u/ksunk8

Hey all! Super quick question for ya all. I will be going on tour this summer with a band, and the way our content schedule looks, I will have to do a ton of editing in the van/on the road. Since its concert footage, odds are it'll be fairly fast-paced, 24fps, somewhat jarring footage. I've never actually had to edit in a moving vehicle, but I can only imagine it's gonna make me carsick.

With all that being said, do any of you have solutions that you use? Maybe like a hoodie with a really big hood to block peripherals or something like that? Do they make anything specifically for this issue?

Thanks in advance!

Hey all! Super quick question for ya all. I will be going on tour this summer with a band, and the way our content schedule looks, I will have to do a ton of editing in the van/on the road. Since its concert footage, odds are it'll be fairly fast-paced, 24fps, somewhat jarring footage. I've never actually had to edit in a moving vehicle, but I can only imagine it's gonna make me carsick.

With all that being said, do any of you have solutions that you use? Maybe like a hoodie with a really big hood to block peripherals or something like that? Do they make anything specifically for this issue?

Thanks in advance!

What's up, all!

TL;DR
Love my F3 but need a pro workhorse with better flash sync and AF for concerts. I’m torn between the F4 and the F100/F5 (hate the "DSLR" look but know the AF is better). Does the F4’s autofocus actually hold up in a dark pit or am I making a massive mistake choosing looks over performance?

I’m transitioning to doing more professional work in the music industry and street, and need a reliable 35mm workhorse for dark concert pits and the occasional daylight fill-flash. Right now, my main SLR is an F3. I love it, but it was my mom's from high school, so I’m terrified of smashing it in a crowd. Plus, the 1/80th sync speed and weird side-mount flash are just getting too annoying for fast-paced gig shit.

I know I need an autofocus body with a standard hot shoe and a 1/250th sync speed, but I am super torn on what to get.

The obvious answers are the F100 or the F5. I know they have the 3D matrix metering and the multi-point AF that can track a musician in the dark. But honestly... I hate, hate, hate how they look. They just look like clunky early-2000s DSLRs, and if I’m shooting film, I kinda want the camera to look and feel analog. I hate even saying that...

This brings me to the F4. I absolutely love the aesthetic. It still has the tactile physical dials, it has the standard hot shoe, and it's the only one that will give me matrix metering with my older manual F3 glass.

But I’m terrified of making a $300 mistake based on aesthetics. I have an N75 (not a fan) and the AF on that is super snappy, but I know the F4 is literally 1988 first-gen tech with only one center focus point.

For anyone who has actually shot shows with an F4: In practice, is the AF going to screw me in a dark venue completely? If I’m using a speedlight with the AF-assist beam, will it lock on fast enough, or will the lens just violently move back and forth while I miss the shot? Should I just suck it up and buy the ugly F100 so I don't miss the shot, or is the F4 totally fine if you know what you're doing?

Thanks in advance!!! Probably crossposted

What's up, all!

TL;DR
Love my F3 but need a pro workhorse with better flash sync and AF for concerts. I’m torn between the F4 and the F100/F5 (hate the "DSLR" look but know the AF is better). Does the F4’s autofocus actually hold up in a dark pit or am I making a massive mistake choosing looks over performance?

I’m transitioning to doing more professional work in the music industry and street, and need a reliable 35mm workhorse for dark concert pits and the occasional daylight fill-flash. Right now, my main SLR is an F3. I love it, but it was my mom's from high school, so I’m terrified of smashing it in a crowd. Plus, the 1/80th sync speed and weird side-mount flash are just getting too annoying for fast-paced gig shit.

I know I need an autofocus body with a standard hot shoe and a 1/250th sync speed, but I am super torn on what to get.

The obvious answers are the F100 or the F5. I know they have the 3D matrix metering and the multi-point AF that can track a musician in the dark. But honestly... I hate, hate, hate how they look. They just look like clunky early-2000s DSLRs, and if I’m shooting film, I kinda want the camera to look and feel analog. I hate even saying that...

This brings me to the F4. I absolutely love the aesthetic. It still has the tactile physical dials, it has the standard hot shoe, and it's the only one that will give me matrix metering with my older manual F3 glass.

But I’m terrified of making a $300 mistake based on aesthetics. I have an N75 (not a fan) and the AF on that is super snappy, but I know the F4 is literally 1988 first-gen tech with only one center focus point.

For anyone who has actually shot shows with an F4: In practice, is the AF going to screw me in a dark venue completely? If I’m using a speedlight with the AF-assist beam, will it lock on fast enough, or will the lens just violently move back and forth while I miss the shot? Should I just suck it up and buy the ugly F100 so I don't miss the shot, or is the F4 totally fine if you know what you're doing?

Thanks in advance!!! Probably crossposted