Camera Shopping.

I've been looking at cameras for years, going back to the early 90's. I've always rented, as purchasing the latest thing took a serious investment, and the realization that whatever I get will be out of date within six months.

Jeff (Crone) and I were passing emails back & forth about camera models, and Jeff suggested I look at the Canon EOS 7D DSLR. I've heard of others who were thrilled by the quality, but never considered shooting a film with a DSLR.

Last night I spent a little time searching for "7D" tags on Vimeo, and after what I saw (see below), I was totally sold.

I just spent an hour talking to my good friend Randy Thomson of Cameras & Crew in Fishers, IN. Randy has been doing live production work for over 20 years now. He is one of those guys who has every last piece of video, projection, editing and audio gear that you see at the big corporate events. In-short, he knows cameras VERY well.

After talking to him about our production needs, he confirmed that the 7D would be perfect. Even more-so than a pro-sumer Sony model. The main reason is that the Canon has gorgeous glass lenses that are inter-changeable. He also confirmed that the depth-of-field that an SLR can provide is what filmmakers are after.

Here's only a few examples of the 7D footage out there... enjoy!