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  1. Sorry this may be long winded, but I want to give an accurate portrayal of my needs and opinions. First a quick introduction to what I need the camera for. I spend most of my time traveling, changing locations every couple months. I am everywhere from bustling cities, sweltering wet jungles, dusty dry deserts, to laid back beach communities... and sometimes rarely in the snow. I shoot predominantly street photography, candid portraiture, action/adventure, and landscape. I've always shot photography as a passion, but have recently inadvertently been working professionally. Through this work, I've begun to film more video as well. I am coming from micro 4/3 so I have no canon or sony lenses to sway my decision. And although I absolutely love the image quality, portability, and durability of m4/3, I've missed in too many moments due to the limitations of the small sensor. I'd like to upgrade to a professional grade full frame system as something I know is capable of allowing me to capture everything I'd like regardless of light and speed of motion, as well as provide a platform for me to grow into as a photographer/cinematographer. As I consider this an investment into something I truly enjoy, cost isn't a much of a factor. I will be selling my 1-ton Cummins diesel truck to pay for all this. So, the things I care about: IQ - especially in low light and fast action (I take a lot of dance photos or) Great 1080p 120fps video and 4k 24p Ease of post production Durability and weathersealing. Reliable fast autofocus for both photo and video I've basically narrowed it down to two cameras - Canon 1dx mark ii or Sony a7riii. I've ruled out Nikon due to lacking in the video department I love everything I've seen come out of the canon, both photo and video wise. The lenses seem to be better in terms of selection, image quality, and durability. The camera's durability and weathersealing are top of the line, which is important for me. The large file sizes of mjpeg don't bother me and the quality of video seems beautiful, especially the 1080p 120fps. Dual pixel autofocus seems to be impeccable, especially for video. 14fps shooting will be extremely helpful. And of course the Canon color science is preferrable. The combination of the color science and the mjpeg video format seem to make post production editing much more enjoyable, which is honestly my least favorite part. However...the camera is as big as my head, which I feel like it could make candid street photography more difficult. Its also a loud camera, and I've used the silent shutter countless times in situations where a shutter sound would be very distracting or rude. The lack of tilt screen might be annoying after being accustomed to one. Yet, its a proven camera with a proven selection of lenses. With the A7riii being such a new camera, I'm still watching all the online reviews and opinions about it. I have concerns about its durability and weathersealing, for both the camera and its native lenses. However its small size and silent shooting will be very helpful in its discreetness. There are lots of other helpful little things like the tilt screen, focus peaking, 8fps shooing in uncompressed raw. Its image quality seems superb and the cropability of so many megapixels will have its benefits. Its video quality seems great, and although the image is crisp, the 100mbs bitrate for video doesn't seem to have the smoothness or cinematic quality of the canon. Not sure how true that is though. Also sony has its notorious color science (and as good as eoshd is, it still doesn't seem on par with canon from the comparisons i've seen). Having to spend more time working with colors in post production doesn't sound motivating, and from what I understand, working with the 100mbs compression for video is also more time consuming than 500+ mbps of mjpeg. It doesn't have the lens lineup of canon, although you can adapt for them for a sacrifice in video autofocus tracking performance.... I'm currently in Indonesia so I don't think renting these cameras are an option. I will be in the US in a few weeks to make the purchases, but would love some opinions to chew on in the meantime. Sony with native lenses? Sony with adapted lenses? Canon? Or get EF mount lenses and both Canon and Sony bodies and use the sony when I need silent shooting, and then live off of rice for awhile hahaha I suppose more important that which camera body is which lens lineup to invest in, as bodies will probably be changed more often in the future. Invest in canon lenses and hope canon will move into the lighter and feature filled mirrorless market with an ef mount?... or invest in sony lenses and hope they fix their faults in durability/weathersealing while waiting for them to pump out more lenses (3rd party included) Any and all opinions are greatly appreciated
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