Sony FX7 vs DSLR

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Not an easy answer. Each has it's pluses and minuses.

What kind of experience do you have, what kind of shooting are you planning, what are you planning to do with the footage, what kind of pricing are you getting, does size and weight matter, how often do you shoot ?

Check the link in my signature for my videos to see what the FX7 can do.
 
I am really wanting a better raw image to work with. The ability to reduce 'grain', 'noise', more to work with due to larger sensors, ability to create depth of field. An eye piece for land instead of just the flip monitor(try following an eagle in flight on a bright day with that monitor!). I would love to be shooting broadcast quality images. I like the idea of a hard drive storage versus tape or flash. I would love to shoot low light, even at night/twilight to give the feel of 'not really being there' and showing a very natural environment. I do have some hopes that there will be a small business from these, so they would need to be a quality that doesn't have the feel of 'that looks good for an amateur. Hope that answer isn't too muddy. I am a little concerned with the low light performance of the Sony FX7. And I am worried about 'shoot time' with DSLRs. That's plenty for now.
 
I think you already know to answer to your question. Your reply has DSLR written all over it. DSLR shoot time should not be a concern for what you described. High level quality footage rarely consists of a continuous clip 12 minutes in length. It's usually broken up into smaller pieces unless you are shooting live events like a wedding. Even then so it's just a matter of hitting the start button again.

Many professionals have multiple cameras to match what they need for a particular shot. Or they will do multi camera shoots. Use a camcorder and leave it running in a fixed spot, while using a DSLR to shoot the artistic shots.

Even for us amateurs, cameras and camcorders have become relatively cheap. Cheap enough to consider buying and using more than 1. On my Vimeo site I have a video called "Test". Footage was shot with a DSLR, GoPro and a $300 Sanyo Xacti.

What kind of business are you looking into ? It's super competitive out there. For wildlife, much of the time it's a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
 
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