a7S II

Used A7Sii Can be had cheap, still has low light capabilities that is only really surpassed by the 3, and you can adapt your EF glass EDIT: You can remove the 30 min record limit by installing the playmemories tweak app. I've used it for years and it's never failed

Thank you! These were shot on a Sony A7sii! I originally bought this camera during film school for its low-light capabilities (because I worked a couple jobs and could only do my projects at night lol), then I realized “huh, venues are notoriously dark and this can take good photos.”

lessons learned: Shoot 4K even if your final video will be 1080p. Downscaled video looks a lot sharper and also denoised. 1080 footage looks horrible on those cameras. You should have tried it. Also bitrate is not enough to handle wide shots as far as I remember. (but I'm not sure if a7iii shoots 50

Google "a7sii IR conversion" Many companies exist that wil remove the IR Cut filter that lines your sensor allowing you to do IR photography. Just know that this will dramatically change your camera, and there IR cameras you can buy that exist for the same price as this conversion will cost you. Per

Well i mean if you're going for documentary style you can easily shoot with a 3 person crew, you can even just do it all by yourself if you're technically proficient enough. Daddy Longlegs looks like it's mostly natural and diegetic light with minimal lighting setups. Their very claustrofobic closeu

I love my old VSCO profiles and when I upgraded from my A7iii to an A7Cii I was devastated that the profiles no longer worked... I googled around and found some people on a forum doing hex edits to the profile files to get Lightroom to recognize them as compatible... It's a pain in the ass but it wo

DP i AC for still uses his FS7’s! They are work horses. His workflow is dialed in. I have been shooting on Sony for the past 8 years now. Mainly because i was touring with bands and constantly shooting in low light situations. So at the time, the A7sii was the best option. Now i run an a7iv. If anyt

100%, the A7SII was used in the Planet Earth series for christs sake

I just had crazy banding issues filming a convention that had LED walls everywhere. It has me heavily considering upgrading. My A7sii has put 10 solid years in, but it might be time to put money in to new gear and something that has ECS

This. It's not the camera, it's on OP. The a7SII is a fantastic camera.