Yeah, it all depends on where exactly you draw the line on the definition, much as with debates about taxes and the definitions of "poor" and "rich."

That's a good suggestion, though.

Okay, now you're just making up names.

And then he wakes up and discovers what he thought was the real world was actually...a THIRD Matrix.

Then he wakes up again.

And AGAIN.

...

It's Matrices all the way down, is what I'm saying.

As opposed to the brain bug from the end of Ordinary People.

That cat looks like the brain bug from the end of Starship Troopers.

The babe with the power.

As well as some other stuff you can see on my Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/user3029603/videos

I love my 7D; it's not without it's limitations, but it produces unbelievable images for the price. That being said, while the camera and a basic lens put it in the 1-2k range, outfitting it with other accessories to make it a truly viable filmmaking machine bump up the cost. In addition to the camera and kit lens, I got a decent tripod with a fluid head, a couple of prime lenses to take advantage of the camera's low light capabilities, a sound recorder and shotgun mic, and other smaller accessories. None of these are top of the line, by a long shot, but it's still a few hundred dollars each, which adds up quickly. And that's not counting a proper hand held rig (I bought a Gorilla-pod, which I use as a poor man's hand held rig), a case to carry it all, or a slew of other incidentals.

But you don't necessarily need to get that fancy with it. It all depends on what you want to do. If you're out to practice your storytelling and compositional skills, I'd say go for it and then just get out there and shoot. You only get better by doing and it's vastly easier to do when you have a small camera like a DSLR that you can just grab and go with. But if you have a few specific projects in mind, it might be better to go Paulou's route.

Also, I haven't done anything with 7D footage and visual effects, so I can't speak to that aspect.

If you're only focused on video, consider the T2i, I went with the 7D as a way to upgrade my still and video cameras at the same time.

Goddammit, George. Just...goddammit.

Or "crossing the 180 line" or "crossing the line."

I love that you guys let us know about this kind of thing. It's pretty awesome.

You're welcome and thank you.