How long have you had your gear?
- Thread starter MelonDome
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I've owned a Lowell/Omni light kit for 28 years.
The mic I currently use I bought in 1988.
Six years ago I bought a Mole/Richardson light kit (6 lights/stands)
from a gaffer who had been using them since 1975 and he got
them used.
I own several 16mm cameras from the '60's and a super8 camera
I got when I was in high school. I still use them.
I own a working Sony Hi8 camera from 1980 and a BetaCam SP that
I still use once in a while from 1987.
The only item I upgrade often is my camera. But yes, I will upgrade
whatever needs upgrading in the near or distant future.
I sure hope Scarlet is better than RED One. What a mess that camera is.
The mic I currently use I bought in 1988.
Six years ago I bought a Mole/Richardson light kit (6 lights/stands)
from a gaffer who had been using them since 1975 and he got
them used.
I own several 16mm cameras from the '60's and a super8 camera
I got when I was in high school. I still use them.
I own a working Sony Hi8 camera from 1980 and a BetaCam SP that
I still use once in a while from 1987.
The only item I upgrade often is my camera. But yes, I will upgrade
whatever needs upgrading in the near or distant future.
I sure hope Scarlet is better than RED One. What a mess that camera is.
I've had my XL1s for 5 years now, it still makes pretty pictures. I'm going to shoot with that until I can afford a scarlet (or a RED one, mess or not <- pipe dream).
curious to know what bad experience you've had with the RED one Rik... I've heard nothing but positive reviews of it (aside from the "It's a camera that needs a crew, I don't know what to do with it!" kind of reviews).
curious to know what bad experience you've had with the RED one Rik... I've heard nothing but positive reviews of it (aside from the "It's a camera that needs a crew, I don't know what to do with it!" kind of reviews).
I've had my Panasonic PV-GS200 3ccd camera for about 6 years, and it still works great (aside from the firewire port no longer functioning), and my HV20 for about a year. I don't intend to sell them ever, because I assume that with proper treatment they should continue to work more or less indefinitely.
The rest of my gear is not really worth mention, lots of shop lights, clamps, and a track dolly knightly & I built during the 48hr 2 years ago...
Like Knightly, I've got my eye on the RED, the scarlet is more likely than the Red One simply from a budget standpoint, however, I'm also intrigued by this recent development; the Ikonoshop A-cam dII, which is more or less a digital super16 camera with a 1920x1080 sensor that records about 15min of uncompressed footage on a 80GB memory cartridge. It's a bit of a strange design, but it's got some nifty stats and the $10k price point doesn't seem overly unreasonable. Personally I think I would choose the c-mount option as I've got a c-mount to nikon mount adapter, and several nikon lenses... so with little or no extra cost I'd already have a decent array of lens options.
The rest of my gear is not really worth mention, lots of shop lights, clamps, and a track dolly knightly & I built during the 48hr 2 years ago...
Like Knightly, I've got my eye on the RED, the scarlet is more likely than the Red One simply from a budget standpoint, however, I'm also intrigued by this recent development; the Ikonoshop A-cam dII, which is more or less a digital super16 camera with a 1920x1080 sensor that records about 15min of uncompressed footage on a 80GB memory cartridge. It's a bit of a strange design, but it's got some nifty stats and the $10k price point doesn't seem overly unreasonable. Personally I think I would choose the c-mount option as I've got a c-mount to nikon mount adapter, and several nikon lenses... so with little or no extra cost I'd already have a decent array of lens options.
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