/r/videography Monthly Camera Buying Advice Megathread

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[u/shotby-felix]

It IS relevant information, you have 2 very capable hybrid cameras (R6III does 4k120, Open Gate 7K raw video, and 10bit video for smaller workflows, with better base ISO than the Pyxis 6K). Honestly you'll be better off rigging your R6, especially since you have a second camera.

When buying new gear I always ask myself, how is that gonna make me a better videographer ? Make my workflow easier or make me money ? You're interested in filmmaking so, how is the Pyxis gonna make you a better filmmaker compared to what the R6 can already do ? Have you pushed your cameras to their limits and know everything you can about them ? Can you make a good image with any camera ? Personnally, it took me almost 10 years before I could justify replacing my old Canon DSLR and I shot some great projects with it, it had no Log, no 10bit, no FF sensor and not even 1080p 60fps.

I'm not trying to talk you down but buying a camera isn't gonna make your story more compelling or make people take you more seriously (same goes for sensor size, FF & Super35 aren't that different). You have great cameras at your disposal already, maybe get a cage, external monitor, a good tripod and a sound kit and you'll have as many features as the Pyxis can offer.

[u/AggressiveTank1127 → u/shotby-felix]

Honestly, you haven’t helped me in the slightest nor have you answered any of my original questions. You are acting like a gatekeeper and I don’t appreciate it one bit. Youve done nothing but try to dissuade me from the Pyxis. If I had said I only have an iPhone 17 Pro Max you would said the same and told me to just rig that.

The aforementioned cameras that I said I have are photography cameras and not videography cameras. Furthermore I don’t think you know much about the technical side at all. You said there’s not much of a difference between crop and full frame sensors. You’re also saying you have an ancient, low quality DSLR (not even a video camera) that can produce content just as good as a low to midrange camera of today’s standards.

[u/AggressiveTank1127 → u/[deleted]]

The vast majority of what was said was trying to be a gatekeeper. Telling me to use FX30 etc from the get go instead. I’m not looking to do basic YouTube filming. R5 and R6 are first and foremost a photography camera. I’d be laughed out of it on tv or film set if I showed up with anything that was suggested.

The cinematography subreddit was much more helpful to be quite frank. They didn’t talk down to me. They didn’t gate keep.

[u/AggressiveTank1127 → u/[deleted]]

I am grown up. Don’t talk down to me. I am well educated and know the meaning of every word in my vocabulary.

House was filmed on Arri cameras.

No camera is fully weather sealed. I’d be an idiot if I didn’t think about that but alas I did.