Malcolm Matusky
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If you already own Canon lenses and use an adapter with your video camera, just add a 60D and see if it works with your shooting style! If you already have the lenses your investment is small and you will always have a great still camera if you prefer shooting with a traditional video camera.
I think the DSLR/video camera combination is the best way to go, you have the flexibility of choosing the right rig for the job.
Good luck.
Malcolm
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You did not say what your “budget” is for camera equipment. Perhaps you should rent? Buy? That’s a business decision you have to make first, then you can figure out what equipment you can get for the money you have. See Philip Bloom’s website about the af-100, he just bought one, and has a GH2 to go with it, and a 7D, 5D, piles of lenses etc etc.
What do you want to accomplish? Do you need 2 cameras? The af-100/GH2 combination is great, as long as you are OK with completely manual lenses, PL mount, etc. The m43 lenses are consumer stuff, slow, not constant aperture, not too useful for filmmaking. Berger is just coming out with an adapter for Canon EOS to m43 with IS, aperture control, etc. If it works, and is available, should be very interesting. I think this would be a great combination for “feature” filmmaking at this point. Not a “vista-vision” sized sensor, but just shy of Super-35, the feature film standard.
Or should you rend a Red? $ 1,500~2,000/day not including data storage issues, etc, etc. Do you have a fast enough computer to edit on, 10~20 TB of storage???
I’m shooting with the 7D, I like it, and it works for me. I hand hold a lot, but very short scenes, so the front heavy nature of my rig is OK, I also use a monopod when I have longer takes, or go to the tripod. Not as easy to use as a “video camera” but I like the look and find the light sensitivity very useful in the uncontrolled environments I shoot in. I usually shoot ISO 640 and up so I can shoot with an f4~5.6 to keep things in focus, I shoot alone! I have been thinking of getting a HMC-150 to complement my rig, but have not needed it yet, so I’ll wait or rent when I do.
Regards,
Malcolm
Malcolm
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The Panasonic GH2, I have read, has a 1:1 mode that reduces the scanned area to approximately the size of a super16mm frame, this would be more likely not to exhibit moire etc. The Pan af-100/GH2 use a Micro 4/3 size sensor, the Gh2 will have to dump data when it’s used at full area, but the af-100 is optimized for video so it may exhibit the best image of them all. Berger is coming out with a Canon EF to M43 adapter which enables the lens to auto focus, iris control, and Image Stabilization. This will make the af-100 a very useful camera as the Canon glass is f2.8 while the m43 glass is generally slower and not a constant aperture.
Malcolm
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The Panasonic gh1~2 does have a “crop” mode that uses a smaller part of the sensor to achieve 1920×1080 pixels, similar in size to Super016 format? there abouts. The 7D uses 100% of the area of the sensor and then dumps data to get 1920×1080 and so does the 5D full frame, all of the sensor is used, that is why it has a very shallow depth of field at any given Fstop compared to the 7D or any video camera. Data is dumped, not area.
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Malcolm
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The lens selection in M-4/3 mount is limited for zooms. Primes are plentiful, but if you are doing “documentary” work, you may want to stick to a 1/3 or 1/2 sensor camera with a long throw zoom. The larger the sensor the larger the zoom lens. m-43 is similar to 35mm standard aperture, so get used to having a zoom lens larger and heavier than the camera! Just a reality of dealing with a large sensor.
I shoot with the Canon 7D, and will be adding a 1/3 chip camera for long takes that I don’t need the low light capability or narrow depth of field look. That is the only advantage of the 7D, certainly not the ergonomics or 10 min run time or dual system sound!
Malcolm
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Amend the contract (in pen) sign it, hand it in, if they don’t accept it let them fire you, then you have a legal case. Don’t just walk, if you quit you have no legal standing. A friend of mine had the same deal years ago when his music recording company was bought, he was an engineer and did recording on is own time and in his own studio, the contract he signed was a very unfair blanket agreement which would enable his employer to “own” all his work, even if it was done at home on his own gear, you are getting the same crap deal.
Attorneys are assholes when it comes to dealing with creative people, they don’t get it and they don’t care. They know most creative people will easily cave and sign any agreement put in front of them and will give up. So what to do? Do you really want to work for a company that is going to screw you? I would not.
My friend did not sign the agreement and it took them two years to finally “fire” him, business slumped, it had nothing to do with the contract.
You have every right to “negotiate” any contract, if the other party has a take it or leave it attitude, walk, that means they are screwing you, dont’ care about screwing you and if you roll over easily, will screw you in the future about something else, like reducing your salary and benefits because the new owners kid wants to go to filmschool or he needs a new corporate jet, or they just want 350 times the average salary in the company, not just the 250 times they are now getting…. dosen’t really matter what the reason is, does it?
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Malcolm
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I use a 7D and do long interviews (32 gig card) never overheated and I shoot in Arizona. I always use a “battery grip” and never use the internal battery. When batteries drain they generate heat, no vents on the camera means the head adds up inside the camera causing premature shut down. When the batteries are on the outside of the camera body the heat stays outside as well! There are battery adapters with a cable for an external battery if you do not like the 2″ rise the battery grip mandates. I prefer the grip.
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Malcolm
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I made 2, one for zoom one for focus. Quite simple, velcro, rubber strip, elastic & a wooden or plastic paintbrush handle (small) easy enough to cobble together. The Canon 17~55 is a rough lens to zoom, but the focus is very smooth.
Malcolm
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No not unusual, usual with my 7D & battery grip. Never had the camera overheat and I shoot in Phoenix Arizona, HOT!
Malcolm
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Wow!
I saw the article about the blogger, at least they could not crush the news agency’s story!
I did not realize the “Boca” connection to stock swindles, there must be a huge labor force there to scam people all over the country not that most people have been burned by anything to do with “financial instruments” Same swindle, different day.
Thanks’ for all the reply’s.
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Malcolm