It’s been almost 2 years since the DSLR movement arose, large sensors, shallow depth of field, high ISO’s and many more but still, a photo camera.
I was one of the first filmmakers here in Greece that adapted the new trend. I sold
my Aaton camera and bought a Canon 5Dmk2, after a long period of research and
lens tests.
Now I believe the DSLR fashion is gone because big industry giants started manufacturing tools and cameras with down to earth prices. I’ll have to admit that Canon and Nikon shook the big giants and made them produce large sensor video cameras in modest prices.
It’s time for me to move on and the question is what camera sould I buy next. Ok, let’s talk about prices, a decent Scarlet or C300 package comes to $19.000 with out the lenses. Both cameras could use a plethora of lenses from the astonishing Master primes to canon photography lenses. Investing your money into these cameras with a decent set of prime lenses (35mm Zeiss mk2’s or early Cook’s) we’re looking about $40.000 a lot of money for an independent filmmaker.
The question is what kind of lenses I would like to use from now on (Cine or photographic). The price drop on the Super 16mm lenses drove me to the Ikonoskop camera, so I started flirting with the a-cam dII for the past 4 months and when I finally found a set of Zeiss super speeds I ordered the camera. Using cine lenses on a digital camera like the Ikonoskop feel’s like shooting with my little Aaton. RAW files and 12bit color, beautiful skin tones, good value for money and many more made me say yes to the a-cam.
