George Aravanis

Hello Will, Thank you for your comments. I'll certainly keep my options open. If for some reason the SR3 doesn't work out as a purchase, at least I have SR1or SR2 to consider. Those aren't completely out of the question, of course. I was looking at the SR2 at first, but then found the SR3. :) I'd like to be able to have money left over to purchase more lenses so I have a selection of them as opposed to being bound to only 1 or 2 in my case. With the SR1 being a Arri Bayonet mount, that isn't a big issue? Oh, I almost forgot to ask you, Cory. Just like I asked Will above, about the SR1 not being a PL mount, that isn't a big deal for you? I just looked it up and there are bayonet to PL adapters, so I guess it's not a problem after all?

I was just looking through your post asking for opinions on whether or not 4:3 is dead. When I saw the picture of your SR1, my jaw dropped. It's beautiful!

Awesome, thank you very much, Adrian! There's even a few things listed that I probably won't need right away. I was reading some articles earlier on how the SR body handles being shoulder mounted. As I suspected, it's not very comfortable. Surely there are shoulder support systems that can handle these bodies, right? About the lenses, I'll start looking for some.

Hello Gregg, Nah, not really, I don't think I need the video tap right now. I'm perfectly content with viewing the image through the viewfinder for now. It was just one of those things where a list of items were being presented to me and I was just writing them down. Really quick, off topic, my girlfriend went to New Zealand in December last year with a tour group. She loved it there. It was her long time dream to go ever since watching The Piano. :)

Hello Oron, Adrian, Cory, Thank you so much for your input. It helped me out today. It never registered that I should consider renting it first before buying one. I spoke to a rental place in Burbank today that has a SR3 and I was asked to send them what I need to start and they'll put a package together for me. Most of the items, next to the body and lens, are things I didn't know I needed such as a video tap. I know what it is now, of course. For being old cameras, it's the experience that's going to be brand new. It's very exciting. I can't wait to start using it.

Hello Everyone, I haven't posted on the forums for a very long time. Now, I think I need help....you're all probably the only people that can possibly relate to what I'm going through now. For the past year, I've been wanting to experience shooting film and I'm thinking about purchasing one of the Arriflex SR2 or SR3's that have come up on Ebay. Friends have told me I'm crazy for wanting to purchase a camera which shoots on film, especially to spend so much on one. Granted, the two cameras I have are digital and they've helped quite a bit in allowing me to shoot music videos for my friend's band. I don't think I would've been able to do that on film in a timely manner as I have with digital. I bought an old Pentak K1000 last year and I love it for taking photos. I love being able to click the shutter and an image is imprinted onto a frame of film. I love loading the film into the camera. I send it in to be processed and I get the roll back so I can scan it and view the pictures. I can only imagine having this same experience getting back a SPOOL of film and each frame put together creates a moving image. That's just fascinating to me! Ack! I've talked too much, I'll just get to the point. It's midnight and I have to get to bed. So! Some of the SR2's that show up on Ebay say "Super 16" in the subject. I was thinking, all right! Awesome, I can purchase a Super 16 Arri. But, in doing research, I find that the SR2's are not originally super 16. Then I figure out they have been converted. At first I was hell bent in getting the SR2, but I suppose I'd much rather have one that started out as Super 16 rather than "modified" to be one. As I've read posts around here, who knows how or who converted them or even if they were converted the right away. I'm sure it's probably just as easy as asking the seller. I want to be able to purchase one of these cameras so I can have a hands on experience with them and possibly use them for filming my own shorts in the near future. What do you think? Is it a good idea to at least get one so I can have experience with it? As I'm researching Arri and other brands, I just think about working with them all the time. If I ever have a chance of working on a set around them, that'd be just....I can't describe it. I already know tomorrow, I'm gonna be asking myself, "what the heck were you thinking, typing all that last night?" haha

The closest I've attempted to being there is I sent them my resume to be a production assistant! I think that'd be an experience, but I got a reply back saying they'd let me know if they needed my help. I thought perhap's it'd be just volunteer work, but maybe it isn't if they needed an actual resume from me. -GEORGE

Hello, I was wondering, when you get a chance, if you can tell me what monitor you have attached to the Red in post #9. Thank you! -GEORGE

Wow! That thing is a beast. I was gripping my teeth as you were flipping it around for the low shot. -GEORGE