OK, Bart. You already got me. Let's say videography is the primary and still photography the secondary. So what camera to base my gimbal shopping on...GoNotSoPro or Nix 5R or 6?
Egg B.,
I haven't been keeping up with the NEX series (I've got a 5N but haven't flown it much) but it looks like the 6 adds features that might not be of much use to us aerial folks. I'm not much of a camera equipment expert, my T2i continues to do what I need it to do and it does it well so I've been focused on other stuff lately. Someone else might chime in.
If you're going brushless gimbal then the NEX 5/6 will be about the limit of what you can do right now. The NEX has the problem of having only a digital output and if I were going to dedicate a camera to aerial work with only the HDMI output I'd probably go up to the Panasonic GH3 (that kills the brushless gimbal option though, for the time being). People around here have a lot of good things to say about it. What's the target audience for what you're trying to do though? Realtors? Movie producers? Friends/Neighbors? The aerial perspective by itself can make a decent point-and-shoot produce great images so, depending on the audience, you might not have to spend the money on more expensive cameras just yet.
If I had to have a brushless gimbal right now, I'd probably work it around my Sony 5N. If I had to buy a video camera right now I'd probably give the Sony CX760 a try and find a gimbal that can handle it. If I wanted flexibility to have good video, good stills, easy set-up, great lens selection, and decent overall weight I'd stick with the Canon T2i (there's a 3i, 4i, and 5i now but I"m not sure what they offer other than expanded ISO settings and a positionable LED on the back panel. There's a smaller HDMI converter available now so maybe I'd go with the GH3 if I had to do it again, it's hard to say.
Bart
