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If you wanted two camera angles and to be able to match the footage relatively easily I'd honestly consider selling the 7D and the Tascam and buying two second hand A6300s (go for about 5-600 or occasioanlly less on eBay along with a K2M (or K1M - I forget which is the cheaper of the two - they both do exactly the same thing but one has to be mounted directly into the hotshoe, the other can be mounted anywhere and has a wire).
Canon and Sony, while far from impossible, are definitely not the easiest colour sciences to match.
Two identical cameras will help LOADS on that front. And if you're feeding into a linked XLR port you've got a really nice shooting package good to go. An alternative idea is that if you're shooting interviews 20-30 minutes or less in length you could always go 4k and crop in for a tighter view of the same angle if you need to make cuts/emphasise points etc. But remember with 4K the files are a bit heavier (though not enormous on the a6300).
Have fun researching and let me know if you have any questions. Always happy to offer spurious advice.
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Thank you - that's really helpful.
By one on one (I'm rubbish with terminology), it's usually just me with them talking direct to camera, so generally get away without the need for much in the way of edits, or I can put stills over the top if really necessary. However I wouldn't be against using the 7d for an extra angle if I had it available and could make the footage match reasonably.
So far 4k hasn't even be a consideration, but it would definitely give me some extra options.
I've got XLR mics so being able to plug into the camera would cut out some effort afterwards.
I'll start to read up on Sonys. It's really good to have a starting point for what to research. Thank you.