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The NX1's iso performance is actually not that bad, only at extremes and I think this is overstated. If you need it, sure high iso is important. Many have noted that the performance between 100 and 1600 is virtually the same, which is where many will live and shoot. Latter firmware may have actually improved it according to some. When I watch this below, I am seeing lots of resolution, not so much over sharpening. That said I do believe the NX1 could do with lower sharpening levels. Actually I know a lot about lenses, its been my life for 35 years, But to satisfy some before I sell the A7RII I will shoot a comparison with the same lens, It will have to be a Nikon because that's all I have that fits both. Funny thing is the IR filter is there for Video and its still there for Stills and the 24-70 is razor sharp in stills? Must be some voodoo magic happening? :-) Saw the macro blocking n the NX1 and yes the Sony out performs in this area, but replaces it with outhr sensor based artefacts like noise, so which is better? I suppose it's up to the individual. No Chance of Macro Blocking here :-) The Samsung just recorded the detail while the Sony thought it was not important? Or maybe you will say I misfocused?

in the lens dept the samsung has the edge. the canon L lens designed for 24x36mm and without being corrected for the cover glass of a digital sensor used on aps-c will struggle to match the optical resolution of the modern samsung lens which has a greater resolving power into aps-c (2x the Lp/mm). I think some of the contributing factor in resolved detail is actually in the glass dept.

The Nx1 is an incredible piece of tech, an incredible camera (I keep telling this to everyone), its the most underated piece of gear in ages. I did think the a7rII would come close to it though, surprised to see its so far behind, this just confirms my opinion, the NX1 is the best 4k (and video) camera around up until the tens of thousands in price, and even then, it compares quite close. Great test btw !

When using C-log, there is a view assisted feature in the OLED/VF setup menu. It will show a more contrasty/graded image than what the camera is recording. You can also just cycle through a few picture profiles to make sure you're close before switching back to C-log to record. Personally, I've never used noise reduction and haven't felt the need to. Make sure you dont go BELOW 850 ISO as that is the cameras native ISO. You'll get ugly banding and compressed dynamic range. I shoot up to 6400 all day long and am happy with the noise. Not sure on AF speed. I've not changed it from the default settings which i'm generally happy with. I'm sure if you dig around the menu/manual that'll be easy to find though.

Makes sence, often find german and swedish to be very close. A medium format booster would be so so sweet. Regarding the size difference I would prefer the size of the leica over the A7. I like form factor of my D750 over the A7 and A7ii I had any day.

GH4 has much lower detail than the NX1. I agree with you though, the Canon colors are great, but I find the NX1 very very versatile, its easy to grade and look great, however, you need decent lenses...most of the footage I see are shot with the kit lens, this is probably due to the bad marketing, and with the kit lens, it makes the camera look close to what an Iphone @ 4k looks like. Pair it with decent lenses, and you have an amazing camera, that can look filmic or not, depending on what your needs are.

I've been using the RX10 II now for 2 months and I've used it on about 4 low budget music videos exclusively. (none of these have been released so I can't share yet). Generally i've had a pretty good time using the camera - you can get pretty good colour if you modify the Slog2 preset, although I would never use the factory Slog2 as it looks like a pile of sick. There are a lot of good things about the camera, it's a lot of fun - but these are the issues I'm coming across: Under challenging lighting conditions, the image from this camera is exceptionally noisy - even under ISO800. This site reported in the RX10 II review it's usable at up to ISO6400. I don't find that to be true under any type of lighting whatsoever. Especially in Slog2 - noise is absolutely insane. This camera needs a lot of light, and I'd only go up to ISO800 in those conditions too.Focus peaking is slightly inaccurate. At the telephoto end, this makes it tricky to focus. 120fps in HD looks very close in quality to 4k. Great for 1080p, but what does that say about the 4k? Hmmm...Does anybody have any RX10 II experiences to share? Any decent picture profiles? Good results concerning noise?

Ive had my D750 for a few weeks now and love it. The image quality/file size is amazing. Colors are sweet. Body and buttons nice. Its a great cam and I ditched my G7 for it (pretty much the same as a GH4).

You didn't love Birdman? That to me captured so many incredible moments - captured the nature of acting, of family, of self-concern - just so many things and was beautifully filmed. Oh Patrick, nothing pleases you. What are your favorite films and or directors?

Wow am I sick of hearing this, until Samsung announces this it is just a unfounded rumor. Samsung is one of the biggest tech giants in the world which supposedly had great sales with the NX1. Why would they close up shop?

