The first example is the shallow depth of field. Canon and DSLR's in general are known to have this shallow depth of field. Given the nature of the shoot, taking actuality into account, this will make our lives harder because it will be too blurry to use for a documentary piece if there is a lot of motion, which I imagine will be present during an actuality shoot as we are not warned beforehand what is going on. Even though the EXCAMS are big and can strain your shoulder, it is ideal for documentaries because of the settings on the camera and the versatility of the options. I'll still be using a 7D for non factual shoots though :')
The second is sound. The onboard sound is AWFUL on the 7D. This means at the very least i'll have to use a fostex recorder to get decent sound, which may be impractical on my shoot as there is only two of us, and one of us is the presenter. Plus the fact that I'm not trained on a fostex and don't want to take any chances, and matching it up in FCP can be a pain. The best part of the EXCAMS is that it has XLR inputs and you can easily control the input volumes so that you can have one channel for atmos sound and one for the clip mic etc. I like this setup and will use it. However, if I want a secondary cameraman, I may ask one of my classmates Andrei to bring along his 7D and Rodemic attachment to get as much coverage as possible, but this is just a maybe.
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