Iron Film--thanks for the clarification. I already own a nice camera bag, sticks+fluid head, SD cards, decent variable ND filter (lightcraft), and an audio recorder w/ a couple mic set ups. The above budget ($2000) is more for camera body + lens (willing to buy used), though I know there will be some additional costs, such as batteries, viewfinder, etc. J-one thanks for the awesome reply! I shoot exclusively creative personal content--mostly short films with only one or two actors, or travel pieces, and I usually have complete control over projects in terms of time, etc. Most of my target audience will be youtube users. Do you feel like Xavc-s from the a6000 is very far off of the bmpcc prores HQ? Thanks everyone! really appreciate the feedback!