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Originally Posted by Slutboat
the new Canon SLR's (T2i, 7D, 5D MKII) absolutely blow away the XH A1 - night and day better video (if you have the Pro L Series Lenses)
800 bucks on Amazon for a T2i - better video than anything you have ever shot EVER.
However it's not easy to make the transition to shooting video on a SLR camera - there are many variables and things you will need to learn about focusing, file formats, and editing..
For instance you have to transcode your footage to 29.97 prior to editing...
If you make this leap - email me if you need some tutoring...good luck
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Photo camera was not created to shoot video. Yeah I know there are many indie directors shooting with 5d II and they get pretty good results, BUT the cam was made to shoot STILLS. For me the main issues are
focusing
holding the cam - got to use tripod which is unacceptable
I'd go for Canon XF300 (or 305 if you need HD-SDI). It shoots full HD (not HDV like XH a1), and the quality is visibly better.
Also you can save on flash cards - the cam utilizes CF which are 1$ a dozen compared to e.g. Sony's cards. And you can hot swap it.
Sony EX1r is good as well, but since you're Canon guy you'd rather stick to XF305.