Video has always been such a challenge. And something to which you couldn't possibly get the image you wanted without the really big bucks.
Even though i did some rough things in DV, the image quality of the cameras i had just didn't motivate me to go further.

Then came along the Canon 5D mk2...
As i already was feet deep in photography and already the owner of a couple of lenses and a Canon 5D mk1, when the mk2 came along it was just the motivation i needed.
Finally a video look that looked like my photos, the frustration was over.

As of now my kit consists of :