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What is your DREAM camera set up?!?!

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ZachMcCarthy1
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If you had alll the money in the world what camera setup would you get?
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Bloc_chain
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leica m9 and a nocti 50 f0.95. I would never need another camera for the rest of my life
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Aenigma
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I already have my dream camera (Toyo 45 GII), now all I need is a few grand for the Rodenstock lenses I want.
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lukewalnuts
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ZachMcCarthy1
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you need like 54gs for that thing good luck
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finchski
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aperantly you didnt read the OP "If you had alll the money in the world what camera setup would you get?"
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Brentizzle
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this. it would hit the spot
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lukewalnuts
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ZachMcCarthy1
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no I know haha I'm just saying its expensive
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lukewalnuts
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well ya lol

it's my dream set-up so ya it's not like I'll ever get it
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ZachMcCarthy1
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itd be awesome to have haha
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1337
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arri 235
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eheath
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Red Epic
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Red primes and zooms
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Phantom Flex
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Cineflex V14
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AKA brain farms current setup (minus the alexas).


More realistic dream setup
Sony F3
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Zeiss Ultra Primes
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Zeiss LightWeightZoom
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or Zeiss master zoom
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Both are ridiculously expensive, but the second setup is about 1/10 the price.
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Downtofilm
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this.
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SkiThe603
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yea i want that
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Brentizzle
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ew.
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Jeff_Lo
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I hope your kidding...
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Brentizzle
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compared to other possibilities, im not kidding.
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1337
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alright, post these "other possibilities"
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Brentizzle
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shits been posted already. im not going to go any further. I shouldn't be critiquing you on your personal dream setup.
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1337
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA DIGITAL, OVER 35MM!??!?!?!!
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Jeff_Lo
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you should bury your head in the Sand...you might see things more clearly this way. 



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Jeff_Lo
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Exactly nothing will ever beable to totally duplicate film.  It's totally unique.  You can always say files are "RAW" but they're still compressed in there own format whether it's ArriRAW, 444, REDCODE....etc

While film clearly will fade away at some point, there is just something unique and incredible about working with film.
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eheath
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it all depends on the situation, id rather work with a red epic than 35mm film. Of course, working with film in the right situation would be amazing but as i am now, i want digital.
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1337
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I see what you're saying, and if I was working as a one man band i'd want to work with digital too. But with an unlimited budget, having a crew to do most of the grunt work, i'd definitely choose film
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Brentizzle
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so now it sounds like you dissing my opinion? I just said i shouldnt judge you for wanting to work with film and now you make this comment that implies that film is better than all the possibilities of digital cinematography. personally i would choose many other setups beforehand. PERSONALLY. not for you. for me.
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Jeff_Lo
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You dissed his opinion first. 


incase you forgot      "ew"


Film isn't the easiest medium.  That is clear.  It's expensive and timely.  But it is beautiful.  We'd all love an Epic, but this thread is labled...."Dream Camera"  which I'm assuming in the perfect scenario that is what he'd want to shoot.  I don't blame him.  I'd probably pick an Arri S35 camera in my dream scenario as well.   But with my current workflow... It would now doubt be an Epic, and I'm getting closer :)
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Troy.
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Epic and a Phantom. And then a computer to handle it.
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ZachMcCarthy1
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same but id add a crane, stablizer chest mounted type of  thing, tripod, a bunch of lenses, a seperate mic, lighting, a copter to get thoes nice arial views, and random other shit i could find plus its aways good to have a dslr so canon 5d mrk ll
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michelle
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I already have my dream set up, but if I could add just a few more it would be these, especially the Contax.

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NJurkiewicz
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If I had all the money in the world for a camera I would call up sony,canon, or red and tell them to research the ultimate camera for trillions of dollars and just for me haha
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B1kessk1s
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i love the word: trillions !!!!!
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ZachMcCarthy1
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whats sooo incredibly good about thoes?
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EC-Skier
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thread
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michelle
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The Contax is just all around amazing. For one thing, it shoots one of my favorite formats, 645. It uses all Zeiss glass. It's pretty lightweight considering it's size and construction (has some carbon fiber). You can switch from 120 to 220 film with just a pressure plate, no need for multiple backs just for sizes. It has a meter. It has autofocus. It also has a vacuum system which maximizes sharpness because it keeps the film flat.

And I think the Hasselblad XPan would be fun to mess around with.
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Ben.
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m4 and a noctilux. and 1000000 feet of the old portra vc before they changed it.
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WillStart
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'realistic' dream setup would be evan's dream F3 setup + this one to play around with:

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ZachMcCarthy1
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whats so good about that?
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WillStart
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720p at 720fps

1024p at 500fps

up to 20,000 fps at lower resolutions



it's no phantom, but it would be pretty fun to shoot with I think. it's also like 1/10 the cost
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andstuff
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Arri Alexa with Zeiss Ultraprimes.
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TomasAa
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Not shure what lens setup I would have. I have only worked with Cooke 16 and 35mm lenses (shooting film)
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The_Lord_of_Love
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and of course to carry all of it
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TijmenDal
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First I was like LOL.









Then I was like:
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nickfallon
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lol
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.spaghetticat.
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omg
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blatt
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The other posts aren't too bad either....
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Obie.
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(not the best picture), Hasselblad 500 C/M
w/ 80mm 2.8 & 150mm f/4 along with 120 & 220 film backs etc.

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blatt
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that would be the scarlet
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eheath
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lol no its the epic. the scarlet has a fixed lens
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WillStart
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actually it is the epic, believe it or not. it's small as fuck
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Ftacnik
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Canon
1DS3
5DII
5D Classic
24L
35L
45L TSE
50L
85L
135L

And a Fuji X100 for everyday shooting.

Too bad I have a friend that already owns all of that^


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