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The 18-55 works really well I think, as long as I am not trying to walk with it. Would be nice if it was an F2 zoom lol, some of those reception halls are way too dark. But thats asking a lot for a $200 lens.

Yeah I try to keep my gimbal as light as possible. Just the bare bones XT3 with 18-55 or a the 23mm f2 or 50 f2. I don't even use a monitor, though in some cases you'd need one. Everything gets so heavy when you do manual lenses plus follow focus and all that. Necessary for some work though.

I personally can't really tell. I do use it if I plan to be lifting shadows a lot, should also be better for scenes with a lot of movement.

Love it man, its got a 1980s fantasy look a bit. Lovely.

Maybe he meant to just saw Prores. I personally think you only need the DJI Osmo pocket for cinematic footage.

I don't own the 16-55, though I wish the 18-55 had a constant aperture of 2.8, would be nice at the long end. F4 isn't bad though, at least not for a lens that cost me under $200. I've thought about getting the 16-55, but I need that ois. In fact I could get by with no zoom at all if the primes had OIS. The OIS works good enough where I sometimes use it rather than a gimbal or a tripod. Not for moving shots put if I just need to stand still or pan it works well. I am using the Ronin M, though that probably isn't of much help lol. Got tired of pistol grip gimbals.

Still from a short I am working on. This isn't going to make it into the cut, but it was too cool not to share.

Another thing people chase after a lot is the film look which I don't think is always synonymous with Cinema. I believe people often associate film with expensive now, because well it is or at least its much more of a process than shooting on a hybrid camera and popping in an SD card. I've seen some cool digital stuff that emulates an old film look like 8mm or 16mm, but not necessarily a look you'd see at a theater. I saw one of the original film copies of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban recently at an art theater. It looked really vintage due to the film not being in perfect condition. Definitely what you'd call a film look. I remember seeing the movie on blueray a year or so ago, where I am sure they mastered it from a mint film copy. Needless to say I had no idea it was shot on film.

Skin tones that are exposed properly with soft light combined with everything else in the shot being exposed well. Most cameras have natural and nice color if exposed properly. Another thing is using quality light. A quality light source that isn't a mix of different temperatures. Make sure your light isn't being polluted by reflections that cause different color tints from a wall or the grass or whatever might be polluting your shot. I am not saying things can't be done in a cheaper quicker way, but that certainly isn't hollywood. Color correction is really only needed when things get f'ed up on set. There are exceptions like the Revanent mentioned above, but that's few and far between. Documentaries are certainly different.

Sigma lens are amazing. I wouldn't say they have a lot of character, but they are incredibly sharp wide open.

Great shots and who said the GH4 wasn't a capable camera haha

Yeah I've heard some horror stories about BM cameras dying from 3rd party battery systems.

Well you get internal NDs. You also get 4k RAW 120fps and HD 240 fps. Nothing touches this in the price range. The Zcam does 120 4k but not even in prores and it's a smaller sensor. That said it doesn't sound like the OP needs something as powerful as the FS700. I personally would want something more compact for doc work.

Thanks for the help. I got a USB to DC 5v to 9v adapter, I believe it should work. Its what I had for my fuji, so it would make sense. Although the BM may use more power. It was only 3 bucks so not a big loss either way.

Yeah I made sure the wires were clamped. I just looked, the DC to USB cord is only rated for 5volts, I am guessing that is the issue as the dummy battery needs 12volts I believe. This is the charger I have

Got this dummy battery and put a DC female plug on it, doesn't seem to work though. Maybe the plug is bad??

Not a bad move on canons part if true.

no thank you I'll stick to my cats

Got my Nikon 28mm f2 today as well. Old lens but the glass itself is fungus and haze free. It flares more and isn't as sharp wide open as the 85mm f2, though I am still happy with the performance. Jpegs out of the XT3, Eterna and Classic Chrome

That looks awesome dude

Unfortunately no, its really not a huge deal for me but transcoding could be a pain if I was doing a huge project.

Just got a 17mm Tokina 3.5. This was the newer AF pro version. However the seller mismarked it as Nikon mount when it was actually an EF mount. So its useless for me. Just got a used vintage version of the same lens in Nikon mount from KEH cameras. They are marked as UGLY condition which isn't reassuring. Hoping I get lucky and get a good one or I may have to do some lens cleaning.

10 bit is the advantage H265 is a more efficient means of compression, though it really is only more efficient at lower bitrates from what I have heard. So its not really giving you an advantage with the XT3 recording 100, 200 or 400mbps. I would have preferred H264 10 bit like the GH5 or prores, even better.

If you are going to be raising shadows, or doing a lot of color grading.

Yeah it definitely has great colors. Honestly the 10 bit H265 wouldn't be needed in a lot of situations. If you are dealing with a high contrast scene it helps , but for a lot of stuff its not really essential.