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Hawk Teflon

Hawk Teflon

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I recently sold my DVX to make some money to change to DSLR. I've been doing a lot of reading. A lot. However, does there happen to an equivalent to the DVX100 book / dvd by Barry Green for the T2i? I'm fully aware there won't be a T2i Bootcamp in Oklahoma City, but is there any kind of training other than this site?

Also, I'm noticing that the bells and whistles seem to add up quick. I'm not a stranger to that, but I'm just trying to get a grasp on different things and how necessary they are.

Audio - This I think is second to the camera, so the audio will be cleaner, and captured away from moving parts. Made up my mind to pick up an H4N ... done.

Follow Focus - but to get this, I need a mount and rails to attach the camera to as well, right?

Rails

Monitor OR Zacuto Viewfinder

Shoulder mount

Slider (Indi vs. ZaZa)

"It all depends on what you're doing" I know, I know. I'm mainly making short videos. Nothing corporate.

The question is, what's the order of importance here? I cannot afford all of this now. It'll be piece by piece for a little while. But I don't want to buy something of lesser importance when I'm missing something critical. This list is probably missing some things, too.
 
I'm in a similar situation, though I haven't 100% committed to the t2i yet(I have a feeling we'll see something at NAB).

I'm prioritizing this way so far(I already have a tripod with head from when I had a Canon XL1s):

Camera with/without kit lens(honestly it will depend on what's available when I buy)

Fotodiox Nikon adapter plus some nikon primes

shoulder rig (undecided, leaning indirailspro dslrsm)

Follow focus

Monitor

Slider


I'm going with a monitor for focus even though it'll be SD on the t2i because in my day job(television newscast director) I have literally years of experience focusing using black and white sd monitors with a 7" diagonal(not to mention framing for 16x9 on a 4x3 screen). So if anything it will be more familiar.
 
Personally I would get the shouldersupport, variable ND, viewfinder (also helps with stabilization...Zacuto awfully expensive though) AND a monitor, lenses. To me those are the vital pieces...the FF, rails and slider would come after I decided they were nessisary as I belive they arn't.
 
Hawk Teflon said:
I recently sold my DVX to make some money to change to DSLR. I've been doing a lot of reading. A lot. However, does there happen to an equivalent to the DVX100 book / dvd by Barry Green for the T2i? I'm fully aware there won't be a T2i Bootcamp in Oklahoma City, but is there any kind of training other than this site?
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I'm not sure if it's out yet, but DVXUser member mcgeedigital (Matt Gottshalk) has a "video for DSLRs" book coming out soon (NAB, maybe). From talking to him a bit about it, I'd say it's going to be pretty close to what you might need, though not specific to the T2i.


http://www.amazon.com/Still-Motion-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269037254&sr=1-1

--SM
 
i finally got a follow focus and for DSLR shooting .... it really helps. I'm able to pull just so much more accurately and comfortably especially while on a slider or shooting hand-held. It may not be the first thing you buy but i'd put it on the list.
 
Hawk Teflon said:
Audio - This I think is second to the camera, so the audio will be cleaner, and captured away from moving parts. Made up my mind to pick up an H4N ... done.

Follow Focus - but to get this, I need a mount and rails to attach the camera to as well, right?

Rails

Monitor OR Zacuto Viewfinder

Shoulder mount

Slider (Indi vs. ZaZa)
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I would go only with Monitor and slider to save the most.
Rails: you need them only to add FF or MB. You have a tripod, you put the T2i on top of it and you are ready to shoot. Only thing: you need to find a way to hold the LCD though.
My 2cents
 
Ok, I think I'm going to steer away from the Z Finder for now, and get a monitor.

The advantage of the FF is really growing on me, so I'll start with that and the rails.

Those links were great! Thank you for that!

Question: The video in ninja's link had a ton of flicker in it. Was this shot with a DSLR? Is this common? I know with the video cameras I've used, you can change the frequency of the camera to match that of the monitor. Is that possible with DSLRs? Also, why was the reflection flickering? That's baffling me. Is the reflection on their faces at the same frequency as the monitor? Their faces aren't projecting anything, though...
 
I noticed you are in Mustang. I live in OKC, planning on some projects to shoot sometime soon, I have the 7D right now, building up my gear at the moment. Would be nice to meet others in the area to work on some films.
 
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