GH2 budget documentary rig

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hutt

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Hello all,

I wondered if I could pick your brains. I'm after a BUDGET compact, simple and robust setup for travel documentaries.
I'm a film maker for a living working from UK and this would be for personal projects - shorts, travel and production stills/makings of.

I'm after:
GH2 + batts + cards
one lens for the majority of work (Leica 14-140?)
another lens for wildlife/long work (no idea)
one lens for low light/indoor (Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95?)
Follow focus
Simple sound setup - top mic and couple of lav mics (H4n, Rhode Videomic and couple budget senn lavs?)
Cheapie light panel (no idea)
Something to look at (no idea - back screen is fine, but something to shield the light?)
Shoulder rig that plops onto legs (no idea - anything cheap?)
Light legs & head (appreciate money should be spent here, but if needed I can borrow industry legs from work - just want something I can mooch about with)
some kind of ND (no idea?)

Thanks so much for your help!
Best wishes
Hutt
 
14-140 is basically the only OIS lens option, so it's sort of a must, but a poor choice in anything but bright light.

You should get one of the pancake Panasonics because they're small and fast.

Rode's VMP is a versatile option. If you get the Hosa adapter, make sure to get the right-angle one. The other Hosa adapters don't fit.

For ND there's cheap to expensive. I think the Lightcraftworkshop ND is good for the price. If you want Heliopan, go right ahead, I'm sure that's great too.
 
This is the one I know works:

Hosa GPM-467 Analog Audio Right Angle Adaptor, 3.5mm TRS to 2.5mm TRS
 
Really appreciate this, thank you kindly.

What would you recomend as an alternative to the 14-140? It is very slow...

Any recomendations for a budget FF and viewer?

Someones PMed me regading a budget rig which I'll check out.

Thank you all!



gkanai said:
This is the one I know works:

Hosa GPM-467 Analog Audio Right Angle Adaptor, 3.5mm TRS to 2.5mm TRS
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another lens for wildlife/long work (no idea): For the GH2, 100-300mm OIS Lumix would be the one to get

some kind of ND (no idea?): if you are on a budget, be aware that the affordable Vari-NDs will reduce your image quality at longer focal lengths (i.e above about 80mm) - stacking plain ND filters plus juggling the ISO setting a stop or two is a mostly workable alternative.

Edit: also, if on a budget I'd consider the Lumix f1.7 20mm plus a legacy 50mm f1.4 for lowlight, rather than the Nokton
 
GrahamH said:
Edit: also, if on a budget I'd consider the Lumix f1.7 20mm plus a legacy 50mm f1.4 for lowlight, rather than the Nokton
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Agreed. There is a reason why the 20/1.7 is so popular. It's a very good lens, at a good price, and at a size that is unbeatable. Can't really FF though.
 
I've got some fast c-mount zoom lenses for sale. From f1.2 to f2 speeds. Specially modified for use on GH1/GH2.
PM me if interested
 
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