Hi!
For some years now, I've been shooting smaller projects with a 5D Mk 2. A few years ago, my company acquired a RED Scarlet, which has since been upgraded to a Dragon, which we use for all our main commercial projects. However, I am now in a position where I need a new lower end camera for smaller projects that are coming up where the RED would be overkill/burdensome, and it feels like the Mk2 is no longer cutting it.
I've been a bit out of the game of keeping up with camera tech though, so I've spent the last couple of days looking at what's available these days and trying to figure out an option, and I'm drowning a little bit in the possibilities – a great thing in many regards, but also a bit of a headache.
From shooting and grading RED, I've grown accustomed to working with both high resolutions and beautiful raw footage. I'm not expecting something similar for a budget price, but trying to weigh up what's important. For example, I'm never going to be delivering these smaller projects in anything higher than 1080 for web, but I want it to be a very good 1080.
The two main routes I'm entertaining at the moment are:
1. The Sony A7S ii
2. The Blackmagic Micro CInema Camera
The Sony is obviously way more expensive, but seems like a very capable camera. I'm used to the DSLR format.
The BMMCC seems like an interesting (and much cheaper) alternative. I'm aware it's basically designed for Go Pro-esque filming, but it seems like it could work quite nicely (and lightly) on a shoulder rig with EVF/LCD. People rave about the filmic image quality of the BMPCC, and this camera seems to be the natural successor to that camera, so I'm wondering whether it could be a great option.
Wondering what you guys think about these two options, and whether there's another camera I should be considering instead?