What were the top DSLR Cameras?

[Homunculus]

so which were the top cameras that people used in this fest for films like The Charl(y)ie factor, Voices from the Dark, Dead Drop, Taking Advantage, etc. (At least these are the films I ASSUME based on their visuals that used DSLR)

can someone tell me which cams most of these films used in particular and what types of lenses.
And what films if any have been confirmed shot with Red?
Just wondering as I'm learning more about cams.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

When you click on the individual links to download the movie the page will change and it lists the camera that was used.
Many used the 7D for example.

I believe 'Voices from the Dark' was shot on RED.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Example: This is what you will see when you login to the viewing/rating page and choose a film.

Download Request
Title: Voices From The Dark
Author: AJ Brooks
Camera: RED One

[Richard J. Johnson]

Voices was RED, charl(y)ie was 7D, dead drop, and taking advantage were both 7D I believe.

I shot most of my film with the canon 18-135 kit lens, the rest was the Canon 50mm 1.8 and the Tokina 11-16.

The creepy man exteriors were shot with the T2i using the the 18-135.

Not sure about the glass on the other films but they all looked fantastic. And thanks for the nod!

[Bigmagic]

Voices was RED, charl(y)ie was 7D, dead drop, and taking advantage were both 7D I believe.

I shot most of my film with the canon 18-135 kit lens, the rest was the Canon 50mm 1.8 and the Tokina 11-16.

The creepy man exteriors were shot with the T2i using the the 18-135.

Not sure about the glass on the other films but they all looked fantastic. And thanks for the nod!


Richard what does the T2i have that the 7D doesn't? I am considering purchasing a T2i to go along with my GH1 but I'm not sure I'd gain anything. Benefits?

[Richard J. Johnson]

from what I saw, You don't get as many ISO's and the Build Quality is better on the 7D. I did not see anything else that was major. If you have a GH1, which has a more filmic image IMHO, the T2i would be a fine choice. There could be many more differences that I'm sure are discussed here, but from I saw on set the Image was exactly the same for half the price.
The GH1 is my next big purchase for sure. I love the look of that camera, I can get past the workarounds.

[Mike@AF]

For our films I shot with a GH1 with Zeiss ZF lenses. "Deceivers" was all 35mm, because I needed to get as wide as possible and that was my widest lens at the time. "myPhone" was shot with the 50mm and 35mm (for only one shot if I remember right).

[Homunculus]

For our films I shot with a GH1 with Zeiss ZF lenses. "Deceivers" was all 35mm, because I needed to get as wide as possible and that was my widest lens at the time. "myPhone" was shot with the 50mm and 35mm (for only one shot if I remember right).


is the gh1 DSLR? I looked it up and it seems to be I'm just not sure

[GoodLuck]

The Sunshine List was shot with the Canon 550D T2i and kit lens.

[Ben Sliker]

ROM was shot on-

Canon 7d with:
15mm Fisheye
17-55m f2.8 IS
70-200 f2.8 IS

[namelok]

XEPOJ ("Hero") was shot on:

Canon HV30 + Handy35
50mm f1.8
35-70mm f2.8
70-200mm f2.8

[Richard J. Johnson]

is the gh1 DSLR? I looked it up and it seems to be I'm just not sure

Yes, it is a DSLR made by panasonic. Just do your research before you buy, they all have different issues and You really need to grab the best cam for your needs.

[Chris Messineo]

"Facade" was shot with GH1, a Nikon adapter, and 24, 35, 50, and 85mm lenses.

[ZazaCast]

7D or T2i - 11 films
5D - 4 films
HV20/HV30 - 4 films
GH1 - 9 films
HMC150 - 2 films
XHA1 - 4 films
HPX170 - 1 film
HVX200 - 6 films
HPX300 - 1 film
DVX100b - 1 film
RED - 3 films
HFS10 - 2 films
SX1IS - 1 film

[Chris Messineo]

Cool stats - thanks for putting that together.

I'm happy to see the classic DVX still represented.

[Nemesis TS]

Which DSLR is best for action and faster movements?

[seanmcleod]

Which DSLR is best for action and faster movements?

They're all rolling shutter (CMOS) so I would say they would all be about the same in that regard.

[Nemesis TS]

Sorry to be an idiot, what is rolling shutter? And have we seen it in any of the movies for examples? My camera the xh-a1 had some problems when I was doing some hand held it felt like the image or person in the image was sort of skipping or lagging. Is that rolling shutter?

[seanmcleod]

Nope Nemesis rolling shutter just means that basically the image is scanned sequentially from line 1 to line 2 to line 3 and so on... so what happens is if you make a fast pan, say past a tree, the part of the tree near the top of the frame will get processed and imaged before the part of the tree near the bottom. but by the time it gets to scanning the bottom line the horizontal positioning of the tree in the frame has changed because the pan is so fast. This results in what should be a straight line appearing to look slightly diagonal, it's called skew.

[jasonthewho]

I believe I was the only one using the cheapest DSLR, the Pentax K-X.

[Richard J. Johnson]

I believe I was the only one using the cheapest DSLR, the Pentax K-X.


It looked just as good as anything shot on the Canon's to me.

[Bigmagic]

I have to agree with Richard, it looked great!

[ZazaCast]

I have to agree with Richard, it looked great!

I have to agree with Richard and Bigmagic....Jason's film looked GREAT!:thumbsup:

[jasonthewho]

Thanks guys! I will say though, I definitely noticed a number of image issues. Luckily though, you'd have to be looking pretty closely to catch them. And for it's price, the K-X is a great deal.

[dvollrath]

Which DSLR is best for action and faster movements?


They're all rolling shutter (CMOS) so I would say they would all be about the same in that regard.

Not necessarily true. If I remember correctly, the GH1 also had issues with the codec falling apart during pans resulting in a muddy image.

[Tom Shortridge]

Thanks guys! I will say though, I definitely noticed a number of image issues. Luckily though, you'd have to be looking pretty closely to catch them. And for it's price, the K-X is a great deal.

Did you have any difficulties with the lack of full manual control?

[jasonthewho]

Did you have any difficulties with the lack of full manual control?

Oh yeah. I mean, I have no idea what the ISO or shutter speed were for anything. But at least you can set aperture, and you can lock off the exposure.

[dougspice]

We shot Dead Drop on a GH1. I don't think I'd recommend it for anyone who's not a one-man-band type of operation – we ran into some unforeseen problems that I covered in my thread.

But, considering the whole movie is shot handheld with a fair number of tracking and panning shots, I was pretty impressed with how the image held up overall.

[Brandon Rice]

Not good for a one-man-band huh?

Curious to know why.

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

Not good for a one-man-band huh?

Curious to know why.

I would imagine becuase of the need to do a two system setup for audio, and as such, needs someone to man said audio...
But then isn't that a problem for almost any project, where sound is important, and having a mic off camera is 'strongly', 'almost exclusively' recommended?

[dougspice]

No, I said the opposite – only good for a one-man band. That may be exaggerating a bit, but the lack of monitoring capability would be a huge problem for a lot of people. You need to really be able to trust your shooter. Fortunately I was able to do that, but it still gave me a little bit of stress.

[Brandon Rice]

Ah got it, makes sense :) Funny... I usually ask to see framing, but rarely look at the camera while we're actually shooting.