John,
I don't understand the "lighten up" comment.
I'm not arguing any kind of emotional point of view. Simply factual information as it appears to me.
Just as it's insignificant whether a great piano player plays a Steinway, Bosendorfer, a Yamaha or a Baldwin - it's in the same sense somewhat insignificant what tool a videographer chooses to use to make their content. Individuals are free to choose whatever suite THEIR production style.
And equally important, if the reader here is a novice and building a personal list of elements to consider BEFORE making their selection, it's pretty hard to argue that the stuff I mentioned, like rental lens availability is NOT worthy of consideration for that class of user.
Micro 4/3rds is out there. It will compete on it's own merits. As did the Canon approach to both still AND video capability. So far, It's pretty inarguable that Canon is currently the safest choice since it's DSLR for video ecosystem is so much larger than it's competitors. And that's all I'm saying.
Man, John Stewert is SO right. Too much "one of us must be RIGHT and all others are to be SHUNNED!" thinking going on.
In the SANE world he's proposing, we CAN hold differing views without getting upset about it. OK?
FCP since NAB 1999
creator: muti-track movies
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