C Log is pretty easy to judge exposure and color on its own in my opinion. Its like SLog 2 or Cinelike D.

You can go even cheaper by using standard light fixtures. They sell T8/T12 bulbs (lots of light for cheap) and CFLs. So if you go with a homebrew solution, then you can still use Kino bulbs. Here's the entire range: http://www.kinoflo.com/Products Button/Lamps/True_Match/True_Match.html

It's quite a 90s style edit with flinchy jump cuts, but these cuts are often facilitated her by modern things, such as stabilised timelapse and so on. So modern retro. a very up to date post-modern classical soundtrack (like Einaudi, Max Richter, Clint Mansell etc, the music is almost interchangeable with them) As a matter of personal taste this kind of thing gives me a bit of a headache as most of the images don't get time to breathe, but that's just me. Like most such films the music does most of the work, if you put a different track on it wouldn't work so well, so to make your own start with a similar arpeggio or ostinato based track by Einaudi, Clint Mansell or Max Richter and cut away! EDIT: Yes it is Einaudi i checked on Vimeo. PS not a criticism of their music, more an observation of a genre style. I've seen Richter in concert twice!

Your 24-70 lens WILL NOT match the resolving capabilities of the samsung lens. It just won't. The 24-70 will have been designed with an approximate 30lp/mm onto a full frame sensor. full frame capability of the lens 30linesx2pairs x 36mm(sensor width) = 2160pixels (wide) optical resolution onto full frame apsc capability of the lens 30x2pairs x 24mm = 1440pixels (wide) = not even full hd resolution Add to this that the lens is marketed as a digital and film lens meaning it's not optimised for either, its a middle ground. It was also developed before 35mm sensors were any greater than 4mpx. It's old technology. Red strip or not, it aint a stellar lens by modern standards The samsung will likely have been designed to 60lp/mm meaning for the same image area 60x2 x 24mm = 2880pixels wide. immediately the lens is delivering 2x the optical resolution onto the same image width, and 4x the optical resolution onto the total area - That's a big difference. The samsung will have been developed to cater to the 28mpx sensor of the nx1 - some of the most tightly packed pixels on any sensor yet. It'll also have been designed specifically to be APO corrected for the thickness of the sensor cover glass. I'm not saying the A7R2 matches the overall res of the nx1 - it's clear the nx1 is doing great things. but when attempting such a test you should always use the same lens, or at the very least, if one camera is being used with a lens optimised for it, both lenses should are optimised for each camera. I'm pretty certain that if you;d used the 55mm/1.8 on the a7r2 the results would be closer.

Yeah, It was really involved. I would really have to evaluate cost/benefits/time factor. link or brank pretty please? Yes! Thank you for the ideas! I am open to trying this! I can't afford much at this point and I want to try both @‌jonesy jones' and your method.

I just got a set of old Russian nuclear lenses for this exact reason. You can actually find them NEW on ebay because millions were made, and for 30-50 £ The only downside is I've grown a few extra fingers, but it makes focus pulling easier.

Leica is the photo and not the video! The brand wants to attract users of video, but his main concern is the photographer community. I remember the announcement of Leica Monochrom and negative reviews. Yet the Leica M246 is absolutely amazing. And no other camera can also make a beautiful black and white. The question of the video in the Leica SL is up to one thing: color science. Sony A7SII / A7RII were one step behind Canon colors : French TV that no longer want to use them! Let's just hope that the colors of the Leica SL are beautiful and profound.

Anamorphic lenses actually work better when used with older, simpler, smaller optics. It sounds counter-intuitive, but the bigger and shinier the prime lens is, the crapper the anamorphic generally looks. This is why you don't see many people screw a Kowa to, say, a Canon L-series. It would look abysmal. This is why your 50 and your 135 look good, they are old, crappy lenses, whereas the Rokinon is a brand new lens, with a much larger optic. My advice is to get a vintage 85mm. Something tiny, and preferably radioactive. It'll make your anamorphic sing.

I think it's "saggital coma" which an artefact in some lenses when used at their widest, though I could be mistaken. if you don't like it you'll have to only use the 85 closed down, or find another 85 that doesn't exhibit this with your particular anamorphic lens. or use it intentionally as a kind of romantic softening for portraits

Thanks. One thing I did last time was interview a couple of folks to explain the event, and I ran most of the interview as voiceover as I showed shots of the event...that made things very clear. In this video, I'm actually pretty happy for coming up with a semblance of a story for the last (Playworks) part: it was quite chaotic, and I had to come up with creative ways to cut it together. WRT settings, I used gamma DR with sharpness -10 and contrast -5. These settings have worked best for me in high contrast scenes (there were pretty strong highlights). For a couple of the shots that had low contrast scenes, I did try a higher contrast setting to minimize banding, but didn't quite like the result. The lens was Samsung 16-50 S.

