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Moisture and dust sealed metal body and mount, 1-Year Limited WarrantyUltra ED (UED) chromatic aberration reduction glass4 Aspherical lens elementsPOWER O.I.S with near silent drive optimized for video and still capturePremium extra-low refractive index Nano Surface Coating (NSC).
MFT system has some really good lenses. Olympus 17mm f1.8 is nice prime if you like wide standard lenses. It is quite sharp and good general purpose lens. It has this amazing manual snap focus system which is really handy for streetphotography if you prefer pre focusing. 17mm is the one that is always on my camera. There is also Olympus 25mm if you prefer 50mm kino eq. more, but it does not have snap focus system. For these, you might also want to check Panasonic equivalents if they have something you prefer more.
One of the must have lenses for MFT is Olympus 45mm 1.8. It is dirt cheap and quality of it is really good. Especially great for portraits but works on else too. I carry it with me everywhere.
The best MFT lens in terms of image quality, sharpness is Olympus 75mm F1.8. This is insanely sharp. It is great for portraits. 150mm film eq. is quite hefty, but if you appreciate sharpness and technical quality this is absolutely the best one out there.
For general use Zoom Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35 mm F2.8 ASPH is the obvious choice. It is quite pricy, but it has great built quality and image quality. It is also water and dust resistant like your body. Some of my friends only use this lens.
If you want dedicated wildlife lens there is Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm F/4.0-5.6 OIS Lens. This is pretty much only option if you want long telephoto lens. Olympus has similar lenses, but they suck. This one is good and will do the job.
Edit: If you ever need really compact lens, there is really cheap pancake lenses. Image quality is not great, but if you require discreet lens they are good enough. E-M1 is quite large compared to PEN series for example, so these pancakes might not work as well for E-M1 than Pen. It probably would be just better to use normal sized prime.
Or you can just get an [$898 Panasonic 12-35mm constant f2.8 lens] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00843ERMW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00843ERMW&linkCode=as2&tag=battleforthew-20) and stick it straight on your GH4. It costs less than either one of them - especially when you add in the cost of the Speed Booster :)
The majority of my clients are automotive.
All the marketing directors I work with keep trying to do the same thing as you (purchasing gear to avoid hiring a professional videographer like myself). They always do one or two videos, realize it's a lot harder than they think, and end up calling me to do it. A few months later they buy a new toy and try again, only to fall on their face and calling me again.
At a BARE minimum, you should get a G85 and pair it with a great versatile lens that takes advantage of dual IS like this one. A great lav kit is needed for this type of shoot, shotgun mics are not your friend on a live car dealership set. Don't forget an external audio recorder, too. And a tripod with fluid head.
tl;dr Hire a local videographer with gear, then offer them a retainer guaranteeing him/her 20 hours a month. It's a lot easier and you'll probably end up doing it anyway. They'll take of everything for you and you can focus on bigger picture stuff.
u/pastramiswissrye is totally right in that lights, sound, lenses, and media are all more important than the best camera.
My personal favorite camera in that price range is the Panasonic G7 and a good 12-35 lens. The G7 is like the little brother to the GH4 as it does 4k and just is missing some of the more pro features and is $600 for the camera. The lens is another $600 but you could just use the kit lens and upgrade your lens later.
Continuing with what Pastrami said, you should have good audio, lights, and media storage, in addition to the camera and lens. For audio, the rode videomic pro is a good all-around shotgun mic that you can put on a boom pole for good short film on location sound, however you will need someone to help hold your boom pole.
For lights, a good reflector will help you use the sun as a light when shooting outside on location for a short film. If you are in a studio, this four socket CFL light kit will go a long way to help. I personally use one of them and they are great for the price. Just pop in four cfl bulbs and you are good to go. If you would prefer LED lights which are smaller and don't heat up as much, but are pricer, you can get this LED studio light kit.
On the media storage side of things, you are going to want to pick up a few of these 64GB U3 SD cards for use with your G7 or any other new camera you get. Especially if you plan on shooting in 4K.
If you are going to shoot in 4K, your file sizes are going to go way up and you are definitely going to need to get more hard drive space on your computer. You may even have to upgrade your computer to handle 4K video editing. It all depends on what you have and what you want to do.
On the editing side, I personally use Final Cut Pro X on my Mac. It is $300 but a great piece of editing software, used by pros. If you are on a mac but don't want to spend money, just use iMovie, it will probably do what you need it to do unless you edit in 4K. On the windows side, some people use sony vegas, some people use AVID, some people use premiere pro, there is a bunch of them out there and you kind of just have to choose one. (I have never used any of them)
Like he said, there is no canon r6i. I assume you mean T6i, but you still need to do some more research. I hope this helps!
Do you also need autofocus? If so, only Panasonic's native lenses will provide AF and IS. Depending on your focal range needs, either the 35-100mm f/2.8 you mentioned, or the companion 12-35mm f/2.8 are the best zooms with these features.
If you will be handling focus manually, then you can use a wide variety of stabilized EF-mount lenses with Metabones' EF Speed Booster, such as Sigma's 17-50mm f/2.8.
