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Thanks! I have looked at these too but not too much - guess I should read and watch more of what people are saying on them The FX6 would be unsuitable as it doesn't have an articulating screen so not very useful for vlogging and in a confined space like a car, it would be hard to handle FX3 seems more suitable so will take a look at some sample video of that Oh yeah... one thing about Sony.... it was said that there was some compatibility issue with Davinci Resolve - what was that? I did a quick Google and looks like everything seems fine as Resolve support slog3! Maybe something to do with difference between Studio and Free version?

@MrSMW @eatstoomuchjam - thank you so much guys!! I really appreciate it 😄 Sorry if I sound like a total lost cause, but hopefully I will get there..... 😉

No idea on the budget side right now... what I'm trying to look at basically is parts then get everything together and work out the rest once I am satisfied... it might be that I build things up gradually too so maybe just get say the 4x4 to start with then take local journeys before going further kind of like a telescope if you like The key thing is that I am able to travel and comfortably. With the main agenda being to get out of the city and into environments more suitable for my health issues so that I don't stress out and end up with high levels of anxiety and depression Before I took up photography, I had a period where I couldn't even leave the house for 10 years. It was caused by a panic attack on the way to work one day and that was the end of me... it was only later we found out the reason and learned enough about things to know that the city and crowded places just don't work for me. So hopefully finding something that I can do and get good at like making adventure and nature videos in the middle of nowhere will be more suitable and fun. Life is difficult is all I can say....

These are exactly things that I need to think about.... which I'm *not* able to consider at the moment as a) I have no experience and b) I have ASD so that means I "hyperfocus" in directions that I like and don't pay attention to anything else unless there is someone kind enough to make me aware... As for server this is probably more to what I'm looking at: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/chassis/compact mini-tower/721/sc721tq-350b2 But yes battery drain will be a key issue.... I have around 20 of those things in 3x racks at home which we didn't actually have space for so I installed them into what was supposed to be my bedroom. Of course that rendered the room unusable for anything else and you have A/C in there permanently on too... Oh yeah and the A/V rack in the living room downstairs so: Constant 12A current draw basically - haha Not sure about Windows gaming laptop? I have a Lenovo P1 Gen5 with integrated Nvidia card running Arch Linux. I do have another slightly smaller 15" Lenovo again workstation based laptop with Nvidia Quadro GFX but currently that's running the house so A/C and central heating etc... is going through that one on a VM. Thanks by the way for all of this!! In the Kazakhstan vid posted above the family took a pop-top trailer linked to an Eneos Granediar. I initially thought it was a Merc G-wagon though... shows you how out of phase I am with things... very different to the 1990s where I used to be able to remember every make, model, price, and spec from a car magazine I collected for many years. Gas should be available everywhere as in central Asia I heard that diesel was a problem?? But I know this from Turkey too in that they don't have proper diesel but something they call Mazot (in Turkish). I think it's low quality diesel mixed with something else that really screws the engine and has wafts of black smoke bellowing out the tail pipes... They do a lot of things here like build vans out eg. Merc Sprinters and then go travel round Europe using those... I wouldn't like that though... as I really want to get off the tarmac and away from civilization as much as possible...

Obviously right now I'm talking about the "ultimate goal".... during my trip up to Scotland I had a blast filming but everything was first time use so rushed and I got a few things wrong!! I even got to drive a LandRover Defender 110 here (at about ~4 mins in) which was my first *real* 4x4 experience: At about ~3 mins in, I used the DJI Action 4 to film inside and through the window. I had the camera set to ISO 100 which was a big mistake!! It caused a heck of a lot of unnecessary noise when if I had, had the thing set to Auto ISO, it would have exposed correctly for me rather then me trying to fight it. Difference in technique basically between stills landscape photography set to M or Manual mode. It worked much better for part 3 after some experience.... Lots of learning post videos of how I could have made things better but lighting conditions were challenging to say the least and I think even with Auto ISO the DJI's struggled.... basically small sensor and noise in shadows syndrome! Other then that my 4-door managed most places, even straddling the track with high central rise (like a monorail), it still managed LOL - though that was by putting the wheels onto the center and the side (not bad for something with stiffened and lowered "sports" suspension - as is claimed from the standard Spec sheet):

