[Sam Painter]

A 64 GB sxs card will last 222 min. @ 1080 30.

[Sam Painter]

https://www.abelcine.com/store/HDx2-B4-PL-Optical-Adapter/
If the $5,500. doesn’t stop you the two stops of light loss was the deal breaker for me.
Not to mention I doubt you have a powered zoom control. (Don’t know that for sure).
If you have a T1.7 lens…that would be a T3.7 not that bad with a camera that has an native ISO of 800.
But the ENG lenses are still lighter than a Optimo at half the price, and half as good.

NAB will have a large selection of HH rigs for the F3. If you can wait.

[Sam Painter]

https://www.luminyscorp.com/products/lightning-strikes/index.html

[Sam Painter]

I saw a side by side shoot out with the 2700 vs the 3700 last week.
The 3700 had a richer, sharper picture. For 30k its a beautiful camera if you don’t need to over crank and you deal with P2.
Until P2 prices come down close to tape or discs prices I just don’t see it happening.

I have an HDX900 and have loved it for three years. I also bought a Sony PDW-700 three weeks before they announced the 800 was coming out. (Don’t get me started!)
The 700 has become my favorite camera because of its over all picture quality, it’s very fast/quite in low light and easy to use.
It has all of the benefits of P2 and you hand your client the $20 a disc archive copy then and there.
I think the picture quality of skin tones is better on my HDX and f 900, still working that out on the 700.
{Thats one thing Panasonic does well, they make the camera look great out of the box.}

I haven’t done any tests for theatrical screening, but for HD TV work I believe the 700/800 will become the new betacam if that is even possible in todays HDV world.

[Sam Painter]

Good news! Thanks!
Do you have an official link that this post is on?
I would like to print it and carry it with me as well as pass it on to other people.

Sam

[Sam Painter]

Good news! Thanks!
Do you have an official link that this post is on?
I would like to print it and carry it with me as well as pass it on to other people.

Sam

[Sam Painter]

Good news! Thanks!
Do you have an official link that this post is on?
I would like to print it and carry it with me as well as pass it on to other people.

Sam

[Sam Painter]

Good news! Thanks!
Do you have an official link that this post is on?
I would like to print it and carry it with me as well as pass it on to other people.

Sam

[Sam Painter]

Noah is right.
Shooting with a DSLR will give you a much better image.
Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” is the first feature to be made with commercial digital still photography cameras (31 Canon EOS-1Ds MARK II SLR cameras with Nikon Lenses) instead of film cameras.
It was also the first stop-motion feature to be edited using Apple’s Final Cut Pro.

You don’t need 31 of course, but even a Canon 20 or 30D will give you a beautiful shot for what you want to do.

[Sam Painter]

If using a prime lens I prefer holding the matt box on the sides.
I have more control of the camera.
But this only works if you have an AC of course.
As far as your wrist problem goes, I have had the same fatigue with my right wrist.
I have found either taping the wrist or a tight wrist band from a sporting goods store works well.
You could try the EASY RIG. I haven’t shot with one but with an eng style lens that may be the only thing out there to relieve the stress on your wrist

But using handles with or with out a micro force causes my wrist to hurt more along with my elbows. Of course everyone is different.