What camera would you choose in 2013?

Imo you dont need better camera but improve your skills with current one and experiment more with lights, especially with natural sunlight to decide what works and what doesnt work and where place camera to make the footage look most cinematic.
 
If I could choose any camera to shoot on in 2013, it'd be either the Arri 435 or the Aaron Penelope. God knows it's going to be harder to shoot on such cameras down the line - I'd love to use them before I'm no longer able to.
 
S.Blanchardon said:
My eyes are turn toward the Apertus Axiom camera, if it evers comes out next year (or at all)...

Cheers.
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I'd just check and see what kind of footage other people are getting with the same sensor. I've never seen footage from a camera that uses a CMOSIS sensor, and I think they came from an Industrial Camera place, so it makes me weary on the kinda of IQ we would be seeing.
 
Hey! Many years ago low budget films for big screen were shot on 16mm and everyone was happy about it.
 
morgan_moore said:
You have made a feature with a GH2 - what did you hate about it?

Nothing?

Use the gh2

I can list most of the things I have hated about my cameras, and know the models that should 'cure' those issues

S
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That little GH2 sensor is what they should have put in the AF100.
A hacked GH2 will serve you well in 2013
 
Might pick up a GH3 in 2013 and hopefully play around with a PMW-200, FS100. My skill set, need, isn't much beyond my HMC150 or 60D at the moment.
 
A couple of thoughts.

Lets call Alexa, Red Epic, and Sony F55 full professional level. You could shoot with those cameras and people might have trouble telling the difference from film. I'm assuming those are out of your financial range. So you need to make some compromises.

I chose the Sony FS700 as my compromise. The Sony F5 is a really good compromise. I think the BMC is a reasonably good compromise. I think they will start shipping soon.

One of the issues with any compromise is lenses. You will start buying lenses for whatever camera you purchase. You want the lenses you buy to work for future cameras. In my case, I'm using mostly Nikon lenses. They will work with most cameras. The lenses are more important then the camera. Canon lenses are similar. You can use Canon and I believe Nikon lenses with the BMC. One of the reasons I'm not interested in the BMC is the crop factor. But you can work around that, at least somewhat.

Search for the Zacuto camera shootout. I'm not crazy about the last installment, but the series show how the different cameras compare.

Good luck.
--Jim
 
If I get a new camera this year, I'd either get a used Sony F3 or a Scarlet. I have a feature coming up in June so I'm thinking about that. If I knock off a bank, I'd like the new F5 ;)
 
The Canon EOS C300 gets my vote. For the type of work I do it's the perfect camera. It produces a cinematic image with high detail and pleasant highlight roll offs, all in a neat and deep 50mb 4:2:2 codec that you can drop into any workflow. And on top of that, the camera's tiny! You can break it down and handhold it and go virtually unnoticed, or rig it for life on set. It's adaptable and mobile, and it's got great ergonomics. Lastly, it's easy to use. All the buttons can be re-programmed to suit your needs, the menus are easy to understand and navigate, and you can spend ages tweaking color profiles to your exact liking.

I'd shoot everything up to a low budget feature on a C300 given the choice.
 
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