FS100 available end of May for $4,999 body only ($5,599 with lens)

So they will ship end of may! Sigh. Was told July/August and went and purchased the AF100 to hold me off till then. What to do now.
 
Yes, this information is accurate and Ablecine is taking pre-orders with a $500 deposit. I am about #16 in the pre-order list. I worked through Matt Livingston and he's been great so far.
 
Just call and talk to them to make sure I heard properly! :) Of course, I did all the interaction on the phone because I had a few other questions as well. Regardless, welcome to the pre-order club! :)
 
Thanks! Initially I was going to just get the fs100 but once Juan Martinez told me with passion a July release date I thought to myself that's too long for me in the event field to keep working with my dslr as the main cam. Sprang on a AF100 to hold me over till the end of July/August and now I hear it's ready for the end of May -__- gracias Juan! Do you think anyone will be interested in a AF100 for $4,2k in later this month?
 
I have no doubt that people will be interested in the AF100, I have one as well. I've already received a few inquires about it. Whether I stay with the AF100 or stay with the FS100 will involve a lot of testing. I do know my AF100 very well and I am really happy with it for 95% of the stuff I have done. My issues have been the size mostly as a lot of my support gear works better with a less tall camera. Both cameras really excel at different things and I think people wanting a camera that is just easier to use in general are going to go with the AF100. The FS100 has some strangeness to it that I think some people will just be turned off by. I'm 6'4" so LCD on top is fine by me!
 
Well I'm 5'8" and it'll definitely be a problem for me. I'm 90% happy with the AF100. I love the ND-filters. It was so nice being able to shoot on a sunny day this past weekend with ISO200 ND-3 on 2.8 an 1/125 shutter. I don't want to think what the FS100 would've been. Probably ISO800 2.8 1/8000. I'm looking forward to the FS100 despite it. Having the lowlight sensitivity and wideness with my 17-50mm lens is more of a priority for me. I'll figure out ND Filters later.
 
I was in the same situation this weekend shooting at a gun range. The ND was so nice. I am looking right now at solutions. I've been trying to find a company that makes snap on ND so I can move them on and off quickly, like, if you grasped the filter it disengaged from the lens (like a lens cap almost), but not finding anything. Best thing so far is the rectangular ND holders.
 
Rick Burnett said:
I was in the same situation this weekend shooting at a gun range. The ND was so nice. I am looking right now at solutions. I've been trying to find a company that makes snap on ND so I can move them on and off quickly, like, if you grasped the filter it disengaged from the lens (like a lens cap almost), but not finding anything. Best thing so far is the rectangular ND holders.
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If you find anything, be sure and post and let us all know. If there's a
good ND solution, I may just have to jump on the FS100 bandwagon.
 
This is most likely a no-brainer for most. But I would like to hear your thoughts. Im very interested in this cam, planned on buying it when it's released. Though I didn't expect it to be released so quickly. Two days ago I bought a gh2, and several weeks ago, I bought a t3i, Do you guys think I should sell them along with an xha1 dof rig, and buy this. I have a pristine set of FD lenses, I plan on using for it. So my question is, Keep and use 3 cams, or sell and use one cam. I do like using the different tools for different situation, But I think the fs 100 would excell at any and all situations I throw at it, and better than the three cams I listed above. What are your thoughts?
 
maranfilms said:
This is most likely a no-brainer for most. But I would like to hear your thoughts. Im very interested in this cam, planned on buying it when it's released. Though I didn't expect it to be released so quickly. Two days ago I bought a gh2, and several weeks ago, I bought a t3i, Do you guys think I should sell them along with an xha1 dof rig, and buy this. I have a pristine set of FD lenses, I plan on using for it. So my question is, Keep and use 3 cams, or sell and use one cam. I do like using the different tools for different situation, But I think the fs 100 would excell at any and all situations I throw at it, and better than the three cams I listed above. What are your thoughts?
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I think you answered your own question - the FS100 does what all 3 of your cameras do, and then some. Unless you take still pics, of course.
 
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