Ok these guys were a total team: with 3x vehicles that had all the bells and whistles... In some of their other videos the kids of the main guy usually just slept in the back of the SUV... I think it was either a 4Runner Gen5. , a Sequoia, or LandCruiser? What I do like is that they also were using the Canon C70 (I think?) and the DJI Inspire 2 drone. They also had the Garmin Tread Overland XL for navigation, a RedArc system to control the rigs, and Icom 2-way radios for communication. There was even a thermal scope for nightvision - those things are cool as some can even record video and even at 4k!! As far as NAS, I will check out SuperMicro - which coming from a server and network engineering background anyway, I would be installing FreeBSD on it and then using ZFS across the drives. I'd probably be looking at SATA SSD's or possibly NVME type stick HD storage if they have made one? Looks like I'm in luck!! https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/nvme Coupled to a 10GbE switch and it's a formidable setup. for trailer I was actually checking out the ROA videos for various models and it seems currently Pause is one of the best you can find: sadly the 4Runner that I fell in love with only has a 6000lbs tow rating so these fall above that! But something like this would definitely work: plus loads of storage space to store the camera equipment.... I really like the dinette area as it has space for 2 which in my mind means 2x laptops 🙂 Of course these are just current thoughts for the moment. Something that Jim Baired (adventurer from Canada) normally does (he's got a teardrop) is mount the action camera on the top of the trailer to give a view of the road plus the truck towing it. It's a nice perspective and it works.... though I was thinking about doing that directly on the 4Runner Trailhunter which has the ARB roof rack on top.

Last night I was watching something about a Volvo FT Expedition vehicle... looks nice but I wasn't too impressed... and for $250k (US) yikes! My current thoughts are to import something like a Toyota 4Runner gen6. Trailhunter from the US and then maybe an Imperial Outdoors X145 or MDC XT16 trailer again from the US. No idea... will need to contact an importer and find out if the 4Runner could even be made legal over here. I had a look at the Toyota Hilux too which *is* sold here but only a 2.4 or 2.8 liter diesel engine which is small and I really don't like diesel. Right now I just wish there was somewhere I could go and rig up my current equipment on my car, including drone and practice and see what kind of things I can achieve.... Due to laws I can't fly my drone around locally as I need to be 150m (492ft) away from people. That is hard because even at 2am in the morning I was in the middle of nowhere (well not quite but it was quiet) and someone drove up to me so I had to land and move. Somehow I need to find a solution to things and maybe even relocate if that is the best answer....

I actually am in the UK.... which is why I'm struggling so much with vehicle choice and places to go LOL Ideally I am looking at doing world tours to places like Africa and central Asia as well as the Americas, as per the YT vid above on Kazakhstan as it seems they are also from the same city as me... Currently I'm in planning for a route which will take me through central Europe to Turkey and a region called Uludag which I know very well. The route will go through the east of France into the Alps, into Italy and the Dolomites, then east Europe and finally to the mountains of Turkey. I saw a posting by a couple from the Czech Republic that went to Romania and caught some brown bears on camera. That kind of thing would be fantastic to video (as well as image). You do also get Eurasion Pine Martens out there and jackals etc... For me in terms of things, because of my ASD and ADHD I think having an off-road trailer will be the best. If I could set it up as an office too with NAS drive and Strarlink it would be amazing. That way I wouldn't have to worry about running out of SD cards continuously in my cameras. I would also get a shower and even toilet which is something I would need for a medical problem I have.... Sadly when you have conditions relating to "Neuro Divergence" things become so much more complicated and you have to think of "what happens if I get stuck?" type scenarios.... It *did* happen on the way back home from Scotland where I had a panic attack en route and then really struggled to drive home after that. Since then things have been even more difficult and have now been put onto medication for it. Partly it's down to quieter and less populated areas suite me better but sadly in the south east of England that isn't available so things get pretty difficult to deal with.

Budget isn't really being thought about right now.... as budget wise my biggest concern is getting a suitable vehicle and trailer to take off-road and with what I'm looking at I probably need to import both from the US which will be tricky to say the least... Most likely I might even have to build a custom trailer to integrate with the Garmin control system and maybe have a NAS storage system built in too.... This is kinda the access I have to lenses.... these are a mixture of both my Pentax and Nikon ones. Not all are brand new: Hmm.... interesting! Right now I have the iFootage large diameter suction cup mount with larger articulating arm. https://eu.ifootagegear.com/products/spider-crab-vehicle-mount-system I used it for Part 1 of my videos above to mount the Pocket 3 on. Bit difficult to turn the steering wheel as I had it mounted to the side window but it was the first time I'd ever used it and was a little rushed - plus I'd been on the road for around 12 hours too so quite tired additionally. What I am probably inclined to do is get the kit of suction mounts or go with the SmallRig magnetic suction mount, as they also have clamps I reckon something like these: https://www.smallrig.com/clamp-mount-v1-w-ball-head-mount-and-coolclamp-1124.html - I have some clamps like this I bought ages ago off Amazon that I used with webcams before! while this is the magnetic suction mount: https://www.smallrig.com/MagicArm-Magnetic-Suction-Cup-Mounting-Support-Kit-for-Action-Cameras-4466.html I have a cheesebar and a mini tripod from Smallrig and feels like high quality. I haven't used them much as my main tripod is a German built Novoflex which I love.... ps. thanks so much guys for all the responses 🙂 🙂 I really appreciate them.... when starting out with something it is always so easy to get lost either in equipment or direction

