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Panasonic G80 is the clear top #1 option with 4K in your price range. The next two contenders I'd suggest are: BMMCC (if you don't care that the Micro lacks 4K and IBIS, and has max slow motion of 60fps FHD) Nikon D7500 / secondhand D500 (if you'd like to keep on using your D530 as a very easy to match B can)

As every year passes by, it seems that Canon falls another 11 and a half months behind. This is why I encourage other people not to buy Canon lenses, as (even if you're "OK" with Canon's current state of development vs the competition... Seriously??) do you in six year time want to feel "stuck with" system than has only inched forward with quarter of a year's worth of progress?

Yes the F4 does do that, as I own one myself and have used it for that purpose.... but I'd like to free up the F4, so thus why I'm looking around at one of these cheap USB interfaces.

A better buy then than the Focusrite 2i2? As it is cheaper, and has more inputs. Sounds like a horrendously expensive USBPre2 in the end!! :-o

That is right Cinegain, it is too easy (and cheap!) to use Nikon F mount lenses on MFT or Sony E mount cameras.

Ohhh.... the bigger version looks rather tempting should I ever decide to take this much further, and get a Boom Recorder set up with a laptop: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1116980-REG/resident_audio_zuac8_uac_8_usb_3_0_audio.html

After some more thought/research into it, it appears Focusrite is in general the popular "default" recommendation. But I often like to go against the grain ;-) Steinberg UR22MKII seems to be my preferred choice at the moment, because I get the feeling from reading reviews it might have a small edge in having better pre amps, but also it has the nifty feature of being able to run from a USB power pack which gives it some extreme portability! (you can hook it up then with a iPad) Tempted to wait for the reviews of the new Roland Rubix24 to come out, plus tempted still by the Behringer U-PHORIA UMC404HD (because it has four inputs, and is only $100). Meh, the price of the USB Pre2 is so high that the MixPre3 would make more sense to buy instead! Indeed, the MixPre3 is cheaper: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/734341-REG/Sound_Devices_USBPRE_2_USBPre_2_Microphone.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1333778-REG/sound_devices_mixpre_3_mixpre_3_mic_preamps.html But nah, the MixPre3 is too pricey! I already own a Zoom F4 after all :-) Just looking around for something extra that is very cheap that I can leave around at a director friend's place for when he needs to voiceovers/ADR now and then.

MIDAS is a pretty famous name is it? If so that does possibly make it a cracking good deal for a hundred bucks and four of those MIDAS pre amps.

Yup, I can still pick up a secondhand Lenovo ThinkPad T420 for a fraction of that (which is just one example quite a few people have had success with as a hackintosh).

Strangely I basically never ever see the Arri Alexa Classic used with stills lenses :-/ https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1095114-REG/behringer_x_air_xr12_12_input.html Hmmm.... that looks quite tempting, if you paired this with an affordable laptop (Hackintosh!), running it all over V mount batteries, or even car batteries, and then an ultra cheap trolley (then heavily modified) to make yourself a small cart set up: https://www.bunnings.co.nz/saxon-hand-trolley_p03350614 You'd be running Boom Recorder on your Hackintosh laptop: http://www.vosgames.nl/products/BoomRecorder/

Wondering about what low cost audio interface to get? Important points for me, in order of priority (but I could potentially be flexible on these): 1) 2x XLR inputs 2) 96kHz & 24bits 3) good pre amps 4) good limiters (which doesn't seem to be that common? Though a few like the Roland Rubix24 has them) A few I've been considering (all prices in USD, sourced from B&H Photo, seems $150 is a very common price point here): Zoom U-24 ($150) Steinberg UR22mkII ($150) PreSonus AudioBox 96 ($100) Tascam US-2x2 ($150) Behringer U-PHORIA UMC404HD (has **four** inputs, and only $100!) Roland Rubix22 ($150, a new release! Not shipping just yet) Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen (also, $150. What is the difference between 1st and 2nd generation?) And one more, just because it is just so crazy cheap: Behringer U-PHORIA UM2 2x2 (only one XLR input, and the other is 1/4", plus is just 48KHz, but is an insanely low price of $29.99!! And is the big difference between this and the Behringer U-PHORIA UMC22 2x2 for ten bucks more??)

