TZuck wrote:also not sure if you really need the Datacolor Spyder4 Elite
Do you mean that I can calibrate the Apple monitor only in System Preferences?
TZuck wrote:you might consider getting a field mixer for audio.
Question: in the camera itself is there any sort of audio level meter for each channel?
(Because I have a pair of fileld mixers but I'd prefer to reduce the number of tools.)
Ryan McCarvill wrote:Look at the SLR Magic 12mm.
I've looked it! But a guy from adcom.it said that SLR evolved its lenses from security "low-light-proof" camera, so - he said - the result is a really fast wide lens (12mm f/1.6) but that suffers so much of flares! So, in your direct experience, is it true or not?
Joseph Ciccarella wrote:if you wait for the Pocket Cam, you'll spend about a third of your estimate.
Well, I've made also an estimate based on the Pocket Camera equipment, and it results that even if the Pocket is cheaper then the BMCC, the complete Pocket Kit will cost just 1K€ less (mainly because calculating the crop factor, I've seen that I would need 4 lenses and not just 3 lenses). So there is not a great money difference. Then I've considered some disadvantages based on the specs of the two cameras:
-1. The combination crop-factor/lenses-speed show that even with the minimum of f/0.95 for both the cameras, the 2.5K is better in low-light (and I'll use natural light) and shallow DoF.
-2. 128GB SD cards don't give long shots (128GB is 100MB in HFS+ and records up to 1h long shot, while I'd like to use the camera also to shoot piano recitals that could last more then twice.) While 480GB SSD is a definitive solution.
-3. I'd avoid complex rigs for both. Infact if you see my estimate, there is only the Varizoom-Flowpod and a Manfrotto, so I would be light with both camera sets.
But here I have a qeustion: I didn't mention follow-focus. Guys, do you think it is so essential with manual lenses? (i.e. with the camera on the stabilizer?) Or, more or less, I could do without it? (i.e. with the camera on tripod?) I'd avoid any rig to maintain the set as light (and as cheap) as possible. If you say that a follow-focus is unavoidable, what about the light edelkrone pocket-rig + focus-one? Could it be good for SLR and Voigtlaender lenses?
Gilly wrote:becoming over whelmed with a full blown setup that the 2.5k will put you into
Is it impossible - for your experience - to use the 2.5K Camera without a real rig? Only with Switronix PB70-BMCC battery screwed direclty under the camera, and a shotgun screwed directly on the top. No rig - perhaps no follow focus - and surely no mattebox, only circular filters and hoods. This setup weighs a maximum of 2,5Kg sustained simply by the Flowpod and my Manfrotto.
rick.lang wrote:You don't say how long your first project will be
Well... The first idea about the project was a classic music recording: a complete Bach's piano music book, more or less 1h30'. The idea of combining it with a Straub-Huillet style silent film-track arrived later. The audience should be the same of a classic piano recital, so... Yes I've in mind something really boring and exhausting!
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