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I was recently asked this question: Hey Scott…I’m looking at DSLRs from the filmmaker’s point of view. Of course I want to take awesome photos but the world of DSLR filmmaking is exploding and since the video quality for quite a few DSLRs are so amazing it’s something I want to get in on. I’m looking at the Canon 550D right now. I can’t afford anything like the 5D, desp…ite how epic it would be. Here is my response, which might help if you are just starting out and want a Canon DSLR for video: Yeah, from the limited information I’ve read so far about Canon DSLRs, at the moment, Canon is the one putting the most video specific features into their cameras. Although of course their flagship class 1D Mark IV has exclusive features like “rolling shutter correction,” but I think overall that they put a good amount of those video specific features into the lesser models. The expensive yet “cheaper” 1D Mark II I don’t think has that advanced feature, but it does have the physical benefit of...

Dx0 mark released their data on the D7000 recently. Comparing the K-5 we see that… The K-5 comes out on top in most of the tests. Pentax has some fine programmers and engineers for sure given they were working with pretty much the same physical sensor as the Nikon camp was. Overall score: +2 points Portrait color depth: +0.2 bits Landscape dynamic range: +0.2 Evs Sports Low ISO: -5 ISO The interesting thing to note that Pentax was able to stretch the usable ISO range to 80-51200, whereas the Nikon has 100-25,600. It also managed to get an additional 1 FPS in speed out of the sensor. Of course, both cameras gave a strong showing, so it’s good for both camps that the new Sony sensor is a strong performer.