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However if you want to shoot for the BBC you'll need to get your head around the XF305 pretty quick (it's the new standard self-shooting HD camera - as it records at 50Mbs and has a half-way decent sensor on the front)
If you learn how to use an EX3 - which is also an incredibly popular camera - make sure you learn about Nanoflashes as well. (The EX3 only shoots at 35Mbs internally so you have to bolt-on a Nanoflash to record at 50Mbs - which is the minimum for a BBC HD commission)
The Canon 5D Mk II is a hugely divisive camera. It doesn't shoot at a high enough bitrate AND has very severe aliasing issues (because the way it downsamples from it's high resolution sensor to 1080p is very poor quality with no decent filtering). AVC HD is also a pain in workflow terms to edit. Whilst it HAS been used for some BBC HD content - it is not approved for general use (and may never be). And yes - everyone knows it is being used for House etc. They are working around the limitations of using it. If you want to achieve similar results then look at the Panasonic 101 with a Nanoflash. This is a Micro 4/3rds camera which can achieve similar 'film-look' depth of field but has much better quality video (far less aliasing) and because it has a decent quality video output you can record to Nanoflash.
However if you want to shoot for the BBC you'll need to get your head around the XF305 pretty quick (it's the new standard self-shooting HD camera - as it records at 50Mbs and has a half-way decent sensor on the front)
If you learn how to use an EX3 - which is also an incredibly popular camera - make sure you learn about Nanoflashes as well. (The EX3 only shoots at 35Mbs internally so you have to bolt-on a Nanoflash to record at 50Mbs - which is the minimum for a BBC HD commission)
The Canon 5D Mk II is a hugely divisive camera. It doesn't shoot at a high enough bitrate AND has very severe aliasing issues (because the way it downsamples from it's high resolution sensor to 1080p is very poor quality with no decent filtering). AVC HD is also a pain in workflow terms to edit. Whilst it HAS been used for some BBC HD content - it is not approved for general use (and may never be). And yes - everyone knows it is being used for House etc. They are working around the limitations of using it. If you want to achieve similar results then look at the Panasonic 101 with a Nanoflash. This is a Micro 4/3rds camera which can achieve similar 'film-look' depth of field but has much better quality video (far less aliasing) and because it has a decent quality video output you can record to Nanoflash.