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    IronFilm got a reaction from Laurier in The £3-£4K Market   
    Some people have made their own Nikon F mounts I believe?
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    IronFilm reacted to aldolega in The Panasonic GH5   
    Noooo way will Sony give us 10bit in an A7-series. They have to protect their video cameras. 
    4K60, yea, sure, probably. But can their processors handle it without melting the camera? And will they squash it into 100mbps? I think so.
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    IronFilm reacted to Laurier in The £3-£4K Market   
    That camera is gigantic and heavy , you also need an external recorder, and pl glass only . 
    Sure it as global shutter but no slow mo at all .
    This camera is still overpriced as it s very hard to use if you don t have a full crew with you , they should go for 2k not 4/6k , I d rather for for a red one if I had to pick one of the two.
     
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    IronFilm reacted to TheRenaissanceMan in Lighting advice -On the cheap   
    Instead of redheads/blondes, look at Source Four Pars. They can be had for $60-80 each, produce excellent light quality, and are extremely versatile. Used Mole fresnels are great too--an industry standard, and so easy to work with.
    A lot of people will steer you toward LED, but the fact is that tungsten is cheaper, produces better light quality, and is generally more robust than its LED equivalents. Supplement a few larger lights with paper lanterns and clamp lights, and you should be set up for a wide variety of lighting situations/styles. 1-2 small LED panels can be nice for some run and gun or accents, but most production lighting kits are 90% tungsten.

    EDIT: I broke down a lot of my favorite lighting gear in this topic a while back. Most of it is budget-oriented, as I'm writing from the perspective of a student filmmaker.
     
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    IronFilm got a reaction from webrunner5 in The £3-£4K Market   
    You could get TWO of *both* and still probably manage to squeak in under budget!
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    IronFilm got a reaction from TheRenaissanceMan in The £3-£4K Market   
    You could get TWO of *both* and still probably manage to squeak in under budget!
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    IronFilm reacted to TheRenaissanceMan in The £3-£4K Market   
    You could always get an F3 and an A6500. It'll still cost you less than any of these other options.
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    IronFilm reacted to Tim Sewell in Lighting advice -On the cheap   
    I got a set of Ianiro redheads (the original redheads!) for under £150 on ebay - 3 lights, stands, scrims etc. Got a 300W Arri fresnel plus stand for around £30. Nearly a full Lowell kit - Omni, Tilta and the other one whose name escapes me, in separate ebay deals for a total of around £100. A bunch of good stands for £20. A boom and stand for a tenner. You can definitely put together a lighting package for little money if you're prepared to take it slowly and look out for deals. The only instruments I've bought full price have been a few different LEDs - there doesn't seem to be the same kind of bargain-rich secondhand market in them yet. Plus, I should mention, Lee gels are, for what they are, really cheap!
     
    I should add, @Dustin, that I don't know where you're based, but the UK used cinema lighting market is like a tiny gnat compared to the big buffalo of the US one.
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    IronFilm got a reaction from seb123seb in Low budget microphones   
    if you're in no rush then wait for the Aputure D3 microphone to come out (any day now... ??). As that should provide insanely good value. 
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    IronFilm got a reaction from August McCue in Nikon Customers   
    The upside however is Nikon is the best and easiest mount to get lots and lots of native mount lenses for!

    And Nikon F mount is the easiest mount to adapt to other mounts. 

    So makes a lot of sense to base the core of your lens collection around Nikon F mount Is what I've done myself. 
    I guess CES is only next month after all. However at the crazy low prices of US$1.2K ish for a D750 then I kinda doubt it will fall much lower any time soon?!
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    IronFilm reacted to Andrew Reid in What camera do you want to see a review of next?   
    The Olympus might not be available before Christmas from what I am hearing.
    A6500 at least is out now.
    I have the G85. That review is coming soon!
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    IronFilm reacted to Grimor in What camera do you want to see a review of next?   
    G80 for "video purposes" review is a must!
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    IronFilm got a reaction from John_Harrison in Narrative Filmmaking - Best Camera Options   
    If you're not going to use an external recorder, and you don't need 96fps, then 95% likely that the best choice for you is a G85
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    IronFilm reacted to Ricardo Constantino in Amazing new Skintone Control Product?   
    To be honest, I just downloaded it for free (don't want to promote piracy but I'm glad I didn't buy it) in a 2015 link and unless they re-done the LUT, it affects any color that resembles the skintones.
    Here's an example below.
    As you can see the highlights are also affected (warm +6 lut) so I still have to key the skintones if I want to change the highlights.
    This is 8 bit footage from G7 for anyone asking.
     


