October 20th, 2014, 11:50 AM | #151 |
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
I had the camera in my hands on Saturday and to say the least, very impressed....balance, viewfinder (nice diopter) re-locatable grip, etc......it's going to do well
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
No sensor cleaning system. The sensor is well protected in a sealed unit behind the optical port.
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October 24th, 2014, 12:46 PM | #153 |
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
Thanks for the reply Alister. So I imagine it's not too dangerous to clean it, as long as you take reasonable care. I usually use the rocket blower thingy and that seems to shift most stuff.
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October 26th, 2014, 10:08 PM | #154 |
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October 26th, 2014, 10:35 PM | #155 |
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At those prices for memory, it sort of makes the propriety SSD drives from Convergent Design for the Odyssey quite the bargain.
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Let me see, 3 Sony memory cards or a Samsung NX1 with lens. Hmmm.
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October 26th, 2014, 11:20 PM | #157 |
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
reminds me of the $950 I paid for the 16GB SXS when EX1 was first launched. That was crazy price to paid back then but looks like history repeats itself
I was expecting Sony at least throw in a 32GB XQD card with FS7 purchase like what they did for EX1 with the free 8GB SXS card
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October 27th, 2014, 07:57 AM | #159 |
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After buying many SxS and P2 cards over the years, the XQD cards are a bargain.
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I'm going to an FS7 demo tomorrow. It's crazy how excited I am over this.
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November 6th, 2014, 04:50 PM | #161 |
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
It's been a joy to shoot with mine. Using it on a first gig Saturday.
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I went to the demo, and...holy cow! I love this camera!
It was lightweight, perfect for shoulder mounting. I thought it was a near perfect fit, especially with the adjustable arm. It's an ergonomic dream. We saw the image in UHD and it looked great. We played with my Sony 35 and 50mm primes, my Tamiya 17-50 zoom and the supplied Sony 18-200 power zoom. The power zoom was very slow for zooming. We had the camera's zoom speed turned up to 8 and it was still unusually slow. I don't know if it's just this particular lens. We had two and both were slow. Everyone in attendance was blown away by the camera. The dealer said they had almost 500 back ordered, so it would probably be next year before you could get one. This is going to be a very popular camera. One of the guys at the demo was all ready to buy an FS700, but immediately changed his mind and will buy the FS7. I can't say enough good things about the FS7, it really is that good, especially for the price. Now, I just need to sell my PMW300... |
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November 8th, 2014, 04:11 AM | #165 |
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Re: New Sony FS7 4K XDCAM at IBC 2014
Had mine since Monday.
Used it on one shoot so far and I really love it. Been using it with a Speedbooster Ultra a Nikon lenses and it is a great combination. It's just such a flexible camera which is perfect for the range of applications that I film. |
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