IronFilm

Or half that apparently! Saw a guy asking a few days ago about if he should buy an AF100 that he got offered for 300 euros :-o Wow

The Zoom F4 is $499 at https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-F4-Multitrack-Field-Recorder/dp/B01KZHQWY0 Damn, what a bargain! I spent more than that, but don't regret a single penny of it.

I'd disagree, & say 90% of the time it is foolish for an indie director to borrow money to make a feature.

Tangerine? The one shot with $30K ish worth of audio gear? Yes I wish every director shot with that as the minimum

Was only for 24 hrs? Or they're sold out already

Maybe because of the way YouTube pays now, longer it is, the more adverts that get squeezed in!

A handful of these and you have a good start at a 360VR set up!

What batteries is the EVA1 compatible if sourcing third party ones? DVX200 / AG-AC8 / AJ-PX270 / HC-X1000 ?

There is a wide range of opinion as to what "DP" or "director" means, to some if you've shot a film then you can call yourself that, to others no less than winning an Oscar is sufficient justification! ha I do generally agree with you though, when a FS5/EVA1/etc are so affordable and so good, even very low budget shoots can do that instead of a DSLR. Heck, I'm doing an ultra low budget student project (everyone aside from myself, plus maybe an actor or two, are undergraduate students) this coming week, yet we're using an EVA1!! If they can, any one can! ha

Is my way! :-D One tiny BP-U30 is plenty for a day's shooting.

Odd.... I had a play around with it today, and it doesn't tell you when it loses connection with the TC box. Neither does it have any method to explicitly jam TC, it just "does it". (Sooo errr... yeah, wish there was a way to feel more certain about this. )

Have a week long film shoot with the EVA1 coming up, and have the gear test day tomorrow. If any one has any particular questions about it? I'm just the soundie, but I'll report back what I can.

If you're doing this professionally, then the price difference is small enough in the grand scheme of things to just get a mic that "people trust" (the 416). But if people don't care about the specifics of your sound gear (or you already own an even better mic in your kit, like I do with a Sanken CS3e), and you're not doing full rate sound jobs, then is perfectly ok to save your pennies and get an Aputure Deity or Rode NTG3 instead.

Just be careful you're not too close without a pop guard, as then you might get busts of wind while speaking. Which is what happened during the video OP shared. And was thus very annoying while I was listening to it, each time it happened.

I really should do a side by side test, for myself and to share. But I expect so?

I'll additionally note, his microphone is only a few inches away from his lips! Closer is better!

A distant dream :-(

Or you're just in your early years of your career. Or you're not a specialist / owner op in the camera department (maybe shooting is just a side thing, and you're usually a director/producer/whatever, then having a mirrorless camera to shoot with is a lot of sense).

This. This. This. This. This. This.

Sounds like the smart man's approach would be to buy those $800 iMacs instead of buying new! ;-)

I agree, a secondhand a7S mk1 would be a tempting choice for your line of work. Not even 600mm is enough?!

Fun fact: Lectrosonics UM250b are legal here in NZ, but illegal in Australia! :-o (because it is 250mW. Compare that to say the very popular Sennheiser G3, which is 30mW!) So yeah, I can't promise it will be illegal in your country (as it might be legal like it is for me in NZ), but hey, throw caution to the wind and get yourself one anyway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzK46cqU80

But without any audio whatsoever. That in my books hardly even counts as any sort of video.

Yes, I think he just made a small error, yet it doesn't change the rightness of his conclusions for himself.

From having observed others in the real estate industry (as photographers, or videographers), my suggestion is in the long run to earn more and move up to focus on getting architectural / lifestyle shoots, plus coporate videos (or stils/portraits) for building related business (such as construction companies, or cabinet makers, etc). As they'll pay more than picks for just yet another real estate listing. Agreed, from what I've heard you really need to nail your workflow down. As it is about doing a high volume (which is why real estate agents mucking you around can be a big problem! As it might muck with the rest of the day's schedule). hahaha Boggles the mind why a person would go for a 5Dmk4 over a D850 if they're already in the Nikon ecosystem :-/ Yes! Each gear purchase I make I try to think about what % is "for business" and what % is "hobby plaything for my own pleasure".