[hotspur (Chris)]

Looking at purchasing a Canon Camera body,I have quite a few lenses,and use all my gear quite a bit,also starting to get a few paying jobs.

Also another family member wants to use the HD video feature in projects.

So I thought with my good selection of lenses,my son would get some good video footage for his movies he makes.

Here are the choices, 7D or a 60D or a 500D,I have elimiunated the 550D as it has noise issues.

Price is not a issue,I can afford any of the above.I thought the 7d would be the one,but the 60D has a flip screen,this one feature has stopped me from just getting the 7d-using a camera on a telescope with a flip screen would be a pretty useful feature-also for the son using it for filming.

I like the 500D,seen some good astro images from it-low noise,nice and light.I love my 450D,But if mu son wants to put shot gun mike and all that stuff a bigger body might be better.

The engineers on POTN do not like the fact the 60D has SD card,not the CF card,so wonder what that issue is about.

What do the engineers here advise?

Thanks Chris