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Shooting video on DSLR for a pornographer only interested in $$$ is a joke. It takes time and patience....and more time and more patience to shoot beautiful video with DSLR. It's not cheap for the set up required, it's not easy and it certainly isn't fast. I've had my 5D Mark II for a year now and have done lots of testing with it and have shot quite a few scenes with it. It's slow, cumbersome and requires me to actually *think* about what I'm doing. It's about as close as you'll ever get to actually working the way that real cinematographers work. You have to work slow, deliberate and constantly check and recheck that your focus & exposure are correct...because nothing is set on automatic.
I 'personally' know several cinematographers here in LA who are shooting a lot with 5D Mark II's and 7D bodies and what they're able to achieve, along with their color grading partners - is just astonishing. We're talking guys who shoot feature movies, TV shows and commercials for television. One of these guys is using exclusively Canon prime lenses (not zooms) and the results are fantastic.
I also know a color grader who works for one of the largest color grading companies in town and he's grading more and more 5D Mark II and 7D footage these days. I've been learning a lot from this guy about how he processes footage from these cameras to make it look more cinematic.
In the right hands...DSLR footage can be amazing. In the hands of someone who is only interested in a paycheck and/or who doesn't have a passion for doing good work ... the results can be disastrous. Basically, you'll get out of it - whatever you put in to it. For some, the time, effort and money involved are worth it. For some, it's not.
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