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MrSMW

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  1. Interesting and will add it to my list. Thanks
  2. Summary = prefers the Lumix over the Sony and will be selling the Sony as a result. To be fair, he also owns an S5iix and an S9 so makes sense. Prefers the Sony (just) for stills but the Lumix for stability and video plus the 420 Lumix footage looks better than the 422 Sony. And I would agree. For me, my A7RV is very much a photo unit but as invested as I am at this time in L Mount, a S1Rii would make more sense in my line up, but not enough to warrant change for change sake at this time.
  3. 1980’s for me and not necessarily all ‘blockbusters’, in fact most were not but ‘just movies’. I didn’t give a fig then what they were shot on and still don’t. It was about how they made you feel then and still do now. Yes, it’s nostalgia now but so many movies back then were just fun without being the utter crap so many are today.
  4. Couldn’t have a better philosophy than this. How many years has he owned this camera?! That is MORE than an entire years worth of work for me 🫡
  5. I kind of agree, but 2 things initially spring to mind. Thing A, a roll of film would need to revert back to costing 5 dollars instead of whatever it costs to buy & develop these days. Thing B, good luck trying to get this implemented. I feel the same about the other side of my own work, ie, in photography. I would LOVE to go back to being a pure film photographer but the single reason why I do not is a simple one and that is financially it would not fly today. Why, because around 75% of my turnover per job would go straight back out of the door and have to go on buying & processing film and at today's rates. I'd be out of business. Or double my rates and also go out of business because no one booked me. And then 2 other things. Thing C = not all older movies look great. Some...a lot even, look shit to my eyes. Thing D = not all modern movies look shit. Some...a lot even, look superb to my eyes. Summary, I think there is too much rose tinted spectacle nostalgia about 'The Good Old Days' and that everything today is trash. Everything today is not trash, - it's just different times. I am currently re-watching Ripley on Netflix. To my eyes, it is one of the most superb and cinematic creations ever made. Arguably it is not a movie per se, but a series, but actually it's a 6 hour movie in 8 parts. Almost every single frame looks superb. It's a modern day film noir that makes most older film noir look incredibly dated. OK, some of it is actually CGI. The boat scenes with (no spoilers), Tom & Dickie has a huge amount, but that's just a tool available to the modern filmmaker. Anyway, just my opinion. They also make a lot of shit today. Probably 19+ out of every 20 movies released today I would not wish to see, but they do still make some gems when the right people are involved.
  6. The Muppets haven’t been working much recently. Surely they could form a coalition and sweep to power with a green frog at the helm? It couldn’t be worse and or any less realistic. Ah no, political comment 🙈
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    Ditto. I’ve judged national (UK) level print comps, but never entered one myself for over 20 years and co-run 5/6 small group multi-day workshops, but the problem I have is… I’m either too busy working May-Oct, or too lazy the rest of the time to be bothered. I like the idea of comps and if asked to be part of something, I’d at least consider it, but as a solo effort, could not be bothered!
  8. I'm not really into politics or what's going on in the world, but even I think there's an enormous amount of dumb shit going on right now and it's not going to end well. Not end well for whom remains the big question and all I can do is hope the right people end up losing out for their own self-made madness... Anyway, never mind cameras, how many mens fragrances is too many? I just went over the 20 bottle mark 😵
  9. You've been listening 😉 It was awful on the S5, sublime on the S1H, better (than the OG S5) with the S5ii and I'd expect the S1Rii to be not so far off the S1H.
  10. Probably run out of topics. Make a list of 10, 20, 50 key topics to cover and when you have been through them all, without repeating yourself, where is there to go? Gear reviews, opinion pieces and more gear reviews!
  11. Yup, which is why I said ‘lighting’ not ‘lights’ as in ‘how scenes are lit’ whether that be indoors or out. Flat light, hard light, side light, back light…to me, lighting is the biggest and best palette we have to play with. Cameras etc, they are all pretty much the same in comparison!
  12. Meanwhile, in the actual real world, if someone can’t use a piece of kit like this to film a doc, a movie or even just a wedding, it’s the human element that cannot perform. Maybe the next iteration will be up to their needs so best wait until then I think.
  13. ^ The TikTok generation would now watch the Godfather. Well they would if they did not know it was 3 full films and they were allowed to listen rather than watch whilst they scroll scroll scroll…
  14. I’d hope they would put it in all of them as it’s somewhat annoying when footage does not match and the S9 is very much a B cam to to S5ii/x. Actually, it’s my A cam and the S5ii’s are ‘B’ but burning in that base LUT makes my workflow so much easier. An Arri link up is very good marketing just as Nikons is with RED. They both need to milk these things.
  15. Possibly very slightly over budget then… How much are used Sony FX30’s? Pair one of those with Sigma’s excellent and tiny 18-50mm (27-75 in FF equivalent) f2.8 and that would be a superb pairing.
  16. I think so. You put Joe Bloggs arty film next to YouTube Shillbro’s gear orientated piece of the same length and we know which will get all the attention and which will be largely ignored. UNLESS you bluff the audience and put a stoopid thumbnail on the arty film, and then you have a chance… Sadly, it is the world we now live in.
  17. OK. Then lighting lighting lighting. With some stage management, so mostly likely, multiple lights. IMO the single biggest thing that will differentiate yourself from the rest.
  18. Actually, a used ‘like new’ LUMIX S9 with all the bits & bobs will just sneak into this budget and would double very well as an EDC non-pro looking camera.
  19. And a flip screen. And open gate 6k 30p. And the best LUT support in the game. The FP is cooler though and has cdng… Neither of them are a Z8 however.
  20. Yes, absolutely, I took mine when swimming with dolphins. But sherioushly, it has a weather sealing rating as do some but not all of the lenses. I really did like my S5...at the time, but would easily choose an S1 over it now as a used option. Or an S5ii/S1H and especially the S1H now they are so cheap. And to answer the "is it bigger?" Q, of course, but not by that much. Nothing that would bother me anyway. Looking for something more discrete for travel and galleries and museums etc, maybe better off with something like one of the cropped mirrorless bodies from Canon or Fuji or something like the A6000 range from Sony? An XT3 would be an excellent choice and something like the XS-20 (under 1k used) would also make a good option.
  21. Comfortably within budget: LUMIX S1 (used) 20-60mm (used) Rode Micro Tripod Light 🧨 Boom 🧨
  22. Yep and this may have also been in the most recent S5ii firmware? Not sure…
  23. ^This^ sounds like trying to get even simple things done in France, but completely misses out having the local mayor having to sign off on it all.
  24. There's a few under €4k now, but otherwise the pricing and the lack of even 6k is what stopped me from going Sony for video. If I did, it would more likely be the FX30's over the FX3. I kind of got the price when it came out, but now... Seems over-priced IMO.
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