Hi /u/Kirbyjerby - I'd [rent] (http://www.borrowlenses.com/product/Panasonic_Lumix_G_X_Vario_1235mm_f28_Asph_Lens_for_Micro_43_?blpid=1234) or [buy] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00843ERMW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00843ERMW&linkCode=as2&tag=battleforthew-20) a Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 lens to go with the [GH4 rental] (http://www.borrowlenses.com/product/Panasonic-Lumix-DMCGH4-Mirrorless-Micro-Four-Thirds-Digital-Camera?blpid=1234). Wide open, you'll get nice bokeh, and it's wide enough to work in close quarters.
I have shot with this lens (on the GH3, before I bought the GH4) and it is absolutely made for these cameras. - crisp images, image stabilization, lightning fast video autofocus. Highly recommended.
Hope this is helpful!
Bill
Thanks, most of it was shot with the Lumix 12-25mm. I have a full gear list here too
I started off with the Olympus E-PL5 to test the mirrorless waters then jumped to the Olympus OM-D E-M10 after about a couple years. So take this advice for what it's worth /u/CarlyleCasper . I'll throw some links to Amazon for you as references.
First figure out your budget. Your camera body and lenses should be two separate decisions on how you're going to spend your money. You can blow through a lot of $$$ trying to figure out what works for you because there are tons of bodies & lenses to choose from.
For the camera..... I suggest you go to a physical store where you can fingerbang a couple different cameras that you're considering. Play with the controls, see how easy it is to work the settings, etc. Depending on where you're located, that could range from easy to difficult to downright impossible (if you're in a rural area). I ended up going with the E-M10 not based on the specs of the camera, but how it ended up feeling & ease of use. In my opinion, unless you're after certain capabilities in a body, the minutiae on the specs of all the cameras tend to all blur into one another.
For the lens/lenses..... Again, your budget may come into play here. You've got a choice between zoom or primes. Everyone will tell you different things: zooms are more versatile, primes are sharper, zooms let you carry one lens for all sorts of shots you could run into, primes force you to concentrate on composition, etc etc etc. All those arguments are valid, and yet they all carry different weight with different people.
If you don't want to spend a lot of $$$ on lenses right away, I'd say get kit lenses like the Olympus 14-42mm and the Olympus 40-150mm then shoot with them for a while so you can figure out what focal lengths you use the most. That way if you decide to try some prime lenses later, you already have a reference of what focal lengths you've shot with most often as a way to figure out which primes you may be interested in.
Me personally, I have a good zoom Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm f/2.8 that is just about permanently attached to my E-M10. It probably gets the most use out of all the lenses I owned the past several years and it's a great little "walk-about" lens for me. And believe me, I went through lenses (mostly primes, buying & selling used to save $$$) playing around to see which I liked the best. Along with the 12-35mm zoom, I have a Bower 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens and a Panasonic Lumix45-150mm telephoto zoom in my camera bag all the time. I also still have the E-PL5 but I mostly use it with all the retro legacy lenses (manual focus stuff) that I like to play around with.
Hopefully this was helpful and not overwhelming. :-)
Hmm... not a very easy question. If you've got a good manual focus game, you might wanna look at old canon FD lenses or Nikon AI(s) lenses along with an adapter. I do the same with M42 lenses, but those really are a hit or miss, so that's only if you wanna risk getting some good and some shitty lenses. There are some notoriously bad M42 lenses, while the Canikon family is almost guaranteed smooth and sharp enough for video.
If you want a modern lens, you can look at something like the G vario 14-42mm or if you want to spend more, the 14-140mm is a real do-it-all. Be sure to get the non-power zoom version for the first lens (it has an X in the name), and if you get the 14-140mm, the second version (f/3.5-5.6) is a whole lot better than the first (f/4-5.8). I've always underestimated kit zooms until I got a chance to use mft kit lenses. There are some really good ones.
I've fucked about with the 20mm 1.7 longer than necessary, great for pictures, borderline masochism for video. I'm selling it and getting the glorious 12-35mm 2.8 second hand.
I would start with the PANASONIC LUMIX G X Vario Lens, 12-35mm, F2.8 for ~$700. MFT makes this more like the 35-70mm Canon EF for focal/zoom range. Plus when shooting 1080 video you can use the digital zoom (accesses the full 4k sensor) which makes it act like a 70-200mm lens. So you can get a lot out of one lens.
Next I would look at the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO for ~$1.1k. this would be for a wide fisheye lens if you do steady cam stuff.
Remember all cameras and lenses are just tools. You're the one that makes your content great. Those are my recommendations, good luck.
EDIT: added links.
> I was planning on getting the kit lens and then buying a cheap non electronic adapter for Canon lenses, is this a good idea or would it just be cheaper to go m4/3?
The electronic features in the lens, like aperture control and focus, won't work without that electronic connection, so it's pretty much worthless. You can buy a not as dumb adapter with manual iris adjustment, but as someone who bought one, waste of money and not efficient. If you don't even have a camera that will let you adjust the canon lenses apertures as wide open as possible in the first place, then you're completely wasting your time and money. The trick is to set them as wide open as possible and then use the dumb adapters adjustment abilities.
