Tired of DSLR... should I move to the AF100
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You have no need to. I still like the Lite Panel 1x1 style LEDs in case there's not enough light to shoot and an offside key is always nice, but that's not your goal. If anything it could make the subject distracted and it looks like having enough light isn't usually an issue for you as much as it could be.
I do really like the C100, though, and think you will, too. Amazing low light and only a little bit trickier to use than a dSLR, the closest thing there is an with fantastic pre-amps.
I'll second the C100 if you can swing it. Really nice camera that just works, and works well. Nice image out of the camera. Good ergonomics, great in low light, built in NDs, good audio etc...
For your scenarios where you want to think about the camera as little as possible, it's a great option.
For your scenarios where you want to think about the camera as little as possible, it's a great option.
combatentropy
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Hey, dude, I enjoyed it. I think you have a natural gift even . I think your composition and especially your editing show signs of an intuitive feel for cinematic art.
I got into film at age 12 or 13, and that was 25 years ago. I devoured film books and made 40 student films in high school and college. I also went to film school. Then I made about 100 videos freelance. Currently I'm on sabbatical, but I still study the art and I still hang out in this dump, I mean fine academy of collegial minds. So hopefully my affirmation means something, even though I could just be a psychopath
You don't need no stinking lights. That guy outside was somehow in soft light, so it looked okay. Three-point lighting with some kind of colored gobo on the back wall would be too slick for what your purpose is and only detract from it. Okay, so maybe that's not what the lighting advocates had in mind. Still, with cameras as sensitive as they are, you might do better with flags, not lights. Lighting is never about just brightening things. It's about shaping the scene. You can shape it either by addition or subtraction (or both, of course).
But anyway, lots of great videos have been made shooting as a one-man band with no lights. You just have to be pickier about where your subject sits exactly, if you can help it. One of my favorite examples is Kendy Ty, who shoots on a Canon Rebel with one lens (a prime even, 30mm) with no lights.
Haters gonna hate!
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Ebrahim Saadawi
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C100 will take all the t3i lenses beautifully. 2500$ is too much for a 2900$ new camera.
With Kendy's work it's all about his camera angles and how he handles his footage in post that creates his specific look. ( it's the best work I've seen from a Canon Rebel )
If I just use the GH4 as a recorder versus just using the Zoom H4n as a recorder...
1- The GH4 has a slightly lower noise floor ( -70 dB RMS ) compared to the Zoom H4n ( -66 dB RMS )
2- Using a professional mixer ( Sound Devices ) and using a professional mic ( Audio-technica AT4053b or Sennheiser 416 ) to deliver your audio signal, both devices ( GH4 and H4n) will record pretty much identical sound. ( just make sure your GH4 is in PCM WAV recording mode )
...And I've found exactly the opposite with GH2, GH3, and GH4 mirrorless cameras. In most cases it's the people using the gear that do not know what they are doing that is causing the problem with internally recorded audio.
Here's an example from 2012 shot with my hacked GH2, being fed signal from a Sennheiser wireless handheld mic. The GH2 has no way of monitoring the audio, but I had used this set-up so many times that I knew how to make it work.
Ronnie Burkett Interview using Internal GH2 Audio
How do you guys mount your Zoom so you can see it while shooting? i put it on top of the camera on the shoe mount but i have to get up on my tip toes to make sure it is still rolling while i'm shooting...
i like this but can't figure out what he has going on:
http://dpexperience.com/2010/03/18/recording-audio-with-your-video-dslr-part-ii/
i like this but can't figure out what he has going on:
http://dpexperience.com/2010/03/18/recording-audio-with-your-video-dslr-part-ii/
No need to be nervous!
That's one of the best "defensive" posts I've seen, and you've convinced me! Which just goes to show there is rarely a one size fits all approach. I've seen some material which would actually have looked better with no (or at least less) lighting, but I've also seen too much which cried out for at least some frontal modelling. (And no circumstances such as in your case which ruled against lighting.)
Well I got a AF100 from a fellow forum member named BrandonT and I've been super impressed with him and how easy he's made the transaction... assuming he hasn't scammed me out of the money, I should be shooting with the camera by the end of the weekend... ha ha
Thanks for all the help guys!
Thanks for all the help guys!