User Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Hi Folks, I'm hoping someone can name this little camera, it looks like a Sony. Screen on the right side? I'm thinking that it shot the film that won the 2019 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. No 8k required ;) The film is now beginning it distribution run... viva la Cuba! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ycVtJ8leM Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted August 28, 2020 Super Members Share Posted August 28, 2020 I think its a Sony AX100 (or one the variants as they have a few cameras that share the same shell) and the images themselves been flipped horizontally. Unless Sony have released a limited edition left handed version. User and sanveer 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Maybe the image is horizontally flipped. [you beat me to it] User 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Camcorders can be great in the right hands. Here's Mr Herzog for his latest film... User 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thanks guys... I suspected the image was flipped as well though I seem to remember a camcorder with a screen on the right side. I made my start with a Sony PD 100/ 150 (Sauper shot Darwin's Nightmare on a PD100) and certainly appreciate camcorders for what they are. Some of my wildest frames were due to the fact that I could just focus on the content and keeping things in frame which I think counts for a lot. Looking forward to Herzog's new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thanks Kai. It's clear these camcorders are plenty good... and a camera in the hand is worth two in the bush. I'm having a shoulder holster made for my next undertaking. I'd be curious what make/model those blue wireless receivers are on the side of Herzog's camera? *Edit: Sennheiser AVX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted August 29, 2020 Super Members Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, User said: I'd be curious what make/model those blue wireless receivers are on the side of Herzog's camera? Sennheiser AVX User 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 2 hours ago, User said: Thanks Kai. It's clear these camcorders are plenty good... and a camera in the hand is worth two in the bush. I'm having a shoulder holster made for my next undertaking. I'd be curious what make/model those blue wireless receivers are on the side of Herzog's camera? *Edit: Sennheiser AVX What is a "shoulder holster" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 I imagine it to be something like the same for strapping a handgun to the torso. I've missed several incredible short docs because my camera bag was just too much to always lug while on the move. Once, a lorry with about 20k jellyfish had tipped over in an intersection during the height of rush hour in deep South India. What followed next was wonderful satire. At one point 3 dogs all stuck together (sex) pulled one another through the madness. Anyone else have a low key method for packin'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kye Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 22 hours ago, User said: I imagine it to be something like the same for strapping a handgun to the torso. I've missed several incredible short docs because my camera bag was just too much to always lug while on the move. Once, a lorry with about 20k jellyfish had tipped over in an intersection during the height of rush hour in deep South India. What followed next was wonderful satire. At one point 3 dogs all stuck together (sex) pulled one another through the madness. Anyone else have a low key method for packin'? Wow - what images those would have been!! I shoot my holidays and so that means shooting on the move and always having a camera ready while you're doing something. I use a camera bag insert like this, in the bottom of a generic backpack: It gives me room to put things on top and also means it doesn't stand out like a camera bag often does. I also use the Peak Design Capture on the front of my backpack to keep a camera handy: As I have two cameras (GH5 and Sony X3000 action camera) i'm either in transit and the X3000 is mounted there when i'm not using it, or i'm at a location and using the GH5 and the X3000 is there and I can swap between them. If I have to do something with my hands while standing up then I can normally pocket the X3000 and put the GH5 there, meaning my hands are free to eat, carry things, help one of the kids with something, etc.. mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 That looks quite practical, good that it can be worn as a two strap back pack. Or a single shoulder sling. I usually fly with two large camera/ equipment backpacks and then break them down into a smaller day bag that I work from (Think Tank Retrospective). However, I'll toss the camera into a smaller cotton sac (like the one above) when I'm out tripping around not expecting to shoot in case something happens. I live in places for years at a time to collect the material I need. Blending in helps. A big part of me loathes 'media types' and how we must be perceived... so I try to play things down and quiet as I go along. I once noticed a massive caucasian guy in Bangkok fully dressed in black including the combat boots. He was sporting a huge lens on his stills camera and standing in a silly small park. It was comical until I imagined what the locals thought as he stalked the place. Totally menacing. Sometimes I imagine painting my cameras pink to somehow make them more friendly. It's good you have your family to focus on, that invites a confidence in the eyes of the public and allows space for you to just do your thing. Your kids will be grateful when they're famous... and the doc film director need their back story and an archive to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, User said: Yeah, people can be amazingly insensitive sometimes. We try to avoid things like that ^^^^ as much as possible. I'm pretty sure I stand out as a tourist pretty strongly. I hope that makes me seem harmless and have people forgive any unintended faux pas, but I do try to read the room and be as situationally aware as I can be. I'm definitely not one for filming random people. I've done a lot of street photography as practice before I got into video and a smile goes a long way in those situations. Perhaps the biggest thing i've learned is that what makes us human is universal, and to trust my instincts around when people are relaxed or not. Body language is definitely a shared expression if you know how to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yes to the smile going a long way. I like comedy and using the gesture of touch to warm things up with as I move the camera about. I also learn enough of the local language so I can make light of and crack a few (self deprecating) jokes in the moment. If it's one thing I've learned it's that people usually love to laugh. And that it's good to have an exit strategy 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 And to go back to the my OP, this just up on Epicentro.... and ties nicely into the rest of the thread: https://filmmakermagazine.com/110197-cinema-is-prophecy-it-creates-truth-hubert-sauper-on-his-sundance-grand-jury-prize-winner-epicentro/?fbclid=IwAR2xNjZnkA0OFJGtAhWntyhRTtR0liB8iRJMmZh4KBrbIjrE1onXdI46AvM#.X0vlRWKvA0N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Yes, looks like the Sony AX100 to me, flipped of course and is and has been my workhorse for ceremony & speeches at weddings for quite a few years (since whenever it came out). I actually shot an entire wedding video on it once, but then immediately went back to mirrorless. It’s good for static stuff but the result is not exactly what you might call ‘cinematic’. At least not in my hands 🤪 User 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Thanks MrSMW. I watched Epicentro last night and it was reasurring to see another insightful and artful rendering of story by this director (shot on this crappy little camera) go the distance. It's been said a thousand times here before that very often all this focus on gear is just a cover for a lack of creative abilities... so another hats off to those who shine with less and still do wonderful work. Onward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 It’s not crappy by any means but does have certain limitations in regard to: sensor size + codecs + lens aperture + probably more... But otherwise in the right hands, can produce something not half bad and better than most might expect. I will probably switch to XT3 in this role next year though with something like the Ninja V for longer than 30 mins recording time. Anker power bank of course and always static on a tripod. It’s not that it’s not good for this purpose, just that it can be bettered. Plus I probably will have a spare XT3 in 2021. Unless Covid has anything to say in the matter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 All good. I meant 'crappy' compared to what was available on the market. Obviously he chose a camera that wouldn't draw attention to himself... unlike the scene with that horribly exploitive tourist in Havana. Anyway, it was actually reassuring to see great new doc with rougher images... and a great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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