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Enough is unknown it might be more than just a "slightly" better F8. And the new Rode mic is groundbreaking as the cheapest ambisonic mic ever!

Tascam DR10L, or something similar? Maybe you do need Timecode then? Or at least use PluralEyes, or something similar built into your NLE already.

Working on a film with Arri Alexa XT, Panavision Primo Anamorphic full set of lenses, Arrihead 2, seated dolly / tracks, M18 HMI, etc etc Anyway, to answer the question: they sound the same as any other lens! ;-)

You'll likely find the Tascam DR60Dmk2 perfectly ok, if you're not using TC or wireless, for such ultra low budget shoots. So long as you have a boom op who knows what he is doing (although of course that is true for all gear).

Nifty! I hadn't heard of this before for the DR60D and some other Tascams

Link? As a quick google and I only found this (which isn't exactly relevant): https://github.com/mungewell/openDR-Remote Guess my point is there are a very wide range of entries to festivals, so it could mean anything without a qualifier

How?! Very fast reactions via a genetic mutation from an X-ray spider?

I'd buy a GH2 over and over all day long at $5 each!

If you're just doing unpaid web videos / amateur film festivals / etc then yes indeed the audio quality of the Tascam DR60Dmk2 (used correctly of course, but even a 688 would sound bad in the wrong hands!) is quite good enough. If a person is at the semi pro level specialising in sound then the F4 (or F8) is a smart buy, or if they just feel like a "luxury" item to enjoy. (after all lots of amateurs buy low end "cinema cameras" such as say a C100 or FS5, so why not enjoy also say a F4/MixPre10T/633? Nothing wrong with that at all!) Of course if your primary income is sound then just settle with one of the industry standards. So just think about where you are, and what are your future goals, then buy appropriately to match that.

F8/F4 TC last all day long, isn't that enough? Hirose and internal batteries, isn't that enough? Locking connectors... such as BNC/Hirose/XLR? Intermediate size.... ok got me there, going to take a mark off the F4/F8 for being "too small"? :-P ha The F8/F4 pre amps are excellent too. Don't automatically assume that analogue is the ONLY option and the only way to do it. After all Sonosax and Zaxcom don't use analogue limiters. Digital is the way of the future.

You say you own a DR60Dmk2, doesn't the difference between that and an H4n already feel like night and day.

Not much in sound.... are we talking about not the same NAB? I feel like maybe we were watching different ones

Totally, forums like gearslutz can get into deep wankery as to which is "better" sounding when really they're just splitting hairs or it is all just subjective anyway

"Best"?! It is a bit like the people who pop in and ask what is the "best" camera to film with...

Well damnnnn! Am jealous. But realistically an F8/F4/MixPre6 (if you don't mind the four channel limit when doing TC in the bag, but it *can* do TC)/MixPre10T could very likely have handled your needs just fine.

It is not about if something has "analogue" limiters or not (neither Sonosax or Zaxcom use analogue limiters, as digital is the future). Although yes, F4 for instance has better pre amps than a Tascam DR60Dmk2 (which already has the best pre amps of anything in the sub US$500 category). But it it is also about all the other features and functionality you get, which is at the level of a recorder which costs many times the F4. And was previously completely unachievable at anywhere near that price point. Which is what makes it so revolutionary! Like the HDSLR Revolution was for cameras, but for sound. (Bit under appreciated though... as usual for the sound department)

A new low price for the D7500, US$850: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574663212&toolid=10001&campid=5335893884&customid=&icep_item=392017211472&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

Nope, I got it wrong: Was thinking of something else, sorry.

That was the pricing I'd seen reported

Errrr... they're over hundred grand per set?

Do they throw in overheating for free?