I hope more people get to see this 😊 this video summed up 90% of what i learned in the past five years of gear purchasing :) and also added some extra to it 😀 so much money lost in buying un necessary gear that never brought in any money...then having to sell them at a lost just to fund gear needed for real jobs.
Brilliant. This is something I try and drum into every new filmmaker I talk to, assuming they've posed a question on gear to me. I'm a combat documentary fimmaker, and former British Royal Marine Commando myself, I use a pair of Arri Alexa Mini bodies, because thats the stage I'm currently at. I had a young man at a talk about a documentary we did quite a few years ago; 'Commandos: On The Front Line' and he asked what equipment he should buy? And my colleague and partner in the production company we own questioned his budget and how long he's been making films, and when the answer came back "£11,000 (about $15,000 US) for the body alone, anddddd I'm brand new" my partner said "get a Canon C100, or an original C300, maybe a Sony FS5, you could get something like a BMPCC 4k, or something like that" and the young man, looking a little perplexed said "I was thinking something more along the lines of an FX9 or a C500 mark II or something" to which my partner replied "you're not there yet mate, work on your craft for a few years first and then upgrade when you need to, not because you want to, don't fall for the marketing and trust me, sink the majority on good glass.....date the bodies, marry the glass." Again, brilliant video Austin, and this will be something I'll use as a resource to point young filmmakers to in future to reinforce what I'm telling them. Thanks mate.
I appreciate you don't talk about gear often, it's refreshing. I also already noticed you had no following on Instagram, and that's a good idea too also for keeping the mind more "virgin" in a sense, when Morricone was working at a score he used to completely banish music in his house just because of that! 😊
Thanks for commenting! Really appreciate it. I didn't know that about Morricone, but that resonates with me. I just noticed that when I was following a bunch of people on every platform, I started to try and mimic them instead of finding my own voice. Hope you're doing well!
Just the concept of the video led me to like and subscribe. There's nothing like seeing gear through the eyes of people who are using it day in day out.
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it. It's very true. I'm out here using it day in day out. In fact, I am writing this response comment from an airport coming back from a 3 day shoot! Hope you're doing well :)
This is so helpful. I currently shoot on a Canon T5 (not the i - unfortunately). I have made a short film and am currently editing a short subject documentary that was shot on the same camera. I am shopping for a better - but still VERY used/loved camera and lens. I have been building my kit (shotgun mics, an audio recorder, a panel light, diffusion, flags, a lav mic, and stands). I have been doing it slowly since 2020. This is great advice. It is encouraging. Thank you Austin.
@@micahcrews so glad you found this helpful! Don’t feel rushed and don’t feel like gear defines you as a filmmaker. If you slowly build up your kit and skills, I have no doubt you’ll get to where you want to be 💪
Great Video and thanks for the KEH. Been looking at other places to find used camera gear. Seems these days sellers on Ebay are wanting better than new prices.
OMG, this is gold advice. Thank you for this. I currently have gear worth almost 10K but still not yet living the live of creating contents. I have registered my brand though. Slowly but steadily.
hey austin! I was wondering if you could make a video about the boom audio c-stand set up you use. i think i saw it in one of the BTS clips. that is next on my radar for gear I need, and was wondering if you could make a video about your set up, i know it's like 10 pieces to the puzzle rather than 1 purchase so it's confusing, such as: the mic, the boom pole, the c stand, the xlr cables, the sandbags, etc etc
Hey @billem16! Thanks for watching the video and dropping a comment here. Haha, I totally here you on this. I was so confused when I first got it. I'd be happy to make a video about my boom audio setup. I will add it to the docket. Stay tuned!
Hi Austin! Great video once again. I’ve got a question for you. I watched your whole video, but I’m still torn between getting the FX6 or the FX3. The FX3 seems like it would be easier to carry around and travel with, plus it has IBIS, which is a big plus. But on the other hand, I really love the built-in ND filter on the FX6. Right now, I’m mainly shooting with a Canon 1DX Mark III, but I’m looking to dive more into documentary-style video. Any advice? Thank you so much once again! 🎥🎬✨
@@TyeBlake hey Tye! Thanks for watching. Glad it was helpful. I have never used the FX3, so unfortunately I can’t speak to how that camera functions on documentary productions. But I will say this: 1.) if you have any friends in your area with the cameras, see if you can take them out for a spin for a couple days. Get a sense for which one suits your style and what you’re looking for in terms of form factor 2.) if you get a chance to try it out, don’t just think about visual quality. For documentary work you also will want to think about audio capabilities, timecode features, and handheld form factor. Built in NDs are fantastic, but if you want to do doc work, also think about those other elements of doc shooting 3.) Whichever camera you go with, don’t look back. Don’t wonder if the other one would have been better. They are both damn good. Hope that helps!
