the outside shots, but that's purely an aesthetic comment. Really great though, thank you for posting it.

And by the way thank you again to everybody for the patience and the helpful thoughts

You said before that that H264 can be complicated to handle, but for which OS? I like how you summarized what I have to ask myself, and I think, in a nutshell, I'm ok with everything you said, I mean the small recording intervals are not even and issue, since I don't shoot documentaries, and also I think true 1080 won't probably be a standard format for at least for a few more years. The other issue is that I think that the upgrading possibilities of a still camera vs a video camera like the panasonic (which I'm now also looking up, thank you for the suggestion), are a huge factor to consider. And another, on a more personal note, is that once this becomes obsolete for me, it can still be a great still camera for my parents, whereas when I stop using a videocamera I can throw it away, because no one else would benefit from it...

Well, right now I'm having a very light workflow, so I have the free time to experiment and to feel like doing something on my own, so unless something better comes out before christmas, I think this is the time...

Ok, so, this is where I find myself out of my league, I really didn't understand any of that... I checkend the lenses I have and the 15-55 has 3.5 to 5.6 F, while the 75-300 has 4 to 5.6 F... Would that be a problem? If I understood correctly, this is bad for low light conditions, which are really not something I expect to be shooting day in and day out, so I'm not sure if it could be a problem. Also, I understand noisy, but as you mention later on, this is possibly only going to appear on web and on tv, so, to the untrained eye, depending on the noise level, it might not be an issue. The shallow depth of field could absolutely be a problem, and I already plan to buy an external monitor, but then again, so far, I have been pulling focus on a 3" monitor, so it's not really a difference, I mean, since I still have a lot of stuff to learn, I think I can be flexible enough, but being a bit unexperienced, maybe I don't really understand the limitations. Then again there are other things to consider. Weight and ease with which a camera can be carried are very appealing, I wouldn't dream of randomly going out with a video camera, whereas the simple camera is easier to carry... You had the experience of shooting a commercial with the 7d... how was it?

So you think the only acceptable options are those? Because I did take a look at them, but the price range is really completely out of my league... Is there any camera you would suggest that is more into that price range?

Hello everybody, so I have been reading in the past few days all of the comments everybody has written on the 7d, which was suggested to me by a director I know, and I was still evaluating the options I had. A lot of the things I read were very helpful, but others made little sense, because I lack a bit of technical knowledge in regards to cameras, so a few things are a bit out of my league. As a bit of background information, I have for the past few years always shot with a Panasonic AG-DVX100, and I always found the final product satisfying to work with. Of course times are changing, and an HD camera is the best investment. Jean Dodge made a small list of questions to somebody to better help them in the purchase, so here they are with my answers: -What are your intentions, who is your audience and what presentation format are you hoping for? My intentions are to start shooting music videos, my audience is probably the mtv generation or something around that, and I would probably present in HD. -What is your budget/ experience level and artistic intentions? Probably pretty low budgets, I've had experience with non controllable settings, not much with studio settings, and my artistic intentions are still in an experimental phase. -What will the size/ breakdown of your crew be? I will probably work alone or with another person tops. I would try to have somebody to assist me with the camera work. An operator/DOP combo would be ideal. -What lenses do you already own? I own Canon EF 75-300 and 15-55. So probably the Canon part is ideal, and pricewise, since I'm still young at this profession, I think the 7D is great, I just wonder if anybody else has other options or suggestions. Also, I was wondering what plug I would need for articulated lcd, since the 7D doesn't have it, and it's probably something I'll need. Thanks to anybody who'll be able to help.