Sinjun Balabanoff

5d Mk. III Magic Lantern

The DPAF and 4k 60p are really the only selling points above it. The 1DC having a much better 1080p mode and generally slightly nicer looking image overall make me favor it in the end, but the DPAF is indeed really really nice.

Agree with all of this, but image beats all for me so I can't see myself ever switching to Sony or Panasonic. Not only have I always found Canon's color science to be dramatically better, but the quality of the image itself just looks more filmic to my eyes. Not sure how to explain it exactly, but Sony has more of a "modern" feel to it whereas Canon is classically cinematic.

This seems like the best time to get a 1DC. Hearing that used prices are floating around $3500-4000. Spend a few hundred more on big CF cards and you're set to shoot 4k for a half-day or more.

Age means absolutely nothing. Chris Nolan still shoots on film. A good camera is a good camera. The 1DC is amazing and with prices on it falling in recent months there's no reason why DSLR filmmakers shouldn't be jumping on it, spending $2500 more on a 1DXm2 makes no sense if it's video features are either identical or worse across the board.

A sub-$5k 1DCII with full frame 4k and filesizes near the A7sII, and ergonomic/functionality improvements seen with the a7s... Canon would retake the DSLR video throne in an instant. It would kill all the momentum Sony and Panasonic have been making. Say what you will about all of Canon's mistakes in the video game lately, but they still put out arguably the nicest colors and most filmic look between them, Sony, and Panasonic. The C300II is amazing but outside of the price range for people looking at Sony and Pansonic, but a 1DCII with those specs to me feels like the definitive step up from the 5dm2/5dm3 crowd like myself.

I was waiting for this camera to come out, hoping it would have the 4k quality and crop factor of the 1DC (perhaps foolishly) with the smaller compression of the A7sII... I guess now I'm just going to wait a bit longer for 1DC used prices to go down and buy that. I would love to be convinced to get an a7sII but I've still yet to see a single sample online that evokes the same color and depth I find so lovely out of the 1DC (and C300mk2 but that one is far outside of my price range).