Choosing the right video camera

No, but they will be filming me at some times. Like I said, I'm taking film courses and my mom is in film school. I will be making lots of shorts and edits, maybe even a ski "movie" if I get enough footage. I'm just saying that it would be nice to have my friends film me every once in a while. I am probably returning the HMC to get the 7d anyways. Still need to figure shit out.
 
And I wouldn't call UV filters worthless. If you scratch your lens by mistake, you just replace a $50-$100 piece of glass, instead of a $600-1000 one.
 
Oh coming UV filters are not worthless

And if i got a 7d setup id want to deal with modern lenses, not buy 50 year old lenses and have to have some adapter for each one.
 
I can definitely see where your coming from, and there are some great modern pieces of glass. But if you truly want something high quality, it's going to cost you more than your 7d, and you will still need an adapter for it :D
 
The only significant use for a UV filter is to protect the lens, I will give it that. But after sending the light through an ND, Grad ND, and Polarizer, a UV really has no use.

New glass is no better than old glass. By spending $1,000 on a lens instead of $500, or by purchasing new instead of vintage, you're paying for quality control, and frills such as IS and autofocus, which are hardly useful for any video purpose. Besides, I guarantee an old Angenieux or Zeiss prime destroys any lens Canon has ever made. Does this mean you'd rather use EOS lenses than PL mounts if given the choice?

And based on glass in the consumer budget (
 
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