IronFilm

On 2/9/2018 at 4:06 AM, hijodeibn said:

Here someone could probably get a R1 MX at a very good price, I think it will end below $2K....

You called it! Sold for just a hair under $2K

 

On 2/10/2018 at 4:26 AM, Emanuel said:

To me, the closer rival out there is the Ursa Mini 4.6K PL mount.

Yeah... but that is PL Mount :-/ Meaning expensive PL lenses! Rather avoid that, and use my quite large collection of lenses I have at the moment. 

On 2/10/2018 at 4:26 AM, Emanuel said:

That's the next mark, it is just waiting for a cyber deal next end of November or summer sales. Count on it.

Pity the BMPCC is the only one which got a radical half price sale, and even that was a long long time ago now. 

As the highest dynamic range should be at base ISO, but I was wondering just how bad the hit is? (as sometimes you might want to make that trade off, rather than juggle other variables)

I'm also curious to hear other people's thoughts about video mode (Rec709) vs film mode (log)?

(obviously I'm referring to in a flavour of ProRes, not raw)

3 hours ago, OliKMIA said:

As for video dedicated camera, are you talking about a GH5 or A7RII or C100 type of thing?

I'll admit at the Indian Wedding I was filming tonight I was kinda wishing I had a C300 with DPAF rather than my F3 with a Sigma 50-150mm f2.8 Nikon F mount lens. 
Was tough initially! But with practice it got easy, I'm probably also rather rusty having not done weddings in a while since last season (and even then I only did a few). 
Having a better monitor would have helped too! I was just using the LCD on the F3 itself. 

22 minutes ago, Aussie Ash said:

Not many third party lenses for Fujifilm yet-the Canon/Nikon guys can go even cheaper and lighter  Tamron or Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 US $290

I saw today a Tokina 16-50 go for nearly 200, I was bidding on it... until I felt I got "too expensive"! :-P ha

Hope he grills him hard (but Casey won't...) on demonetisation of YouTube video, also how YouTube is hiding and removing many videos (particularly obnoxious is how heavy handed YouTube is with copyright "violations", fair use isn't getting a fair chance at all!).

https://torrentfreak.com/musicians-white-noise-youtube-video-hit-with-copyright-complaints-180105/

Unbelievably fvcked up enforcement of "copyright" by YouTube! It is way waaaaaaaaay too unbalanced at the moment, in the hands of the so called "copyright holders" rather than the power being in the users themselves. 

38 minutes ago, Inazuma said:

Why are you wearing a windbreaker throughout it?

I am guessing even indoors it was freezing cold that far up north where he was staying?

26 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

Reminds me of the episode of the IT crowd where Jen was tricked into showing the internet-in-a-box to shareholders... But because they were fucking clueless too, they lapped it up!

Every episode of IT Crowd was gold, but that episode was extra memorable:

Although for a little back story:
 

7 hours ago, Kisaha said:

And that is not the whole company by the way, but anyways.

It is CRAZY the many pies Samsung has fingers in, like TANKS:
 

39 minutes ago, Trek of Joy said:

And they're finally releasing the MK Cine lenses in X-mount.

 

Did they only just start shipping that? I thought they shipped late last  year. 

1 hour ago, Kisaha said:

Sorry, but I can't resist to comment that this try is rather pathetic. Fuji is at least a couple of years behind all the rest. Every manufacturer will have a better video camera soon (or already have).

At least they're "trying"? And ahead of Canon! :-P (for some people)

2 hours ago, Kisaha said:

Most of the people I know have a bunch of monitors in their closets. Don't add to that pile of garbage!

I only have a cheap Feelworld FW759 at the moment (plus my Atomos recorder. I'll be using both tonight at a wedding). So wouldn't be adding many to my "collection".
Am kinda ok with that Feelworld, just would like one smaller and newer. 
And because videography isn't my main focus now, I want to spend the least possible and in no rush so might wait and see what happens next (NAB 2018?).
 

9 hours ago, Trek of Joy said:

Samsung can't just release a camera and instantly turn a profit, regardless of spec, because enthusiasts like those on this board aren't enough to sustain a product line. You need the general buying public to also buy into the system (which means budget models that sell many times more than top end models), and that will take years to build a lineup, repair their reputation, and convince customers that you're in it for the long haul.

This is why I feel it is a damn pity that Sony never updated the a5100 in years. 

Also I hope Panasonic doesn't forget about the low end GF series, and they don't push the G series too high end (the G9 is bloody expensive! Maybe a cheap "G900" is needed?).

