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On that note, sometimes mixed lighting is okay, and less sterile than perfectly-balanced images.  Although we haven't seen any of your unbalanced images.

The temperature can't be fixed under fluorescents, hence my three suggestions.  I'll add a fourth: live with it and toss many or most of the shots because of horrid white balance issues. I agree ...

(1) Get a D500 or other camera that has flicker detection.  The lights flicker at, I believe, 120hz, and flicker detection keeps the shutter operating at a consistent moment.  It works really well. ...

Yes.  but don't take anyone's word for it, shoot a few seconds of video with each camera simultaneously and compare.

And Mirror-Up with a remote shutter release or use a 2-3 second shutter release delay. On truly long exposures (30 seconds , for example), that doesn't matter at all, because the split-second shake ...

One imagines he knows that, wants the motion blur (else why use a .5s exposure?), and is put off by the unsharp signage and other stationary objects.

It's important. A $40 fixed ND is bad (assuming 77mm, 3-stop). A $40 variable ND is useful only as a paperweight. I use Hoya HMC ND filters, and don't use variables. But if I did, it would be a ...

MC-30A Remote Trigger Release, wired.  Reliable, light, no batteries.  But yes, more expensive than the IR system. If you must have wireless, there are many options.

Let's be clear that none of those adapters do decent autofocus. If I'm wrong, I"d love to know about it.

Is it the best? No. Is it perfectly workable? That depends. The main gap is a lack of focus peaking, and slow / hunting liveview (which is used for video) autofocus. So, if you're setting focus and ...

I'm going to guess by using a smaller shutter angle. Someone with more experience may chime in. http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/shutter-angle-tutorial#still-045

It's a good point - like anything, QD swivels aren't all created equal.  My slings, and those of the people I shoot with, are the better (flush) variety.

http://www.dslrbodies.com/lenses/lens-articles/choosing-lenses/rationalizing-lenses.html is comprehensive and talks about "why".

RadioPopper makes a series of great, reliable, long-range manual triggers - but none that are HSS-capable. The OP could use an SU-800, SB-800, SB-900/910. etc (or an SB-500 for compactness) as an ...

Cam Ranger is just a TP-Link MR3040 with custom firmware. You can get basically the same thing for much, much less, and run https://dslrdashboard.info/ firmware and clients.  This runs perfectly ...

I had terrible results with multiple versions of Pinnacle Studio for years, finally changed.  Buggy and crash-prone.  Maybe in recent years they've solved that, maybe not.

That's your problem right there. To repeat an old but apropos joke: "Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this. Doctor: Well, don't do that."

I recently went through that decision process.  Ran side-by-side clips, one from the on-board recording and one off-board, with identical colour grading. As soon as the video was pushed a bit, and ...

I agree.  I am editing, sometimes 4K, video on an older Thinkpad with worse specs than a Surface Pro 4 (depending on the model of the 4).  It works fine, although everything could be faster.  I ...

Agreed.  Just pointing out that, if the OP is married to a DSLR, it needn't be a deal-breaker.