This hardware obsession when it comes to photographic equipment is so silly. A skilled cinematographer can do magic with extremely limited equipment; a mediocre one can't be saved by the most expensive camera in the world.
Just look at Shane Carruth's Upstream Color for example, shot on an $800 camera (a modded Panasonic GH2) yet it looks better than tons of movies shot with equipment worth two orders of magnitude more.
very true, in the end getting great pictures out of the camera is mostly about location, lighting, lenses, imagination and just using your eyes and experience.
Still, I know which one I'd rather take, GH2 or Red Epic :)
Just look at Shane Carruth's Upstream Color for example, shot on an $800 camera (a modded Panasonic GH2) yet it looks better than tons of movies shot with equipment worth two orders of magnitude more.