Ed_David Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Sit back a few years, then you get a camera that's usually 50% off the first price and has no more bugs.You can leap frog from older camera to older camera.You can right now use the Sony F3 and own it for $4k or so used, and then when you are ready, switch to a F5 or F55 or FS7 when it comes down in price.With the savings, invest in lighting, glass, and tripod, and camera movement.Find your niche - are you good at lighting? Composition? Movement. Invest in that.The Red One MX still has probably 90% of what you need vs a Red Dragon or Weapon or bla bla bla. Do tests.Sorry Andrew about the FS5 issues. But you get what you pay for. Emanuel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There are so many options out there, there's no sense to spend extra budget today. I've found somewhere between G7, Ursa Mini 4.6K and now the upcoming X5R for half of the announced price, three affordable bets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 6, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 6, 2016 F3 and RED ONE MX are mighty heavy beasts though, so will not be right for all situations and all people.If you need a smaller and lighter body, then out of the old cameras the 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern raw shoots by far the nicest looking images.As for me I have to stay on the cutting edge, because I enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidzrevil Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 felt that way about the NX1 even though I got it late as hell. Had to wait for the h.265 support. You're really rolling the dice buying brand new cameras these days. I see why some organizations (like the military) only use whats proven in the field and never whats new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (...) and now the upcoming X5R for half of the announced price, three affordable bets.Reviewing the past information, the X5R price hadn't been announced, actually. Only Inspire 1 X5R kit has dropped the price from $8K to $6K. Not exactly a half, even as bundle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members Mattias Burling Posted January 6, 2016 Super Members Share Posted January 6, 2016 And you dont have to whait for years either. G7 is already half price brand new. NX1 half price used.Same thing with lenses, lights etc. Go used. Ed_David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_David Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 The Sony F3 with a samurai blade and battery weighs about 3.5 Kg. Really not that heavy at all. But yes, after one year, the prices come down now about 30-50%. And the camera has all the kinks out of it.It is fun to buy early, but it's even more fun just to borrow the camera from a camera house in exchange for a video . That's how I got the Sony FS7 when it first came out. And how I returned it right away when it first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidzrevil Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 And you dont have to whait for years either. G7 is already half price brand new. NX1 half price used.Same thing with lenses, lights etc. Go used.praying I could find a 1dc or 5d mark iii at half price ! Hoping and PRAYING lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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