animan

guys, he said he wants to shoot industrial videos.. the 70d is definitely a capable all rounder camera if youre not looking to shoot a cinematic masterpiece, it has the best Autofocus capability which he said hes looking for, 3x digital zoom is also a much underrated function for run n gun

http://chsvimg.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d5300/pdf/d5300_16p.pdf seems it cant autofocus with D or G lenses? nice big screen, shame no headphone socket.. 1080 60p.. wonder if aperture change in liveview is possible?

I have quite a few lenses that cost less than $100 but many never ever end up used, personally wouldnt necessarily buy the EF 50 because its cheap, but by all means if you think you might need a 50mm prime with AF you could give it a go.. I think youll find that image wise the Pentax will be much more pleasing thogh.. Just my opinion! 

another thought, you might consider for example 1x70d and 1x600d, and have the option of one camera with full magic lantern support.   If the price difference isnt big you could also consider picking the 70d kit with the basic 18-55mm lens, you never know when a silent focussing lens will come in handy and those 18-55s work pretty well

I would go for 17-55mm efs 2.8 (a bit more tried and tested and highly thought of than the Tamron, it stays on my camera about 90% of the time) + 10-22mm EFS, these 2 lenses would have you well covered and you have the 3x digital zoom on the 70ds when you need to go long, and the 50mm prime for beauty shots, although 50mm on a crop sensor is quite tight..

Whoever captures this tiny corner of the market, it will be short lived in any case, maybe thats why theres not much enthusiasm or innovation going on..   Before long there will be an entry level camera capable of Alexa like quality, without a doubt..

built in IS and selectable 2 level anti aliasing filter interesting though, depending on if the image is any good of course..

A professional image is one that you can use on a project for a client that pays you money, its a little irrational to say that thats impossible with a 5D3, GH3, 550D etc etc.. DV wasnt that long ago and people were making money with it for a long time!

Its not a case of 'this cameras bad and this ones good', just about needs and preferences, for me I always think of the GH2, GH3 and G6 whenever I see the image as being good for some car or product commercial or flashy music video whereas Nikons for me generally have a more dreamy or nostalgic feel that I just prefer. Canon has their own look too which is somewhere in between but also pretty different..

I think the 'best camera on the market' is just impossible to say, its simply a question of does the camera give me a look that I like and do the things I would like it to do in a better way than other cameras on the market, thats as much as anyone can say. Personally I think the G6 looks very videoish / digital here. Aesthetically speaking only my preference in order since the first VDSLR (d90) has always been 1.Nikon 2.Canon 3.Panasonic but I shoot Canon for being able to do more of the things I want it to do.