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What's Everybody Shooting With Now?

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David S.

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There's alot of comments here about the newest, best greatest.

My question is what are you shooting with now and for how long?

I'll start:

1. HVX200 - 27 months.
 
Was shooting an Aaton XTR Prod and MovieCam Super America. Now I shoot with the cameras at work, HPX500, HVX200, PMW-EX1, GY-HD250U, Canon A1, etc.

Looking to get a Scarlet.
 
HV20 with Redrock adaptor. Have had it about 7 months or so, not really going to miss it. lol.
 
24 months.

i've shot two features in the last two years on the HVX200 with 35mm adapter. done a short and some dicking around with the HV20 (also with adapter). my good friend Matt Garrett is expected to acquire a Red One package in July and we've already discussed the prospect of "doing something" -- that something is yet to be determined.
 
At work I don't film, at home I use the Sony HC1, Canon TX1 and my wife's Panasonic SD1. HC1 is the most practical, the TX1 is perfect for being in the mountains and the SD1 has really nice colours.

Will seriously consider buying the Scarlet if it is an upgrade in manual controls over the HC1.
 
Im using the HVX, bought it when it came out for $8000, up to this day, it has made me about $50,000. Not in one shot, but up until know, otherwise i would be buying an EPIC if it was a $50,000 gig.

I was surprised how well the HVX looks on the big screen, and thats only HD, now imagine Scarlet footage up there. YAH
 
I have two HVXs. I will be keeping them both. I got the first one when it came out. I got two 8gig cards and the camera for 10K (I think).

I got it just before the first Mardi Gras after Katrina. I shot that Mardi Gras on my own ticket for stock footage. I hired four kids to help. One loader, two runners and one steadicam grip. I hired a cop (mostly to use his car to provide power and AC for the download station).

I ended up selling enough stuff to the National Geographic Channel to cover my cost (not including the camera).

The HVX changed my life. I have gotten some good stuff out of that camera. My clients love it. It is still a great work horse. However for stock footage from now on I will be using my Red One.
 
Been using RED ONE (for almost 8 months now). We now own and use six RED ONE cameras, with one more to be delivered shortly. We also currently own and use: one Sony HDC1500 (in a CineFlex gimbal system), one Sony F900R, and two Sony EX1. We also own and use five custom water housings: two diving housings for RED ONE, one surf zone housing for RED ONE, two surf zone housings for EX1.

As soon as they're available we will be: trading four of the RED ONEs into EPIC purchases (keeping and upgrading the other three RED ONEs), purchasing two more EPIC, so the total EPIC will be six, purchasing eight Scarlet.

This is a lot of cameras - but we do a lot of production.
 
Gl2

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Canon GL2. One small step for you pros, one quantum leap for a hobbyist like myself. (I have an s-corp and edit w/ FCP on my G5 Mac, but I am at the technical level of a hobbyist.) Scarlet is my dream come true.
 
Eugene said:
Canon GL2. One small step for you pros, one quantum leap for a hobbyist like myself. Scarlet is my dream come true.
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It's perfectly OK to be a hobbyist and get a Scarlet...

Every pro started their career with a dream. If you can dream it, you can become it. If you'd like to transition from a hobbyist to a pro, go for it! Your heart will then be in your work. Then if you do your work well enough for long enough, money will take care of itself.

I'm writing this as a three decade pro who started out with a small camera and a dream...just like you.

Any advice I can give you to help you get to your production dream, just PM me - I'll be happy to tell you what I think. You see - when I was starting out, and at several points along the way, experienced pros took the time to give me advice. in memory of them, I take every opportunity to do the same thing...
 
I really appreciate your posts Gibby, always informative for me.

-I've used a DVX100a since October 2005. Before that it was a Canon ZR65. Next is Scarlet...definitely Scarlet.
 
Steve Gibby you are a real pro and a gentleman. That is the advice you give others starting out when you are on top. This business is about dreams and working hard to make them real. It is a great pleasure when you can help others the way others helped you.
 
We've used a DVX100 since April 2005 and sometimes rented a HVX200 or a HDX900. The DVX100 has earned itself back by now :) Can't wait to have our RED One!
 
I've had an HdX 900 for the last 18 months which I am getting some lovely pictures with although I was less than impressed with the head block failing recently. All under warranty so not the end of the world, but it did fail on a shoot which was rather embarrassing.
Also still using my Sony 790 regularly and I've had that since 2000. I checked my accounts a few months back and that camera has made more than 8 times my initial investment. If you consider that the 790's were way over $50000 back in 2000 then you can see that the camera has made a good return.....
More importantly though that camera has enabled me to travel the world capturing images and experiences that have been more than I could have wished for.
My Red is coming soon which will open up a new chapter in my life and seems like the best present any camera person could wish for.
A cheap tool which provides superior quality to your work, takes you on any number of adventures and to top it all will make you a profit.
With Nab showing us that Jim is going to be continuing to advance camera design with Epic and the like then I would say that we all have exciting times to look forward to.

Oh I also have a hv20 crash cam and a small mountain of Medium format, 35mm and digital stills cameras.
 
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