thinkbeinteresting
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Hello All:
This is my first post on the forum! First, A little Background: I've worked in digital video. A few years ago I bought a Panasonic AG-HMC150 Camcorder when the Mark II was $5000 (outside my budget) and impossible to find. After taking a break from video for a year, I bought myself a transitional DSLR on a lark. I began taking pics, long story short - I have a little business with family portraiture going. I love portraiture and I'm looking to get into Wedding photography. For the most part I feel my video days are behind me. I've quickly outgrown my transitional dslr and I'm now looking to upgrade. One caveat, I am planning on shooting one documentary in the next year or two. This is not definite and it is only one project (I would be in the film, not shooting). I've done a ton of research and I'd narrowed it down to the D7000 body and a 85mm f/1.8 prime + one zoom (Plus extra battery, off-camera flash and a remote). Peripherals add up and ideally I'd like to spend $1800-3200 max. I don't have $12,000 to plunk down on a full rig and frankly what I've learned is that when people hire me, they're hiring me, not my equipment. Last night I bumped into a former video colleague while checking out the D7000. When he heard I was going NIKON, he told me I was crazy. "If you're going to do any video, Mark II covers all the bases. You'll get more shots with the Mark II than the panasonic and it's full sensor, people are more responsive to cameras. If you go Nikon, you won't have any lenses for a Canon down the line." I don't really have the money for a Mark II, but I value his thoughts. PS: I found a new Nikon D7000 body in store for $1199. Due to flooding in Asia, D7000s are scarce.
SUMMARY: shooting 95% portrait photography. Want to get into wedding photography, 1 documentary on the horizon. Nikon D7000 (more purchase power) or 5D Mark II (more versatile?). Max price range total $3200-3500 (MAX!). Thanks in advance
This is my first post on the forum! First, A little Background: I've worked in digital video. A few years ago I bought a Panasonic AG-HMC150 Camcorder when the Mark II was $5000 (outside my budget) and impossible to find. After taking a break from video for a year, I bought myself a transitional DSLR on a lark. I began taking pics, long story short - I have a little business with family portraiture going. I love portraiture and I'm looking to get into Wedding photography. For the most part I feel my video days are behind me. I've quickly outgrown my transitional dslr and I'm now looking to upgrade. One caveat, I am planning on shooting one documentary in the next year or two. This is not definite and it is only one project (I would be in the film, not shooting). I've done a ton of research and I'd narrowed it down to the D7000 body and a 85mm f/1.8 prime + one zoom (Plus extra battery, off-camera flash and a remote). Peripherals add up and ideally I'd like to spend $1800-3200 max. I don't have $12,000 to plunk down on a full rig and frankly what I've learned is that when people hire me, they're hiring me, not my equipment. Last night I bumped into a former video colleague while checking out the D7000. When he heard I was going NIKON, he told me I was crazy. "If you're going to do any video, Mark II covers all the bases. You'll get more shots with the Mark II than the panasonic and it's full sensor, people are more responsive to cameras. If you go Nikon, you won't have any lenses for a Canon down the line." I don't really have the money for a Mark II, but I value his thoughts. PS: I found a new Nikon D7000 body in store for $1199. Due to flooding in Asia, D7000s are scarce.
SUMMARY: shooting 95% portrait photography. Want to get into wedding photography, 1 documentary on the horizon. Nikon D7000 (more purchase power) or 5D Mark II (more versatile?). Max price range total $3200-3500 (MAX!). Thanks in advance