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Wow just love the way this fourm is layed out. I am an old 42 year having my mid life crisis. I recieved a degree in video production a few years ago and want to start purchasing my own equipment and start working. Married and no kids and have lived in San Fransisco for the past 3 months. Born and raised in Phoenix. Plan to sell and move to S.F soon. Wife is a nurse and can travel RENT FREE.
So I have examined different cameras this past year and have come up with the JVC 100 hdv as my choice. Questions,
1. Should I buy now so I can get the free battery? No hurry for it. Or wait until after NAB in case there is an upgrade on this camera?

2. Any recomendations on a tripod, field monitor, or ?

3. Am I nuts to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life?

Thanks everyone. Love this site.
 
joe13 said:
3. Am I nuts to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life?
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Yes you are.

I can't answer any of your other questions though.
:)

But I can tell you this - my grandfather is about to turn 100 in April.
When he was 92 I sat him down and recorded an interview with him to capture his life story for posterity. Once of the things I asked him was, do you regret anything in your life?

He thought about it for a second and then said (I'm paraphrasing here)
"I may have done a lot of stupid things in my life,
but the only things I regret are the things I never got around to doing."


That always stuck with me.
Good luck with everything!
 
joe13 said:
Wow just love the way this fourm is layed out. I am an old 42 year having my mid life crisis. I recieved a degree in video production a few years ago and want to start purchasing my own equipment and start working. Married and no kids and have lived in San Fransisco for the past 3 months. Born and raised in Phoenix. Plan to sell and move to S.F soon. Wife is a nurse and can travel RENT FREE.
So I have examined different cameras this past year and have come up with the JVC 100 hdv as my choice. Questions,
1. Should I buy now so I can get the free battery? No hurry for it. Or wait until after NAB in case there is an upgrade on this camera?

2. Any recomendations on a tripod, field monitor, or ?

3. Am I nuts to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life?

Thanks everyone. Love this site.
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I think this is Battery deal is an effort to sell the 100u's before they start coming out with an uprgaded camera, seems like a pretty good deal but who knows.

Tripod, would be the 3001pro legs with a Bogen 501 head.

And in my opinion if I were to give up everything and follow a dream, video would be a good choice to go out on a limb on, especially in a SF, San fran is the hot spot for craigslist.com offering media jobs each day, with a an HD camera that does true 24p and interchangable lense Im sure it wont be hard to get your foot in the door, also with a degree, just built your porfolio and demo reel and advocate for yourself and I cant see why you wont be in buisness. Stay fresh

Hope this helps.
 
myfriendimage said:
Tripod, would be the 3001pro legs with a Bogen 501 head.
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I wouldn't use this head, it has no counterbalance spring, no variable drag friction control and a maximum cameras weight of 6kg. I use a Manfrotto/Bogen 503 head with 525 legs and I'm thinking about upgrading for the next level head because the spring is not strong enought to counterbalance the HD100 with heavy batteries, it is a very good head however. It was working fine before I purchased the Swit batteries, now the camera is more back heavy and the plate doesn't slide enought to the front to compensate. I was just about to order a JVC plate when I remembered that I've seen a long Manfrotto plate somewhere. I searched on their site and found a long plate for the 501 and 503 heads (501PLONG) that costs only $60. So, if your purchasing a HD100 with the battery kit you'll need more than the standard tripods plate. Manfrotto has this option, if you'll chose another brand you'll probably need the JVCs plate that costs a lot more.
 
Well,
I honestly doubt JVC will replace the HD100 when it's been on the market for less than one year.
 
One of the greatest quotations I have ever read was by someone who, except for God's good graces, would have been just another blind person; Helen Keller. It now hangs in my home. She once commented that, "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small and humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along by not only the mighty shovels of its heroes, but also by the aggregate tiny pushes of each honest worker."

