This weekend we went out and re-shot our narrative scene for the teenage section of our film. This time I switched from an A7sii to an Ursa Mini.
The Mini I am more familiar with overall than the A7sii, as a large part of my camera experience in general comes from working with the original Ursa, and and also is better designed for daylight narrative setups due to it's increased size over the a7sii. Nevertheless, the day before setup I looked over alot of ursa material to make sure I knew all of the key differences between the two models. I didn't have too many troubles with discerning the functions of the software, since the Ursa Mini didn't stray far from it's predecessor. The only factor that I had to look into heavily was format types, since I didn't have much experience with them at all. I'll be looking more into those as well as codecs later on since I want to get a grasp on different codec concepts anyways.
The key differences were mostly in the hardware. The size, weight, and design had all been adjusted of course. A lack of an AC panel through me for a loop, as there were some functions that could only be accessed from that panel on the original Ursa. It's ultimately convenient though, because I got to play around with the mounting area they left in its place and see what extensions I could add on. I had some difficulties figuring out the attachment mechanics behind the shoulder pads on set too, but I arrived so early that it was solved before the entire crew was on set.
Beyond that, a normal day of shooting, nothing going uncontrollably awry, and the large screen on the Ursa Mini helps me further confirm my image. I think I'm probably going to stick with it for the rest of the film. No offense to the A7sii fans, because it's a good camera, but for the vast majority of our purposes it's unnecessary.
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