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It boggles this young mind how it is was possible! ;-) But seriously, although the base of development in the sound department is slower than in the camera department, it is still speedy enough that it makes the much older equipment redundant if you already have the newer equipment. (such as a Zoom F4) It is like a person with a Panasonic GH5 not being interesting in a Sony FS100 or a Sony EX3, I find that perfectly understandable. And I think there are no "hidden gems" like say the Sony PMW-F3 in the secondhand sound recorder market (and if there is, I'd be very interested in hearing about it?).

Not sure if I should be offended or pleased with the complement?

Other developments on the production front from Netflix: Video : https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_c2D6r41PxSdG1fUTZNb0hTV28 https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/from-script-to-screen-empowering-production-with-technology

Someone could have asked a while ago why would any one ever buy a phone from a computer company?!

Dennis Hinsburg is a smart cookie, so I'd take note of what he says, and he just started a thread here about his monitors: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?359829-Impressed-with-Dell-UP2716D-vs-my-Flanders-Scientific

I can't think of any non-current generation recorder that would seriously interest me (not unless at a truly ridiculously cheap price, which won't happen). Nomad/Maxx are all current generation. MixPre10T/633/664/688/788T are all current generation. Sonosax SX-R4+ is current generation. F4/F8 is current generation. What previous generation older recorder might interest me? A 744? Nope. A 552? Nope, have that already (and doesn't get used much now, although I got it at a truly amazing price).

This. I'd much rather first become an expert gaffer before becoming a DoP, than becoming an expert AC before moving onto becoming a DoP. Would be excellent if more people chose to follow that path instead of going up the grind of the camera department. The Tiffen Black Pro Mist might have been the key.

Flanders Scientific / Sony / Panasonic / etc are some of the common ones I see on sets with budgets. On low / no budgets then I can see almost "anything" used! Quite commonly, just a TV or PC monitor: This btw is the trailer of the film which was shot during the previous vlog from just before: It was just shot on a lowly Canon Rebel DSLR, seriously. A BTS shot of the director (it was her first ever film) and the camera (oh, and you can see my blimp too in the shot! ha): An indoors pic (you can tell from the HDMI cord running out the director is sitting somewhere there to the right of the pic, monitoring the shot): Me again, this was back when I was still using my Tascam DR680:

You can't write off the entire cost, just partially against the income tax I'd pay. (as expenses means my income is lower. Thus I'd pay less income tax. Although I could fully write off the GST component) And would it lead to more work for me? I'd like to think so, but in my heart I know that isn't true. At least, not enough to justify the full cost (I like to feel that moment when it would be true is just around the corner.... but "just around the corner" might still be a year or three away) Me buying a Sonosax (or a 688 or a Nomad etc) would be like someone buying a RED Helium long before they're ready to make it worthwhile for the work they do. (at least buying say another PMW-F3 would be less than a grand down the hole! Which is a smaller hit) Thus I might as well keep on holding off, I'm sure in the near future we'll get an exciting new release from one of the companies (Sound Devices / Zaxcom / Sonosax / Zoom / Tascam / Roland / Marantz) which will be another compelling alternative instead.

Indeed, that is what people are saying on the Kinefinity forums as well.

Yeah I know about that, thus why I said "in the last couple of years". ("Safety Not Guaranteed" is much older than that) As if there is, I'd be curious to dig into the background / production / BTS / "why" / etc

For 95%+ of shooters it is not a "problem".

There is still a TONNE of big and small differences that you'll do different from how they actually filmed it. Be it the lighting. Camera movement. Acting. Editing. Sound. Etc Yes, when it comes to reaching the threshold of crossing into of what "cinematic looking" is. It depends then on the person's skill (and the production's budgeting / time scheduling, as even the most skilled person can't pull it off if they've given impossible conditions). Agreed. Or drone footage!

I got my monitor mount on my Sony PMW-F3 that way from Zacuto.

Canon themselves know it should have 10bit internal, but they won't do it (says a lot about Canon): In slightly happier news, Wooden Camera now offer an option for the user to swap out the mount for PL or EF on the C200: https://www.newsshooter.com/2018/04/05/canon-c200-c200b-pl-mount-modification-from-wooden-camera/

24bit depth or bust! Oh wait... sorry, are we not talking about audio?!

Now and then I get tempted to buy a 2nd Sony PMW-F3.... but I shouldn't! What did you get your 2nd C100 for? Take a look at the Terra 4K, is basically 5D size, and you can mount any lens on it!

Meanwhile Nikon still has their Nikon D850 out of stock, EIGHT MONTHS later after release! https://nikonrumors.com/2018/04/02/nikon-d850-filmmakers-kit-now-in-stock-in-the-us.aspx/ And this is why Canikon can be pretty complacent about Panasonic/Sony for now.

No, but I often enough use the mic input on my phone for quick casual vlogs.

ProAV has uploaded this: They're all S35? Except the Kinefinity Terra 4K, which is just the same as the RED Raven (except unlike the Raven, the Terra 4K has the option of MFT / E mount! Raven is permanently stuck with EF mount :-/ ). Oh and expect the new Mavo LF which is even larger than S35, but that won't ship until later this year.

Back onto the topic of Cedar DNS2 again, wellll.... I get sent some odd messages sometimes, I got this just now sent on Facebook: Sigh.....

Nikon has filed a patent for a mirrorless mount: https://nikonrumors.com/2018/04/04/the-latest-nikon-patents-13.aspx/ These are interesting too:

Nikon still has their Nikon D850 out of stock, EIGHT MONTHS later after release! https://nikonrumors.com/2018/04/02/nikon-d850-filmmakers-kit-now-in-stock-in-the-us.aspx/ Looks like the D850 is getting a lot of love!! At least from the photographers. Likely will go down as another classic, just like the D800 was.

On the F3 topic, any one know of any feature films shot with an F3 within the last couple of years? Just curious

Thank you for sharing, was really interesting hearing about your experiences in the early era of digital photography. I can see where you're having a very high turn over of photos but only for B&W 8x10 then it makes a hell of lot of logic to have got that camera. Smart. Sorry to hear about your wife though :-/ That is me! Debt free (wellllll... aside from student loan debt, but here in NZ that is interest free so it really doesn't matter) Although now and then I get tempted to lease-buy a Sonosax SX-R4+..... but that would be dumb. Even for those who are working in the industry should be careful before they jump on that endless cycle of upgrades, many people can do that upgrade cycle slower and get better value out of what they have now. CR1 rating, so we can basically ignore this 100% if we so wish. They could make the integration so smooth that some people might not even realise there is a new Nikon mirrorless mount underneath! Like say with the Sony FZ mount, you could glance at a set up F3 / F5 / F55 camera and never even realize there is a FZ mount underneath!