I started with an Canon t2i (550d) and some of those clips still sell. My Gopro hero 3+ black gets quite a bit of usage as well even today. I then moved up to Samsung NX1 and the results were amazing. Its a shame that Samsung has stopped supporting the NX1

However all output 8 bit codecs (h.264, h.264 and h.265 respectively). With these cameras outputting 8 bit delivery codecs - color correction and effects work (green screen in particular) suffers from macro blocking, banding and other artefacts - I've had enough and upped my game in a big way.
I recieved a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k last week and am still stress testing it and have to admit that it is in a totally different league. 12bit RAW 4.4.4 chroma subsampling, Prores XQ, 15 stops of dynamic range (as advertised) its a different beast altogether. Its a bit overkill purely for stock though...
Let me also be the first to say that its not so much the tools that matter but what you do with them that counts. Content is always king, and an iPhone in the right hands will produce better results than an Arri Alexa in the wrong hands.