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    IronFilm reacted to Davey in Amazing new Skintone Control Product?   
    At least make the effort to post a minimum 100 times a few months in advance of known product promotion day.
    Funnily enough, Andrew's colour settings have been dissed by two different first time posters in the last 24 hours...
     
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    IronFilm got a reaction from webrunner5 in Lightweight camera to match Arri   
    Yeah you want to avoid like the plague any of the studio versions that BMD sells, unless....   well, you want to set up a studio! ;-) Then it is going to be just great for that purpose. 
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    IronFilm got a reaction from ThomHaig in Nikon Customers   
    IIRC it has the standard 30 minute limit?
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    IronFilm got a reaction from kaylee in Film School   
    hahaha, well "slow motion bullets" is a VERY unusual exception!!
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    IronFilm got a reaction from Geoff CB in Film School   
    DoP's certainly do run their part of the set (camera and lighting departments). 

    And while directors have a somewhat limited role during the actual shoot days in managing the details of running the set, they certainly do play a role in the pre production phase (a very large role in lower budget productions!).

    And ditto Producers, they absolutely should understand more about the roles on set to make sure they're budgeting appropriately. Thus a bit of a diverse on set experience for themselves wouldn't go amiss! 
    And so much money has been wasted and so many failures in the process too......    
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    IronFilm got a reaction from Jimbo in Wedding videography advice   
    You already have three really really great cameras, don't waste money and mental energy on bothering with anything else for low budget wedding shoots. 
    Just use it!
     
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    IronFilm got a reaction from Cinegain in LED Lighting Recommendations / Alternatives to the Aputure LS1S   
    http://www.newsshooter.com/2016/05/10/nab-2016-spot-lights-on-a-budget-aputure-launch-ls-c20-led-mini-fresnel-for-199-us/

    And a few Aputure LS C20 as well
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    IronFilm reacted to Parker in Wedding videography advice   
    Nope, definitely not. Only Mormons can go inside, and certainly no filming or anything like that would be allowed. For a typical Utah Mormon wedding video I film a romantic/stylized bridals session/first look thing, b-roll of the temple grounds, which are always very lovely, then the couple coming out of the temple to family cheering, hugs, etc. Then it's off to the reception for the cake/garter/bouquet/dancing and exit. And they're all just exactly like that, so sometimes it's hard to make them seem different. It's nice not to have to worry as much about the audio of all the speeches and ceremonies and more traditional wedding stuff like the rest of y'all though. 
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    IronFilm reacted to TheRenaissanceMan in 4k shootout: G7 vs 5D4   
    Click bait would've been "$500 G7 Crushes $3500 5D IV for 4K Video!!!" Max is just doing an honest, thorough, blind test of two very different cameras to give people an objective idea of how they perform for the money. The 5D IV is better in some areas, but the G7 remains an excellent value for $447 (or whatever the Black Friday sale was).
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    IronFilm got a reaction from tupp in Film School   
    I think a lot can be said for having a broad range of set experience if you're going to be a Director/DP/producer, as then it will make you a better Director/DP/producer as you'll be able to run the set better if you have a bit of an inkling of what the zillions of people under you are doing for their jobs. 

    Plus your communication with the others on set can be a lot more effective if you can kinda talk "their own language" & translate. (i.e. understand a little bit of a camera lingo)
    Yes, unless you are a HoD or in some other role which makes sense talking directly to the director (such as a lead actor, or the 1st AD) then....  don't!!
     
    Nope, that is still not an exception. 

    You should instead report the safety issue to the person above you. 

    In extreme cases where that is ignored... you might consider going to the next person up in the chain, or similar, but you're still many steps away from the point of bringing it up directly with the director. 
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    IronFilm reacted to Django in Wedding videography advice   
    good advice.. i agree an assistant is a blessing, i hate doing these gigs solo.. weddings are gruesome. most important is to be quick on your feet. bodies aren't really that important, i've shot with all kinds (D750, A7S2, 5D3, C100..) but your lens selection, gimbal/monopod setup, audio etc.. is as if not more critical even then body choice..
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