Great video, loved a lot of what you said here. You're channel has great info. Curious how you feel about asking or expecting others to support your channel by subscribing when you yourself said you refuse to support other channels by following/subscribing? I understand being selective about which channels you follow as some are certainly middle-men for gear sales...but following 0 seems extreme and might do more harm than good? Just wanted to hear your thoughts, no criticism or offense intended.
@@MaineMountainMedia that’s a great question! And one I want to make a video about at some point :) I support any and everyone who doesn’t subscribe to my channel. If people are out there looking for education that will jump start their filmmaking, I am here to offer that support. But I would consider this channel a failure if I had millions of subscribers who watched every second of my videos, but who didn’t go out and actually make anything. The whole point of my channel is to get people off UA-cam and Instagram and other platforms and go make their films 🎥 For me personally, I find following other people on social media is too addictive and influences my artistic sense too much. I make more, and I make more authentically when I block out noise. For people who feel the same, I encourage them to try it!
@@austinmeyerfilms That's a great and thoughtful reply thank you! Very kind of you to explain your approach and I appreciate that philosophy. It certainly seems to prove true that you're out making kickass films and ALSO here taking lots of time to help others (like myself) learn and grow so you're right that you definitely support the community. Thanks for all you're doing, keep it up!
This is quite possibly the best advise I have come across. This applies to any new and seasoned film maker (20yr veteran here).....well done.
@@jmn2068 wow, really appreciate this. Thank you! I’m glad it resonated with you and your vast experience too!
I hope more people get to see this 😊 this video summed up 90% of what i learned in the past five years of gear purchasing :) and also added some extra to it 😀 so much money lost in buying un necessary gear that never brought in any money...then having to sell them at a lost just to fund gear needed for real jobs.
@@ludovicavice3496 thank you! So glad that what I shared resonated with you 🙏 hope you’re doin well!
Brilliant.
This is something I try and drum into every new filmmaker I talk to, assuming they've posed a question on gear to me. I'm a combat documentary fimmaker, and former British Royal Marine Commando myself, I use a pair of Arri Alexa Mini bodies, because thats the stage I'm currently at. I had a young man at a talk about a documentary we did quite a few years ago; 'Commandos: On The Front Line' and he asked what equipment he should buy? And my colleague and partner in the production company we own questioned his budget and how long he's been making films, and when the answer came back "£11,000 (about $15,000 US) for the body alone, anddddd I'm brand new" my partner said "get a Canon C100, or an original C300, maybe a Sony FS5, you could get something like a BMPCC 4k, or something like that" and the young man, looking a little perplexed said "I was thinking something more along the lines of an FX9 or a C500 mark II or something" to which my partner replied "you're not there yet mate, work on your craft for a few years first and then upgrade when you need to, not because you want to, don't fall for the marketing and trust me, sink the majority on good glass.....date the bodies, marry the glass."
Again, brilliant video Austin, and this will be something I'll use as a resource to point young filmmakers to in future to reinforce what I'm telling them. Thanks mate.
I appreciate you don't talk about gear often, it's refreshing. I also already noticed you had no following on Instagram, and that's a good idea too also for keeping the mind more "virgin" in a sense, when Morricone was working at a score he used to completely banish music in his house just because of that! 😊
Thanks for commenting! Really appreciate it. I didn't know that about Morricone, but that resonates with me. I just noticed that when I was following a bunch of people on every platform, I started to try and mimic them instead of finding my own voice. Hope you're doing well!
Thanks. Appreciate the POV on the topic of gear.
@@darrenbrownphotography my pleasure!
Just the concept of the video led me to like and subscribe. There's nothing like seeing gear through the eyes of people who are using it day in day out.
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it. It's very true. I'm out here using it day in day out. In fact, I am writing this response comment from an airport coming back from a 3 day shoot! Hope you're doing well :)
This is so helpful. I currently shoot on a Canon T5 (not the i - unfortunately). I have made a short film and am currently editing a short subject documentary that was shot on the same camera. I am shopping for a better - but still VERY used/loved camera and lens. I have been building my kit (shotgun mics, an audio recorder, a panel light, diffusion, flags, a lav mic, and stands). I have been doing it slowly since 2020. This is great advice. It is encouraging. Thank you Austin.
