[Paul Corey]

Thank You, On the Blackmagic Cineme camera forum Matthew suggested that I look at the Panasonic GH4K too.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

I shoot two cameras for the ceremony, intro, frist dance and anything I think is important at the wedding. I put my backup camera in the back up high and wide. I tried a Go Pro but the low ligh at the reception did not look so good. It looked good for the outside ceremony. When I used the Go Pro I used 3 cameras that day. My main camera, backup canera and the Go Pro. I used my nephew and now my daughter to help me for the day. Paid them $10.00 per hour. Where I live that is good for a 16 year old.

[Paul Corey]

Thank You, I saw some picture of it. I will read about that camera tonight.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

Thank You Matthew, I did some more reading about the camera. I will not be getting it right now. If I was doing other types of videos others than weddings to help pay for it then I would get one. The DSLR’s record 8bit 4.2.0 to the card. I am using a Canon XF105 for my main camera shooting weddings. I was looking for a camera that would record 4K, high bit rate to the internal cards or drives than the DSLR’s.

[Paul Corey]

Hi Tim, I could be wrong but I thought the BMCC records to it’s own SSD internal drive with a higher resolution then the supported resolutions of the Atomos Ronin supports.

Supported Formats: In/Out for Atomos Ronin
HD 1080i60, 1080i59.94, 1080i50, 1080p30, 1080p25, 1080p24, 1080p23.98, 1080pSF23.98, 1080pSF24, 1080pSF25, 1080pSF30, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, SD 480i, 486i, 576i

Records 4K (3840×2160) & HD (1920×1080) for the BMCC

In less you mean the one with the 2.5K Image Sensor. The 2.5k camera records 12-bit RAW, ProRes and DNxHD Formats to it’s own SSD.

I am thinking of getting the 4k BMCC. I mostly shoot weddings and not sure if BMCC would be good for that kind of work.

So I do not see a need to use the Atomos Ronin with that camera. Let me know if I am wrong.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

Hi, I have a XF105 and I like it. I use it to shoot weddings and some corporate events. Low light is not as good as the Sony’s. I had a VX2000 and still have my PD-170. When the light get low I just have to turn up the on camera light a little more. For a two camera shoot my friend shoots the DSLR shoots and I get the video camera shoots and the audio. It looks good with the 5D and the XF105. With the 12 min limit on the DSLR we do not sweet it when it come to missing something because the XF105 can shoot all day. The Sony NX5u is good too but the XF105 shoots 50 mbs/sec 422 color to the CF card if you need that.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

Go with a Mac. I had 3 PC ‘s over the pass 6 years with the Adobe suite and a Mac book pro for 6 years that I used with FCP 6 and Adobe still works. A little slow but still going. I am using the Mac book pro for office work and pre-production. I have a 3 year old Mac pro for editing.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

I would like to see that you are getting 85,000.00 to 125,000.00 per year as a full time job with a 401K and health insurance. At the company I work at for my full time job. Software and Electrical engineers make that kind of salary. Just out of school they start at 65,000.00 to 75,000.00 with a bachalors. I thuoght that video editors for TV and film would get payed the same or more.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

Hi,
I heard that DSLR are being used but just don’t know how it is done. My friend has a Canon 5D Mark II and he told me when shooting video it stops recording after 12 mins. So how would the ceremony be covered?
They send me alone and I set up a backup camera with a wide shot and shoot with the other camera for the ceremony. I shoot one camera for the rest of the day.

Paul

[Paul Corey]

Hi,
Thank you for your input. The company I shoot for is going all HD for there wedding packages for next year. So I do not need one tomorrow. They are getting new projectors with SDI-HD out this year for the I-Mag jobs and I would like to stay will Sony. That’s why I am look at the Sony HXR-NX5U. The AG-HVX170 looks good to. I have some time think about it.

Thank You
Paul