Don’t Buy a New Camera Until You Watch This @LucForsyth
Don’t Buy a New Camera Until You Watch This  @LucForsyth
Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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Thinking about investing in a new cinema camera for documentary filmmaking? Watch this first! It can be really easy these days to think that we can’t be “real” filmmakers if we don’t have the newest and best tech out there, but in this video I want to challenge that idea and push you to look at other options so you can spend your money actually making films.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro
1:36 - My approach to new cinema cameras
2:57 - You’d never think these shows were shot with these camera
6:30 - How to get more for your money
7:30 - Audiio, the sponsor of today’s video
9:02 - Why you shouldn’t ignore used gear
9:49 - What would I buy today?\

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