That's interesting! Though at the top I did mention that I could opt for a Nikon Z6III which would allow me to use my current lens lineup and still have unlimited record time, AF + Tracking, and a few other bits I think as I have two really nice DSLR's already I am not sure I want to go for another one even if it has "V" in the name.... We'll see as I'm in no rush for this and I want to be sure that I have researched enough in order to be satisfied that I have made the right decision at the end....

Photographically, this is the kinda stuff I'm usually doing.... often working in "pitch black": So I thought it would be nice to combine things with video too, maybe right now might be too early but definitely later on. Would be really nice to expand into nature documentary style stuff too to combine with the 'road trips' That's kinda why I was thinking about the C80 as the triple base ISO seems like it would work well.... I reworked a few of the clips from Scotland in Davinci Resolve too as part of the learning curve and came up with this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gv9JFhFmsxfdtbILlTkXURWPjtGU5mPv/view?usp=drive_link I will definitely check out venture4wd though!! Right now I'm just checking out this, which I believe are from Holland hence the yellow front and rear plates? - nope actually from same place as me which I should have noticed through the front plates being white; difference though is that it's a family of 4 which makes things more interesting while I am alone and have ASD and ADHD just to add to the mix and doesn't help much at all:

Wouldn't that be a bit difficult when using cameras of different types? I mean the Action 4 takes totally different batteries to the Air 3 drone and the Pocket 3 has internal batteries.... My Pentax K1 and Nikon D500 also have very different batteries..... Add my laptop into that mix and you have a cocktail of different things..... For that trip, I used the 3 battery charger of DJI for both Air 3 and Action 4. Luckily most work off USB power so a mains to USB adapter was all that was required

Originally I tried using my Nikon D500 in video mode shooting a demo of driving around at night and the content was unusable... so much sensor read noise that it was crazy. I tried during the daytime and similar.... crazy noise. I would be looking at something capable of capturing good low-light footage though which is why I bought my Pentax K1 in the first place, to do Astrophotography with. It's kind of why I was thinking about the C70/C80 The Action 4 and Pocket 3 start struggling when light become challenging due to the small sensors. I was hopefully wanting to get some footage while doing astro too but that might be hard due to the fact that I'm usually working in Zero light with just a red headlamp illuminated and maybe the rear screen of the camera Though I do agree with the above posting in that technique and story telling desperately need to be worked on Probably "must haves" for me at this stage would be more action cameras.... I guess getting the right mounts to fit around the vehicle would also be needed Having seen a few shots from (was it TFL Offroad?) that hooked their action cam up to the underside of the 4x4's they were testing to see the bottom of the chassis and mechanicals at work was really cool. No idea what they used or where they hooked the thing up but that needs investigating from my end definitely 🙂

Thanks so much! I am actually looking at Lifestyle Overland Youtube channel which uses the Lumix GH6, and also Expedition Overland channel too... among a few others. Just starting out, I need to actually get a proper vehicle too with higher ground clearance and more cargo capacity then what I have available in my trunk. One thing I am noticing is that whatever "Overland" channels I watch which are a few there always seem to be at least 2 people taking film duty. So when one person drives for example another will film or use a drone etc.... Sadly I don't have that luxury. I'm under no impression that my stuff is going to be as good as people who have been doing this a long time, but we all have to start somewhere. I am happy with my first attempt but feel that it was a little ad-hoc, rushed and dull.... In honestly I had no idea where I was going either apart from the first week which was planned so things just kinda happened spontaneously - which may or may not be a bad thing....

When you say you have "low light experience" with the C70, how low are you talking? I recently created a post in trying to decide which camera is suitable for me and am pretty much as of now looking at the C70 or C80.... For me low would be a high contrast situation where you have vehicles with headlights and lightbars going through the frame in pitch black night, or alternately while camping with just headlights providing illumination. I did watch a Youtube video comparison of the low light performance between the C70 and C80, but it was processed in post so obviously both looked pretty good (to my inexperienced eyes in any case)