Your worry about cramped hands is easily solved with this :
http://www.adorama.com/HAKGP02.html
best 16 bucks spent.
I dont have huge hands, but i have definitely abused my hands with over 10 years in 3d/CG. The t2i is light,..its great. The 5d ,say, is beefier to grip but its also heavier. I like my t2i in that regard.
In this exact moment, my right hand is almost completely numb from comping, rotoing, doing beauty work on a music video, 12 hour days for about a week clutching a wacom pen. I can pick up the t2i with that grip and, say, the 50mm and go out shooting all day no problem.
For a tripod, here is what i chose and why :
google : slik 504qf2
My father who has been (and still is a dp) for a bit over 40 years came and helped me test some simple cheap tripods at Samys here in LA. He has a big beefy, several thousand dollars, old-school sachtler that i can borrow if i need to. Im not a dp so i needed smth small and cheap.
We tried everything in the shop. Sat quiet and slowly tried horizontal, then vertical then s-curves.
The Manfrotto 501s or whatever heads (all under the 500ish dollar mark) that a lot of people seem to recommend, had ok horizontal and vertical. S-curve complete sticky useless crap.
This Silk little guy beat everything on the show floor up to 600 bucks. Obviously above that there was better tripods.
Bads: Head is not removable. Legs aren't the sturdiest, but not worst then the Manfrottos that were twice as expensive. I needed smth light.
It does not have a hook underneath so you cant put a weight on it. You might need to DIY smth (i will) to hang a bag of rocks or your lens bag for extra weight. Example: i was shooting a timelapse of downtown LA from a rooftop and the wind did move the camera around.
Just like a lot of people said, buy used glass. Its a lot of fun.
Dont know if its cool to post from another board but under this link
http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2710
towards the bottom of the page there is a poost buy AdamM. Fun read. There is also a massive vintage lens thread in here.
Take Perrone up on his offer to shop lenses for you. You will be saving money nd getting some really good stuff
http://www.adorama.com/HAKGP02.html
best 16 bucks spent.I dont have huge hands, but i have definitely abused my hands with over 10 years in 3d/CG. The t2i is light,..its great. The 5d ,say, is beefier to grip but its also heavier. I like my t2i in that regard.
In this exact moment, my right hand is almost completely numb from comping, rotoing, doing beauty work on a music video, 12 hour days for about a week clutching a wacom pen. I can pick up the t2i with that grip and, say, the 50mm and go out shooting all day no problem.
For a tripod, here is what i chose and why :
google : slik 504qf2
My father who has been (and still is a dp) for a bit over 40 years came and helped me test some simple cheap tripods at Samys here in LA. He has a big beefy, several thousand dollars, old-school sachtler that i can borrow if i need to. Im not a dp so i needed smth small and cheap.
We tried everything in the shop. Sat quiet and slowly tried horizontal, then vertical then s-curves.
The Manfrotto 501s or whatever heads (all under the 500ish dollar mark) that a lot of people seem to recommend, had ok horizontal and vertical. S-curve complete sticky useless crap.
This Silk little guy beat everything on the show floor up to 600 bucks. Obviously above that there was better tripods.
Bads: Head is not removable. Legs aren't the sturdiest, but not worst then the Manfrottos that were twice as expensive. I needed smth light.
It does not have a hook underneath so you cant put a weight on it. You might need to DIY smth (i will) to hang a bag of rocks or your lens bag for extra weight. Example: i was shooting a timelapse of downtown LA from a rooftop and the wind did move the camera around.
Just like a lot of people said, buy used glass. Its a lot of fun.
Dont know if its cool to post from another board but under this link
http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2710
towards the bottom of the page there is a poost buy AdamM. Fun read. There is also a massive vintage lens thread in here.
Take Perrone up on his offer to shop lenses for you. You will be saving money nd getting some really good stuff
The opportunity simply became available and I took advantage of it.