Raw stills produce decent skin tones, even under spikey-green LED light (Canon 50mm F1.4 (F1.0 indicated) on SpeedBooster in crop mode): Will test with the next model shoot next to the 5D Mark III.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate you taking the time to do these tests and post here your findings. But at the same time I cannot stop being critical. At the end what matters is to have a camera that you feel comfortable with and gives you the look you are after. Don't waste your time doing more tests, enjoy the NX1 instead.

oh boy I so want to call those 135 format fanatics "small picture".... it might just be worth learning swedish to do it!

So find me the sharp point? They are different lenses so of course the depth of field will differ. But I focused on the bottles. Better still I am happy for you to prove me wrong , put up your own findings? The Samsung shows detail even with Legacy glass, Don. I own both, do you? I am very aware of the Samsungs short comings, but resolution is not one of them and it is with the Sony. Which is why I posted my findings. people can make up there own minds or they can get offended that I have criticised their camera choice.

Sorry Disagree, If it was the lens, I would see it in stills, even cropped stills, and I do not. The Canon 24-70 F4 L series is just as sharp even at APSC crops as the Samsung lens This is no small difference you are seeing in these images

Yeah, I had to cover this event without knowing what to focus on or what would be happening, so tried to make a story out of whatever I captured. The first two parts (award and brief intro) are easy, but the Playworks one I tried to make it a meaningful and coherent segment out of different pieces I had. Oh well, something to prepare for next time. Thanks a lot for the feedback!

I think it looks good, but at times I wasn't sure what I was watching. What's the story behind this event? Also, cut away from the person who walks in front of your camera. But honestly the quality of video is excellent and I like your color balance. The DIS looks great!!!

NX1 has less dynamic range + poor iso performance. These cameras are very different, NX1 definitely has more detail, GH4 probably even more, the thing is this doesn't translate to a "nice" image..... GH4 razor sharp, which makes it look like artificial "sharpened" video that's great for News broadcast, I would say the NX1 is in the same vein as the GH4. A7 cameras by Sony are more in vein with Canon 5D's, more sharper than 5D but not as "cynical" sharp as NX1 and GH4. Personally I still like the 5D Mark III, great colors and a well accepted image everyone likes. Truth be told I worked on a project shot on RED and the client liked the shots of a 5D Mark III better...... Sharpness/Detail is not always your friend........

Na sorry, take that bulshit back to DVX user, this is 2015. Full frame means 36mm wide. Get over it.

Has nobody else seen what I saw in that article?: "The camera quickly shifts from 35mm full frame to 35mm cine at the push of a button. Full frame is HD; Super 35 goes up to 4K." So it isn't really a full frame video/cinema camera (and neither would a theoretical Panasonic version). It's native 4k at 1.5 crop which is good, but there are other options for super 35. For example, the current GH4 with a speed booster. Reading that fact makes this camera less exiting, but - on the positive side - something I can forget about.

I highly doubt Panasonic would change the GHx line. They have invested a lot in building a proper lens line. Moreover the m4/3 its all about the size. Have you seen the size and the weight of the zoom FF lenses? Small body + large lens = instability + fatigue. It is more probable to attack the high end video market with a 4K FF sensor. Put it in the varicam 35 body and price it higher.

Isnt it called "A7sii" ?

The extra time spent pulling hair in every project grading the s-gamut could definitely be put to better use elsewhere. That's why recently I canceled the A7S II order for a Samsung NX1 (order placed already). For 1/3 the price, it's a much more capable machine (skin tone, battery, build). The major trade off being dynamic range. I'm fine with not having IBIS for 1/3 the price; I was already planning on a Nebula 4200lite, even if I had gotten an A7S II. But I am still rooting for Sony. Like Samsung, on a greater scale, they are kicking a lot of asses. I do hope Sony pulls through with future models. There's no excuse for getting the basics wrong (like poor battery life) on a $3000 dslr-sized camera from a company with such tremendous goals (like their possible 21-stop sensor.)

I think you may be confusing it with the RX100 IV!

I'm guessing Blackmagic grew faster than expected and wasn't prepared. They're still a relatively small company (compared to the giants). They'll either have to stay the course and be more accurate with a Q4 camera release schedule, or grow bigger and meet those early release dates.

