Andy Tokarski
Director, Editor, Colorist
I think the most important thing is that it weights only around 1.5kg. Pretty sure a lot of people will buy it instead of Ursa Mini Pro, because it's really light.
Blackmagic 4k if you can deal with its weight.
For a cheaper alternative - you might invest in Blackmagic Cinema Camera + speedbooster. It's really great for price to quality & it's really light.
I'm right now making a short using Ursa Mini Pro. I rent it, but my production requires just 3-4 days of shooting, so renting was the way to go.
For Ursa Mini Pro you probably need to invest way more. Besides body, you need at least 2x CF Cards 128GB (around 500$ each), probably Viewfinder (1500$), shoulder mount (400$), extra batteries etc. So the overall price (without lenses) is around 10k $. You need to know that Ursa Mini Pro is a pretty heavy camera, you get tired quite a bit & it gives you less flexibility for camera movement (stabilization is more expensive & some shots are hard to pull off, because of its weight). About the image quality - in my opinion, Ursa Mini Pro is much better (very close to Alexa), but you need to remember that image quality is mostly about how well you light your scene. My experience with this camera is very good & I can recommend it. Besides, it's weight it's pretty much a perfect camera.
Btw. If you're gonna use RAW be ready to buy a lot of disks. I shot in 4.6k RAW 4:1 & 1h of the footage is around 500GB.
About grading in Adobe - there was SpeedGrade (not sure if it's not discontinued). I personally wouldn't grade in other suits than Resolve - it's the best grading software right now & it's pretty cheap (or you could just use Lite version, which is also quite powerful & free).
Kenneth - the question is for how much can you resale your camera after shooting? It might be better to just buy it & then resale than just rent it.
Feminism = boys with vaginas. It has pretty nothing common with equality, just a stupid idea to create boys with vaginas. I want to see real women again in movies. Yes to equality, no to feminism & killing feminine energy. I feel lucky that I live in Poland & here a lot of women are still feminine, not like in the Western culture, where that energy is pretty much gone :/ Feminism is killing women.
About Tarantino - I find essays like this to be ridiculous. How can u say that someone is a feminist or misogynist because he created some movies? If I create a movie about fascism does it mean I'm a fascist? Ridiculous.
You can't compare C200 to Ursa Mini Pro. C200 is much ligher. I think people forget about the weight & I think it's one of the most important aspects when you shoot. Good luck operating UMP on gimbal, movi etc. Besides lacking ND filters C200 seems like a perfect indie camera. I would buy it over UMP.