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I personally switched from a double system to a single one : my initial setup was Nikon for stills, and Canon with Nikon adapters for video.   Canon DSLR offer more complete controls on video than Nikons, but, regarding IQ, Nikon offer a more organic look, more filmic. Canon's AA filtering seems to be on the heavy side - this may the reason why canon videos look softer and smoother in textures.   When the D5100 came out, I gave it a try - the 16MP exmore sensor is great offering beautiful stills and video files, but the lack of manual controls in video are frustrating.   I also purchased a D3200, it was full of nice promises, but is suffering from a major bug : shadow blinking - banding in video. This happens even at 400 ISO, shot in daylight, but more often, in low light conditions and makes the footage very ugly. The only way to get the rid of it (I tried switching from 50 to 60 HZ, different shutter speeds etc...) is to slightly overexpose the image and of course, blocking the exposure. I guess the sensor is stressed by the video engine, it may also be related to the very small populated pixels on the AP-S sensor. ( many vimeo users complained about this problem)   This brought me to the D600 : beautiful video files, even at very high ISO (3200 ISO), great color depth and detail, some moire (not much) that can be override by opening the lens a lot, or using diffraction (F16), but I usually PP when moire occurs (very rarely). 2 bugs that need to be fixed : Full HDMI output (crippled ?) and aperture control in live view with AF-S lenses (hardware issue ?)   So now, what to think from the D5200 ? I just hope that the video engine is not corrupted like the D3200. First tests look great, but I will not fall into the trap again - wait and see.