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What does the C70 or FX6 give you that a mirrorless camera half the price doesn't? If you have the money to spend then I guess I'd say go for it, but honestly there's not a ton of good reasons to purchase a cine camera unless you're a full time DP who can benefit from being an owner/operator, and thus get more work and charge more since it eliminates the need of renting a camera. For most of us it just isn't a good investment.

New blahg post. https://www.eoshd.com/news/whats-best-out-of-the-new-releases-comparing-the-canon-eos-r7-r10-fuji-x-h2-panasonic-s5-ii/

Internal ND is nice, but is it worth paying 2 or 3 times as much? Audio is less of a problem these days, since you can buy the hot shoe audio adapters that are available and can grow with you. If you are going the Sony route I think the FX30 is an excellent option and competitively priced. I think if you wanted full frame the A7IV would be a better deal than the FX3. For me, it's better to spend less on the camera body because that's what loses value quickest. The second you open that box for the first time your camera is worth less than it was when it was closed. And with every day the value goes down more and more. That's part of the reason I have trouble recommending people drop serious coin on a camera, because unless they are going to be generating a lot of income because of it, it's just not a great long term investment. Like I could afford to buy the Lumix S5ii right now but I'm not going to because in a year or two it will be significantly cheaper on the used market, meaning I keep more money in my pocket even when using it to generate income. 🙂

Thought it worth mentioning that the R5C internal audio is imo the best internal audio I've ever used/heard from a mirrorless/DSLR cam. Maybe not as good as a C100/300 etc but I am so used to having to find a way to minimize the internal preamps with some kind of external recorder's that I was truly surprised when I realized I could just plug my G3 directly into the mic/line and get pretty good results. To be clear, if you're buying an R5C - the days of also needing an external recorder and Sescom attentuation cables, etc, etc (at least for one/two person interviews), are over!

Thank you for the great 2023 summary. I still believe you have some of most insightful eyes on the internet. Breadth and context. Bought an early S1, thanks to you. You are better in print. A clarity and conciseness. Maybe editing cycles. You know ‘practice’, and all that. Or maybe just skill with the printed word. But the world changed. Like for an owner of a vinyl store. Only one move there: high end, obscure, collectible, or promising sonic nirvana. Not so easy for blogs. On YouTube, still finding your voice. The “dunk & snark” is fun but not really the basis for a “trusted brand”. And kinda of “one shot”. Making fun, once, is the truthie humor a comedian finds. We laugh. Twice, (well, in cameras) everyone starts to think “mean”. And a shortage of worthy and recognizable targets. Hard to imagine dunking on Gordon Laing. Parody perhaps. Dunking? No way to make friends. Laing and Undone, both do the work. Just started down the YouTube path earlier. Eh, and a little more checklist oriented. The early days of DSLR had lots of subtle details to be revealed. A maturing market, with slower camera releases, well tricky to navigate. After many years of grateful reading, why this first post? (excuse: no addl. insights) You are a nice guy and probably nicer in person than your blog might suggest (always thought you had an edge). My first clue was some trade show interview (not yours) and I was like, “Hmm, would really like to have a beer with this guy.” Not what I expected. Your early USP: more reverence for film like qualities than pixels. And of course, “I can’t believe the vendor treats their users this way!” You idealistic hope that capitalists will see the light is quite charming. In that Don Quixote way ; -) I too am tired of Canon’s market segmentation. I’ve gone on too long without really helping. Ouch. Really? Yup. Oh well, have to, as they say, “give it a go”. So… Consider the sub-brand “Romancing the Frame”. Might be room. Simply loving a few frames (or setup). Really loving it! Passion is a quality everyone can related to. Not a music video, just loving a few frames. Different than “Every Frame a painting”. Mere mortal setups. In pawn shops, bathrooms, a tired alley, a ticket counter. With characters. Real characters. Yes, every online film class has one or two of these. The opportunity: a deeper focus on sharing the joy in both finding and creating. Of course, with music. Not just discovering, but also building a visual quality that didn’t exist. Consider: This Frame — The Make-Over Edition. Closer to the roots of EOSHD. Film look from a then cheaper 5d. Check out Ulysses Aoki. Only 39.k subs, but 996K view in three months on “This $200 camera shoots infinite film like photos”. Reminds be a bit of you and your early B-roll. Your offering: some combo of lighting, filters, profiles, LUTS, diffusion, flags, and used cameras. Concise quick takes & tricks. Passion + hard work is how any filmmaker gets there. And you’ll have to let your inner romantic, out for a stroll more often. (maybe watch some old Graham Kerr, Galloping Gourmet. Yeah, right. ) Lots of less conflicted sponsorship options in lighting. Many lights good enough. No lens lock-in, etc. Any new (online personality) direction is going to take some serious work. Casey Neistat kinda work. He still does it. Not just insights spoken to a lens. One reason for the move back to NYC is probably the B-roll. Checkout the comments on “The Problem with New York City. He’s an entertainer, not a reviewer, but he does the work. (Max Joseph taught him to edit) Think you get the idea. I realize this is just suggesting finding a tighter focus on “infotainment”. And more work. Might not be you. Doubt I helped. You probably knew all this. Please consider all these words just a long winded way to say “feel ya”. Wishing you all the best. And indeed, wish I could buy you a beer (in person). Cheers, (and with gratitude)

When our music turns rubbish and our language ugly we know there's trouble ahead. Filmmakers and photographers seem to be on the way out, to be replaced by something altogether more homogenous - the "content creator" or simply "creator". Why specialise when you can just "create stuff"? New blog post: https://www.eoshd.com/news/creator-replaces-filmmaker-meet-thy-creator