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Originally Posted by PerroneFord
Man, this thread is awesome! Billy, you got one of those Zacuto setups? That thing looks slick! But I just can't dump money in this thing. I've been thinknig of buying a glidecam or something similar just for doing some basic handheld work. We'll see.
As for RED, yea, that bad boy wouldn't exactly slip into the standard edit bay! I was reading about the Genesis in American Cinematographer I think. Nice setup, but Panavision has to be looking over their shoulder at RED. Especially, for B-Unit work or small production. At 2k, RED could step all over CineAlta and Varicam. But those cams are well established (though REALLY costly).
You're dead on about the picture too. Still need light, and still need glass. Any idea on nice primes for the RED yet? I think I saw they had something nice for it. When Cooke get's in the game, things could step up quickly.
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Thanks for the affirmation.
Dude that Zacuto setup is pretty insane. I wish I could justify dropping that much into a DVX myself, but can't. So many more things to buy, like a couch. Hahaha! The red will most likely never compete with the Genesis because the world of cinematography is still transitioning to HD, and I use the word transitioning loosely.
Just to give you an idea, for a Panavision 35mm Package the walk in customer will pay, depending on lens choice, between $7,500-$8,500 a week for a rental. That is a top of the line platinum setup. The Genesis I believe STARTS at $13K/week. That's almost as much as the body for the RED to buy! You also have to remember that Panavision manufactures 99% of their parts in California. I've been lucky enough to have taken a tour of the facilities. It's amazing to see how huge the pieces of solid core aluminum are before they are turned into a lens. They even make the circuit boards there, insane!
I've known a few people with glide cams and they put them in the closet after a few shoots with them. You should check these guys out:
www.promax.com I've got one of these:
http://www2.promax.com/Products/Cranes
It's a pretty amazing tool that really pumps up production value for a small price. They're kind of local to me and treat me pretty well, solid company. They have a low cost glide cam called the SteadyTracker which works pretty well. I love these toys. I also found a company that manufactures monitors for car headrests and ordered a 5" LCD from them for $100, I'm planning on making a frame for it, battery system and a hotshoe mount. Should be pretty cool.
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I'm too lazy to check if i posted this earlier but take a look. Another cheap awesome tool that I use all the time.
http://www.spiderbrace.com/
Billy