Hi, My LUTs are now fully compatible with Rec.709 and no-LOG profiles. Below, some samples made on frames from "Puberty Blues" by John Brawley.

My Antares finderscope clamp arrived today and it fits great: Here I reversed the bracket, which puts the base at the end that joins the taking lens. However, this makes the unit nose-heavy: I think it's best to have it clamped the other way around as in the previous pictures - adding stability to the end that gets the most vibration/movement (from focusing). The top screws can be used to help visually align the anamorphic, too. As mentioned, I'll have have to do do some modding to flatten the rail base, but I am very encouraged by the results! All in all, $37 well-spent, I think! Cheers, |. . | .|

BOLD, I really salute you on this project. I've been sitting on mine for awhile. It's the focus and the handling that's just killing me. And it's harder now that there are other single focus options available. I hope that you can make something that really works. I'll definitely buy the adapter, especially if you can 3D print it. Here are pics of how I have mine mounted. It's so hacked I don't know what to say. It's definitely not stable, and I have a hard time with the follow focus too. But the images are great as are the amazing flares!

- Sony a6000 (auto ISO, auto WB, OSS on) - Lens 16-50mm FilmPower Nebula 4000 - Stabilizer FilmPower Nebula 4000 - Rollerblade New Jack 4 Music: Ki:Theory - The Man I Left Behind (Instrumental)

​The low light performance was better than I expected. The softness is present, but worked well with the video. Only the aliasing was perturbuing, when filming the car lights.

At the end of a day testing cameras for a shoot tomorrow, all I can say is that it's not a straightforward as I thought when I posted this morning's test. In fact, against my GH4 and 5D MK III, the EM5 Mk2's skin tones look really good. The colours are great and the files are very easily tweaked. Downloading John Brawley's ungraded files is quite informative, by the way.

I got mine today (I wanted to use it on a specific project very soon). First impressions are that Andrew is being a bit hard on the image quality but I am far from finishing my tests. That said, here are a few things that do bother me - - no way to adjust exposure or ISO when shooting video - no way to do custom white balance in movie mode ( you have to go to stills mode to do this) - no enlarged view when manually focusing in movie mode - apparently no way to refocus using auto focus while shooting movies - there is an INCREDIBLE crop when in movie mode. More than on the GH4 in 4K. I think this is what bothers me most of all. Totally unexpected. But... - build quality is beautiful - peaking seems to work better than on my GH4 - a quick test combining shutter priority exposure, stabilisation and continuous autofocus was really good (and will be good for quick, steady walk-through shots) My reasoning getting this was that it would (more or less) do the job of a gimbal. For what I do I just don't have time to mess around with rigging and it's not practical to have multiple cameras set up on different stabilisation devices. Despite all the drawbacks listed above, I think it might still serve the intended purpose.

If you want a Video Camera then your expectations are way too High within this price range. Go for a Canon C300 or FS700 or even the BMCC. Like the Lumix GH4 this is a fantastic little camera for impromptu shoots, pick up shots or B roll. In my case most, if not all of the content ends compressed for the web or even MPG files for playback on screens at corporations, I can assure you that 98% of the people that views the content never sees any difference (2K or 4K) much less they will be pixel peeking or moire peeking. Its all in your head. My suggestion is Spend less time jumping from one technology to another and more time creating content even better MAKING money for you. Six years ago I bought a Canon 7D when it came out and that thing shot over 90K through the years (not counting stills) However, the last 2 years it almost sat idle replaced by a FS700 that became the workhorse. For ENG, Spots and even Conventions, the reason was ergonomics and time. The Olympus is an amazing camera for its size and Price, just like the pocket cinema, It has moire? put a filter on it or tweak the settings, No Global shutter? DON'T Pan too fast. I have shot with 75K sony Cameras that had Moire galore, not one person cared. Just my five cents.

You're both taking Olympus' poor video performance as proof of the entire m4/3 system sucking. Ever tried the GH4? BlackMagic Pocket?

I don't know Andrew, I just got one today. Connects to my Atomos, no problem, shoots pretty clean video 422 clean HDMI out. So far the picture is lovely, takes fantastic stills (which is mostly what I got it for) Replaced my clunky 7D which served me well for 5 years. Its solid (metal solid) ,Yes its 1080, but 100% of my clients and shoots still in that area and where I make my money. Won't replace my FS700 but Its a B camera with a Gimbal included for 999 USD, I believe its a winner.