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In recent years I've been trying hard to not buy as much camera gear, as after all, surely I have plenty already for casual usage? Plus my professional focus is on the Sound Dept these days, and that's where my money should be going instead. However I did at the end of this year go a little silly in jumping into the X Mount ecosystem, as I've got a kinda-ish decent-ish Fuji stills camera (the X-A3 from years ago, from before Fujifilm eBay prices went crazy) for casual shooting with, but have only ever used adapted lenses on it from other mounts. So I recently put together a very cheap Fujifilm lens kit of native X mount lenses: 12mm f2 / 21mm f1.2 / 25mm f2 / 56mm f1.7 (I half wonder if the 21mm f1.2 lens was a mistake, was using it for the first time yesterday, and it was a lot bigger and heavier than I imagined! Perhaps a bit too much so for the little X-A3? Maybe I should have got the TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 lens instead) I feel this is one of the big themes of the late 2010's and the 2020's, the rise of third party lens designs and manufacturers from China. You can put together a cheap set of lenses now for so very little. Is why I went for this with my Fujifilm X-A3 camera when I wanted a cheap but decently good-ish setup for a small walk around / travel kit. Because when I look at what other small sized mirrrorless bodies I have, then my Sony a5100 died ages ago, my Panasonic GF3 is far far too old now, and the Samsung NX300 is an evolutionary dead end. And buying those extra X Mount lenses cost a similar amount or even less than what it would cost to buy a replacement body for the a5100/GF3 of similar vintage to the X-A3 (late 2016) then using my existing MFT / E Mount lenses. Such as the Sony a6300 (early 2016) or Panasonic GX8 (mid 2015). As for 2025? I will go back to trying to resist getting any more cameras or lenses. (but maybe that 27mm f/2.8 lens will tempt me which I mentioned earlier. Or maybe I will finally succumb to getting that Nikon D750/D500/D810 I've wanted for years. Or maybe the Fujfilm X-M5 or X-H1 or X-S10 will tempt me as an upgrade if I enjoy the X-A3 too much) If anything, maybe I should try to end 2025 with less cameras than I'll start 2025 with. Perhaps selling my FS7, F3, NX300, and some of my Panasonic cameras. Maybe. Or maybe I'll just keep on procrastinating downsizing. Then again if I go ahead with my 2025 plans to move overseas, then I will definitely need to take downsizing more seriously. Next month, after spending NYE with filmmaking friends here in Auckland, then I plan on traveling to NZ's South Island to have a holiday there for a few weeks. Been a long time since I've visited the South Island, will be a fun road trip. -
How do you like the color from the S line? I remember you were pretty fond of it. @Andrew Reid I love the image when lit. Under natural light I find it a bit dull and requiring some dedicated grading efforts to exite me. -
Merry Christmas to you all! Spending time with family. It's been very sweet. I studied some of my footage from this year. The og pocket smokes the S1H in available daylight for colors and ooc textures. So maybe the Lumix has to go. Still shaking my head how easily the og pocket grades. So no camera purchases planned but instead selling a bunch of things. @Ninpo33Many years ago I read that the Tomioka is sold by total rip offs for total rip off prices and that's not worth a fracture of those. There must be a Revuenon 55mm 1.2 for much less money.
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Yes, would be nice if Panasonic released cheaper primes (don't have to be weather sealed, f1.4, or made out of carbon, or whatever. Just give us those cheap "nifty fifties" that other systems would have, such as Canon 50mm f1.8 EF lens that would sell for only a little more than a hundred bucks. Or similar for Nikon, you can even go for less than a hundred bucks from B&H if you don't mind buying a Nikon refurbished lens. Although it seems the switch from DSLR to Mirrorless means the cheapest first party lenses seem to be a bit pricey now, the cheapest Canon 50mm for RF is US$199 vs US$125 for EF mount) I see also personally the issue of lack of third party support as an even bigger sticking point, normally if you pick any mount, then filter for only AF lenses then sort by price, you'll see a tonne of cheap lenses being offered. For example I have to go more than half way down this page of Z Mount AF lenses before I discover the first Nikon branded lens: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Mirrorless-Camera-Lenses/ci/17912?sort=PRICE_LOW_TO_HIGH&filters=fct_a_focus-type_5738%3Aautofocus%2Cfct_lens-mount_3442%3Anikon-z-mount Let's compare with the situation for L Mount: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/Mirrorless-Camera-Lenses/ci/17912/N/4196380428?sort=PRICE_LOW_TO_HIGH&filters=fct_a_focus-type_5738%3Aautofocus%2Cfct_lens-mount_3442%3Aleica-l-mount They have between one and zero 3rd Party Lenses which are cheaper than the cheapest first party lens. ("one or zero" depending on if you count Sigma as third party lenses or not, as normally you would, but then again they do make L Mount cameras) I recently put together a very cheap Fujifilm lens kit (12mm f2 / 21mm f1.2 / 25mm f2 / 56mm f1.7), which if I'd tried to do the same for L Mount (to use with say a cheap S1 or S5 mk1) might have cost twice or even thrice as much.
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Not much point having a S35 mode for a VV/LF 4K sensor if you want to shoot 4K S35, as it's impossible. That's not what I'm seeing, I haven't worked on a production with a Mini LF in a while. ARRI 35 are far more problem. I think most people saw the Mini LF has stop gap measure that ARRI had to rush out so they could shoot "true 4K" (not upscaled 4K such as the AMIRA or Mini did), a demand that numerous productions (such as Netflix) insisted upon. Of course once the ARRI 35 came out then that both solved the native 4K issue and gave the shooter a better camera as well. Doubt we'll see that happening within the next decade.
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