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Thinking of switching to full dslr setup.

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butterstickinc
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So currently I shoot with a Panasonic HMC-150 and have had nothing but love with it however when i upload videos to youtube (which is where all my edits go) the quality no matter what i do is always horrible. I have spent countless hours on render settings and nothing looks good.  However i also have a t2i and when i have 2 mixed shots, 1 t2i and 1 hmc the t2i shot always looks better imo.  I just sold my t2i a few weeks ago because i wasnt fond of not having a flip screen for it.  Right now im thinking about selling the HMC and moving to a full DSLR set up.

1.   Basically my budget would be the sale price of the HMC which im thinking would be around 1500-1800 bucks plus maybe another $500 bucks on top of that.

2. I have alot of experience with cameras mostly Normal video cameras but i do have about a year under my belt with DSLR's.

3. I have alot of gear for filming, Tripods, Mics, Glidecam and i also have a rokinon fisheye for the t2i

4. The sole purpose of my filming is going to be Skiing, Snowboarding and skateboarding plus a few other random shots, but basically all snow.

5. Most of the time I am doing all the filming but occasionally I will hand the camera off to a friend with it all set up for the correct filming.  If i was going to move to a dslr i would just really have to talk to them about the manual focus and everything.

6.  When im filming I do alot of follow cams and normal tripod shots always having a person behind the camera.

7.  Currently i use Adobe Premiere and after effects and im very knowledgeable with both and have been using them both for 5 plus years.



Let me know what you guys think!
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butterstickinc
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anyone or is NS seriously this dead now?
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gravel
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I'll answer tomorrow, I'm way busy right now though.
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Balto
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literally any question you ave has been answered before at least a dozen times
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Laurent.
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Get a T(whatever)i with flip screen and spend lots on lenses or get the chunkier and beefier 60/70D and spent less on lenses.
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erikK
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have you considered the gh2 or gh3? much better than canon/nikon offerings. the d5300 just came out and it has 1080/60p so it might be a better option over canon if you'd want that.
personally i don't like shooting video on dslr's so i'd seriously look into the panny ac90, should be a lot sharper than the hmc150
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MLJ
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I use a canon dos 60d with a badass stock lens thats 18-270mm. It takes great footage and It somehow manages to make shitty scenes look quite good. I would personally recumbend the 70d like ^^^ because its a pretty sweet camera all round, and if you get a 10-20 and a 20-300 you should be gold.

hope this helps.

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Belzebub
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I think a gh2 or a gh3 would be your best bet. Could use all legacy glass and the native m43 is soo nice.
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SSteezle
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do it man. I've been doing work with my t2i for a few years now, and when people show up with a non-dslr I'm just disappointed in them. Invest in a nice body and some good glass and it's unbelievable the results you can get
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CrotchKiller
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Gh2 with some nice glass!
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Lou.
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In general the glass has a more direct affect on image quality than a body has id get like a gh3 or 60d then get a tokina 11-16mm lens (great lens for filming cuz of wide angle so everything is more stable and you dont need to worry about keeping things in frame as much). Then get a cheap external shotgun mic (here is where u can cheap out for ski filming) get a glidecam or stradicam and u should be golden
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butterstickinc
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im leaning towards a GH3 here. The only thing is i already have a canon rokinon lens but i guess that isnt that big of a deal.
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eheath
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What's nice about canon rokinon lenses is they have aperture rings, which means you could adapt them to m4/3 for pretty cheap.
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butterstickinc
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i think im gonna snag a t3i on black friday somewhere. Maybe best buy because I have a few gift cards for their store.  I do like the panasonic ac90 also but im just getting real sick of those cameras quality on youtube. And youtube and vimeo is all i shoot for really so i need a camera that is going to perform well on there.

What glass would you guys suggest for the t3i? im sure ill get the basic 55 one and then i have the rokinon fish eye but what else. I mainly be shooting video but maybe a few photos here and there.


Would it make sense to jump up to a mark iii?
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jibcrew1
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i still think a gh3 is probably a better buy and im hoping the mark iii thing was a joke
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Forcillo
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Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Tokina 16-35 f2.8
Canon 70-200 f4l

Or you can skip out on the tele and go for the 70D, which is what I would do personally.
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butterstickinc
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nah its not a joke. If i sell my hmc ill probably end up with 1500 bucks from that and then maybe drop another 2-3k for the body plus some lenses
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Forcillo
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16-28 f2.8. My bad
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butterstickinc
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alright i will take a look at that lens.
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butterstickinc
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well i picked up a t3i and i love it. I have been shooting this past month with just the kit lens and my rokinon 8mm fishy. I also bought an adapter for a nikon  zoom lens my dad had laying around that he doesnt use anymore and that works amazing!

I wanna upgrade from the kit lens to something else. Im thinking about the sigma 17.50mm f/2.8 but if anyone else would have some suggestions that would be great. Not looking to spend more than 600 bucks on this lens.

THank you!

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HyphyHusky
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Get the Tamron 17-50 2.8 non-VC
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Lou.
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gh2, tokina 11-16, converter for the fisheye you already have so you can use it on the gh2, I'd say a glidecam but you already have one, maybe a cheap mic and a tamron 17-50.... Boom
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Jakelapham
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My exact setup for my 70D, except I swapped the 16-34 Tok for a 18-50 2.8 Sigma. Really nice setup.
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