I've been trying to find an affordable but highly capable video camera for some time now, but it's always either one or the other. What I'd like is simply high-resolution, reasonable resolving power, and capture in a common format, not one that may be very compressed or obsolete in a few years. I've done some chromakeying with my 350D, and the results have been outstanding, much better than I could ever achieve with my current video equipment. So, I've been wondering... I've already been building a lot of my camera hardware myself, but this isn't exactly making your own tripod. My first thoughts: Using a single lens, but hacking together several camera bodies to somehow utilize that one lense. Each of the donor dslr cams shoot at a rate equal or close to burst mode, all together in a sequential manner. I believe Canon EOS cameras run on DOS. I don't know how buffers work; can they be increased? If writing to a single card can't be done at 24/30 fps, then multiple cards could be used, even if it would be a pain when it comes time to do post. All the cameras are triggerd by a master processor that sets frame rate and exposure. As for how to link up all the cams to use one lense- I don't know yet. A spinning central mirror to reflect the light, or another setup? I haven't looked up how the internals on the EOS cameras work yet. Are the components capable of running at such a rapid pace, or for more than several seconds? I know it must be possible somehow, but whether it's practical... what do you think?