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I guess the new alexa's will also come down in size a lot. Probably the size of a ursa mini pro. Which makes grip life much better. And yeah the image will blow away the current alexa image probably. But I am happy with the current Alexa look :), so for me it would not be a deal breaker. Its still better a better look then any RED for me. But I do not have the money for the supporting grip atm.

Yeah the downside to this is that you have to use their software. I would love to see a plugin for resolve.

oh yeah thanks, I guess I can better go for a X10 to use in combo with my glidecam devin graham series. The easyrig seems cool, but it is more of a handheld look then a really polished look, no doubt it will be faster and easier to shoot then using a glidecam. But I get often thrown off by handheld work, I like it smooth as butter.

Good thing about is that they dropped the price on the Gopro 6! I will not buy a other brand action cam, as it has way less resale value then a gopro. And I only use gopro's for underwatershots or for shots where there is a risk on water damage. If somebody figures out foolproof waterproof cinema cameras on the cheap they will make a killing though as the prices of decent underwaterhouses are crazy high. I get it, you get what you pay for, but I think the demand isnt high enough so they cannot drop the price enough if there were 100000 people requesting cheap underwaterhousings I bet they could drop those prices dramatically.

Nah, the ronin-m can still hold heavier cameras. While this will not. + the ronin m will be much smoother. I would only use this thing for practical reasons on vacation shots.

Hey, what vest(with cable) is that? That you use to carry the alexa mini? (Would it be possible to combine that one to a glidecam?)

Might be fun to play around with on vacation with a dslr.

yeah I own the glidecam Devin Graham signature series and the ronin. Both different animals. You also have to stabilize the ronin(and on the devin graham seriers) you can take notes Cam/lens. And easily balance it back, if you balanced it once. Yeah the glidecam footage is far more organic and does not need batterys or external monitor. But the ronin still has its use if I have to shoot outside of a cartrunk or something similar. And yeah it is beeing overused right now as was timelapse in the beginning, then sliders, then drones, now gymbals. Even with IBIS people are just running around with a dslr in hand and are getting pretty stable footage and I am getting bored by it pretty quick. Sorry for the text, as I do not have any good settings on the ronin :D

Too bad I just bought that GTX 1080 haha Hopefully they are working on improving their stabilizer. It would be awesome if they bought reelsteady and implemented that. As reelsteady seems a really small company that does not seem to evolve/port/develop fast. But they have a great product though. They are planning on a OFX version but that could still take years it seems. By then it would already be outdated or there would be better competition.

Ha crazy times, glad I didnt pay 20000€ last year for one I am sticking with the ursa mini pro for a while. Mainly grip(gimbal/glidecam) for me is the problem with the Alexa, as with the ursa mini pro it is not. And the Alexa mini's are still hella expensive. But I found this video online, seems the ump is still best bang for buck.

Id go for a used mkh 416. Still a favorite in the industry.

Look into aputure ls 1s, aputure 300d and some quasar science crossfade tubes. I also own a miniflo (from kinoflo) set for lighting in cars.

Also might be handy for Car rigs. (weights nothing, takes less room then a gimbal). + its something I can just place in my bag while doing hikes, so might be a great tool for travel as well. I guess I will have to check it out and test it myself at some point. True, but it can be done. I even remember Deakins shooting Jarhead handheld with a Arricam LT

Yeah for DSLR's etc i kinda agree. But when you look at cinema cameras. And you want to do some handheld walking shots, and dont have the time or the right equipment. This might come in handy. Like running around with a Alexa (+-9kg), you would need to have a good vest + arm + steadycam. It weights alot + takes quite some time to set up + you need a experienced operator. So sometimes you go handheld instead to save time and your back. And this might be a handy addon (not sure until I have seen some raging reviews on it). I am not saying you should do this over a glidecam/gimbal, it will never be as good. But for those times that you need to shoot handheld (but I would surely account for the crop, and shoot a bit wider).

Yeah Ill wait on some reviews, but it looks good. It might be a good combo with my ursa mini pro. As I hate gymbal and glidecam work with it now, as I do not have a vest. Maybe I can get away with handheld work with this steadxp and walking really smooth. It might work pretty decent.

So A7S III will also not have 10bit. Sony is becoming the new Canon. Seems my 5DIII(ML) will still remain my backup body for my ump for quite some time. The good news is that I dont have spend cash on body's the next year

I tested this camera on IBC, but wasnt that impressed overal. The only thing that is has going for it, is its low weight. Wasnt that impressed by the C200 either to be honest. Ursa mini pro is still the best low budget cinema camera out there. I was totally blown away with the new sony venice though, but that is a different pricepoint alltogheter.

Grading from first and third shot are off. On the left side there seems to be a building, but you cannot see it in the POV.

I have done my share of free work. And this year I completely stopped with that, and I got 3 times more work then before. And with the money I raised, I can upgrade my toyset and invest in my own passion projects. So in this case I would use these models in my own passion project if I got one lined up, if not I would not bother until I got something going on.

OP is doing videos for a while, its maybe one of his first customers, but its not his first video. 200€ is way too low, if he asks 200€ now. Offcourse the client will hire him. But you will not be able to negotiate for a much higher price for the next video. They come to you because you are cheap, not because you have skills. You cannot live from a 200€ dayrate (when taxes etc pass through it), then you are better off working for a production company. Well 1000€ per day might be too high as well, over here 1000€ per day in Belgium gets you a veteran DOP with Arri amira + light kit + movi + sliders etc.

I own a ursa mini pro, previous C300 owner. (never shot with a c500). If you need to shoot iso 3200-10000 get a canon c300 - c500. Otherwise get the UMP, it has more dynamic range, better codec options, better slow motion options(Dont know about C500), doesnt need an external raw recorder, you can load up LUTS, not sure what lenses you are going to use but the UMP has anamorphic 3K mode, C300 does not (update: I see contax zeiss set, so that does not apply).

The Ursa mini pro is the clear winner over here. If you expose well there is no FPN. Noise of ump seems to be better then a scarlet mx. Last time I shot with a scarlet mx, it had quite some noise. Didn't see that kind of noise on my ump yet. Under 10K the UMP is the best camera out there. I just came back from IBC, and checked out the C200 and the eva1, liked the image from the ump a lot more(couldn't do major tests though).

Yeah I understand, well I already got the pro and a lot of users upgraded as well. The ursa mini 4.6k is a bit older, so the ump will be sold a lot longer, hence there will be a bigger market for it. So no reason for me to switch back, the ND's + IR are really handy. Yeah if you come to Belgium you can test on mine. But I reckon there are some other UMP shooters in Italy that can help you out.

Let me know when you got it working on a ursa mini pro!

How is the 3,5K compared to the 1080 RAW? Is it more detailed. 1080p is enough resolution for me, but It always lacked detail in my experience(besides DR). Not sure if the the 3,5K is a detail improvement over the 1080p. If not, then I would just use the 1080p.