C100: C100 II buyer's remorse!?

I agree with Michael, I own the C100 mk1 and recently got my hand on the mk2 for one event. The viewfinder is great (never used mine on mk1 for serious work as it's PITA), the AF works wonderfully for event type stuff and the slow motion was just a bonus (and breeze to use, no need for 50i -> 25p "hack").
The ability to strip it completly down and use the internal mic was also a very nice experience.

On my "to buy list" if no mk3 is gonna be announced at NAB.
 
Some other considerations. Whenever you have someone else depending on you, or investing their time, in your project, you take a big risk using DSLR type cameras for video work. As others have pointed out, it just takes one bad audio connection to ruin your day. Therefore, if you're always going to make fly-on-the-wall videos, then sell it, use your Fuji. If you ever want someone to join you in your production, keep it.

I've never owned a C100 but if you look at the reels of the people posting here you will see they have really clean footage. Small cameras don't have the processing power to output AS clean an image. You may not notice the difference, but I believe others would should you shop any of your stuff around. Or put another way, I don't recall anyone ever complaining that they had a C100/C300 in their bag ;)
 
maxotics said:
As others have pointed out, it just takes one bad audio connection to ruin your day.
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...But this is true of any camera, which is why many people always go dual-system for audio, leaving the camera just to record the image and not the actual audio used.

For me the main reason to shoot with a cine camera like a C100 or C300 is simplicity. You pretty much just have to turn it on and you are ready to go, where shooting with a DSLR or mirrorless camera you have a lot more pieces that have to be set correctly before you can shoot.
 
TheDingo said:
...But this is true of any camera, which is why many people always go dual-system for audio, leaving the camera just to record the image and not the actual audio used.
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Consumer cameras generally don't have locking XLR connectors, or the noise reduction native to balanced input. I agree, not only do DSLR/mirrorless have lots of places to set, they're often buried.
 
maxotics said:
Consumer cameras generally don't have locking XLR connectors, or the noise reduction native to balanced input.
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...But some cameras do, like the Panasonic GH4/GH5 and the Sony A7S/A7R/A6300/A6500 cameras using an optional XLR audio adapter. ( still feels a little clunky having to mount a big XLR input box on the hot-shoe mounts of these cameras )
 
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