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On 3/23/2017 at 11:39 AM, hijodeibn said:
I support the above recommendation for the nature of your projects, a G7 with a Chinese speedboster will be a good combination and stays in your budget, also a basic rig will be needed, if you go to ebay probably you can even add an external monitor and still stay under $800...
Yup, agreed. Go either Panasonic G7 or G80 depending on exactly how tight your budget is. Plus a RJ Lens Turbo or similar, plus a few older Nikon F mount lenses.
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I'd love for Samyang to make something like an 17-90mm T4 lens!!
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Think I'll go with this one:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/PRO-3-4m-Combo-Stand-Tripod-load-40kg-for-Spotlight-5K-HMI-4K-M40/32796936968.html
They have lots of other interesting stuff too:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/Lighting-Effect-Modification/1293354_506740207.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.ksA7rn -
I agree with Turboguard, and you already have a great camera for now with the BMPCC.
Sounds like your biggest issue right now is focus, and with the poor screen on the back of the BMPCC that is not too surprising (although I've often done little shoots with just the stripped down BMPCC and nothing else!).
So I recommend that first of all, before buying any new camera, get yourself a nice external monitor, such as this:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1251089-REG/aputure_vs_5_on_camera_monitor.htmlOr this:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1224295-REG/smallhd_mon_701_lite_701_lite_7_hdmi.html
Or this:https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1153980-REG/smallhd_mon_501_501_hdmi_full_hd.html
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2 hours ago, TheRenaissanceMan said:
First of all, I'm in love with the sound grip jokes. Keep em coming; movie set memes has had me in stitches since the whole thing started.
Second of all, I'd second the Kupo Master Combo HD stand. B&H has them for $155 with free shipping right now, which is hard to beat.
Or if you're looking for something even studier, you could go for a used Matthews beefy baby. B&H regularly has used copies for ~$170. Just no built in combo head, if that's what you're after.
Ordering from B&H isn't really an option for these extremely heavy items when you live overseas :-/
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44 minutes ago, Kisaha said:
@HockeyFan12 The union pay per day is 2-10.000$?! First of all, the difference is vast, how do you get paid? 2 or 10? For a documentary shooting of 40 days production, you are getting paid, let's say 5000$ X 40 = 200000$?! that is so hard to believe..
Here is around 70-150euros per day, most of the equipment including.
In Canada all Sound Grips get a flat $10/day.
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As I already do sound seriously, I'd like to get into the lucrative career of sound gripping, thus looking at grip gear to get... specifically these combo stands on Aliexpress (sorry, I can't afford anything better on my $10/day rate!). Anybody tried them before, what do they think of them?
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Any users of the Lilliput Q5 here?
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33 minutes ago, Prefabsprout said:
I have both A6300 and A6000 ..the 1080 is better on the A6000
That is curious!
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oh yes, I reckon Panasonic still offers the best bang for buck.
But even they're increasing their prices!
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9 hours ago, hmcindie said:
Nope, the a6100 a5100 etc have the some soft 1080p mode as Canons with moire and worse compression artifacts.
Nope. And you kinda show you don't know what you're talking about when you refer to a non existent camera.... the "a6100"!
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15 hours ago, Phil A said:
What scares me is where prices are moving towards. Look at X-T2 and Sony a6500 as aps-c systems. Fullframe even worse, the A7s II currently sells here at my favorite electronics store where I normally buy my stuff for 3799 $, the price has actually gone up instead of down even though the camera is from 2015. When I now consider what the 3rd generation A7 series or even a rumoured A9 will cost, I don't think I can justify that as a hobby. I can remember buying the Canon 5D III for like 3000 already shortly after it's release on a sale.
Agreed! Same with GH3 => GH4 => GH5 pricing!
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3 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:
It compares well. Much more bullet proof.
The video quality isn't much a step up from the A5100 though, considering they are double and triple the price.
Considering that the a5100 has Sony's very successful 24 megapixel sensor plus XAVCS, I'd say the Canon is almost certainly a step down in video quality from an a5100 (I owned one).
I wouldn't move backwards and hitch your cart the dying Canon. Either stick with Sony, or buy Panasonic.
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On Monday, March 06, 2017 at 0:59 PM, Michael Ma said:
It's like you invite someone over to a prescreening of a movie that hasn't been audio mastered, and instead of telling you that there were issues with audio and hearing what you have to say about it, they publish an article to the world saying the movie is unwatchable. Then they make assumptions and state that the audio issues probably can't be fixed. Should anyone ever let this guy prescreen movies ever?
