So, you pay alot for tools...

[Scott B.]

Ever see a camera that costs over $35k?

I hadn't either.

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[PaulMarcel]

It shoots RED; immediately expensive

 

[Scott B.]

It shoots RED; immediately expensive

You should have seen the rail system they can run this sucker on to create high speed high res zooms. Yikers.

 

[GhostFist]

I see them daily. A good steady cam rig, not including camera, can cost over $80 grand. Wood working tools are NOT the most expensive professional equipment out there.

 

[Scott B.]

I see them daily. A good steady cam rig, not including camera, can cost over $80 grand. Wood working tools are NOT the most expensive professional equipment out there.

Definitely helped put that all in perspective for me. I can't imagine buying a lens that cost $8k!

 

[erock]

umm……that kind of videos are you shooting when everyone clocks out for the day?    [tongue]  [tongue]

Or are you renting your shop out by the hour for the "special" production?  [big grin]  [tongue]

Eric

 

[Scott B.]

umm……that kind of videos are you shooting when everyone clocks out for the day?    [tongue]   [tongue]

Or are you renting your shop out by the hour for the "special" production?   [big grin]   [tongue]

Eric

We never really clock out around here, and we rarely sleep.  [big grin]

Vacation coming up soon though.

 

[GhostFist]

Check out some of the rigs we used in total recall (2012) in this video.

 

[Jaybolishes]

I studied video production at Norwich and the avid editing computer set ups were hundreds of thousands.  The beta cams were more than the digital ones I believe and without HD.  It's crazy how much these things cost, but you can shoot a heck of a good shot with only a $4000 camera.  That $35,000 jobber must have a few bells and whistles I bet.

Very cool ghost fist, that's amazing the tech in filming these days. Makes what learned in college look like preschool haha.

 

[Paul G]

I see them daily. A good steady cam rig, not including camera, can cost over $80 grand. Wood working tools are NOT the most expensive professional equipment out there.

Definitely helped put that all in perspective for me. I can't imagine buying a lens that cost $8k!

In sports and action photography an $8k lens can be a deal. I'm Jonesing this one, justifying a Carvex with the Mrs was easy by comparison  [big grin] http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B7O31B8

 

[Michael Kellough]

Just finished building a tall stand, soundproof enclosure, and exhaust system for a DLP video projector that cost in the neighborhood of 100k. 4k, 3D, 60fps.

 

[Paul G]

In my other life I work in wine label printing, our prepress equipment and software set us back over 300k, and the pressroom is approaching 8 figures with presses, rewind and packaging equipment, etc. and we're a relatively small plant. The capital outlay to make quality labels is surprising to the uninitiated.

 

[RC]

And a m8 of mine works in VLSI chip design and their simulation CAD licenses top 1M€/year per developer and still require a 500-core cluster to do the number crunching in the nights.

Not to mention manufacturing the prototype samples of high-speed ASIC chips. The prototypes cost on average 1M€/run and you get like 10-20 chips in a package for that.

Makes everything I do seem cheap in comparison

 

[Jalvis]

Nice!  That reminds me of my Old Medium Format film camera.

Carpentry and Woodworking in the USA has very few barriers to entry.  If a guy spends $5k on tools he is more equipped for onsite work then almost anyone in my area.

The real investment is when you get into stationary shop equipment and dust collection.  Then $35k is a drop in the bucket.

 

[jonny round boy]

I'm Jonesing this one, justifying a Carvex with the Mrs was easy by comparison  [big grin] http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B7O31B8

I really like the way it tells you you're 'saving' $3.00 off the price! What a bargain!!!  [eek] [blink]

 

[fdengel]

I see them daily. A good steady cam rig, not including camera, can cost over $80 grand. Wood working tools are NOT the most expensive professional equipment out there.

Still cameras can easily get up there too:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/893195-REG/Hasselblad_H5D_60_DSLR_Camera_With.html

 

[mike68au]

You don't even have to go the Hasseblad route. 

Take a look at the offerings from Nikon & Canon.  Buy one of there good bodies or even entry level and some Lenses and  the $ add up very quickly.
Then you add bags, filters, tripods.... etc.

 

[Eli]

Ever see a camera that costs over $35k?

I've got 11 on my broadcast truck, not counting special cameras, each 100k.  [big grin] Without glass [big grin]

 

[JHC]

Hope you guys didn't get overspray on it.  [cool]

 

[Eli]

I studied video production at Norwich

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