You provided a pretty candid assessment of the camera. The experience gained will be useful on larger budget productions, where the camera is the least consideration. You've nailed most of the critical concepts and fundamentals of production. The 16 bit image is worth its weight in gold and could be considered a small price of admission. The next growth phase is away from the camera: networking, marketing, referrals, persistence. But as you mentioned, there is confidence not having to second guess the quality of the image. I agreed with myself a long time ago, that any camera without a battery in the box is a nuanced proposition. The job of the camera operator is to professionally tame the equipment. Others have reached a good conclusion that other camera tool are available and better suited for documentary work ie. ND system, auto focus, stabilization . Narrative, commercial work is better suited for the Komodo shooting style. Good stuff, I enjoyed your post immensely.
Hey, great video. Got almost the same experiences with the komodo. I think you should just get some filters and a mattebox. I also looked a lot at the kippertie or breakthrough adapters, but I think filters are more versatile. You can bring them to other camera jobs. Since I bought the Komodo, I also worked with the Alexa Mini, SonyFX9, Sony FX6 (yeah I know they got Internal NDs, but they start at 0.6 and I need 0.3 a lot) and Blackmagic Cameras. It's like "buy once, cry once". cheers.
Hey, I appreciate it! That’s what I would like to do, but I keep delaying it because there are so many other things I’d rather get than rectangle pieces of glass🤣 Currently I have a small rig matte box and a wooden camera zip box for the super speeds. I use a simtray and put a vnd on it (both from simmod). The breakthrough adapter is the one I wanted to get that was having tons of manufacturing delays. I’m pretty sure that has been resolved though. But like you said, I’d kind hate to invest that much into something that can only be used for RF mount cameras.
@@camsfilmarchive I know the struggle. I worked a lot with the canon EF to RF VariND Adapter and it messes with the colors a lot. And I did not get any consistency with the exposure. SmallRig sent me the mini mattebox a few years ago and I used it a little bit, with a vari-nd, then I got the rectangle filters from Formatt (the superslim-versions). Then I had to upgrade the mattebox, because the Smallrig-One is crap 😀 The placement of the filters is not right, the distance to the lens is to big and causes double images and flaring. So I upgraded to the Tilta MB-t12 and thats way better. But the industry standard (at least here in Germany) is the ARRI LMB-5 and there is definetly a difference in build quality and features. Like I said, I think you'll work with other non rf-cameras in the future.
@@dielichtfaenger_academy Yes, I didn’t even bother buying the Komodo package that came with the canon vnd because of how bad the color shift is. I had the same issues with my smallrig matte box. When I was shooting a music video in NYC, I had all sorts of weird ghosting going on. I ended up taking it off and putting my vnd directly on the lens threads. What part of Germany are you in? I had the chance to visit Frankfurt a few months ago, and I absolutely loved it! My mother’s side of the family is German, and I really want to go back and explore more of the country.
@@camsfilmarchiveI live near Ulm, it's more in the South. A one hour drive to the alps. Frankfurt is about 3,5h away from me. Hit me up, if you're in the South 😀
The Komodo is about a compact and easy to work with as you can get for the image it produces. That said for doc work where IQ isn't the highest priority you'll be happier with an FX9 or FX6
I agree! For me, IQ is almost always going to be a higher priority than ease of use. After almost 3 years of using the Komodo now, I have learned to live with or work around its quirks in more doc style environments. But yes, the FX6 would definitely be easier to use
@@camsfilmarchive I feel you! a lot of filmmakers nowadays don't have image quality as their top priority (everything has to be easy as it could be). But for me, if I don't like the image coming from my camera, I'm not inspired to shoot..(I know it's not just about the camera, but I hope you understand what I'm saying). In fact, I would love to shoot on film, but it's too expensive unfortunately for me at the moment... otherwise I definitely would even if it means a slower and more difficult process.
