Al Bergstein
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I currently am storing most everything on Smugmug (paid pro version). Very flexible. And if you have family members who like to get actual prints from shots, Smugmug has a brain dead way to have them buy a print. You can actually set your own prices per print or per client, etc.
I have also used Apple’s Photos, but the new changes to Photos is so bad, (automatic opening of the app when you insert a card, no option not to, is one example) that I’ve just gave up and downloaded all my files back to my laptop and moved them over to Smugmug. Sheesh. Apple sometimes.
Flickr is good! I have actually gotten work from art directors who have followed Flickr, but again, you have to pay after a certain limit.
My computer based photo software is Lightroom. The best product I’ve ever bought from Adobe. Works just like I expect it to.
Al
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My best guess is that it is a repair issue. You’ve done a good job trying other options short of sending it in. Canon is luckily one of the better companies for repairs, and I would contact them and ship it to them. They returned my 5D mkiii pretty quickly.
Al
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According to one review I read, you can record to an external recorder at 1080 but when you are doing that, the camera only records at 720p. If you never think you are going to need to use an external recorder, it might not be an issue.
I always try and remember where the product fits in the manufacturers line up. This camera is not aimed at pros, but at serious amateurs, and really, as mentioned, for still shooters who want to do a bit of video. The features are standard for many products like this these days.
If you plan to do a lot of low light shooting, I’d probably lean towards the 5D for the extra money.
Don’t be surprised if you see the end of the 5D later this year. Price is dropping and it’s nearing a logical product life cycle end point. For stills, I love it. I always use it to shoot portraits.
Al
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Oliver, it’s been my experience that the big name seminars for DSLR are often about lighting, composition, how to shoot like a Hollywood cameraman, etc. It sounds like you are looking more for a class specifically on your cameras features? If so, what is the make? Canon does some that are specifically about doing better work with their products. Nikon also.
What specifically do you want to learn more about?
What do you want to shoot? Theatrical? Weddings? Documentaries?They all require a different set of technical skills. Similar but different.
Al
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I own a 5D Mkiii and have no ax to grind against Nikon. The D5300 seems like a nice camera, a few thinigs to think about after reading the specs on it.
- APS-C sized sensor?
This would be one reason it’s lighter. Downside to this is that if you buy specific lenses for it, they won’t be useable if you upgrade to the new full frame cameras. Also, it’s low light performance is likely to be worse than the 5D, just because of sensor size.
- No Headphone jack?
I cannot find anywhere that talks about it having a headphone jack. That would be a nonstarter for me. I expect all my video cameras to have a headphone jack. The Nikon Specs online do not mention it. Neither do two leading review sites.
- HDMI out simultaneous card recording
If you expect to use HDMI out to record to something like a Shogun, you likely will want to record as well to an internal card, especially if you are getting paid for the job, and it’s a one time event. Specs state that you can’t record simultaneously at 1080. The internal card drops to 720.
For me, these issues are important. To you? Maybe not so much?For the price, it’s a nice camera. But it’s really for still shooters that might want a little video in their lives.
If I was serious about it, I might download the actual files that were produced, rather than assume that YouTube compression is messing with the results.
Also, the Canon 5D Mkiii is showing it’s age. I love mine, but obviously there are better video DSLRs out there these days. I added a Panasonic GH4 to my kit, and love it. The 4K is noticeably better than the Canon 2k, it’s lighter, still built really well, with an adapter I can use all my Canon glass, and it has all the features of the 5D, i.e. clean HDMI out, headphone jack, etc. A wonderful camera for price, albeit the low light ISOs are a bit noisy. I use my 5D for all low light shooting, not the Panny. Panasonic appears to have cleaned up the ISO noise in the new GH8, and likely will in a next gen Gh4.
Good luck!
Al
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I routinely output 1080 HDMI from my EOS cameras. Read the manuals.it’s in there.
Al
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I don’t know the answer but the CS6 software has not been updated with features in quite some time. I would be worried you would.
Al
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Along with the other good advice, here’s something to think about. I have a MBPro with the latest Adobe software, i7, 16 GB RAM and a 2MB graphics card, (mid 2014 MBPro 15″). I haven’t edited Sony’s 4K but this machine struggles to keep up with the 4K from my GH4. So my thought is that you will likely not be thrilled with the performance you get from your machine. I also have a C100 and yes, it works fine for editing 1080p, as yours does. But you should, as mentioned, upgrade your Premiere. I’m running the latest version.
At present, I’m just getting by with the fact that when the footage has to be loaded into the graphics card cache which is likely causing the stuttering of the footage the first time, it is really noticeablly slow. It does seem to flow better once it has been loaded into memory. I also use both esata RAIDs (that go through a box that converts the flow to TB) and native TB. I’m not using SSID drives for my editing work yet. It could help also .
My guess is that to really edit 4k without seeing a lag, all of us are going to have to upgrade to faster processors than the i7s and 4GB faster graphics cards. I see that the Windows world has Xeon processor laptops by Dell and HP, but they are not much cheaper than buying a MacPro when fully configured.
So I think you are at the bare minimum to edit 4k, and probably should upgrade your laptop and Pr or proxy your footage if in a hurry.
Al
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It’s possible but The upload speeds might be your bottleneck on the road. It will likely take too long to upload, in most remote locations . But It might be a fun way to meet other filmmakers in these various countries who might be able to get you to a location that has high speed uplinks , for example universities. I would still try ruggedized drives, perhaps look into the LaCie or g-tech ruggedized models.
Al