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

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

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

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

I was using a mix of shit. Had two insta360s (garbage), a Sony NX camcorder, an A7iii and a A7sii. Sold it all. Now have an A7siii and two A7C. Just makes life so much easier and videos more consistent

Sounds like you might be inexperienced at this point which is fine. Unless you can afford to upgrade to a a7siii, I would consider keeping the camera. Shaky footage: use a tripod, get a top handle, or gimbal. That's what everyone does with any camera. You said the screen is tiny, buy an external mon

I've done a few weddings with the a7sii and oh my god, I hate it. The rolling shutter is awful and the autofocus was so whack, and I was using native Sony lenses. For hobby and beginner type stuff, maybe you can make it work, down the line you can sell the body and buy a better one

Not sure why people spend so much time telling you you're doing it wrong instead of answering your question. Answer:Sony A7sii used - $700DJI Ronin S4 mini - $400Laowa 12mm - $650

Great to hear you are interested in starting! We need more cameras pointed towards the sky, day and night. I'm using a Sony A7SII converted to Full Spectrum IR by the talented people at LifePixel. The A7SII is a great place to start because it is inexpensive and you can adapt many different lenses t

Yeah, it‘s crazy what huge potential these cameras do have, especially when you have „proper“ lenses on it 🙏 I do work as a professional videographer (and video editor) for over 20 years now, so I‘m used to „proper“ cameras but since i started using the A7SII with Canon lenses, I was blown away when