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I'd love to get a Pentax 645D or 645Z, but even at their greatly reduced secondhand prices (vs their original RRP) I still can't justify buying one for what they're going for today. (just checked out their prices again, they seem to have gone up?? Has a youtuber/influencer started talking about them again???)
Am also a little tempted to get the Nikon D200 or D2X, simply because it was "the best" CCD camera that Nikon ever got. 
But more realistically, rather than a 645D/645Z/D200/D2X, then I see the Nikon D700 as being the most likely old camera I'm possibly going to get this year or next, depending on if I can spot the right super bargain or not here in NZ. 
Yikes, their ebay pricing is through the roof! (especially so for a 2004 camera. At around two grand USD, or a little more or a little less)
 

Am sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see rifles being used to construct a diff frame!
As on the weekend I was working on a friend's little short film, he was the Director / DoP / Writer / Editor / Gaffer / DIT / 1st AC / "Everything" (even acting in some of it!), except for Sound (which I of course did. Although I helped out a little teeny bit sometimes in other areas too, such as lighting). 
Due to the nature of the shoot (almost no crew, basically no budget, and out in the middle of nowhere) we had very limited amounts of gear at our disposal. So while a couple of combo stands with a proper diff frame was constructed for the first scenes of this film we shot down at the beach (which even that took a fair bit of hiking through the bush to get to), later on when we went further up the hill/cliff, then the heavier stuff was ditched. As wasn't viable to keep on carrying everything with us (and even a little dangerous? A little further on up from here is where one of our actors ragdolled their way down when they slipped and fell. Luckily they're still ok! Pity that moment wasn't caught on camera).
Thus you see the improvised situation here! Making the best out of what we had at hand in the moment. 

Am sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see rifles being used to construct a diff frame!
As on the weekend I was working on a friend's little short film, he was the Director / DoP / Writer / Editor / Gaffer / DIT / 1st AC / "Everything" (even acting in some of it!), except for Sound (which I of course did. Although I helped out a little teeny bit sometimes in other areas too, such as lighting). 
Due to the nature of the shoot (almost no crew, basically no budget, and out in the middle of nowhere) we had very limited amounts of gear at our disposal. So while a couple of combo stands with a proper diff frame was constructed for the first scenes of this film we shot down at the beach (which even that took a fair bit of hiking through the bush to get to), later on when we went further up the hill/cliff, then the heavier stuff was ditched. As wasn't viable to keep on carrying everything with us (and even a little dangerous? A little further on up from here is where one of our actors ragdolled their way down when they slipped and fell. Luckily they're still ok! Pity that moment wasn't caught on camera).
Thus you see the improvised situation here! Making the best out of what we had at hand in the moment. 

They don't call it creative accounting for nothing

They don't call it creative accounting for nothing

Am sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see rifles being used to construct a diff frame!
As on the weekend I was working on a friend's little short film, he was the Director / DoP / Writer / Editor / Gaffer / DIT / 1st AC / "Everything" (even acting in some of it!), except for Sound (which I of course did. Although I helped out a little teeny bit sometimes in other areas too, such as lighting). 
Due to the nature of the shoot (almost no crew, basically no budget, and out in the middle of nowhere) we had very limited amounts of gear at our disposal. So while a couple of combo stands with a proper diff frame was constructed for the first scenes of this film we shot down at the beach (which even that took a fair bit of hiking through the bush to get to), later on when we went further up the hill/cliff, then the heavier stuff was ditched. As wasn't viable to keep on carrying everything with us (and even a little dangerous? A little further on up from here is where one of our actors ragdolled their way down when they slipped and fell. Luckily they're still ok! Pity that moment wasn't caught on camera).
Thus you see the improvised situation here! Making the best out of what we had at hand in the moment. 

Large sensor more compact bodies are my jam!

HAVE YOU GUISE SEEN THIS?!?! IT IS A WORK OF ART
idk where the overwhelming amount of negative reviews are coming from -- bloggers, influencers, theater goers -- but what about disney themselves!?? THEY like it!! thats why they spent half a billion dollars making it and advertising it. the 'empty theaters' are clearly propaganda
what i like to see in filmmaking is some low contrast shots that are poorly graded, with bad art direction, costume design, etc. i like a script that would be borderline unreadable on the page, one that has been brought to the big screen with some surprisingly terrible acting, insane casting, and a healthy dose of girlboss wokeness.
and i HATE the old fashioned boomer 'rotoscoping' from 'beautiful footage' that looks 'naturalistic' -- so lame!!! who came up with that!?!??
i dont want any kind of visual unity in sfx, vfx, whatever -- i LOVE uncanny valley stuff. it speaks to my generations post modern malaise in a way that old ppl just cant understand
~ i mean this sucks (below).
i especially hate how friendly and cool the animals seem despite being kinda anthropomorphic in the face and theyre not EVEN REAL!!! the ppl who made this were morons w no tech. if only theyd had more dr
THIS, on the other hand, looks GREAT to me. it needs a few more stops of dr but it is highly naturalistic

