by NeoQuixotic » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:50 pm
Well, even if the body is cheap you'll be spending quite of bit on accessories and better lenses. I discovered this after buying a 7D for video purposes. I bought it because it was cheap, but to actually make it easy and useful for video I'd have to spend a lot more. You've got hand held rigs, follow focus, matte box, mics, external sound recorders, lenses, etc. Unless you shoot on them often, renting might be more ideal. I got to shoot with the Red One MX and loved the image it produced. But the work flow can be a bit of a pain because of having to either have a super high end machine or sit and convert the footage to ProRes, Cineform, or whatever you want to edit with. The real mess comes when you want to edit with the raw files for maximum quality and control over the image. But then again you are buying Red because you want quality results for a affordable price. Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited for the Scarlet. I'd love to see a sub $10k camera have to option to shoot ProRes/Cineform natively to allow for shoot and drag to timeline immediate, full quality editing. Arri's Alexa looks awesome, but it starts at like $60k so that's a no go. I mean you could always buy something like a Sony EX1R and an AJA Ki Pro to get a nice 1/2" sensor and capture ProRes 422 via HD-SDI. But that is still like $10k for just those 2 and the setup is a bit bulky.
Anyways, I hope the Scarlet is as awesome as they've been saying and Red/other companies make editing with them easier. I'm also been following rumors of Canon releasing a proper large sensor camera after everyone went crazy with the 5D MKII and 7D. So far the DSLR sized sensor cameras from Panasonic and Sony just seem meh.
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