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KClib

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  1. I'm going to agree with a lot of people here - don't blow all your money on expensive bodies. I shoot weddings and commercial work and get great results with my GH5s and Xt3. If the corporate/commercial job is less than $20k, I use my own gear. If it's over, I'll rent. Or I'll even hire a more experienced DP with their own kit, since I consider myself more of a Director/Producer. A few years ago I shot a $250k video game trailer with a Sony A7s (1st version) and the clients and audience lapped it up. If you can't make amazing looking videos with the gh5 or xt3/4 you have no business charging anyone money for your work. A C70 or A7s3 won't magically make your videos stand out. We bill around $150k a year and have no intention of upgrading until well into 2021 (even though shiny new cameras are tempting!). The reason? $0 return on investment. I'll disagree with a few posters on here though - 2021 could be an amazing year to get into weddings. I'm not sure where you are based, but here in Canada, most 2020 couples moved their weddings to 2021. Then 2021 couples heard about that and started booking up services like crazy. As I said to my wife, prime Saturday's in 2021 were the new toilet paper. Normally we'd have around 12 bookings for the next year. Right now we have over 30, with inquiries not really letting up. So, depending on your market, there might be scope to pick up a lot of excess work. So my advise to you would be to pick up a GH5 or XT3/4 (they're quite easy to match in post if you want to get one of each) and make the most of them. They're both amazing, with the some advantages of each being: GH5 - about the best IBIS around (which is very handy for weddings) - battery life - interface / usability - sync scan (this feature has saved several shoots and isn't even available on the A7s3. Not even sure it's on the C70) - build quality and reliability. XT3/4 - 14 stops dynamic range, 10 bit internal up to 4k 60p. Having this on the $999 XT3 is mind blowing value. - beautiful colour - wonderful stills camera - good autofocus From my experience, both cameras work best when shooting HLG and then converting the footage to rec 709. Then get a few essential EF lenses, which you can easily adapt. In the case of the fuji, you can get the fringer adapter which allows you to use autofocus quit reliably (depending on the lens). If you do go Fuji, it's well worth including the kit lens - it's really excellent value and gives you a nice lightweight option for a gimbal. By the way, lenses are dirt cheap to rent. $30-40 for a weekend. Oh, and buy everything used. Personally, I get most of my gear from the B&H used department. That way, if it all goes t*ts up, you can sell it off with minimal loss.
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