Small video kit for video while traveling - documentary, lifestyle, portrait

[Paddlr]

Just starting down the video road with my X-T3 and hoping for some suggestions and recommendations for some additional kit to allow me to capture some good footage. 

Current kit: X-T3, 23 f2; 35 f2; 56 f1.4. Additional: 3 batteries, carbon fibre gitzo stills tripod with stills ball head.

I have a full Canon 5D IV kit and studio lights for my commercial work. I'm not planning taking any of that with me, but obviously I'd like to have any purchases for the X-T3 kit work with my Canon gear where possible.

I'm traveling to Guatemala just for a week with family, hence wanting to shot with the small, lightweight and less obvious Fuji. I'll be trying to shoot documentary travel type footage, so lifestyle, landscape and portraits.

Monitors are so important to be able to see what you're doing, so I'm looking at the Atomos Shinobi with the accessories kit (batteries and screen shade); SmallRig cage for camera; Arri-type arm for low angle shots etc; articulating arm to attach monitor.

Questions:

Do I need a cage for the monitor?

How advised would I be to get a shade or some form of lightweight matte-box for the lenses? Suggestions on models to look at.

I'm assuming a screw on variable ND filter with step up rings for the best bet for small footprint and ease of use, or are there other options, considerations I should look at?

Lenses. I tend to shoot mostly in the medium range when creating stills, but I'm thinking a 16mm may be useful for landscapes and market scenes with video. Any opinions on good, small, but not overly priced 16mm's? I've read a lot of people love the 23 f2, and I do like it, especially it's size, but in trickier low light I do see some issues with it in stills. How do others find it for video? 

Suggestions on other lenses I should look at? The obvious would be the 16-55, but I'm trying to stick with primes if I can. 

Thoughts on small, lightweight battery powered LED lights for documentary travel shooting? I prefer soft, naturalistic fill light over more point source obvious lighting.

Final question. How much of an issue do people have shooting video handheld with the X-T3? I'd prefer not to add a Ronin-S or haul along a fluid head. 

Thanks for any thoughts, suggestions!!!

 

 

  

  

    

[YOUTA]

On 1/26/2020 at 3:27 AM, Paddlr said:

Just starting down the video road with my X-T3 and hoping for some suggestions and recommendations for some additional kit to allow me to capture some good footage. 

Current kit: X-T3, 23 f2; 35 f2; 56 f1.4. Additional: 3 batteries, carbon fibre gitzo stills tripod with stills ball head.

I have a full Canon 5D IV kit and studio lights for my commercial work. I'm not planning taking any of that with me, but obviously I'd like to have any purchases for the X-T3 kit work with my Canon gear where possible.

I'm traveling to Guatemala just for a week with family, hence wanting to shot with the small, lightweight and less obvious Fuji. I'll be trying to shoot documentary travel type footage, so lifestyle, landscape and portraits.

Monitors are so important to be able to see what you're doing, so I'm looking at the Atomos Shinobi with the accessories kit (batteries and screen shade); SmallRig cage for camera; Arri-type arm for low angle shots etc; articulating arm to attach monitor.

Questions:

Do I need a cage for the monitor?

How advised would I be to get a shade or some form of lightweight matte-box for the lenses? Suggestions on models to look at.

I'm assuming a screw on variable ND filter with step up rings for the best bet for small footprint and ease of use, or are there other options, considerations I should look at?

Lenses. I tend to shoot mostly in the medium range when creating stills, but I'm thinking a 16mm may be useful for landscapes and market scenes with video. Any opinions on good, small, but not overly priced 16mm's? I've read a lot of people love the 23 f2, and I do like it, especially it's size, but in trickier low light I do see some issues with it in stills. How do others find it for video? 

Suggestions on other lenses I should look at? The obvious would be the 16-55, but I'm trying to stick with primes if I can. 

Thoughts on small, lightweight battery powered LED lights for documentary travel shooting? I prefer soft, naturalistic fill light over more point source obvious lighting.

Final question. How much of an issue do people have shooting video handheld with the X-T3? I'd prefer not to add a Ronin-S or haul along a fluid head. 

Thanks for any thoughts, suggestions!!!

 

 

  

  

    

i am sure that you would need a gimbal ,something small like dji ronin , the latest version . a variable nd filter is indeed very useful 82mm which can be used with step up ,my lens has 55mm filter screw and 82mm with step up rings , use a fast lens in low light lowest aperture possible something like FUJIFILM XF 50mm f/1.0 or speed boosters on full frame dslr fast lenses ,faster the better . this is my personal suggestion , it might not be the best suggestion, but if you like ,you can try . have a nice day !