Films and the people who make them are alot like that, especially those who populate this Board. I didn't have to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life and I don't think you have to either. I just had to adjust my attitude and accept the fact that it was and is the little things, the things that I did for others, that counted most in my life. And I found that in the films I make...in the shows I produce. I'll never be a Steven Spielberg or a Ron Howard, a Stephen Bochco or perhaps most pointedly a Jerry Bruckheimer. But I'll never be a Don Simpson either and those who know the drama and tragedy of that storied pair know exactly what I mean. What I will be is what I am; a filmmaker "accomplish[ing] small and humble tasks as though they were great and noble",happy to be among other filmmakers who populate this Board, each contributing to "the aggregate tiny pushes of each honest worker."

What I found was that, in the long run, what camera you select, whether you get the free batteries or not, which tripod you select or what monitor you end up with matters little in finding happiness. What matters, at least in what I have found, is what you do with that stuff once you acquire it and the friends you make along the way in using it. That's what happiness is all about to me and why I contribute in my small way to this Board and the problems we can, together, solve.

Now some people will no doubt scoff and some will laugh at reading this posting because waxing poetic, for some tragic reason, seems to have gone out of style. But as you can tell by the postings I leave (especially the most recent ones relative to the IDX debacle) and the time I invest in this site, none of that matters to me. What matters is that I've found this Board that is just chock full of friends I've never met face to face but with whom I share a common bond; the bond of telling our story on film. We help each other, we agree, we disagree and, in total, we act like a family. So as to the question, "Am I nuts to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life?", I'm not so sure it's the geographic location that matters most. It's what you do with whatever you have where ever you are that defines happiness...at least for me.
 
jlames said:
It's what you do with whatever you have where ever you are that defines happiness...at least for me.[/SIZE]
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Well spoken!

Now if I could just abide to this lesson. :)
 
Stevet said:
Well,
I honestly doubt JVC will replace the HD100 when it's been on the market for less than one year.
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I dont mean replace, but I think after NAB JVC will be looking ahead, and not looking at how to market the 100u anymore with special deals.
 
jlames said:
One of the greatest quotations I have ever read was by someone who, except for God's good graces, would have been just another blind person; Helen Keller. It now hangs in my home. She once commented that, "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small and humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along by not only the mighty shovels of its heroes, but also by the aggregate tiny pushes of each honest worker."

Films and the people who make them are alot like that, especially those who populate this Board. I didn't have to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life and I don't think you have to either. I just had to adjust my attitude and accept the fact that it was and is the little things, the things that I did for others, that counted most in my life. And I found that in the films I make...in the shows I produce. I'll never be a Steven Spielberg or a Ron Howard, a Stephen Bochco or perhaps most pointedly a Jerry Bruckheimer. But I'll never be a Don Simpson either and those who know the drama and tragedy of that storied pair know exactly what I mean. What I will be is what I am; a filmmaker "accomplish[ing] small and humble tasks as though they were great and noble",happy to be among other filmmakers who populate this Board, each contributing to "the aggregate tiny pushes of each honest worker."

What I found was that, in the long run, what camera you select, whether you get the free batteries or not, which tripod you select or what monitor you end up with matters little in finding happiness. What matters, at least in what I have found, is what you do with that stuff once you acquire it and the friends you make along the way in using it. That's what happiness is all about to me and why I contribute in my small way to this Board and the problems we can, together, solve.

Now some people will no doubt scoff and some will laugh at reading this posting because waxing poetic, for some tragic reason, seems to have gone out of style. But as you can tell by the postings I leave (especially the most recent ones relative to the IDX debacle) and the time I invest in this site, none of that matters to me. What matters is that I've found this Board that is just chock full of friends I've never met face to face but with whom I share a common bond; the bond of telling our story on film. We help each other, we agree, we disagree and, in total, we act like a family. So as to the question, "Am I nuts to sell everything and move in order to find happiness in what I would like to accomplish in my life?", I'm not so sure it's the geographic location that matters most. It's what you do with whatever you have where ever you are that defines happiness...at least for me.
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Excellent post. It is very true. Life is what you make of it. Happiness is directly proportionate to expectations. If you expect the world and can't get it you will not be fulfilled. If you expect to be happy just to get out and shoot on a beautiful sunny day that will happen.

