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Im buyin my first camera, I've narrowed it down to a canon but am torn over which is best to film on. I'm looking to follow peoples advice on spending more on lenses, but my head …

Well to clear things out here. 7D is a much better camera than the 5D. you ask why?
First off it doesnt have a crop factor of 1.4 as Ashley said but in fact is 1.6x, so it is even…

curious about ways of improving in between on set jobs as sometimes unclear as to rejection experienced enough? not own equipment (reason known) shortage of work just curious?

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Hello. My Canon 7D developed an odd fault last year where it won't record films with the SOUND RECORDING ON. If I turn sound recording Off it works fine, no problem with the im…

I've researched A LOT online - the likes of the Canon Vixia range to DSLR's, such as Sony NEX VG10/20.
I am fairly new to the technical side of filmmaking (am a writer and actor)…

re: GH2- i mentioned earlier start with a 50mm, so with a GH2 the equivalent would be a 25mm. (50mm i guess is the same as how your eyes sees things that's why i advised this). re…

Hello,

I hope someone can help with this query. I'm saving up to buy a camera and my initial budget should be around £2,600 which I hope should be enough to get started as I can …

I have been shooting with a Panasonic AF100 and although I've been really pleased with it I'd agree with a lot of the negatives listed above (low light performance - though this r…

I'm looking to rent 4 large sensor cameras, lenses + HDSDI mixer + livestream encoding for an EC1 shoot Feb 22nd.
The only London supplier I'm familiar with is VMI, but I'd like …

Hi - I have bought equipment from Creative Video and highly recommend them. They have a hire company, who I haven't used myself, but if the hire company is as good as the rest the…

We would be shooting a short film using a DSLR, but we are looking for a monitor to be attached to it so that we can have a better viewing during shoot. It doesn't need to be high…

You could get a lilliput 7" from amazon for £100.00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lilliput-668GL-On-camera-HD-Monitor/dp/B0050MVDV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359150769&sr=8-1

Hi there,

I would like to buy a camera to start making documentaries. Preferably, I'd like to be very good quality but small/compact. Something like the Z5 or Z7 is too chunky bu…

there's some good footage and info on the XF100 in this review: https://vimeo.com/26184320

Producer looking into developing camera skills needs suggestions please.

Talkinglens Academy in association with the prestigious White Cloth Gallery, Leeds are providing, for the first time in Yorkshire, a range of specialist intensive short media cour…

Panasonic site only offers it in Chinese - googling produces a mass of dead-ends, so any tips very welcome.
(Working in N.Kenya to mentor a great pair of young film-makers; brou…

Susi please check your Gmail inbox. ive sent it but there was a problem attaching it. so if you can open it and check that it's working. Btw be prepared as London is in a cold sna…

how do you film a pole dancer, dancing I would like to film it like 'tales of the unexpected' my camera does film in sillohette..cheers sally

Forgot to add.. Light your back wall too (white walls) & make sure your subject is far enough so no light spills on them. However id green screen it, if you have the facilitie…

I'm looking to hire a Canon XF100 for the last week of Feb to use to shoot in London some promotional comedy sketches and to them to then approach TV Comedy commissioning Editors …

Many thanks for the links John, greatly appreciated. Kindest regards Ray Brady

Hey all,

Have been doing a lot of research to find out the answer to this and trying it myself but seem to be getting no-where.

In March I want to travel to the US to make a doc…

Hi James, how about searching on line for places where you could buy a gun in America? There are gun shops all over especially where there is good hunting. That should get you ple…

I have a mate who is leaving the army after injury and is keen to become a cameraman. He has an opportunity to work on a documentary (as he is part of the story in a team) at the…

Hi Kirk,

http://www.mutinymedia.co.uk is a camera rental and production services company that consists of freelance filmmakers who would be happy to help out in training with ba…

I will be making various short documentaries, I am looking for the cheapest possible camera, from which the footage needs to be good enough to be broadcast, just in case some TV p…

John Baker put it well by noting that the full EBU spec is not absolutely set in stone, although deliver/transmission formats are. Clearly if one has a film of special merit of s…

I'm looking to insure 3 x Sony Z5 cameras for a weekend (to do a wedding video shoot). Does anyone know of a good insurance company who would do this?

Many Thanks,
Matthew

I used these people on a short film shoot http://www.filminsurance.co.uk/ ... ask for a Filiz Umit ... she really looked after us ;)

Hello i am looking to buy a Canon 550d 600d or 650D. Is anyone selling? Body or with lens. Things included with the box should be available. Contact me with Contents, Shutter coun…

Ned, check out bignorman.com, offshore electronics online seller, very trusted as Ive bought a lot of stuff from them, all brand new, excludes the UK VAT, which is about 20%, so w…

Better yet, maybe there are a few of us?

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Hi Sam,

I am thinking of buying the XF100 for documentary film work. Could you tell me what you think about the picture quality. I know the specs of 4:2:2 and 50mb/s are great, b…

Or if anyone has cooke panchro lens that they want to hire out let me know

Try Shoot Blue, good guys.

http://www.shootblue.tv/products/panchro-prime-lens-set-t2.8

Just wondering what the best method is to achieve professional results without additional camera/lighting equipment as we can't afford them or location fees for train companies...…

By the way, does anyone know if there are any penalty's for filming without permission on carriages or stations?

I’m a documentary producer but I like to shoot a bit as well. I’m looking to buy my own camera and am grappling with the question of whether to go down the DSLR road or not. I’ve …

Canon XHA1 is much cheaper and does great. If you want to add lenses you should also purchase SGBlade with some nice lens