Well put! Good analogy.
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4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:
What is wrong with full frame?
Pentax skip it and go medium format for their high end
Fuji skip it and go medium format for their high end
A smart move by Pentax (until they gave in and brought out a FF... Hmm) and FujiFilm to just have APS-C and Medium Format.
As the future is 1" compacts for those who want ultra portability. APS-C for those who want lens choice flexibility but are budget (or size) constrained. And Medium Format for those who the sky is the limit. So called "Full Frame" will hopefully die away as it gets squeezed in by APS-C/MFT on one side and Medium Format on the other side.
Unless Sony is successful in entrenching their FE camera/lens range in time before Medium Format arrives as a truly affordable option (relative to an a7R or a9 series etc).
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On Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Liszon said:
I've seen that kit too, jaw dropping, for 22k.. give it a few years and you might be able to pick that up for F35 prices. Great times.
I am eyeballing the FS700, killer prices bundled up with an Odyssey 7Q.
The Ursa Mini 4.6k is good but the lurking magenta corners with FPN makes me want to forget it, I don't want to gamble at that price. The Pro has NDs now and a set of control knobs which is cool but the FS700 still has that super useful 240fps scaled down from the whole sensor & 4K/120 burst vs the cropped 120fps on the Mini, built in NDs are also there. Some say colours are tricky but if I want an easy ride I could just pick up my BMPCC.
Again, great times, so many choices.
Very tempted by the Sony FS700 myself! Those are impressively low prices it is dropping down to.
I think for the low budget feature (features?) I'm shooting this year I'll advocate getting the FS700 for A cam, my F3 for B cam, & a6500 for small action / gimbal shots.
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Not surprised if they release a pro video camera after releasing their premium cinema lenses with their Fuji X mount as an option.
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A right of Yi 4K action cameras is a good combo for high quality but low cost 360VR option
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So many 7 inch options, so few good 5 inch options :-/
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I've noticed the C500 PL is selling even cheaper than than EF mount, if you're lucky enough to own PL lenses to use with the bargain C500.
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12 hours ago, Phil A said:
Get an adapter to mount Nikon F mount lenses on Canon FD? Then you can use all the lenses for F mount that come with a aperture ring including the stuff from Samyang.
Exactly! I use entirely Nikon F mount lenses on my F3.
Except the lenses don't even need an aperture ring. As even very cheap adapters can control the aperture. One of the beautiful things about using the Nikon F mount system :-)
That way I can use modern DX lenses such as the wonderful Sigma 18-35 f1.8!! :-D
And not be stuck with using older lenses such as FD mount that never made wider focal lengths.
11 hours ago, Mattias Burling said:If you use a Nikon to FD you can manually control the aperture with the adapter. Most Nikon lenses have a manual aperture lever underneath. Also modern Tamron and Sigma made for Nikon. I only know one lens that doesn't.
Exactly. Or Tokina lenses for Nikon, & so on etc with other third parties for Nikon.
11 hours ago, Dogtown said:You can get a canon adapter from Optitek, or MTF, there is a MTF on eBay now that controls the canon aperture see here! http://www.ebay.com/itm/MTF-Lens-Adapter-Sony-FZ-to-Canon-EF-/282381087198?hash=item41bf3971de:g:c6kAAOSw-0xYlgrO
Or the Optitek: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Optitek-Canon-EF-To-FZ-Mount-/282294057400?hash=item41ba0979b8:g:KcMAAOSw6DtYVIUi
I like the Optitek version of this with the locking ability, but much more $$$. I use the MTF and Optitek adapter with the nikon mount for my F3 cameras, Adaptimax make an adapter as well, though not as good as the Optitek or MTF.
That first link is surprisingly affordable. Still is multiple times the price of the Nikon F adapter however!
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6 hours ago, mercer said:
Well Arri Classics are only going for around 15,000 on eBay...
I've noticed that, is pretty crazy cheap for sure!! Kinda wonder if right now is the optimal time to buy an Arri Alexa Classic. From a financial perspective.
As they've had their big price drop, but should still relevant and in demand as rental / owner op items for a little while longer yet???
A7SIII (and why you should wait before buying GH5)
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