Hi,
I bought a DSLR to take photos of my newborn thats now 8 months old now and I'm absolutely hooked. I love playing with depth of field, composition and contrast etc and then I realized I can use the D610 to make my youtube videos look better instead of using my Samsung S4/5 and my wifes Iphone 6 as B-Roll LOL.
But the Nikon D610 is killing me. I need something that will auto focus when mounted and unmanned. All it does is hunt and make a ton of noise. I've tried the various auto focus settings and even tried in fixed manual but its hard by yourself and adds to production time. Also the 20 or 30 minute record time has caught me out a few times where I missed footage because it stopped recording. I love having the Nikon and I am sure it can do the job perfectly in the right hands but but the more I search the net I'm finding Canon seems to be doing a better job in this area.
At the moment the main camera has become the Sony 4k AX100 and I downscale to 1080p for a nice sharp picture and the Nikon is purely for B-Roll and close ups.
I'm thinking I will have to sell all my Nikon equipment and move to Canon but its a question of what camera. C300, 1DC or 5D Mark iii? Or even the BlackMagic Ursa Mini 4k or 4.6k.
I can probably only chip in an extra 3k max on top of what I sell the Nikon gear for. I'm concerned with the rolling shutter on the DSLR's because my Sony 4k camera suffers from it already and I think the URSA mini is better value than the C300 even though the low light on the C300 blows it away. However the 1DC must be an absolute beast and if I were to buy it I would only have enough cash for a single lens to start with. But at least I would still have a DSLR.
I found myself using the Nikon 24-70mm maybe 90 percent of the time and I cant remember the last time I used either the 50mm or 35mm.
The Sony 4K video camera is great for picking up and shooting straight away. I have an 8 month old daughter that loves being filmed! lol Maybe the Sony AX1 is an option?
Nikon D610
Nikon 24-70mm 2.8
Nikon 70-200mm 2.8
Nikon 105mm macro
Tamron 150-600 5.6-6.3
Nikon 35mm 1.8
Nikon 50mm 1.8
Sony 4k AX100
GoPro Hero4 Silver
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I bought a DSLR to take photos of my newborn thats now 8 months old now and I'm absolutely hooked. I love playing with depth of field, composition and contrast etc and then I realized I can use the D610 to make my youtube videos look better instead of using my Samsung S4/5 and my wifes Iphone 6 as B-Roll LOL.
But the Nikon D610 is killing me. I need something that will auto focus when mounted and unmanned. All it does is hunt and make a ton of noise. I've tried the various auto focus settings and even tried in fixed manual but its hard by yourself and adds to production time. Also the 20 or 30 minute record time has caught me out a few times where I missed footage because it stopped recording. I love having the Nikon and I am sure it can do the job perfectly in the right hands but but the more I search the net I'm finding Canon seems to be doing a better job in this area.
At the moment the main camera has become the Sony 4k AX100 and I downscale to 1080p for a nice sharp picture and the Nikon is purely for B-Roll and close ups.
I'm thinking I will have to sell all my Nikon equipment and move to Canon but its a question of what camera. C300, 1DC or 5D Mark iii? Or even the BlackMagic Ursa Mini 4k or 4.6k.
I can probably only chip in an extra 3k max on top of what I sell the Nikon gear for. I'm concerned with the rolling shutter on the DSLR's because my Sony 4k camera suffers from it already and I think the URSA mini is better value than the C300 even though the low light on the C300 blows it away. However the 1DC must be an absolute beast and if I were to buy it I would only have enough cash for a single lens to start with. But at least I would still have a DSLR.
I found myself using the Nikon 24-70mm maybe 90 percent of the time and I cant remember the last time I used either the 50mm or 35mm.
The Sony 4K video camera is great for picking up and shooting straight away. I have an 8 month old daughter that loves being filmed! lol Maybe the Sony AX1 is an option?
Nikon D610
Nikon 24-70mm 2.8
Nikon 70-200mm 2.8
Nikon 105mm macro
Tamron 150-600 5.6-6.3
Nikon 35mm 1.8
Nikon 50mm 1.8
Sony 4k AX100
GoPro Hero4 Silver
Audio
Rode Lav
Senheisser Lav
Shure SM7B
Senheisser ENG 122
Rode ntg2
Zoom H6