Camera advice
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- Hombre_Lobo0
@hayzilla,
I know a fair bit about hybrid video cameras, but not about camcorders so ill try.
£300?
For that kind of money i'd go for a Lumix GH1. They can be had for about £350+ so you would have to stretch your budget a bit.Its great quality, more resolution and sharpness than the 5D mkII / 7D and 550d and once you hack the firmware (very easy to do) it gets even better. You can record at stupidly high 'mbps', by default its around 17 but the hack gets it to 50+.
Bear in mind its an entirely different system to DSLR, it has no internal mirror, the view finder is electronic (a small LCD display), the lens family is entirely different. BUT one major advantage is you can use a multitude of old manual focus lenses, like 1980's one which are very cheap, you just need an adapter to use them (they are about £20). you can get a canon fd 50mm f1.2 for about £90 and combined with a GH1, its a tasty combo.
The sensor size is different too, its smaller which means the crop factor is bigger (its x2 rather than x1.5/1.6) and depth of field is marginally less shallow due to the smaller sensor.
Other than that...i dunno what to recommend, a 550d is a big stretch more in terms of price. not sure dude, but hope that helps!