That being said I don't think one shouldn't set high expectations just short term, attainable ones. I am curently planning to switch from a job I no longer want to get up for to one in this rough industry and I am excited. I count my blessings, I have my health, a few very good friends, and strong family support. I am 29, never been married and have no kids. I am by no means trying to be preechy to someone who has been through more than me. I am taking small steps at a time. I got the camera and have been learning how to use it. I am also working on my writing and trying to get a few short scripts together. I am going out this weekend and shooting my first footage since I was in college and shot 16mm. I am excited to be making the trasition. Not too long ago I was really down on life. But I have worked my way out of that one small step at a time and I am now at an exciting point. I am at the yellow belt phase. One day I will be a black belt and look back and laugh. But to get there takes little steps.
 
Thanks to all who responded. I hope I get to 100 years old and someone interviews me.
Honestly, me and my wife hate it here in Phoenix. We both were born and raised here and after trying S.F out for a few months, We are willing to move. I know I'll have more opportunity in S.F. than I do here in this dirt trap called Phoenix. She is a nurse and we can live rent free anywhere she travels that is how we went to S.F for three months and did not have to sell our house. Besides the equity in our house would make a substational down payment on a another one later.

I have worked with Don Simpson and Tony Scott before. I have done film work in the 80's so I come with some experience and a degree. My wife is a great support system for me why ? I think she believes in me more than I do sometimes.

I work part-time at Starbucks right now so if I can make the same kind of money doing what I want to then why not.

Anyways as for the camera, I really want to purchase it but not sure to wait and lose out on the free battery. Besides with the popularity this camera is getting I am also wondering if they might raise the price later?
One thing about purchasing it now is I can get to know this camera inside out before I start getting jobs.

One last thing, what would be a good field monitor for this camera? Maybe something I can use to edit with too.
 
joe13 said:
Thanks to all who responded. I hope I get to 100 years old and someone interviews me.
Honestly, me and my wife hate it here in Phoenix. We both were born and raised here and after trying S.F out for a few months, We are willing to move. I know I'll have more opportunity in S.F. than I do here in this dirt trap called Phoenix. She is a nurse and we can live rent free anywhere she travels that is how we went to S.F for three months and did not have to sell our house. Besides the equity in our house would make a substational down payment on a another one later.

I have worked with Don Simpson and Tony Scott before. I have done film work in the 80's so I come with some experience and a degree. My wife is a great support system for me why ? I think she believes in me more than I do sometimes.

I work part-time at Starbucks right now so if I can make the same kind of money doing what I want to then why not.

Anyways as for the camera, I really want to purchase it but not sure to wait and lose out on the free battery. Besides with the popularity this camera is getting I am also wondering if they might raise the price later?
One thing about purchasing it now is I can get to know this camera inside out before I start getting jobs.

One last thing, what would be a good field monitor for this camera? Maybe something I can use to edit with too.
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The only one I have ever seen up close was the varizoom 7" 16:9 and some people love the things, some people say its to dim, if you can find someone to let you try it out you can find out how it works with you.

Does anyone here use the varizoom lcd on their 100u?
 
I have a varizoom 7' 16:9 coming to me tomorrow. I can post on how it is. I got the full kit, so it has the hood too. I can post on my thoughts with it.
 
San Francisco

Only the 2nd most expensive place to live in the nation isn't it ? You really are having a midlife crisis !

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Good luck phoenician.
 
Actually it's the third most expensive city righ behind Jersey City, New Jersey and number one being New York city.
 
Angrius. Dude. Bro

Jersey City is Ranked as a least expensive city.

If you made a $100,000 a year living in SF you could take a paycut down to 43,525 to maintain the same standard of living in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Put another way, people aren't flocking to Jersey City.

Crazy angry person.
 
Actually I believe Boston, MA is the most expensive city in the US to live in. According to a poll i saw on CNN.com a few months ago.

Having recently just moved from Boston back to NYC I can attest this is true.

However while apts. were more expensive to rent in Boston the neighborhoods were much nicer on the whole.
 
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