i thought these were all real ppl until...... someone told me that IT WAS CGI!! i also though these characters were deformed dwarves (and possible aliens) until i was told that they are 'magical creatures' !!! fooled again by those hollywood geniuses!
most of all, i like that turquoise color of her dress. what a great design! classic
what do you all think of this contemporary masterpiece? im sure it will recover its $500 million within minutes and go on to be a timeless masterpiece that we show to our children, and our childrens children

nice hoodie

Am sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see rifles being used to construct a diff frame!
As on the weekend I was working on a friend's little short film, he was the Director / DoP / Writer / Editor / Gaffer / DIT / 1st AC / "Everything" (even acting in some of it!), except for Sound (which I of course did. Although I helped out a little teeny bit sometimes in other areas too, such as lighting). 
Due to the nature of the shoot (almost no crew, basically no budget, and out in the middle of nowhere) we had very limited amounts of gear at our disposal. So while a couple of combo stands with a proper diff frame was constructed for the first scenes of this film we shot down at the beach (which even that took a fair bit of hiking through the bush to get to), later on when we went further up the hill/cliff, then the heavier stuff was ditched. As wasn't viable to keep on carrying everything with us (and even a little dangerous? A little further on up from here is where one of our actors ragdolled their way down when they slipped and fell. Luckily they're still ok! Pity that moment wasn't caught on camera).
Thus you see the improvised situation here! Making the best out of what we had at hand in the moment. 

The "XPimage Locking adapter for ARRI LPL Mount lens to Leica M" adapter exists, US$365.75:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134641448107 

Am sure this is the first and last time I'll ever see rifles being used to construct a diff frame!
As on the weekend I was working on a friend's little short film, he was the Director / DoP / Writer / Editor / Gaffer / DIT / 1st AC / "Everything" (even acting in some of it!), except for Sound (which I of course did. Although I helped out a little teeny bit sometimes in other areas too, such as lighting). 
Due to the nature of the shoot (almost no crew, basically no budget, and out in the middle of nowhere) we had very limited amounts of gear at our disposal. So while a couple of combo stands with a proper diff frame was constructed for the first scenes of this film we shot down at the beach (which even that took a fair bit of hiking through the bush to get to), later on when we went further up the hill/cliff, then the heavier stuff was ditched. As wasn't viable to keep on carrying everything with us (and even a little dangerous? A little further on up from here is where one of our actors ragdolled their way down when they slipped and fell. Luckily they're still ok! Pity that moment wasn't caught on camera).
Thus you see the improvised situation here! Making the best out of what we had at hand in the moment. 

I was going to wait for a trade-in, but I found one in stock somewhere so I ordered it and it showed up today - so my "trade in' will be more of a "sale" to the store where I sent it - or at least, a sale + trade-in toward one of the media modules since their price is actually pretty competitive in terms of TB/dollar.  So far, my impressions are "wow, it's chonky," "WTF do you mean there are no Arri locating pins on the top handle screwholes," and "wow, this camera gets warm."
I'm running V mount right now since I don't feel like buying a series of expensive B mount batteries.  The V mount plate supports 14.8v and 26v batteries.  A YouTuber confirmed that the Nanlite 14.8v-26v V mount converter works with the camera so I grabbed one of them too.  Confirmed that when I plug in my normal V mounts with it that the camera lets me choose fps > 60.  I expect that it'll be a thing I keep in the bag for those rare times when I might want slow motion.  I didn't even try recording it (and there's almost no way my media will handle it), but I smiled for a second when I set the camera to 8kp224 (2.4:1).  That's more than any of my other cameras can do...  in 4k.
Anyway.  I need to rig it better.   My first stab at it is clunky and really back-heavy since I'm using two v mounts - the one on the camera to power it and a second Tilta plate with some d-tap and usb-c ports because when I plugged them into the main battery (A Smallrig VB212), the camera started to complain that it thought the battery was low (probably because of the voltage drop from powering the focus motor, handwheel, and Pyro-S).
I have dinner plans tonight and tomorrow so it's unlikely that I'll do any test shots outside of the house + yard before Thursday (and realistically, probably this weekend!), but I'm excited to get out and put the camera through its paces.

