F3 arrived? Post it up here!

Man I wish the F3 was a little cheaper :) I really like what I've seen from it, but it is WAY beyond my budget. I had 2 questions. Are you able to easily use all ISO settings or does Sony use a method similar to Panasonic where you have to pick 3 and put them on a toggle? Second, how is the focusing? Does it have a zoom to focus or any of the other methods cameras use? Like the contrast detect?

Can't wait to see some of your shots.

Why I am so interesting in the F3 is that it's younger sibling which should be coming soon interests me.

Thanks!
 
Stephen Mick said:
No camera "kills" any other camera. Can we please stop introducing terms like "___ killer" and "game changer" into camera discussions? Please?
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I guess the biggest problem with the internet is that Jokes are Sarcasm are hard to read.

it was a joking subtext, but I love that a moderator thinks this is such a big deal.

And for the record if I want to use a phrase I'll use it.
 
The issue is that people do misinterpret sarcasm. There has been a long-standing recommendation here that you should use the right tool for the job and that one tool might be better-suited to some work than another. The tool-to-end-all-tools discussions don't do anything but incite rancor on the forum.
 
Rick Burnett said:
Man I wish the F3 was a little cheaper :) I really like what I've seen from it, but it is WAY beyond my budget. I had 2 questions. Are you able to easily use all ISO settings or does Sony use a method similar to Panasonic where you have to pick 3 and put them on a toggle? Second, how is the focusing? Does it have a zoom to focus or any of the other methods cameras use? Like the contrast detect?

Can't wait to see some of your shots.

Why I am so interesting in the F3 is that it's younger sibling which should be coming soon interests me.

Thanks!
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you pre set the L, M, and H on your gain with what "db" you want in the menu. it's a 2 step menu queue up. you get set your L M H to be

-3 db
0 db
+6
+9
+12
+18

which =

280 iso
400
800
1100
1600
3200

althought that feels a bit pro sumer to be limited to ur switch and have to jump into menus to change your presets, i feel like it's no slower than a RED. and it is a bit limiting to not be able to dial in more incremental ISO's, but I think they primed the sensor to work best at these ISO's and didn't wanna bother putting anything else that wouldn't be any good. what's the point in being able to dial in 640 ISO if it looks worse than 800, and 400? i can see the sentimentalities of that.
 
Rick Burnett said:
Man I wish the F3 was a little cheaper :) I really like what I've seen from it, but it is WAY beyond my budget. I had 2 questions. Are you able to easily use all ISO settings or does Sony use a method similar to Panasonic where you have to pick 3 and put them on a toggle? Second, how is the focusing? Does it have a zoom to focus or any of the other methods cameras use? Like the contrast detect?

Can't wait to see some of your shots.

Why I am so interesting in the F3 is that it's younger sibling which should be coming soon interests me.

Thanks!
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Hah! I wish it were more expensive, but had more features. Built in 50mb 422 codec would have been nice as it will play nice with stock footage companies and BBC.

A better sxs compartment door. (Really ? That's where they cheaped out)

PL mount native, no Emount to Pl adapter....
 
TimurCivan said:
PL mount native, no Emount to Pl adapter....
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I'm not bothered by this - they gave us a native mount that's really shallow, allowing for virtually any lens type to be used with the correct adapter. Personally, I already own Zeiss ZF primes, so I'm saving by leveraging that. And to my testing, the PL mount adapter seems pretty darn tough. It's not going anywhere.
 
Congrats on your new camera Timur. Nice looking rig with that Cooke riding the nose.
Looking forward to some samples.
 
Talk = Cheap. Muahah

Post footage @ 3200 w/Pancro's please. Or at least a still.

xD

How much did you end up spending on just the camera itself?
 
The camera is 13,300. But it comes with nothing but a strap, a microphone (?) And a remote. No batteries, no charger. That's seperate.
 
Another $3000 for VF and Recorder and another $6000 for RED 18-85mm t2.9 which is on special :love4:
 
Yikes. That's expensive...

I guess, however, it is the mid range between a RED setup and AF100/DSLR setup.
 
The F3 has landed here in Toronto. I just picked mine up. A note to those who have the MTF to Nikon mount. The Sony PL mount was very tight on mine and took some work to loosen and pull it off. I've seen some other posts where other guys are having the same problem
 
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Congrats! Happy shooting.

Bob

Nigel A said:
The F3 has landed here in Toronto. I just picked mine up. A note to those who have the MTF to Nikon mount. The Sony PL mount was very tight on mine and took some work to loosen and pull it off. I've seen some other posts where other guys are having the same problem
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TimurCivan said:
Just picked up my F3.

Its gorgeous. Unpacked just now. Hooked up a cooke 100mm panchro.
The lattitude is absurd.
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A DOP friend had a look at one at Videocraft yesterday and said the lack of noise even at high ISO's was amazing. Looking forward to it!
 
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Aussie street prices are around $16,600 or $16,700 inc. GST I understand. There is huge demand apparently, but Sony Australia seems to have shipped in only F3's with the Sony lens kit. So if anyone wants a F3 with the Sony PL's, they could probably get on Monday walking in off the street. The body-only units will come in the next shipment; date unknown.
 
Viddovation said:
I'm very happy with mine as well - one small quibble I'd add to those mentioned already - the microphone mount is awful, flimsy, and worthless. Within an hour or two of running and gunning I'd managed to nearly knock it loose. Worse, is that when you remove it, you can actually see a circuit board - it's open to the inside of the camera.
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James, if it is like the mic mount on the EX1/EX3 they are designed to "break away" when a mic is glanced with any force other than a small bump. A couple of people came up with replacement shoe solutions in the $40 to $60 range versus the $170 to replace with an OEM Sony replacement mic mount. Unfortunately, it will probably be a few months before an enterprising individual comes up with a replacement to sell.

There are a few mic mount solutions out there that attach to a hot/cold shoe mount. K-tek makes a couple, RODE makes one and there are others which a quick search on B&H will pull up. I like the RODE but a few have complained about it breaking. I have a few in my stable but I come back to the RODE as it is the most flexible. It's about 50 bucks.
 
Andrew Stone said:
James, if it is like the mic mount on the EX1/EX3 they are designed to "break away" when a mic is glanced with any force other than a small bump. A couple of people came up with replacement shoe solutions in the $40 to $60 range versus the $170 to replace with an OEM Sony replacement mic mount. Unfortunately, it will probably be a few months before an enterprising individual comes up with a replacement to sell.

There are a few mic mount solutions out there that attach to a hot/cold shoe mount. K-tek makes a couple, RODE makes one and there are others which a quick search on B&H will pull up. I like the RODE but a few have complained about it breaking. I have a few in my stable but I come back to the RODE as it is the most flexible. It's about 50 bucks.
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I assumed as much about the "breakaway" element. Honestly though, it wouldn't have been that hard or expensive to give it a mic mount like an ENG camera. Or at least, proper mount points to attach one you buy separately.

I actually already have a RODE one that fits in the hot shoe. Had it just laying around. It's working for now.
 
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