Heh, even easier in New Zealand, don't need to fill out any forms like that! Just go out and do.

Photogrammetry is what you want to do, and I've dabbled in this before myself. For a living object (especially a dog!) you'll need an array of cameras. Not one by itself!

I'd certainly be holding out for the Panasonic EVA1 If you need a camera **NOW** then get a secondhand FS700 with an external recorder.

Exactly. I wish more people would realise this. Heck, the 50D was capable of video and even had a microphone designed in it for video. But Canon didn't go ahead with it. Was only the Nikon D90 which finally *forced* Canon to add video to their next DSLRs. Perhaps now the D500 & D7500 (& the next D5x00 update?? & the D750 mk2? Plus of course the D900 will have 4K) has got 4K, then that will finally force Canon to bring out 4K to their future camera releases. Once again, it is Nikon (not Canon) who is leading the slow push forward with DSLR innovations.

Audacity is actually pretty good, plus is the best price.... FREE! (is, open source)

You can thank having slightly less screwed up IP laws than the USA!

Simple, this is how:

Never a smart idea to buy a camera on the promise of what is to come in the future. Plus by the time it comes out, there will be even more other alternative options.

Wow. THIS.IS.SO.ME. (although these days it is more audio gear instead)

The Tascam DR10C series is only sold in some markets (such as the UK) with the headphone output option, as Zaxcom and their army of lawyers stopped Tascam from selling it in the USA. Thus Tascam had to go back to the drawing board and release a newly designed product: the Tascam DR10L! (basically the same thing, but without a headphone output. Maybe the "L" stands for "Less"? ha!) However... this feature missing is not such a big deal as you might think, as very obviously you can't monitor the audio via that headphone jack while the talent is wearing it!! ha ***EXCEPT***..... if you're passing it through to a TX so then you can monitor it wireless, on your recorder. Thus the Tascam DR10C is acting as a back up recording (which is what Zaxcom hated, and they claim to have a patent on), in case of wireless interference. Errr.... I don't even remember making my first post in this thread!! :-o whoops But nah, everything was all good the morning after.

If you can't monitor the audio, and have someone dedicated to that, then I recommend you keep the lavieres visible and on the outside. Will make the risk of clothing noise (as there is quite a fine art to the placement of hidden microphones) much much lower. Rode: My first ever wireless was a RodeLink, as it had just came out, and was by far the cheapest option on the market (which would give you acceptable results). Which I really regret.... as the TX packs are hell bulky! RodeLinks are still a solid buy if you're shooting in a niche which doesn't care about hiding the TX away from the camera. Saramonic: I used to be quite keen on these.... as it got a few good reviews, and is EXTREMELY cheap. However my own personal experience with it has been disappointing, as it broke quickly. Sennheiser: G3 is the default answer to the question of "what no/low budget wireless should I get?" I feel however this a flawed answer, which only gets repeated over and over, because it has been repeated over and over before in the past..... and so the cycle continues!! Sony: The Sony UWP-D11 is the best very low priced option you can buy brand new. It is almost identically priced to the Sennheiser G3, but in basically every way it is a little better and more refined. Although in the end, the performance gap between the G3 and UWP-D11 isn't that great, and they're both broadly speaking in the same category. (to step out of that group you'd need to leap up to spending on Lectrosonics/Zaxcom/etc). A bonus feature of using a Sony UWP-D11 is you can use it with a multi shoe interface adapter to have it feed into the camera directly without cables with some Sony cameras. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1079814-REG/sony_smad_p3_multi_interface_shoe_adapter.html

Ohhhh.... I got tagged! :-) But it is nearly 6am on a Saturday... I've been drinking all night, I'll reply properly when I next log in! :-) As I might be kinda every so slightly in trouble with the GF due to the girls I brought home... I used to be such a big fan of Saramonic for its utterly crazy insanely good value for money! But then I had my Saramonic fail on me.... so I dunno. Sony UWP-D11 secondhand on eBay are so utterly dirt cheap, why settle for anything less?? Plus the DR10L is a pretty damn sweet kit if you're going to use lavs but won't bother to monitor those either..... :-/

C200 can't do XAVCS, as it is a Canon camera! C200 is a very weird beast at the moment, that can do raw *or* a very low end codec. With absolutely no middle ground in between!

Needs to be a WOODEN stake however!