[Neil Orman]

Much appreciated Daniel. Great tutorial. The only challenge I’m having following your advice is downloading the EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro, from this link. I didn’t see a ‘download’ button or anything here. I also tried to find it on the Canon page, and couldn’t. Sorry if I’m just being dense here, or missing something obvious. Could anyone direct me or send me another link?
Thanks again either way.
Neil

[Neil Orman]

Thank you very much for these great suggestions, Bill, Todd and Mark! I’m going to try the cinefoil approach Bill suggested first, thanks Bill. I greatly appreciate all this specific, helpful feedback.
Neil

[Neil Orman]

I couldn’t agree more, Todd. My 416 has been awesome, and thanks to you I’m going to consider using it for voiceover and other applications now. I use a Blue Snowball mike for VO now. Much appreciated.

[Neil Orman]

Thanks Mark!

[Neil Orman]

Very helpful, thanks Jason!

[Neil Orman]

Much appreciated, Todd!

[Neil Orman]

What a great help, thanks Jason! To answer your question I’d like to have both wireless lavs and a shotgun mike, as I’ll usually be a one-man band, so just let me know if you have any tips there. I already have a 416 shotgun mike, but I’m assuming you can’t mount that on a GH3 body? Paddy had mentioned the Tascam DR100, so I was curious too if my existing 416 shotgun mike could be plugged into that or a similar recorder. Very much obliged for your great, specific recommendations.

[Neil Orman]

What a great help Mark, much appreciated! On the second half of your answer, I’m playing with different combinations of ND, gain and shutter speed and I’m not seeing a significant difference. I work with a Panasonic AG-HPX170 so just let me know if you or anyone else has any recommendations on how to adjust this variable, on this camera, to affect DOF. Thanks again for your insights!

Neil

[Neil Orman]

Thanks so much for that great, thorough recommendation Paddy (and yes I was talking about 4K in dollars), and thanks for your feedback too Jason. I’ve heard about the Panasonic GH2 and it looks good. I believe this camera is much smaller than cameras like the Canon 7D too. Is that right? To be honest I’ve heard conflicting recommendations from still photog friends, who say Canon and Nikon are the big players with all the lenses etc., but they’re obviously coming at this from a different place, and your recommendations are very specific to my needs. Most of the time I’d be using a tripod, but do you know if this camera can shoot video hand-held? Paddy and Jason, I found the battery discussion interesting too. But I wasn’t sure what the term ‘hacked’ means in this context?

Last I just wanted to throw out another budget recommendation I got in this area, to see if you or anyone else has any thoughts on its content:

‘If budget is your primary concern, B&H sells a Canon T5i video kit with a Rode video mic on a good lyre mount for $1100. Add the Rokinon Cine 35mm and 85mm lenses for another $800, along with a Tascam DR60-D mixer/recorder and a dslr cable for $400, another $700 for a viewfinder loupe and rig, arms and mounts, cards and batteries, and a cheap TV monitor (use for interviews to keep things in focus,) and you’re good to go for $3000, assuming you already have mics and lights and tripod.’

Thanks again.

[Neil Orman]

I ended up using MPEG Streamclip for this, which worked well. Thanks Shane and everyone for the feedback.