Bill Bruner
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Michael – have you seen Frank Glencairn’s mini doc “Man of Steel“? Shot with a preproduction Sony FS700.
Here is the BTS: https://vimeo.com/40365826
4:2:2 color space. Upgradeable to 4K resolution. Continuous tracking autofocus (demonstrated here). Now that Sony has introduced a power zoom, it is a real video camera.
Cheers,
Bill
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P.S. – you can jump from micro 4/3 to NEX with a $25 adapter. Won’t do any good with m4/3 system lenses lacking an aperture ring, but for manual and cine lenses (such as the SLR Magic HyperPrime Cine 12mm T1.6), it would be a good solution.
I have inexpensive Nikon/NEX, Canon FD/NEX and Konica AR/NEX adapters for those occasions when I need to rent an NEX camera (or if, Heaven forbid, I decide to switch from the GH3 to a Sony cam at some future date :)).
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Yes, that’s a tough one. As of now, when I need to move up, it will be to buy or rent the Blackmagic Cinema Camera with micro 4/3 mount. It was a big deal that Blackmagic chose micro 4/3 as its second mount after hearing from the user community. This gives m4/3 shooters an affordable upgrade path to RAW, ProRes and DNxHD.
And I’m still hoping that Panasonic plans an “AF200” to meet the FS100/FS700 challenge from Sony. A hacked GH2 and the stock GH3 should hold me over until then.
Cheers,
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Josiah – As a micro 4/3 guy, I have to admit I’m prejudiced. But I have Nikon, Canon FD, Canon EF-S, Konica AR, 4/3 and micro 4/3 lenses. With inexpensive adapters, all but the Canon EF-S are fully compatible in manual. With a $495 Redrock adapter, the Canon EF lenses work with micro 4/3 too. And my 4/3 and m4/3 lenses are great auto lenses.
I would buy into the mount that was the most flexible and most open. I’ve shot with NEX cameras, and I like them, but NEX hybrid still/video cameras are crippled by overheating and NEX camcorders are too expensive for me. So that leaves m4/3 and the GH3, which I have on pre-order.
Looking forward to the m4/3 mount BlackMagic Cinema camera too!
Best,
Bill
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Josiah – Phil has given some great advice on lenses. I differ with him a little on bodies. As an investment for the future, if I could afford it, I would not buy a camera body that doesn’t have a headphone jack. Sound monitoring without a headphone jack is not something you want to have to deal with.
For Canon, that means the $3500 full frame 30 minute 5DMkIII or above. For NEX, that means the $1600 VG20 or above. For Panasonic/micro 4/3, that means the $1300 GH3 or above.
I also differ a little from Phil in that I would add Sony Alpha to the list of lenses/bodies to be considered and Nikon to the list of bodies considered.
There is a lot of high quality classic Minolta and modern Zeiss glass for the Alpha system, and the $2800 full frame 30 minute A99 is a solid still/video camera with a headphone jack.
The $2100 full frame 30 minute Nikon D600, along with Nikon lenses, should also be considered – even though it is more challenging to adapt Canon lenses to Nikon bodies than vice-versa.
Hope this is helpful, and not “too much information” 🙂
Good luck with your decision – and your career.
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Preordered mine today (a big thank you to my lovely wife for saying yes to the third camera in my GH arsenal :))
$1299 at Amazon and $1299.99 at Adorama.
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Chuck – I recommend the $500 Rokinon/Samyang 35mm f1.4. Or for $50 more you can get the cine version (iris de-clicked and geared for follow-focus).
Philip Bloom likes this lens for video.
Same speed as your 85mm, though, so you may need to keep your ISO up.
Hope this is helpful,
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Hi Jessica – are these interviews anything close to what you are looking for?
https://vimeo.com/48379727 (natural light only)
https://vimeo.com/26285356 (key light, no fill)
Shot with the $700 Panasonic GH2. Canons and Sonys might have had trouble with “moire” on the striped pattern on the wall in the second interview.
Here is what moire looks like on patterned fabrics and rooflines (and patterned shirts):
And if your interview clips last more than 12 minutes (Canon) or 30 minutes (Sony), you’ll have problems, because these cameras have clip length limits. The GH2 (outside of Europe), has no such limit.
I guess you can tell – in my view, you’ll have a lot fewer issues and workarounds with a GH2.
Hope this is helpful,
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The $700 Panasonic GH2 has essentially unlimited recording time outside of the EU. European models are limited to 30 minutes continuous to avoid the camcorder tax. EU models can, however, be hacked to remove this limitation.
Canons ought to come with a warning label: “shoots for no more than 12 minutes of continuous video – viewfinder and autofocus stop working in video mode”.
I was actually shocked when I discovered these limitations on my new Canon camera – so I got rid of it and got a GH2, which has none of them.
Hope this is helpful,
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At less than $5000, here’s another vote for the FS100. It’s on sale right now for $4800 with the 18-200 lens included (if they run out at Amazon, you can get one for the same price at Adorama). It’s not a perfect camera – but…no more moire, no more 12 minute clip length limits and no more viewfinders that go blank when you’re shooting video. The FS100 is the best large sensor interchangeable lens camcorder under $5000, in my view. Since it doesn’t shoot stills, you’ll have to keep the 7D as a still camera – something for which it’s much better suited 😉
Cheers and good luck with your decision,