You pretty much have to buy the metabones adapter if you want the functionality of the ef lenses on a m/43 mount. They currently retail for around $650 for the adapter. I know they are awesome and people will swear by them, but the price is more than most lenses available for m/43 systems.
I agree with u/CameraRollSoundSpeed in regards to ef lenses being more useful in the long run, but budget restrictions are very really. I still stand by my recommendation of the Panasonic 2.8 12-35mm as the best overall lens you can get for for m/43 cameras for the price.
https://www.amazon.com/PANASONIC-12-35mm-Professional-Mirrorless-H-HS12035/dp/B00843ERMW
Dig on ebay and you can probably pay around $500 for the lens.
Broken down:
I will end on this note: You like these videos because they are well shot, well composed, and well edited. I could hand you the best camera system in the world and you're going to make a shitty video if you don't know how to use it. Whereas I could hand a great cinematographer a crappy camera and he'd make something awesome. It's more about what you shoot than what you shoot with. With that in mind, the GH5 is fucking awesome (I just got mine) and it's a great tool to learn on and grow with.
As a Youtuber who's invested in the wrong gear before the right gear, here's a quality list that I've found works for my needs and will likely be great for you.
Camera
Panasonic GH4: This is a great camera that shoots 4K. If you are shoot in 4K, downscale to 1080p, you have the option to reframe and zoom into a closer shot without losing quality. It has a flip out screen so you can see yourself, focus peaking to show you on screen if you're in focus, and can record longer clips (in select modes) than the Canon T3i to make syncing easier. This camera is also great for when you want to deliver in 4K one day.
$1699
AC Power adapter: No worrying about batteries for the indoor shooting. $20
Lens
Panasonic 12-35mm: Versatile lens that gives you great range. $1000
14-42 kit lens: Cheaper alternative. $120
Audio
Zoom H4N: Great recorder for your mics. Monitor each mic's level independently. $250
Rode NTG-2: Shotgun mic. $270
Sennheiser Wireless Lav: Expensive, but great quality. $640
Audio Technica ATR-3350s: Cheap corded lavs with long wires. $30
You'll need one long XLR cable, a light stand to use for the boom, and some kind of shotgun mic shock mount. $60 for all.
Lighting
3-light softbox kit: Great kit, been using it for a year with no issues. I don't use the over head light, as I don't have the space. I can use the light stand to boom or for another light. $170
Neewer CN-160: Small LED light to help light certain situations or to use as a hair light. $30
Tripod
Manfrotto Tripod w/Fluid Head: Great set up, worth the investment, but there are cheaper alternatives. $350
Memory Card
64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro: Great card which will allow for smooth 4K recording. $100
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If you have any questions about any of this gear, let me know and good luck with everything!
Looking for some feedback on my lens setup (researching before I save/drop lots of money):
Panasonic LUMIX G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 link
Panasonic LUMIX G Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 link
Olympus Zuiko EC-20 2x Teleconverter link
With the converter have I got the majority of my bases covered? I enjoy shooting architectural, candid portraiture, nature/outdoors, sports, low light/long exp. I'm hoping to get this down to a compact but functional travel setup.
For the curious I'm shooting on the Olympus OM-D EM5 (MFT) so don't forget to double the focal lengths when considering.
What do I need to know about degradation of image quality/sharpness with converters?
If you want Zooms:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-H-HS12035-LUMIX-12-35mm-Series/dp/B00843ERMW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1YYV5B7Z6HUSO&coliid=I3B3Q8L277YQ6V
or if you can wait
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=967345&Q=&is=REG&A=details with a metabones adapter
If you want primes http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rokinon-Cine-Lens-Set-for-Nikon-85mm-T1-5-14mm-T3-1-35mm-T1-5-24mm-T1-5-/330920968971?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item4d0c6d430b
with an adapter.
Youre gonna want a ton of batteries.
Not sure which lens is gonna work best for my webcam setup but I'm getting these two lenses...
PANASONIC LUMIX G X Vario Lens, 12-35mm, F2.8 ASPH., Professional Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds, POWER Optical I.S. H-HS12035 (USA BLACK) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00843ERMW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_jTP4ybHPHN28Z
Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO Professional Lens, Mirrorless Micro Four Third Mount, POWER Optical I.S., 35-100mm, Black (H-HSA35100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU3WOVP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_HVP4ybAJJ3C61
I'll be mounting the camera with a Rode swivel arm and a a ball head
RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D7UYBO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yZP4ybGXX0XX2
Pergear Heavy Duty Photography Camera Tripod Ball Head 360 Degree Fluid Rotation Tripod Ballhead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MGJH5U6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_g0P4yb3BM7EYH
The panny 12-35:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-H-HS12035-LUMIX-12-35mm-Series/dp/B00843ERMW
Its pricy, but really nice (from my limited use). Also take a look at this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Lumix-Micro-SUMMILUX-Aspherical/dp/B0055N2L22/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412097703&sr=8-1&keywords=25+f1.4
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