Cool idea for AF-100

It would be great if you could put the AF100 in a big "shoulder box" to give it the look of a professional camera.
Something like kids do with their transformer. I mean where I live now if I show up with the AF100 at the door of say a conference,
the doorman will ask me where I intent to go or what business I have there. If I show up with a big camera on my shoulders, he probably would say" make room for the camera crew. (-: LoL
The AF100 is a professional camera, but it doesn't look professional in the concept of the average people.
 
I guess you wouldn't want an Epic then?

Kenny_G said:
It would be great if you could put the AF100 in a big "shoulder box" to give it the look of a professional camera.
Something like kids do with their transformer. I mean where I live now if I show up with the AF100 at the door of say a conference,
the doorman will ask me where I intent to go or what business I have there. If I show up with a big camera on my shoulders, he probably would say" make room for the camera crew. (-: LoL
The AF100 is a professional camera, but it doesn't look professional in the concept of the average people.
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bgundu said:
I guess you wouldn't want an Epic then?
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If you mean the Epic from RED, I think it has some great features, but so far the Pana AF100 is a nice camera and if you get to know it, it can serve you well, but indeed, it is not a shoulder camera and it is relative small too.
You can dress it up like a pro: Put it on rods, matte box, follow focus, external monitor, external Mic with a wind jammer fur.
 
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I'm going to start a new company and call it "pro clothes" and they will be housings for new cameras that will make them all look like BetaCams!

I'll be rich for sure....

J
 
The AF100 is a professional camera, but it doesn't look professional in the concept of the average people.
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Average people wouldnt have a clue what one looks like.

Might be more important to consider how "professional" the user is, performs and "looks".

Pimping a car dont make anyone an F1 driver.
 
This "how the camera looks" stuff is a recurring theme on these forums. Kind of culturally limited to the US, where some cinéastes "over there" think it is important (appearance is every thing - alas !). It is, predominantly, a kind of non-theme on this side of the Atlantic. It is the work of the filmmaker which counts and her/his reputation. Look e.g., at acclaimed director Alain Cavalier (La Chamade) who left industrial fiction and became a filmeur with a lowly DV cam. He won prizes and recognition for his introspective movies. Conclusion: don't look at the pen, look at the writing. Take a look at Jean Marc Barr, Agnès Varda (Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuses) etc. etc. etc.
I would also add, this is more controversial, that the sempiternal "look" of the moving pictures (so important according to the "colourising" business) is also of less importance imho. Many good movies and documentaries could, actually, have had "any" look and still won wide appeal and praise due the compelling narrative composition.
A compelling picture-sound composite product is not necessary amenable to a good "look" and a good "sound".
 
The appearance of the camera is an old issue (probably pre-dating the professional use of the 5DII). Some people, including major Hollywood stars, no less, respond better to more professional looking gear. It's one reason kitting out a 5DII, and now possibly an AF100, isn't necessarily a purely technical necessity. Two race car crews show up at a race, one with a beater, one with a freshly painted, gleaming race car. Most people would instinctively 'bet' on the latter. Cameron/Scorsese/etc. (in disguise) show up on set with a Hero HD, and so does a middle aged (age giving some instant credibility) film student with a RED (from their school locker). Who would you 'bet' on? First impressions, anyone?
 
One swallow doesn't make summer; because someone made a movie with a dv-cam doesn't mean that you can make all movies with dv-cams.
Most movies are made with very expensive equipment, that's what keeping this industry growing.
In this forum we are talking about a Panasonic AF100. Not expensive, but not cheap either. And IMO looks surely matters, not only for the actors but also for the equipment. If this AF100 was in a shoulder package, IMO it would be more appealing to most movie makers.
 
Doesn't get much smaller than those SI2 Minis. This was the setup in Slumdog Millionaire.

http://www.siliconimaging.com/DigitalCinema/News/PR_01_31_09_Slumdog.html

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Kenny_G said:
Most movies are made with very expensive equipment, that's what keeping this industry growing.
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What makes this industry keep growing are good stories that are set in motion by great artists - and what tools they use is of much lesser importance. And how this tools look.... of next to none. It may be "cooler" to have stylish looking equipment.... see my sig.

But then I would be in doubt if the people who want to use such equipment for it's coolness are really into actually making movies or more into "we play being film-makers".

Kenny_G said:
And IMO looks surely matters, not only for the actors but also for the equipment. If this AF100 was in a shoulder package, IMO it would be more appealing to most movie makers.
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An actor who is influenced by the looks of a camera would be an actor I would dearly love to not have on one of my sets.

Just my 0,02 € of wisdom.
 
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i love me some gyro. especially with the white sauce,....

i've been meaning to take a trip up to kenyon gyro and do a piece on them
 
Mmm... gyros...

While there is some validity to the average person (i.e. non-pro) taking a "professional" camera more seriously... most people take a look at my HMC150 with a Sennheiser ME64 w/dead cat on the end and think it's WAY more expensive than it really is. When you're average consumer camera is $400 and can fit in the palm of your hand, I'm pretty sure most people would take one look at an AF100 and think to themselves "Pro" camera. Stick a matte box on the end, and I don't know anyone who wouldn't think that.
 
Hello everybody! I am new here and soon I will marry AF101! Thank You for whole your work here.
This morning, I had an idea: what about a digital zoom for AF! Could be possible?
 
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i love me some gyro. especially with the white sauce,....

i've been meaning to take a trip up to kenyon gyro and do a piece on them
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