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It's just a matter of time before someone wins an Oscar for best cinematography and does it using a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment. Recently Finnea

It's just a matter of time before someone wins an Oscar for best cinematography and does it using a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment. Recently Finneas won the Grammy for best engineered album (for his sister Billie Eilish's album), and he did everything except the very final mastering on equipment that cost less than a typical car. Including recording vocals and some acoustic instruments in their parents' house. The recording industry isn't that different from the film industry, where most things are done on ridiculously expensive equipment. But it is increasingly unnecessary.

samspenc 5y ago
And there have been several music videos from famous artists shot on an ... iPhone https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/music-videos-shot-with-smartphones-9325542/ https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/music-videos-shot-with-s... (actually looks like John Legend and Ellie Goulding filmed their music videos on a Google Pixel 2 and Nokia Lumia 1020, even more impressive.)
- robbrown451 5y ago
  Yep, and they all, to my eyes, are superb quality. I'd be scared if I was the manufacturer of one of those quarter-million dollar cameras.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  An iPhone 13 in the hands of a pro produces unbelievable footage. It's amazing how a lot of software can make up for weaknesses of the hardware.
walrus01 5y ago
> It's just a matter of time before someone wins an Oscar for best cinematography and does it using a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment. This is a lot more accessible now with things like the red komodo and blackmagic pocket 6k pro. If you buy a pocket 6k pro and rig it with a lot of stuff (a cage, series of external NVME SSDs, matte box, etc) the cost is still way under 8000. the red komodo is low enough cost that confident UAV operators are taking the risk of flying them on large quadcopters and octocopters in aerobatic/fpv mode.

samspenc 5y ago

And there have been several music videos from famous artists shot on an ... iPhone https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/music-videos-shot-with-smartphones-9325542/ https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/music-videos-shot-with-s... (actually looks like John Legend and Ellie Goulding filmed their music videos on a Google Pixel 2 and Nokia Lumia 1020, even more impressive.)

robbrown451 5y ago
Yep, and they all, to my eyes, are superb quality. I'd be scared if I was the manufacturer of one of those quarter-million dollar cameras.
kingcharles 5y ago
An iPhone 13 in the hands of a pro produces unbelievable footage. It's amazing how a lot of software can make up for weaknesses of the hardware.

walrus01 5y ago

> It's just a matter of time before someone wins an Oscar for best cinematography and does it using a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment. This is a lot more accessible now with things like the red komodo and blackmagic pocket 6k pro. If you buy a pocket 6k pro and rig it with a lot of stuff (a cage, series of external NVME SSDs, matte box, etc) the cost is still way under 8000. the red komodo is low enough cost that confident UAV operators are taking the risk of flying them on large quadcopters and octocopters in aerobatic/fpv mode.