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Originally Posted by spectre08
As a DP, what's your perspective on why a DP or a director chooses a specific camera for their film, specifically why they might chose Arri or RED?
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ARRI more of then than not gets chosen because it's ARRI - they have a lot of people who've been using their kit for the last 20+ years and it gets the job done. You put a lens on the front, battery on the back and a card in the side and pretty pictures come out.
RED people tend to be a little more camera-focused. Unfortunately it's very muddied and an awful lot of people choose it without fully understanding what they're doing. RED was also raw-based only until very recently. RED have a huge marketing machine and it is the only high-end camera a lot of people have heard of. Very popular with the low budget and music video crowd etc...
Sony is the third most popular option, and by a long way. Sadly many people look down upon the Sony brand, or they can't be bothered to learn the cameras properly.
I notice by the way that the woman in those videos is wearing a visual impact shirt. I have seen some of the videos these guys have produced online and to say their methodology is lacking is an understatement to say the least.
Generally speaking DoPs get much more attached to their glass than their cameras.
All of this of course is massively diluted and condensed... every single person and project will be individual but those are some general thoughts.