6 hours ago, Kisaha said:

If I was going for a top video recorder, which even the 5" are big (too much depth) and heavy, I would definitely go for a 7" one. The Atomos offer more options, on a bigger monitor, with lower price.

Playing devil's advocate, I'm sure Sound Devices would argue in favor with things like: better build quality, arguably better design (physical buttons vs touch screen being better for extreme cold, wet weather, etc), better audio inputs, etc would justify the small price gap. 

6 hours ago, Kisaha said:

If I was going for the most compact, cost effective and light solution, I would go SmallHD Focus, which I did.

I'm pretty tempted by the Feelworld F6 at the moment, which is even cheaper, sub US$200! But also kinda considering holding out to see if Aputure makes a 5" monitor. No rush, I can wait. 

42 minutes ago, Kisaha said:

Shogun inferno is 200-250euros

That seems close enough? I'm sure Video Devices believes the price difference is justified. 

Yeah 35mm is a tricky focal length as a sole lens to use on MFT :-/ 

On 2/2/2018 at 10:43 AM, mkabi said:

He said, "You are technically smarter than 85% of the population."

The scary fact is that half the population is dumber than average! :-o

19 hours ago, Kisaha said:

it is 1900euros in my country (euros is a much heavier currency than any $), and 1700 euros the cheapest in the continent. For a 5" device is rather expensive! You buy a new GH5 with that money and has most of the codecs you need in built!

 

But when you compare to other 4K recorder/monitors then the price isn't too far off?

23 hours ago, IronFilm said:

I though there was a third party or two who made one, one of those chinese brands

This is a pretty compact manual focus lens for MFT (cheap too!):

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1383714-REG/opteka_optm3517m43_35mm_f1_7_high_definition.html

The 50mm looks pretty small too?

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1383719-REG/opteka_optm5020m43_50mm_f2_0_high_definition.html

And this:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1387945-REG/7artisans_photoelectric_7a35f12bkm43_35mm_f1_2_aps_c_for.html

Ah that sucks. 

I've had a few ones lined up myself over the last couple of years or so, never had a falling out, but something or another comes up preventing it (budget often!). 

I'm not too bothered though, moved on to focus on sound recording instead. Done sound for a full feature, and parts on others, got another lined up in a few weeks' time but not so sure again about doing it (again, budget! Bit low....). 

6 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

Pentax 645 is shit in this day and age. Film is dead people! There is Phase One, Hassy, Fuji and Pentax in that order for MF cameras. And that is the order of how good they are also. Pentax is last just like in the DSLR market.

645 original is dirt cheap secondhand so if a person wants to try film it is a good idea

Pentax in the digital era has always had the cheapest medium format cameras. Thus is appealing purely on that point alone. & they're good cameras too, Philip Bloom is os a big fan of the Pentax 645Z

2 hours ago, mat33 said:

Well my current still cameras were introduced in 2009 and 2012 so I guess I'd better hang up my hat given how crap my photos must be.

That just illustrates how DSLR stills performance has hit a plateau for many people 

A Nikon D5200 (& sometimes a D90!! :-o ) is my main stills camera 

Good news / bad news:

Hi, it's the SSD module. And I'm sorry but we would be uncomfortable declaring a lesser value than what it sells for. 
Happy bidding!

Not even with a   few strategically placed O rings?

Another factor, is some dead cats are designed to work on top of the foamie or and others have it built in. Perhaps yours is the first kind? If so then keep the foamie on underneath it while putting it on otherwise it will be waaaay too loose 

Nah, but in the context of 4K recorders that seems quite affordable. Paired with a $1.5K FS700, that is an impressive value 4K camera!

Heck, very recently it was normal for HD recorders to sell for that or more!!

Although hey, in return I'll share this cheap Lectrosonics pair which is about to end:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lectrosonics-UCR201UM200C-Wireless-Professional-Microphone/202209140782?

Bet a person could get this for the no reserve price. 

(note: it is block 26, this is fine for me, but might not be so for your city, so check first)

Yup, am watching it already but taxes and shipping would kill it for me :-/ 

Also, ssssssshhhhhhh....... don't post links here! ;-) Sharing it will lift the price too high! :-P 

"Gaffer tape" is the answer to any question asked ever.

Edit:
Ok, I might take this a little more seriously and give a longer answer: If the gaffer tape over the opening end of the deadcat doesn't keep it firmly in place to stop the deadcat slipping around, then try putting a few (3? 5?) O rings along the length of the VMP before pulling on the deadcat, this could increase the apparent diameter of the mic within the deadcat leading to a firm fit.