@@micahcrews so glad you found this helpful! Don’t feel rushed and don’t feel like gear defines you as a filmmaker. If you slowly build up your kit and skills, I have no doubt you’ll get to where you want to be 💪
what a great video. I am walking away from my end of year cart! Thanks!
so glad it was helpful!
Great Video and thanks for the KEH. Been looking at other places to find used camera gear. Seems these days sellers on Ebay are wanting better than new prices.
@@mannythehunter thanks for watching! Hope you find some good used options over at KEH 🙏
Thanks for good video and bringing out these things :)
of course! thanlks for watching
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OMG, this is gold advice. Thank you for this. I currently have gear worth almost 10K but still not yet living the live of creating contents. I have registered my brand though. Slowly but steadily.
@@AbdullahiAbdulkadir slow and steady! You’ll get there 💪
Great info 🙏
thanks for watching! Hope you'll stick around for the next one :)
Awesome content as always. Greetings from Malawi
@@SatelliteVideosHD thank you! Greetings from the US 🤝 hope you visit Malawi one day!
Austin, you are a badass with increasing filmmaking mojo, thank you for what you do.
Thank you so much!
Profound insights
Thanks for watching! So glad you liked it
hey austin! I was wondering if you could make a video about the boom audio c-stand set up you use. i think i saw it in one of the BTS clips. that is next on my radar for gear I need, and was wondering if you could make a video about your set up, i know it's like 10 pieces to the puzzle rather than 1 purchase so it's confusing, such as: the mic, the boom pole, the c stand, the xlr cables, the sandbags, etc etc
Hey @billem16! Thanks for watching the video and dropping a comment here. Haha, I totally here you on this. I was so confused when I first got it. I'd be happy to make a video about my boom audio setup. I will add it to the docket. Stay tuned!
Hi Austin! Great video once again.
I’ve got a question for you. I watched your whole video, but I’m still torn between getting the FX6 or the FX3. The FX3 seems like it would be easier to carry around and travel with, plus it has IBIS, which is a big plus. But on the other hand, I really love the built-in ND filter on the FX6. Right now, I’m mainly shooting with a Canon 1DX Mark III, but I’m looking to dive more into documentary-style video. Any advice?
Thank you so much once again! 🎥🎬✨
@@TyeBlake hey Tye! Thanks for watching. Glad it was helpful. I have never used the FX3, so unfortunately I can’t speak to how that camera functions on documentary productions. But I will say this:
1.) if you have any friends in your area with the cameras, see if you can take them out for a spin for a couple days. Get a sense for which one suits your style and what you’re looking for in terms of form factor
2.) if you get a chance to try it out, don’t just think about visual quality. For documentary work you also will want to think about audio capabilities, timecode features, and handheld form factor. Built in NDs are fantastic, but if you want to do doc work, also think about those other elements of doc shooting
3.) Whichever camera you go with, don’t look back. Don’t wonder if the other one would have been better. They are both damn good.
Hope that helps!
@@austinmeyerfilms
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
I get a little nervous when I see the 70-200 without support.
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@@YounusYousuf ♥️♥️
My first question is how much money can I spend without my wife finding out 😃
Hahah good luck!!
Great video, loved a lot of what you said here. You're channel has great info. Curious how you feel about asking or expecting others to support your channel by subscribing when you yourself said you refuse to support other channels by following/subscribing? I understand being selective about which channels you follow as some are certainly middle-men for gear sales...but following 0 seems extreme and might do more harm than good? Just wanted to hear your thoughts, no criticism or offense intended.
@@MaineMountainMedia that’s a great question! And one I want to make a video about at some point :) I support any and everyone who doesn’t subscribe to my channel. If people are out there looking for education that will jump start their filmmaking, I am here to offer that support. But I would consider this channel a failure if I had millions of subscribers who watched every second of my videos, but who didn’t go out and actually make anything. The whole point of my channel is to get people off UA-cam and Instagram and other platforms and go make their films 🎥
For me personally, I find following other people on social media is too addictive and influences my artistic sense too much. I make more, and I make more authentically when I block out noise. For people who feel the same, I encourage them to try it!
@@austinmeyerfilms That's a great and thoughtful reply thank you! Very kind of you to explain your approach and I appreciate that philosophy. It certainly seems to prove true that you're out making kickass films and ALSO here taking lots of time to help others (like myself) learn and grow so you're right that you definitely support the community. Thanks for all you're doing, keep it up!
well once per year you could talk about gear, more than that you become a duchetuber :D
@@sardanapalos Hahha, I’ll keep that in mind :)
That was great ! Never thought about it that way
@@TheHiddenCardVillage thanks for watching! Glad it helped you see things in a new way 🙏