
ade towell
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film, art, music, cycling, football ,walking, festivals
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Panasonic S5ii, Canon R5, lots of lenses and audio stuff
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I think a huge part of what sets Martijn's stuff apart, other than him just being very engaging and charismatic, is the aerial drone footage - seeing him cycling in some of those breath taking locations elevates the visual way above any other one man band adventure stuff I've seen. It immediately looks pro to me Love Mads Brugger's The Mole in North Korea - I think if your stories need it then for sure stepping into the camera can give scenes more gravitas, changing the dynamic. I'm sure there will be stories you come across that may need this touch, having the instinct to know where and when is part of the film makers skill in this case Ah don't get me started on Enfield adventures...
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Tulpa reacted to a post in a topic: Camera Choice: Cycle Touring Documentary?
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Ah you should check out his 'One year on a bike' film where he cycled Amsterdam to Singapore. I spent a year in India but mainly on an Enfield motor bike, should have made a film of that, got it on good old mini dv tape somewhere
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Ha I dare you. But yes it is very inspiring stuff, have done a fair few bike packing adventures but this is next level
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I would check out Martijn Doolaard on Youtube, he filmed this on his own with drone and mirrorless camera and phone camera and it is seriously beautiful and high quality visually, and he has a very engaging way. He obviously has a good eye but it's amazing what can be done as a single person. He used a GH5 for this, it was a few years ago, the last 3 years he has been filming himself doing up a cabin in the Italian Alps, I think using a version of Sony A7 and drone. He releases a film each week and again it is beautiful to watch, is both mesmerising, educational, inspiring and medative, good for the soul.Highly recommend
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Panasonic Lumix S1R Mark II coming soon
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Paris Olympics venues will be hard to beat.
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I only watched 1st half of the Portugal game as was playing football last night but they seemed in total control, was surprised to hear they needed a bit of luck at the end to win. I still see them and Germany as the strongest teams, with France and Spain just behind. Am English but feel we are not street wise enough to actually win a tournament. Portugal are a strange mix for me, they have my 3 least favourite players as far as sportsmanship and ego are concerned - Pepe, Ronaldo and Fernandes, but also 2 I love watching - Bernardo Silva and the young Vitinha, a future star. My favourite Portuguese player was Rui Costa, have always loved midfielders. England are too naive defensively to win a tournament I think, we lack the game management skills of the stronger teams - and we have maybe too many good attacking players to squeeze them all into a team where they are playing in their best positions. But hopefully we will get better as the tournament progresses I wish your Portuguese team all the best, a Portugal England final would be surprising but amazing, just don't let it go to penalties, our biggest achilles heel
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Z6iii is £2699 in the UK, that's 3193 Euros - harsh Can get the Z8 for £2840 from Panamoz - grey market but comes with a 3 year UK warranty that they will actually honour
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Panasonic S5ii has line level too. Nonetheless this z6 looks to be another great camera from Nikon
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Better than nothing but this camera deserves more than a token gesture on the back a la C100 from however many years ago. Maybe the new Black Magic evf will work with it But at the price they're asking this camera really should have a decent quality evf included that you can place where you need it
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BenEricson reacted to a post in a topic: Canon EOS C400
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Hmm no evf, this seems to be a worrying modern trend. Other than that I'm sure it'll be great
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Panasonic GH7
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Short film shoot tomoz
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Gerald just spilled the beans about YT reviews, naming brand and giving examples, etc
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I find the R5 disappointing for DR in video mode, apparently the R5c has a little more. I think the reason none of Canon's mirrorless have Clog 2 is because they don't have the DR to make use of it Yes the C70 has RF mount but criminally doesn't have an EVF which for my way of shooting is too important a feature to leave out I would be happy with apsc too although Canon don't seem to be interested in creating any decent apsc lenses for RF
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I thought you were all about 60p, 5diii is only any good at 24/25p Have been using the R5 recently and the DR in video is a long way below the DR in stills, I use Panasonic S5ii when DR is likely to be an issue especially in the shadows - there is something strange going on with the R5 and R6 in the shadows, as though it is cut off prematurely For an allrounder video camera with internal ND, audio etc there are some great deals on Canon C500ii at the moment, would get my vote although wish it was RF mount For a stills and video camera the Nikon Z9, Z8 looks hard to beat
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gethin reacted to a post in a topic: Best bang for buck lighting
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Take a look at Amaran and Smallrig
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ade towell reacted to a post in a topic: Fuji X100VI - Released
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IronFilm reacted to a post in a topic: This is passion!
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zlfan reacted to a post in a topic: This is passion!
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Yes I remember this - Macgregor a very talented film maker was quite active on DVXuser back in the day
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Walter H reacted to a post in a topic: Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)
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kye reacted to a post in a topic: Thoughts on Nikon Z9/Z8 vs. Canon R3/R5(c)?
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ghostwind reacted to a post in a topic: Thoughts on Nikon Z9/Z8 vs. Canon R3/R5(c)?
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Ty Harper reacted to a post in a topic: Thoughts on Nikon Z9/Z8 vs. Canon R3/R5(c)?
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All well considered points it's just that as you say I think the z8/z9 is the latest and greatest regarding image quality and would be excited to use it - the R5c image to me looks very similar to the R6 I was using a while back, nice but kind of Canon vanilla - more of a sideways step. Anyway they both shoot lovely footage so can't really go wrong either way
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Hey I'm only reporting my friends frustrations - but I do think it is a bit ridiculous that they don't have Clog2 on the R5c it is supposed to be part of the Cinema line and would make matching to their other cinema cameras a lot easier. I have no scientific proof but imagine the reason they don't have Clog2 in the R5c is because it doesn't have the DR to utilise it fully. Maybe they could create a Clog2 lite like Panasonic did with GH5 and Vlog