Hi all,
I've recently got interested in video and in anticipation of some ideas I have for filming this year, I was looking at the Ninja V for my R5 to help me see what I'm recording, increasing image quality, losing time limits and stopping "overheating" issues. I was prepared to splash the case as the advantages seemed huge.
Then I started hearing folks say that you need to add a cage, a handle for the cage, a ballhead for the handle, a mini HDMI protector for the cage, a side handle for the cage and so it goes.
Having bought a camera that felt good to me and whose controls were in the right place to provide easy acces for my hands, and which is a pleasure to hold, I'm not sure how much enjoyment all this bulk and weight would actually add to my videographing experience. I'm guessing this would be fine in a "run and gun" situation but unneccesary and a real chore for the type of filming I'm looking to do which is from a stationary position filming nature and wildflife.
I'm wondering just how much gubbins and weight I would really need to stick on it to make it capable of doing my type of video work. I'm also beginning to wonder if maybe the idea that we can realistically use DSLRs and MLCs for "serious" video is perhaps a compromise too far. Of course, the other option I have is to forget this external recorder and use the perfectly capable video already in my R5 but ....
On the other hand, I wonder how miuch this "accessory" industry is bunkum built on fear. Really, the only thing that I would need for a Ninja is to find a way to attach it to the camera safely and to secure the HDMI cable socket. I'd like to do this without the benefit of a mass of metal around my camera. Surely a mini ballhead, an HDMI ro mini HDMI cable and the safety plastic thing Canon supply is enough? I'm assuming my hotshoe won't fall off and the HDMI socket won't bend over. Tell me it's so!
Has anyone experience of the actual handling of these monitors in the situations I mention and if so, how did you organise it?
I've recently got interested in video and in anticipation of some ideas I have for filming this year, I was looking at the Ninja V for my R5 to help me see what I'm recording, increasing image quality, losing time limits and stopping "overheating" issues. I was prepared to splash the case as the advantages seemed huge.
Then I started hearing folks say that you need to add a cage, a handle for the cage, a ballhead for the handle, a mini HDMI protector for the cage, a side handle for the cage and so it goes.
Having bought a camera that felt good to me and whose controls were in the right place to provide easy acces for my hands, and which is a pleasure to hold, I'm not sure how much enjoyment all this bulk and weight would actually add to my videographing experience. I'm guessing this would be fine in a "run and gun" situation but unneccesary and a real chore for the type of filming I'm looking to do which is from a stationary position filming nature and wildflife.
I'm wondering just how much gubbins and weight I would really need to stick on it to make it capable of doing my type of video work. I'm also beginning to wonder if maybe the idea that we can realistically use DSLRs and MLCs for "serious" video is perhaps a compromise too far. Of course, the other option I have is to forget this external recorder and use the perfectly capable video already in my R5 but ....
On the other hand, I wonder how miuch this "accessory" industry is bunkum built on fear. Really, the only thing that I would need for a Ninja is to find a way to attach it to the camera safely and to secure the HDMI cable socket. I'd like to do this without the benefit of a mass of metal around my camera. Surely a mini ballhead, an HDMI ro mini HDMI cable and the safety plastic thing Canon supply is enough? I'm assuming my hotshoe won't fall off and the HDMI socket won't bend over. Tell me it's so!
Has anyone experience of the actual handling of these monitors in the situations I mention and if so, how did you organise it?
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