Attention UK filmmakers...

[MinionZombie]

Not sure if this will help anyone out, but there's a store in my region of the country who do a friggin' shedload of equipment for filmmakers covering all ranges from the n00b to the professional sat in a studio. A whole host of equipment, I've been sat there gawping at it for about 40 minutes now. Think I might go down there tomorrow and check them out...they even have the new Panasonic DVX100BE for £2000. Thought I'd post the URL in case it was of any help to UK filmmakers: H Preston (Malvern) *edit* Actually, they also seem to deliver around the world, and have an office in London. Bingo, bongo, BOSH!

[KingStoph]

Nice! ill tell Liam bout that im too poor to buy one!

[EvilBread]

Creative Video are also rather good for UK equipment. http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/public/

[Danny]

damn that canon XM32 ..if thats it... sure looks perdy.

[EvilBread]

XM32 or XM2? My friend picked one up a few weeks back and it looks really nice. Very sturdy and easy to handle.

[MinionZombie]

Aye I've had a lot of use of the Canon XM2 this year, it's pretty easy and nice to handle, but it's not the most robust of cameras - the drive for example is not exactly strong, also, the zoom function tends to go after some use (I used one which had a zoom with a life of its own). You'll get a good picture out of the XM2, but I'll be honest, it's getting a bit dated these days (and £1750 for it is rather steep in my opinion, it's been around for a while too). It's not a bad camera, but it's not the most reliable so to anyone with one, be gentle with it. I did enjoy using the XM2 though, it was quite user friendly and was my first introduction to "prosumer" level cameras. Get a *forgets name* boxy thingymajigs you attach to the bottom and you've got a good bit of kit for time being. If getting a new camera, it'd be better to go higher up the chain, hence why I'm currently pretty sure I'm going to get the Panasonic DVX100B as my new rig.

[EvilBread]

I was looking more towards the Sony Z1 which I used for Once a Thief or the Sony PD170 which are both really great cameras. Although since money is an issue, I wouldn't mind picking up one of the Panasonic DVC30's which is a great little camera and very good in low light conditions.