do you or have you made money with your gear?

do you or have you made money with your gear?

  • yes - regularly

    Votes: 1 50.0%

  • yes - a little

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • no

    Votes: 1 50.0%

  • what gear?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    2
I'm going to make $100 when I finish editing a graduation party.

So far I've spent $180 on an HD to edit it, $20 on tapes, $25 on stuff to help with capture, and I stand to spend another $30 or so before it's done. Total time expended will probably be over 30 hours if not considerably more.

So I've only lost about $150 so far if I do get this done soon. But at school I shoot with their dvx's edit in FCP, Maya, and get $7.30 an hour so I make money there.
 
everything i've bought with the money i've saved, i've gotten back from a years work. So in other words my whole setup of a dvx100a,vx2100, vx1000, tripod, fisheye, light kit, batteries, backpack, and other normal accessories have been gotten for free just from a years work.
 
I can't really figure out HOW to start making money with my gear. There's not really much going on around here, and I'm not sure how to go about getting into commercial work.
 
Well my little $300 job was great yesterday! Got there at 3pm set up, show started at 5.30, then some post show interviews, autograph coverage. Hand over two tapes and out. No editing.

I really did well, the management company is talking about some ongoing deal, meeting next Saturday!
 
Our DVXs are our bread and butter - we just completed the first eight-show package (10-day rental) for a new 24-episode series.

Two rental days pays the equipment lease for the whole month (using simple depreciation-free math) - yeah, you can definitely make money with your gear.

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No; Made no money so far. I'm still trying to figure out the dvx. I'm retired so money isn't really an issue right now.
-dvxwheelr
 
I am thinking to put it to productive work, now, after nearly two years of purchase. I thought it was important to first learn the basics and some advnaced techniques to be able to deliver the true worth of this camera to your client in the production.

I think earning money as such is no problem. There are a number of people who are interested to rent the camera at reasonable rates. however, I have never had the courage to give away my gear to any one. Even after two years of use, the camera is as good as new, with only 70 hours on the head.
 
I just did a promotional video for a local organization. I'm really moving up in corporate work because a lot of the people I interviewed for this video really like my work and professionalism so they will be giving me a call.
 
So far I've made 325 dollars with it, two easy jobs that I could have done for free cus they were fun. But now, next job hopefully gets me 3000 at least, a music video. Not all of it is going to me though. But for the most part I've used my camera for personal projects.
 
I didn't make enough money to justify purchasing a DVX last year, however next month hopefully I'll start pre-production on a $45,000 job. I took a pay hit, and decided to use it to purchase an HVX... now I just need to find one before April. :undecided
 
how do you get your business

how do you get your business

How do you get your business? When someone approaches you, how did they find you in the first place?
 
Our business is entirely reference-based at this point, usually EPs and other producers that have seen our work in another show.

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Do hundreds of hours of free work for a client. Once they become accustomed to a certain level of professional work, they always, always, always ask for more. This is the moment to pounce and offer higher level services.

I take all my business cues from drug dealers. :engel017:
 
I love the DVX100. I don't get enough work where I can upgrade consistantly but the extra money is nice when I can get it. Plus it's helped me get into the industry. And I'm still using the oringinal DVX100 and loving it.

-Nate
 
I made 1500 on a skateboarding video I made last spring with my VX1000, sold my VX1000, added that money and got my DVX100a. I have a wedding coming up in a few months that will make me 500, and am helping make another skateboard video for a local skateshop that should make me between 500-1000. I'm still paying off my fisheye though, but that money should cover that. Hopefully this summer I can get more gigs like weddings and such cause it's time to move out of the house and I graduate college next fall so it's time to get something started.
 
All my gear has paid for itself 10 times over, the only problem is I always turn around and buy more gear to make more money so I can buy more gear to make more money. Its a vicious cycle that will never end.
 
I voted for yes a little. I have made only 3 short films and 2 music videos and have spent near $4,000 on gear(haven't made it money back yet, i'm 24, i've been trying to make a profit from my company coming up on 2 years) I won't give up though. Oklahoma is a hard state to be gifted and successful without capital first. I'd rather spend the rest of my life panhandling(and filming it!) than go without trying to do what I love doing best!

Groo does what Groo does best.
 
Production company or cameraman

Production company or cameraman

overlandfilms said:
Our business is entirely reference-based at this point, usually EPs and other producers that have seen our work in another show.

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Do you consider yourself to be a cameraman or a production company?
 
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