prexdealer
Well-known member
Hi,
So a few of us were going to shoot a short but kept running into a hard time finding a DP at an affordable price. Sometimes the man hour cost was affordable but the kit fee wasn't. The one guy I am working with has a DVX100 so he has some familiarity with framing shots etc. I have a friend, who I met on here, and have just been bugging him with so many questions, starting to feel guilty.
My dilemma is the 5DM2 used and with some decent lenses might run up to $2,500 to be reasonably ready to use. The reason for the 5D is the better censor and people say they are more in demand than 7Ds to rent (if we wanted to make back some of the investment.) we are in LA and it seems like CL is flooded with them. So I am really wondering if they are that easy to rent.
Or I could go for a T3i, T2i, 7D, or 60D and be running for around 1K possibly (obviously more if it was a 7D or 60D). Or go for a GH2.
Now the guy I am working with says that actors know about the cameras you are using, but I sort of doubt that. This point is being raised because he might try to dp some low budget stuff to make a little money and I don't mind that.
So I am sort of picking between 1) Spend $2.5-3K get a respectable camera and hope to recover through rentals. Might take between 20 to 30 rental days to recover - how feasible is that in LA? or 2) Just get a lower end DSLR, rent when I can but do it for almost 1/3 the cost.
I do want to get something so we can shoot and not be constrained by trying to find someone. The guy I am working with is would sort of do the DP/Director thing. But I am wondering how easy is it to really rent out your own gear? I really like the look of the GH2 and I think one is being sold on this board, but it sounds stupid, but people know the Canons but not the GH2 so much. Even though I think the GH2 has a richer fuller look.
What would you do? Thanks a lot. I tend to over process data but just trying not to make a big mistake lol.
Thanks!
So a few of us were going to shoot a short but kept running into a hard time finding a DP at an affordable price. Sometimes the man hour cost was affordable but the kit fee wasn't. The one guy I am working with has a DVX100 so he has some familiarity with framing shots etc. I have a friend, who I met on here, and have just been bugging him with so many questions, starting to feel guilty.
My dilemma is the 5DM2 used and with some decent lenses might run up to $2,500 to be reasonably ready to use. The reason for the 5D is the better censor and people say they are more in demand than 7Ds to rent (if we wanted to make back some of the investment.) we are in LA and it seems like CL is flooded with them. So I am really wondering if they are that easy to rent.
Or I could go for a T3i, T2i, 7D, or 60D and be running for around 1K possibly (obviously more if it was a 7D or 60D). Or go for a GH2.
Now the guy I am working with says that actors know about the cameras you are using, but I sort of doubt that. This point is being raised because he might try to dp some low budget stuff to make a little money and I don't mind that.
So I am sort of picking between 1) Spend $2.5-3K get a respectable camera and hope to recover through rentals. Might take between 20 to 30 rental days to recover - how feasible is that in LA? or 2) Just get a lower end DSLR, rent when I can but do it for almost 1/3 the cost.
I do want to get something so we can shoot and not be constrained by trying to find someone. The guy I am working with is would sort of do the DP/Director thing. But I am wondering how easy is it to really rent out your own gear? I really like the look of the GH2 and I think one is being sold on this board, but it sounds stupid, but people know the Canons but not the GH2 so much. Even though I think the GH2 has a richer fuller look.
What would you do? Thanks a lot. I tend to over process data but just trying not to make a big mistake lol.
Thanks!
) so they can learn it. I had to shoot a commercial with an fs100 and I had never even held the camera in person nor had any experience with sony cams in the past. But I read stuff online, watched tutorial vids and asked some questions ect. The morning of the shoot was the first time I was holding the camera. However because a camera is a camera is a camera and I know lighting ect, i was able to hold my own. 