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Yeah, I'm gonna roll with the 5DMkII.

Thanks for your input!

Or you can also get three 7D's for that budget or maybe two 5D2's ... In case you would like to have a "B" camera?

The rest of the budget I want to spend on things like memorycards, a rig/tripod (there's a Glidecam going for cheap) and an additional lens. I might get an additional body down the line, or upgrade to a 5D MKIII and keep the MKII or something.
But two bodies doesn't have my immediate preference right now.

However, I've seen offers on a used 5D3 with low shutter counts go for about $1800 or so if not less.

Yeah, there was a MKIII that sold for 1400,- but it was sold in the time it took for me to write an email to the seller

The internet's your best friend!

Oh yeah, I've been asking around on a bunch of places and been getting a lot of valuable input regarding lenses, bodies and such. I just figured since I wanna go Magic Lantern I'd go straight for the source and see what ML users think

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edit: considering trading in my 500D plus lenses and whatnot for a 5D mark II + either a 24-105 or a 24-70 2.8 (first gen). Thoughts?

Right!

I'm not new to filmmaking on the whole though so far my professional work has been mostly post: I edit, design motion graphics and do vfx work. Additionally I have played quite a bit with the 500D's video functionality.
Stills wise I mainly do event, set/behind-the-scenes, portrait/model, landscape and street.

Audio wise I have people in my professional network I can ring up

The budget I mentioned is for the camera only, in total I'd say I have around 1800,-.

Modding EF-S lenses to fit EF mounts? That's new to me! I'm guessing it does all sorts of things like voiding warranty and whatnot.

Bodywise though, what would be a sound investment?

You know you can't use EF-S on 5D, 6D?

I do, I don't mind selling my 500D + 17-55 or trading it in for a body

Hello Magic Lantern Forum,

When it comes to cameras I'm mostly a photographer, but I've been doing a lot of research into videography and when I saw ML footage coming from Canon DSLRs I was floored. I currently have a 500D and I'm looking to upgrade to take the next step in photography and get my feet wet with videography.
My budget is around €1000,- (preferably less than) for a camera, which puts a 2nd hand 5DmkII, 7D, 6D, 60D or a new 70D in my options list.

Now I've been lurking here for a few days but I couldn't find a clear answer to the question in the title. If there is one though excuse me

Bearing in mind that I also wanna use it for photos, what would be the best option? I'm currently leaning towards the 5DmkII.

Also, my current lenses include the 17-55 EF-S, the 40 2.8 and the nifty fifty.

What are your thoughts?