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When you look at the prices of a FS100/EX1/AF100/etc it just doesn't seem worth it when you could pick up instead a F3 body for US$1.2K if you wait. That gap in price between them is too small to put up with the lesser camera instead of an F3. (yes, the price of a recorder then pushes it up a few hundred more up, but I'd rather use the F3 internal than one of those other cameras)

Yeah they didn't care much with the a7S mk1 only have 1080 internal and 4K 8bit external, when the GH4 had 4K internal and 10bit external Then they took their sweet time releasing a7S mk2 (which didn't even catch up to the GH4 in offering 10bit external). Ditto this time around, they'll take their sweet time to release the a7S mk3

Huh?? Edit: oh whoops, just realised you meant you've been doing this for 19 years! :-o Not that you are a 19yo :-P lol, oops.

Wouldn't be strange if you can't shuffle the dates around to make it work. As for turning it down, depends on the details and each person's financial situation as well. As for me, I'd likely turn down a $500/day job to do #1 instead. But for that big region between $500 & $2K?! Hmmmm..... tricky to say!

Sony UWP-D11 is the best "no budget" wireless. Get an OST Lav mic as the next upgrade from it. Shotguns are a big no no no for indoors! (With rare exceptions) As a soundie, to be hearing people say a shotgun is a good choice is probably how a videographer feels when he reads people recommending using your iPhone to film with! lol (Just because lots of people use iPhones to film with, & are happy with the subpar results, doesn't mean we should be recommending that!) Rather use a cheapie Samson C02 than say a RODE NTG2 Then if you're shooting it solo then get a C stand and boombuddy for your boom mic. Zoom H4n is a pretty horrendous recorder for production location sound. I'd upgrade that if you can: http://ironfilm.co.nz/which-sound-recorder-to-buy-a-guide-to-various-indie-priced-sound-recorders-in-2017/

Back in the film age did you also believe all SLR manufactures should also manufacture their own film as well??

Oh the poor fools! They must lose a lot if they're doing this over and over. Oh snap, me too! There are a few others too?! We should all have a group Kiwi EOSHD meet up one day. May I ask, which company are you working for?

Why would you want a small chip camcorder?? Unless you have a specific purpose in mind, then don't both! An example exception might be a very fast paced run and gun doco, and then going for the likes of a Sony X70 could make sense. As for a large chip camcorder, nah don't go for the AF100. (unless you find it INSANELY cheap, we're talking sub $500 territory. At least!) A couple of years back I was seriously considering buying one, but glad I went for the hugely superior Sony PMW-F3 instead (which is dirt cheap today, but I probably wouldn't buy in 2017... as the FS700 has now fallen down to extremely attractive low prices).

Errr.... but why buy a Canon at all?!?! You can look at Expired Listings on TradeMe to get a rough general feel for market values. Where do you live in NZ? What gear do you currently have, and what do you use it for?

That last pic is porn.

Sound department is missing?!

Not a bad thing however.... you can buy from eBay and sell on TradeMe for more than what you paid for it?!

Hell no!!! Would be battsh*t insane (from a business perspective) for Nikon to collaborate with a third party to make EF lenses work well on their cameras. Be much better if they cooperate with third parties for making Nikon F mount lenses work on their new mirrorless cameras. Indeed, this is very likely. The feature film I recently worked on, had the Nikon D500 as one of the cameras used on every shoot.

I have been a source ;-) This is why I buy secondhand ;-) I picked up F3 for a song! Exception: when an INSANE sale happens! I purchased my BMPCC brand new during the $500 sale. Which to my surprise, they still sell for more than that secondhand today! :-o

Raw (ML Raw or anything else) in general is overkill for a doco in 97% of situations! Say what?! You lumped Left and Libertarianism into the same thing??

Freeman Dyson is a giant in the world of math and physics. As for myself, I'm not Freeman Dyson, but I know a little about it from my science degree in mathematics (with almost a 2nd major in physics, plus I taught mathematical modeling to undergraduates at university for many years). Thus I know more than enough to be highly skeptical about mathematical models being pushed for a political purpose! I suppose many of heard of the famous saying: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics!"" Well mathematical models can be misused and abused even worse than statistics can be! However, I loved mathematical modeling, and it is an extremely important area of study, that has many very useful applications. Just don't be ever taking them immediately at face value! Especially not in highly politically charged situations.

bullsh*t, S35 is not that much bigger than MFT!!

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:v1cACqk9IgUJ:nofilmschool.com/2017/10/detailed-look-35mm-zenmuse-x7-dji+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz Hehe ;-)

No, but that would be DJI's primary intended use case for it.

I don't want another E mount camera!

Thousands and thousands of MFT shooters would disagree with you that "nobody wants to use their mount". Their own mount?? WTF I hope not! That would be madness.

More tools to assist you in the heat of the moment is always a good thing.

More info here about the SMWB (uses a single AA battery, a very small transmitter!): http://www.lectrosonics.com/US/Menu-item-for-category-listing-module-497/product/561-smwb.html And the info for the dual battery version: http://www.lectrosonics.com/US/Menu-item-for-category-listing-module-497/product/562-smdwb.html Wish I could get one of each and a SRc! Ah well, maybe next year.... However, it is very weird that it has a max of 44.1KHz?? What on earth are they smoking.... Also is a damn pity there is no TC :-( Guess they're still keeping a reason for you to buy their PDR instead. But having a split gain recording option is nice.

Disagree with you about Sony, if they were happy for competitors to use their mount then it would have already happened. Agree with you it was dumb of Panasonic to use EF :-(

Of course it can! For instance the JVC LS300 camera. Loudness doesn't really matter when mounted on a drone! No chance in hell this fits with a Phantom sized drone. EF vs MFT is a choice they make. E vs MFT is *not* a choice they make. As they have no choice at all in using E mount. It isn't an option at all.