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Got the sony A7s while back in Hong Kong for vacation, full user experience and review coming soon, be sure to let me know what you would like to know about the camera so i can put it in the review. I was fortunate enough to listen and talk to Den Lennie about the sony a7s, which has helped me greatly in understanding the camera. This camera has amazing low light capabilities as claimed, some of the shots in this video were pushed to 64000 iso and still produced a usable image, around half of the shots were filmed in Slog-2. Say goodbye to the mushy canon dslr footage, the 1080 xacvs footage is detailed and has a good amount of wiggle room in post. Some stills from the film

Keep on working out, surely you'll find other benefits eventually. That's the whole point of creative benefits, isn't it. Your imagination, skills, good timing and a bit of luck together with the given tools at your disposal will create that magic serendipity. The creative benefits are up to you. The point being, no one can explain "creative benefits" to you exhaustively, because creativity is subjective. People can explain the technical benefits of low light performance, which you have already figured out, and the rest is up to you. It's up to you to make something cool of it. I'm pretty sure Mr. Bloom was merely trying to make a point with that video clip, not cinematic art or technical perfection. As such the clip works just fine, but obviously it's not intended for extremely pedantic viewing. Or for the most pedantic of viewers, ftm. Now we (well, most of us, anyway) have established that one can get shots in pretty low light with that camera. It's up to each of us to make something useful and good looking with that feature. If you have no use for that feature, feel free to ignore it, or the whole camera.

about the "now i can see" video: unfortunately the dynamic range is very poor, and "now i cannot see", or better saying: now I can see the other side of the moon, but the first side is gone before a7s I had the good highlights and dark shadows now with the a7s I have the shadows but the lights are gone, blown out forever at 1:01 the carroussel is ok, but the faces are dark, more DR please. we need a camera which can merge the 1:15 image with the 1:20 image into an extended dynamic range image to show the lights without clipping and the sea together. at 1:58 I would like to see the buildings without clipping, more DR please... at 2:03 i would like to see the fire and face without clipping while lit the cigarrette, more DR please. just look at the 2:25 image. where are the buildings? more DR please. what about the 2:39 image? "total clipping of the heart" "total clipping of the heart" (Blowout Tiler) turn around every now and then I get a little DR and know I've got to get out and cry turn aound every now and then I get terrified about low light but then I can't see the sky turn around every now and then sony got my money but gave me a clipping background turn around every now and then I ask where is DR because it is so easy to increase the pixel count turn around bright eyes don't forget to see the dark parts turn around bright eyes don't forget to see the lights And i need more DR tonight An i need it more than ever and if DR is so tight we will be ML HDR forever and we'll only make it right when we have more dynamic range because the beach is bright but the background is so strange I really need you tonight HDR is a must tonight HDR is a must daylight Once upon a time there was a hidden dark face of the moon But now the bright face is blown away Nothing I can say A total clipping of the heart Once upon a time there was light in my life But now there's only sony in the dark Nothing I can see A total clipping of the heart

A showreel showcasing some of my photo/video works from 2010-2014, hope you'll enjoy! :)

I shoot in a lot of awkward (but unique!) locations which are difficult to light... sure I light them up with all sorts of stuff but i really have to push the GH3 and this can cause some unwanted annoyances in the image. The aperture can almost be wide open, and difficult to focus with some lenses - so the a7S tools look to make this easier for me. Also I'd like to be able to get a shallower depth of field with some of my lenses for a few shots - purely a creative decision rather than for the hell of it like some do. Sure I can do some stuff with my GH3, I just need more to play with to get the look I want. Lastly, the GH3 hasn't stopped me doing any of my ideas. They always go ahead regardless. I just feel the a7S will give me more creative tools to get the look I want. Would be nice to be able to use a ridiculous wide angle as well. I love doing ridiculous things. The a7S seems ridiculous enough. :P

+++ OT: The video of music videos very rarely has any right of it's own. There are exceptions like Michel Gondry, David Fincher or Chris Cunningham. Here is a clip that exposes the ridiculousness of the typical music video's visuals, enjoy: