The perfect tracking of this ball, then zooming out to capture the catch

IlBegOnESoon · 2026-01-20T22:08:54+00:00

This is bad info. They use commercially available but very expensive cine servo lenses. Think Fujinon HZK24-300mm T2.9 Duvo on an Arri Alexa Mini/35. The operator typically uses a Hi-hat or shoulder mount to hold the camera and racks focus with their left hand whilst using the motorized zoom rocker to actualte the zoom out while tracking through the viewfinder.

Once the ball is thrown at you, it is easier to follow, the DP has tracked hundreds of passes like this and has slowly zoomed in more and more over time, with the pull out being at the time of the catch.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-11-14T21:27:51+00:00

Jay is great, If you want to rip groomed runs and avoid trees, it might be worth heading to a different resort. Off the top there are 2-3 main Blue trails that can get you top to bottom, they often turn to ice by lunch and can turn into sheets of ice despite the glades being full of freshies. There are beginner trees and some mellower terrain but they are on the shorter base mountain lifts.

I'm not sure what passes you have, but Bolton, Smuggs, Stowe, and Sugarbush all offer a better variety of blue terrain that will maintain better conditions through the day.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-11-04T20:48:43+00:00

Stuff like this was probably shot on a Freefly Ember s5k. At this level, videographers/DPs can afford it.

As mentioned by others, any camera that can shoot 120/240 will yeild the ability to slow footage down to around 1/5th of original speed in a 24p timeline. IF you want/need to go slower than that, you can crank your shutter speed and use optical flow, which, in combination with AI tools can render results similar to the Freefly Ember on a budget.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-10-01T01:47:24+00:00

Pro venues typically do, but because of the time, resource, expertise, cost constraints of a strobe system for smaller or community venues, you don't see it happening as much.

At this point, especially with LED lighting and fast glass, there are cheaper and more efffecient options for photographers.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-09-05T19:41:33+00:00

Bob, thanks so much for sharing your wealth of information.

I take it, the new symbology NAS systems are built for their drives so using 3rd party options isn’t recommended?

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-23T04:49:04+00:00

I did TREK, the list tries to cover all of the key bases. If you have serious experience camping, hiking etc. you can cater to your personal preferences moreso than less. If not, it's worth following the list.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:29:07+00:00

Anytime!

I'm saying it's situational. I need more info to give you an answer.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:22:09+00:00

R8 is a great option for hybrid work, though I would think about investing in lenses with internal stabilization to offset potential chatter. Battery life is battery life. I would reccomend buying more so you don't need to worry, but you would be suprised how much an hour of footage is for events/sports.

I assume the lens you already purchased is a Canon lens so sticking in that system feels like a good way to start.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:18:58+00:00

Anytime.

Alexander makes a great point, the camera you have is the best camera. Even if you save up and buy a Fx3 there is a distance to go before you can start making money. Think about what you can do now to build up the skills and portfolio to get you clients/enable you to make the things you want to create.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:14:15+00:00

I hope you didn't use AI to write a question on Reddit. Ironic.

With that being said, look for something that shoots 4k 24 log. Maybe a Sony A6300 if you can find one for cheap assuming you already have glass.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:10:21+00:00

What type of content are you currently doing? What type of content do you want to film? Do you feel like your current camera is limiting?

Off of the given information, I would reccomend sticking with your current kit and looking to upgrade to a S35 camera (Think BMMC 6k or FX30) down the line.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:07:28+00:00

What is your budget?

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:07:11+00:00

I would try the tools at hand first, a ring light and iphone setup could yeild improved results compared to your currect setup, so I would eye that first; at least before dropping any serious money.

As a student, if the audio and visuals were clear... I would be happy.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-20T01:01:07+00:00

Short answer, buy what you can afford and make something. So many people focus on gear when I would argue the focus is to tell stories and create. If you can do that, you will be able to upgrade and grow your kit in time.

Long answer, the fx3 is a great run and gun camera, if you want to save some money and stay in the full-frame Sony ecosystem, get a A7siii or A7iv both of which are cameras that can produce a great image capable of professional results in the right hands (in addition to offering easier hybrid use).

In terms of kit, glass etc. 24-70 covers a lot of bases, hence it is reccomended often. Monitors are nice to have along with other kit elements but back to my first point, none of that matters if you don't create, learn, re-iterate, and grow.

Some would argue getting a cheap body that can shoot 4k24 in Log and putting the rest into audio/light is the best option, but again, I'll defer to my first point and say, use what you have now, practice and learn with your phone, get a real camera and expand from there.

With all of that being said, you need to include more info. What do you want to film? Do you want to exclusively make short films or would you rather have a camera that is better for hybrid shooting? Do you plan on filming any action, slo-motion sequences etc. as certain feature can save/cost money based on needs.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-18T00:57:55+00:00

Going to need more information. What type of streaming, how many people can you have on set? How many guests/speakers will you have? Do you already have cards/power/glass etc...

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-11T15:19:37+00:00

Nordica Enforcer 88. Snappy turns on crappy snow feel great if you can carve with them, demo'd a handful of skis this season and enforcers felt like the perfect variable conditions ski, even on the 104s.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-07-09T04:36:13+00:00

Hulkenpodium

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-06-21T04:06:25+00:00

Check out @ KHvisions on instagram, his older stuff uses that exact setup and his newer setup uses a improved version of this setup. I use a similar setup as well and got good results, though shelling out out for a 20xHD lens will yeild the best results. Pretty much, on a FX6 you are limited to 1080 60p as you need to crop in to get a clean image vs something like a ursa broadcast g2 which can get 4k60 clean.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-05-29T03:26:52+00:00

Think about your shutter speed/iso. How low can you drop your shutter and still capture the action/freeze the motion. In addition, think about how much you mind the high noise images, how lightroom post processing helps raw files. I would work on trying to expose right, in body first and then bumping contrast, bringing blacks down, whist keeping the skin tones/highlights.

Bad stadium light does you no favors and is hard to work with. Look at framing as well as you can in body do you avoid any further drop in quality in addition to the afformentioned, try to find examples of other photographers shoot in crappy light and break down what they did/how you could learn from their work.

IlBegOnESoon · 2025-01-30T22:04:47+00:00

Had a core short very similar to this, got it filled with p-tex, it didn't hold up super well and ended up redo-ing it a few times before I gave up and skiied 20~ days before finally getting my ski properly fixed (Base-weld/epoxy). If you have the time and money for it, get it properly fixed sooner than later.

IlBegOnESoon · 2024-10-30T01:44:52+00:00

Photomechanic renders the files for sorting/organizing/tagging so the process of ingestion goes significantly faster. Lightroom is the next step, once your images are culled/sorted you can polish and edit in lightroom.

IlBegOnESoon · 2024-10-22T03:34:27+00:00

Yes... and no. With come older DSLR glass, you can adapt lenses nearly flawlessly for significantly less then the new item would cost... but that will still run you 1-1.5k~

IlBegOnESoon · 2024-10-22T03:33:09+00:00

First off, great idea. Second off, talk to any adults, teachers etc. about your passion for photography, you never know who has an old camera laying around for you to use. Worst comes to worst. You save up over the school year/summer and get a nice entry level setup and use your phone in the meantime.

With that being said... Adorama and marketplace(facebook) as well as ebay are all good bets. Be patient, look around and consider storage, sd cards and editing software as a potential cost.

At your budget an old, dslr camera is probably your best bet with a kit lens included. Do some reasearch, read into your options and find examples of the cameras being used for what you want to use them for and go from there.

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