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I used it for approx 90% of everything I shot in these last 3 jobs with just the 50mm f1.8 and my own baked in LUT. The latter still needs a few tweaks, but that is a work in progress... https://firehorsephotographyfrance.com/journal

Camera is in my hands. Feels a lot more premium with the cage. Good way to beef it up as an a-cam without feeling like a huge rig. My weird plan was to rock the sigma 18-35…i already own it and it covers 24-35mm roughly on full frame. But the darn viltrox EF to l mount adapter, while great, forces the camera into an apsc crop no matter what I do. Thinking of selling it and snagging a used canon 16-35 2.8 l or 24-70 l EF.

Absolutely - it's a fantastic price for just the body and I'm envious that you found it! If it were me, I'd still at least make a request that they give a partial refund since the item wasn't as-described and then I'd just take whatever they suggest, whether it's $20 or whatever. It never hurts to have an extra $20.

Might be worth a shot though what I land is still an amazing deal for just the body. Might give it a go though.

Liquidation auction are overstock, b-stock, Amazon returns etc so there’s always a chance for something to just be missing lol.

Typical liquidation auction weirdness, the S9 body is in great shape other than a small scuff on the lcd, but the 20-60mm lens is entirely missing from the packaging lol…still a good deal as is still around $400 less than the body only S9s sometimes sell for on eBay. My EF lens adapter comes tomorrow then I can do some proper tests and first impressions. Will share those.

Yes. The imaging capability of the S5ii in a tiny lightweight package. By far and away, the best run & gun set up I have used to date with the Rode Micro. However, I will be trading mine as soon as I can afford to do so, along with one more lens (bringing me down from 5 bodies + 9 lenses to 4 bodies and 5 lenses) despite absolutely loving it and for a single reason, - that electronic shutter. Having down-sized my kit, I need this unit to work as a hybrid and shoot stills also, but low-light + LED’s = banding. It’s not excessive or super-heavy, but it’s noticeable and what put me off the Sigma FP and FPL when I tested them a few years back. I think the Nikon Z8/9 is the only current camera that doesn’t really suffer from this but it is a photo issue only. Well it can be a video issue also as I rediscovered a few weeks back when shooting 30fps subjects with an LED tree behind them and had not noticed I had knocked the shutter speed from 1/100 to 1/125 😏 Need to fix that now in post, if I can… But S9, whether you keep or sell it, I think it’s fantastic for video. Tempted to keep it as a backup, but it’s overkill with 4 main units and it would just gather dust, plus as a business, I love it for what it can do, but not simply as an object to own.

Both types of credits on imdb won't be a problem. In fact it could show that you have experience on set so you possibly could have a greater understanding of a film project than just your one area. It won't matter if there were some big names in the film.

Context matters in film production. You have more context. What you possess through experience is an asset. --Might be a minor asset that doesn't really matter much, but it's certainly not a liability.