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Sadly they're rarer than hens teeth on the secondhand market :-( I really want one. I bought it with high hopes, but is junk. Lectrosonics SRb is also on my list to get! Was Rode wrong to make the NTG3? Nope. What the hell?? Nooooooooooo..... Not at all true! Battery changes is one of the many reasons why I love the Sonys over Sennheiser G3 I very much mind! If a person uses them on film sets where the TX is expected to be hidden then avoid RodeLinks.

Thanks, but I don't think I have ever said I shot a feature film with the Sony PMW-F3?!?! There was one I was going to shoot with it, but then I ended up shooting with the Sony PMW-F5 in 4K raw. However we only did a few days of shooting, now waiting on further funding plus other factors.

Also, YouTubers are low information buyers, thus stick with Canons

Hey hey now, don't be so harsh Gregor, he was shooting with a Panasonic AG160 beforehand! haha

Saw your post on jwsoundgroup, and Mike gave a good tip: http://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/30739-wireless-in-europe/&do=findComment&comment=341495

Blocks 24/25/26 are sweet for us and is what I've been buying. A reckon a handful of MHz either way is not going to make a lot of difference in the grand scheme of things.

My vlog got fancy, latest one was shot on a Panasonic EVA1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7sUr0J5Tc (footage is in vlog.... for a vlog, ha! Yes, is an amusing pun I just realised this second)

Panasonic G80 with a speedbooster.

What the.... ?? You seem a bit mixed up, are you now thinking about cellular network frequencies? That is completely unrelated!

Well that makes it easy enough, look up frequency blocks for your area in the USA + Belarus, find what overlaps as ok, then you're sorted!

To fvck with our heads and stir the pot? :-P ha it is a new Panasonic Lens Filter that bounces light back!

The size is so big, I'd only use it on low budget docos/corporates where you really do not care at all as to if they're visible or not. Don't they have crazy bad delay? I think. Plus for that price I could buy two Sony UWP-D11 / Sennheiser G3 secondhand. What countries will you mainly be in?

Let's not lose perspective that even the old GH2 is a great camera that indie filmmakers a decade ok would've killed for! & the GH5 is many many times better than the GH2. We're living in a time of luxuries! Spoiled for choices.

Wellll.... dual ISO in the EVA1 is only half that in the Varicam LT (2500 vs 5000 ISO). So what if they halved it again?!?! :-o

Haha! All good. I'm just a weirdo nerd with a head full of tech specs and acronyms.

Here is a quick overview of the lay of the land (I really should do a blog article on wireless one day): Arguably the "minimum" quality for "no budget wireless" which is the cheapest: RODE RodeLinks. But I'd disagree with that. Was my first ever wireless purchase, immediately after they launched it. But I kinda regret that now. The transmitter packs are too bloody bulky! Only use mine as a camera hop now (where size matters a little less). Been using it for exactly that purpose all week on a film as the hop for scratch from my F4 to an EVA1. And many various other shoots before (although unfortunately I find I need to mount the TX high up on my harness, as otherwise I get very serious issues if the RodeLink TX is too close to my recorder). Actual "minimum quality" (anything less is throwing money away): the very very very popular Sennheiser G3 (you see them everywhere!! I'm sure you've used them at some point) But personally I don't own any, as I find in numerous little ways the Sony UWP-D11 to be better (but they're the same price). Of which I own five sets! (Plus in the process of 6x Lectrosonics, plus 1x Saramonic UwMic9, plus 2x RodeLink pairs, plus 3x Samson Micro Airline wireless)

Perhaps secondhand Lectrosonics SRb with 2x LMa? I've got my eye on a SRb next. Really depends on what "best bang for buck" means, as everyone's "buck" is different. There is a "best bang for bucks" at each price bracket.

Interesting! I need to test this out.

I got the a5100 on sale years ago. Am very surprised at how little if any it has dropped in price since then. Perhaps linked to the fact there has never been an a5100 successor.

Would be a Rode NTG2, not a "Rhode NT2".

If you want a cheap MFT camera consider secondhand GH1, or GX1 if he might like that body shape instead (& a bit better sensor). If exclusively focused mainly on stills then Nikon D7000 or Nikon D5200 (depending on if preferring the body ergonomics/features of the newer sensor).

EVA1 is already a "mini varicam". Very mini! I'm currently working on a film with the first EVA1 in the country.

LOL

The link for those curious: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1331924-REG/tascam_dr_10lw_dr_10l_mini_portabl_recorder.html If you want true wireless, you'd need to spend much much more. Other option is be wired to them, but that is a pain in the arse.

I'm confident my hat is safe from danger.