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so much fun using a camera like that, the simplicity literally makes everything better, I even feel more creative

Every now and then I pick up a random old camera on eBay to use with an external recorder (if possible) or the native media. A few years back I got one of the last made Hi8 cams (still brand new in the box which shocked me) and some tapes. You can barely make out what you're watching but it's...

Although working with 35mm adapters was extremely difficult for me (IIRC, I had one of the Letus' or a Brevis, something for a lot of money), that was such a special time. Everyone misses their own nostalgia but that beautiful camera window of improving camcorders and then camcorders with 35mm...

he just wrapped up a new movie for Lifetime called 'scorsese stalker' (out late 2026)

To their credit, they actually brought 4K to the market pretty early. Granted it was in a 1DC for like $15,000, but that was 2012 which was impressive (even before Blackmagic). They also had the C500 (2012 too) which could shoot it to an external recorder but that's a whole thing. So by 2015...

Could be priceless to someone who still uses one frequently (like maybe for independent sports where it's very important) and wants the same model on standby, but a few bucks to anyone else ($50-$100, maybe more depending on the model).

They're controllers for certain camcorders (for zoom, focus, iris, etc. I don't remember all of the options in the different models). Very popular back-in-the-day when camcorders were mostly used in video production (right before DSLRs started gaining ground). Likely not seen much today, but...

Bro, that is a famous grievance, maybe the most famous in camera history. The omission skyrocketed the FS7 to superstardom and changed the course of cinema cameras (and likely backfired on the Japanese badly). C300 Mark II still ended up doing well as I remember (because of C300's major...

This was a great video back then to see the difference (at least at face value there). It's one of those things where if the people/clients saw the 8-bit and it was a simple video/content that just needed to get out, it would not matter. But once you see the side-by-sides, it's like, ummm...

They improved [FW] the C200's regular 4K a little bit but just nonsense practices...to the point that I'm convinced it was just business with media manufacturers and to keep them happy.

yeah, that was def a big example but they've been doing it in some ways since the beginning, all those years of not soft but outright mushy 1080p in the DSLRs while the 4K was great. I mean, fine, if you don't want to have the 5D Mark II/III shoot the same HD as the C100 in 2013, okay, but not...

They're limiting it on purpose, it's by design. They know what they are doing, of course it could be better. :)

I don't know much about them but presumably they are becoming more and more valuable small traces of that history and maybe sooner or later the supply will run out (they'll keep getting recycled online until they are just gone one day).

There are differences to the quality of the cameras, more and less, but most of us (I'm sorry) are not talented enough to bring them out, or simply do not have the help needed to bring them out in certain circumstances, or not using the cameras that would provide us the visuals we dream of. I...

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Old cameras are notorious for being subpar in low-light (there are a few exceptions) and Canon had some of the noisiest. Back-in-the-day, we realized quickly using the picture profiles produced better footage in many circumstances because not only was it not worth fighting C-Log - which can be...

lol, so true

It doesn't say sound forum, but 'The Crafty Tent' in BASE CAMP in the OG Cafe ala DVX. (Maybe it was moved.)

We used to talk about stuff like this all the time, but it's been years. Your best bet is YouTube for random 4K/60p videos or specifically for a few modes tests (if available). If the camera doesn't have a full-frame less compressed and higher-bitrate option for 4K/60p like with 4K/24p (fine...