HPX170 with adapter vs. Canon 5D mkII ?

I'm not so sure about retail REDs but I can rent a RED One package pretty much anywhere I have ever filmed in minutes.
So as far as using a "real camera" the RED One have been an option for a while and I have worked with it a few times already.
The Scarlet is another story... but It will happen one day or another and it will make the game even more interesting.
 
5D or not 5D.... the ongoing question....

5D or not 5D.... the ongoing question....

I enjoyed this thread, thanks for your expertise! If anyone is still reading this thread, these are my thoughts.....

I have to say that, Matt (if you are still here,) Dan may have come off snarky, but there is a reason for that. He wants to see you get out there and produce NOW, and that is very sound advice.

I am having this same discussion with a friend/associate at this very moment. Both of us are contemplating purchasing in HD, but I have a camera and he is still saving for one. He's talking 5D/HPX/RED...etc etc......The thing you need to do - is- SHOOT! Its not so much the medium, its the message! Come up with some solid work, and people will hire you and trust you.

I had a music teacher one who inspired me with one simple comment. I told him "I have been thinking about playing an instrument for a while." He replied, "Well, in 10 years you could be thinking about playing said instrument for 10 years, or you can say you have been playing for 10 years!"

At the very least, buy a good consumer HD camera, or a DVX, and shoot NOW NOW NOW. Amass a reel and some fine work.....then the equipment (and the money to pay for it,) will come.

(Whisper...) "If you build it, they will come!." (sorry, I had to do it ;)

Good luck whatever you decide!
 
My choice was using my hp170 with my bran new letus elite bundle. Ready to shoot, coming out of the plane in Montreal. But some stupid over curious person at the airport opened the hard solid protective case, probably dropped it, shattered the lense and the prism inside, lost a few parts (includin a battery connector inside that got out so much it was a viokent shock!!! and no one at the airline will ever give a dam and I have to postpone shoot, pay 1000$ US to have it repair.... (out of topic but I had to share) DONT trust airlines!!
 
Spiral said:
I enjoyed this thread, thanks for your expertise! If anyone is still reading this thread, these are my thoughts.....

I have to say that, Matt (if you are still here,) Dan may have come off snarky, but there is a reason for that. He wants to see you get out there and produce NOW, and that is very sound advice.

I am having this same discussion with a friend/associate at this very moment. Both of us are contemplating purchasing in HD, but I have a camera and he is still saving for one. He's talking 5D/HPX/RED...etc etc......The thing you need to do - is- SHOOT! Its not so much the medium, its the message! Come up with some solid work, and people will hire you and trust you.

I had a music teacher one who inspired me with one simple comment. I told him "I have been thinking about playing an instrument for a while." He replied, "Well, in 10 years you could be thinking about playing said instrument for 10 years, or you can say you have been playing for 10 years!"

At the very least, buy a good consumer HD camera, or a DVX, and shoot NOW NOW NOW. Amass a reel and some fine work.....then the equipment (and the money to pay for it,) will come.

(Whisper...) "If you build it, they will come!." (sorry, I had to do it ;)

Good luck whatever you decide!
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Hi Spiral,

Yes I understand, but that's under the assumption that I'm looking to get hired, which I'm not... :)

Thanks all for the advice. I've given up waiting for the Red Scarlet, and went for Panny's GH1 until the reds come out. The reason I want a red, is to be able to re-frame and pan in the picture without losing quality. Whilst with the GH1 I will have to make sure I get the shot right in shooting.

Matt
 
matt9b said:
Hi Spiral,

Yes I understand, but that's under the assumption that I'm looking to get hired, which I'm not... :)

Thanks all for the advice. I've given up waiting for the Red Scarlet, and went for Panny's GH1 until the reds come out. The reason I want a red, is to be able to re-frame and pan in the picture without losing quality. Whilst with the GH1 I will have to make sure I get the shot right in shooting.

Matt
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HI again, Matt,

Excellent on your purchase of the Gh-1, congratulations!

Making the decision to buy and shoot is all I was speaking of. Even on a shoot a few weeks ago (where I was lighting, not shooting,) I always learn something. I am sure that if you went out and shot flowers, or something trivial, you would still learn something.

As you probably know, even if you do not want to be hired, ever time you take that GH-1 out and shoot with it, it will get you further down the road and you may even have something "reel worthy" by the end. A reel has many other fine uses besides looking for work. Its a testament of who you are and what your style and voice as a filmmaker is.

But the really cool thing is that (now) you have it, you have SOMETHING, and now the fun begins (continues ) :happy:

Please post some footage soon! :thumbsup:
 
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