Is this an active Forum, the dates of the latests posts are from months ago? I'm hoping the dates are just messed up.

An F3? Oh, that old thing? :-P

Andrew

There are still a few of us old dinosaurs here. Do you have a question/comment/issue?

Great, signs of life! I bought the F3 but don't have it yet, but I'm going to have lots of questions.
Thanks a lot.

I suspect much of what you might want to know has been discussed in this area already. Be sure to search around some before making a new post.

I still enjoy shooting with the F3.

I suspect much of what you might want to know has been discussed in this area already. Be sure to search around some before making a new post.

I still enjoy shooting with the F3.

Thanks, and I'm sure your right, but I can promise I will be asking questions about previously discussed topics. As old as most of these posts are there has to be some more recent opinions and products to talk about.

May I make a shameless plug for my 4-hour training video?

MASTERING THE SONY PMW-F3 CAMCORDER (http://www.vortexmedia.com/DVD_F3.html)

Is Doug. Is good! (beats chest)

Seriously, if Doug's training videos didn't exist then the whole industry would be much poorer for it.

Andrew

I'd also suggest Doug's (Vortex) training video as a great jump start.

Yes, there are a number of us out here who still use and love the look of the F3 - and continue to make clients happy with the results. Last used it two days ago, plus three days the previous week, you get the idea...

May I make a shameless plug for my 4-hour training video?

MASTERING THE SONY PMW-F3 CAMCORDER (http://www.vortexmedia.com/DVD_F3.html)

I will definitely look into it, Thanks guys.

If for no other reason than it has a great picture profile starting point that is so good, it has been known to cause open sobbing by editors in the NLE room overcome by the saturated splendor. Not to mention all the other ins and outs of the camera operation it'd take you months to suss out by yourself.

Buy it now before the camera even arrives.

In fact, if it was any better it would come with its own drool tray.

Andrew

Mine came with the tray, but the drool pads were next to worthless. ;}

You guys crack me up!

You had me at drool. I did purchase one by the way.

May I make a shameless plug for my 4-hour training video?

MASTERING THE SONY PMW-F3 CAMCORDER (http://www.vortexmedia.com/DVD_F3.html)

I'm really enjoying the training video so far, thanks.

Glad to hear it! Thank you very much.

"MASTERING THE SONY PMW-F3 CAMCORDER" Was very well done. I have an EX3 so
some of it was a review for me, but since I don't use the camera every single day, it was nice to get a review. I wish there was something like this for shooting S-Log. Thanks.

Keith, you're not the only new F3 owner around.... I just purchased and collected an F3 this morning! :-D

Currently sussing out on extra accessories I'll be needing for it as I trawl through eBay (need a rod system for instance, as I've only borrowed them before on shoots, never owned my own).

Bumping this thread as a newcomer to the F3. I ordered Doug Jenson's tutorial same day I ordered my camera. Perfect pace and level of detail.

I'm adding the F3 to an EX1r. Has anyone done profiles for those two when used together?

Les: If you can find Doug's EX-3 everyday PP and largely copy it over to the EX-1R, I bet you'd be close. I found the EX-3 and the F3 WYSIWYG files to play together nicely. (Although I backed off the black crunching a bit over time, especially indoors.)

You will probably notice the F3 is less noisy and has a more rich color, so a little post pushing will likely be needed for a perfect match, but it is achievable.