William Primrose
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All I hear from people is how cheap they are… so they think. It seems where I am in the Toronto area is they are being hailed as the replacement of video cameras.. Even sales people will push them over a Sony EX-3.. I have watched this at a video store.
Somehow they think price is everything. They seem so fixated on this….
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EX-3 for us has been great, we have 2, we looked at the red yet after researching I kept hearing the words, flaws, issues, and so forth, so I went with the Sony. It’s a great camera, does everything we need it to do, and more. The price is great, the images are great, and the critics, (clients) love the images, and it’s the clients happiness that counts, after all, they pay me. (Music videos) With the red trying to be a feature film camera, you need to drag a pile of people around with you, great if you love to spend lots of money and extra time when the end result is the same thing( a happy client). Everyone who uses the EX-3 falls in love with it, it’s easy to use, you can attach things, and it’s light weight. and the best thing is, no flaws, no issues, it works perfectly every time, and great in low light. As for post, we use mac pros.
for us, it fits in perfectly.
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On any project over 5K it’s 50% 7 days ahead of production, 30% on the first day, and 20% after edit. No exceptions. In this day and age of banking tech. there are no excuses for not paying. banks are open 7 days a week 24 hours a day. If they can’t meet any of the terms, then there is no production. Not trying to be cruel or unjust, there is a lot of expense in producing any project, and other people rely on being paid, so I feel it’s fair to set these terms as it fits our company.
aside from the creative end of things, there’s the business end, and this is a business.We also offer our own interest free credit to clients, up to 8K when they use our package truck. We use our employes for these projects. These clients are under contract, and we to date have never had any repayment issues. We have saved then a ton of money, time, and hassles dealing with banks, or other lending companies. It is used a lot by companies making music videos. with the average production costing 5K, and with terms of 12 months to 48 months. It also frees up their creative abilities as they don’t need to run around picking up gear or cameras for a day or two, a 3 minute phone call, and they are all set to go. In Canada there is funding available for music videos and they use our credit as a means of getting the project done until they get their funding cheque, then they pay us.
If anyone wants a cheaper price, I remove services in accordance with how much they no longer want to spend.
Our market is low budget productions, and those starting out that need gear that they normally can’t afford to pay for rental all upfront, even though, most do. -
we have 2 ex-3’s. all I can say is we have never looked back. with the interchangeable lenses feature we are going crazy with depth of field, and 6 lenses we purchased. the ex-3 is by far a better camera, and will give you much more flexibility in the long run.
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film look, it’s still video, not film, film has it’s own fingerprint. HD always made everything look like its science fiction… it is getting better. as for the film look, too many variables, filters, depth of field adapters, lenses, lighting, the list goes on. what we have been doing is experimenting with everything on the camera. testing it all to see what comes out of it, and creating our own fingerprint as best we can.
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we got 2 ex-3’s last September. so far, they have been great except the card door broke off. it came with a crack in it.. as we shoot a lot of music videos we have found the Ex-3 to work perfectly. it’s light, and easy to move around with on a glidecam or a wheel. With a depth of field adapter and some Nikon lenses we have been getting amazing images, even in low light. Our clients can’t believe it’s so clear. They ask if it’s film.
we also rent them out to a few other crews, and so far they love the images and the feel of the camera..
we turned away from the red, because we felt it was overkill for what we do, As most music videos end up on youtube.
Panasonic had to do something to keep up with Sony, not too sure if they did.
For what they cost us, they have been a great investment, and are a solid camera, no one is complaining. -
the thing with any glidecam or steadycam is that it takes a lot of practice to get it right, even mounting the camera and balancing it all. I have been using the glidecam X10 with a pro 4000 and EX-3 Sony camera. it took a while to get the feel for it. The adhesive tape is something I use as well.
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we have 2 of these cameras, the door broke off one in 3 weeks…. love the camera, just not pleased with the door. a slider would have been better, even still, something a lot more durable is prob the answer.