[Christopher Slat]

Doug, you are a life saver. I can’t tell you how helpful this is. Thanks for doing this for members of the forum! I will pay it forward as best I can.

[Christopher Slat]

Hi Doug, Dennis, or whoever else is feeling like a hero…

I thought I would never need FCP7 again but I was wrong! Would it be possible to get an XML for this project? I’m not sure what timelines it contains, but I think only a few.

THANK YOU for helping people with this.

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[Christopher Slat]

Okay, following up: it came down to the Canon 5D Mk3 and the Sony FS100. I think we’re going with the FS100 for reasons that mostly come down to the pros and cons of DSLRs.

I was really impressed with the FS100 footage above in this thread, and the low light section of test was incredible as well: https://vimeo.com/34637684

The low light test starts at about 17:00 and the FS100 is at about 22:00. It really can see in the dark. The guy’s in a dark room and he almost looks interview-lit, with minimal noise.

Also, his “test” has some shots of a skyline/bridge and they look decent: https://vimeo.com/29738913

So we’re going with that and the kit lens for now. Then hopefully get a faster quality lens after some tests. Thanks everyone for the help, and maybe I’ll post again once I start getting some footage.

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[Christopher Slat]

Much thanks to everyone for the advice. I really like the footage from the Sony NEX-FS100, especially the Ocean Drive clip.

I think the FS100 is my favorite so far but hopefully we can wait for September and see what people can do with the Blackmagic. In the meantime I’ll try to get my hands on a MarkII/MarkIII and try it out.

If anyone has any other thoughts, or reasons why the FS100 isn’t a good choice, let me know. Thanks again.

[Christopher Slat]

Rob,

The shots are a mix of static and slow pans. No fast camera motion at all. But some shots might include street traffic or moving elements passing through the frame.

We have no lenses and that would probably fall within the budget as well. Recommendations are welcome.

The ability to have slow zooms would be ideal, as we’ll often get close on a building, but any sort of adjustable lens would work and we could just edit to and from the CU instead of zooming.

Thanks!