Considering selling our Komodo for a more well rounded daily use camera. Thinking something along the lines of a C300 MKII.
My concern is about how much I'll miss the tonality and depth in the image. Has anyone gone this route and regretted (or loved) it?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Drop a link, a still, or a story about your favorite project from this year! I want to get inspired and hear what everyone is working on.
We're a small production crew looking to build out a capable kit for a wide variety of client projects.
Currently we have a RED Komodo and a Blackmagic Pocket 4K and the image looks great but it's at the expense of many other basic features that would make our workflow a lot easier.
We would like to have two of the same cameras that are built for run and gun production or can be adapted to do so. Our shoots range from small luxury real estate jobs, to large brand films, so ideally our cameras could be easily rigged to fit both ends of that spectrum and have an image that holds up for those higher end projects. (within reason).
Image and flexibility in post matters quite a bit to us and we could be willing to compromise on weight if that means we get the image we're looking for.
Our budget is up to $2,000 per camera body so we can focus on a good lens set.
Ideally we'd like something that meets the following specs:
- XLR in (full size or mini)
- SDI
- Built in ND
- Fast sensor readout (ideally sub 10ms but we can be a little flexible there)
- Can be rigged on a gimbal (or has a cheap b-cam little brother that we can purchase in addition to our A-cams)
- Easy PL adapter or PL mount
This has been a tough puzzle to solve and we would love to hear what everyone's favorite cameras are, especially some older cinema options that provide raw recording or a low compression ProRes codec.
So far our list consists of the following cameras but is changing by the day:
Sony FS7II
Sony F55 (I know this would be a tank but it ticks every other box)
VariCam LT (same issue with weight)
Canon R5C
BMD Ursa Mini Pro G2
BMD Ursa 12K (this is a stretch but could be worth it)
If you have a favorite forgotten workhorse and have footage examples we'd love to hear them!
TLDR: Need a sub $2,000 camera body from the last 15 years that could be used daily, has a robust ProRes or RAW codec, built in NDs, XLR, SDI, and an easy PL mount option.