For me it's the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. That camera, and all the wacky c-mount lenses I used with it, was just so much fun to use and everything I got out of it looked so much better than it should have, at least to my eyes. I FELT like an artist using it, as opposed to a videographer. That was such a special sensor, and to this day I still don't understand why every camera manufacturer hasn't switched to a menu system like it (and the other BMD cameras.)
 

My latest fun-factor obsession is the Epson R-D1. It's the closet thing to a film-like shooting experience you can get on digital. As far as I know, it is the only digital camera in which you must cock the shutter manually... for sure it is the only digital rangefinder in which you must do so. Seiko made the automotive inspired gauges at the top, which are very fun. To me, it's the full, unapologetic ode to film cameras that Fuji wishes it could do. It's feeling very old at the moment though at 6MP and the images themselves aren't particularly spectacular on their own SOOC.  

You cannot not include the original X100.
It's basically just a point and shoot rangefinder with a 35mm F2 lens and one usable focus point in the center. Leaf shutter, incredibly advanced flash system, great skin tones. I really enjoyed using it until the TikTok fad made it a risk for me to use it for street photography. These suckers have become absurdly expensive.
Now I'm having a blast with a tiny Nikon ccd point and shoot from about 20 years ago. 
Cheap as beans, fits everywhere, has flash, a nice wide to tele lens and the gf likes it. Of course the battery is mediocre, is very slow in operation and has glacial autofocus.
BUT once you print an image created with those ccd sensors you realize the hype is real.
I have NEVER seen skins tones as natural as the ones produced by these old Nikons (3300, 3400, etc). 
 

Maybe even bring in some actors and make some micro short films and show how old cameras can still be used to make art. 

@Andrew Reid you should go back and revisit some of your favorite cameras from the beginning of eoshd... GH1/GH2 15 years later... I'm sure that would be really popular on YT and direct some people to the forum. 

At least it won't be 7 years though.

I’d rather wait for the Nikon/RED version
https://nikonrumors.com/2025/03/13/new-nikon-z-video-oriented-camera-rumored-to-be-announced-later-this-year-similar-to-the-sony-fx3.aspx/

I have the OG S5 I could sell/move to C camera and make room for a LUMIX FX3 style camera. However if it’s priced around the S1Rii I may still go for that. After 4k 120p uncropped and a faster readout speed, we’re really running out of things to complain about. What will people even argue about on YouTube anymore?
LX3? They should troll Sony with that model number. 

https://www.l-rumors.com/hot-panasonic-will-announce-a-new-lumix-l-mount-cine-compact-camera-in-april/
 
Maybe now everyone will leave the poor S1Rii alone…

I definitely probably have too many cameras...if that's such a thing? 😇
For work it's the following:
Lumix GH5 Lumix GH5 II (hybrid photo & video work) Lumix GH5S Lumix S1 (hybrid photo & video work) Lumix S5IIX (hybrid photo & video work) Lumix GH4 (pretty much retired and up for sale) Personal/EDC/Fun Digital:
Lumix GX9 (photo & video) Lumix GH1 (the very camera which won me best image quality in a EOSHD Forum challenge) Fujifilm X-Pro 1 (photo only) Film:
Canon AE-1 Program Canon EF-M (manual focus EF mount SLR - I pair with adapted Leica R glass which I often also use for video) Konica Genbakantonku 28 HG  Of course there's a couple of action cams in for good measure - GoPro Hero 4 and DJI Action 2.
Finally the flying camera - DJI Mini 3 Pro

I don't own a single bottle - but I do have over 20 cameras!

Even with the Ninja V+ and the new smallrig cage the little X-M5 is still quite light. Gearing up for an event next week and will test out battery life and any overheating issues. Rolling shutter isn’t as good as the X-H2s but still totally fine. Also, lack of IBIS is mitigated by building up the rig a bit. The increased dynamic range is pretty impressive on this little guy. Still can’t believe this is an $800 camera. 6.2k open gate Prores Raw. 

just need to do some better cable management and maybe look into 3D printing a tiny side panel to help hide cables and wireless receivers. 
Loving these little Andycine Lunchbox SSD caddies too. Gets rid of all the extra space with standard SSD’s and cheaper than the expensive Angelbird units. 

FWIW, I recently did a post about the doc the wife and I are working on.  Some of our production insights there.  Examples are posted too, so you can judge if what we're talking about measures up to your standards.  Not the first time we've done that either.  Yeah, it's a gear site first and foremost, but other info floats around too.