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Quick little cocktail promo I threw together with the Lumix 12-35mm on it. Variable ND.

OK, I'll bite... What are the reasons people are dismissive of wolfcrow? He seems to me to know what he is talking about and has had (apparently) enough time with several different camera models to present opinions backed up by experience. Maybe I am missing something that is obvious to everyone else? (Wouldn't be the firs time...)

The thing is that for photo I can understand shooting at these type of apertures like 1.4 because even if you get 1 out of every 2-5 photos in focus it is ok. There is no continuity in photography, you can do 10 out of focus image, if you get one it is ok, more so in our digital world where you can take hundreds if not thousand of photos during an event. While in video you need continuity, you would need at 5 to 10 second for every scene , and unless you are shooting static subject it is near impossible to keep your subject in focus during those take, more so when using FF. For example I do interviews at least at F4 with FF at about chest level and it is still problematic. The person just has to move some cm in front and the focus is gone, so he just as most people move little bit in front or back as he is talking and gets out of focus. If it is only for some fraction of second it is ok, but if half your interview it is the case then it is a big problem. The second thing is what I would translate as subject attachment to his surrounding. Just after the large sensor revolution with the 5d ten years ago there was that craze to use very shallow death of field that your subject is like floating in an abstract universe that was completely blurry. That's why sometime I think that cine 35 mm was perhaps the rel best medium, because it gave you enough shallow DOF for subject separation and nice bokeh, but not that crazy that it becomes artificial.

- an audio expert

A lav is not the only solution. Simply moving your existing ZOOM off the camera and placing it nr the sound source will make a substantial improvement to sound quality. If the subject is static/seated you can put it on a stand under them just out of frame or get a boom pole and 'boom buddy ' and have it just above them out of frame.

Ah!!! The Balkans! My own country is at the southest end of Europe. 13.676Khm of coast line, more than the United Kingdom, and a little bit less than China (14.500, U.S has 19.000Khm) and a few thousands of islands!

webrunner, it would be fantastic if you stopped linking to wolfcrow. Especially with anything ever to do with audio.

It's a fact. Not anything to doubt. Otherwise they wouldn't make them. This guy gets it I never shoot 4K on it but could you explain why it's extra needed on the EOS-R? I find the iso very satisfying and don't see why it needs more lighr than any other camera.

BM customer service was very good when I sent it in to replace the battery door. sent it on Thursday and received it back on Saturday.

The 24fps frame rate just can't handle fast pans and it's a limitation of the medium either film or video but particularly video with non global shutters and the refresh rate of the screen you are viewing it on can add to the problem. Also when you are panning with a very wide lens you get extra movement at the edges of the frame due to the perspective distortion.

What kinks are you talking about? We're producing with them daily and haven't had any issues. It's the most advanced small camera I've ever worked with. Incredible image, interface and features. The rest is all internet speculation.

Heard good things about the Firecrest There are still some kinks to iron out. So I'm gonna wait til next year for next production P4K. By then, there will be a ton of advice / workarounds for some of its problems. No rush to buy unless you really need that Blackmagic RAW.

I own my own wireless lav, the Azden PRO-XD, which I purchased on sale from B&H two years ago for under $150. It was worth every penny, though I only use it when absolutely necessary and with a different lav than what came with it. For a lav mic I use the Polsen OLM-10, both into a Zoom H1 and straight into the camera. It has a 20 foot cord, which is nice when you need it. The bad news is that it was a 20 foot cord when you don't need it. ? But I think the sound is decent for the price, especially with little tweaks in post. It works wonderfully with my GH5 and G85. Most times though I'll just use a shotgun mic that is just out of frame and close to the subject. It usually provides nicer sound than lav mics, especially lower end ones. Hope this helps!

Yes, nothing more distracting after bad audio than watching a film or documentary where the focus is on the background or foreground of the actor or interviewee.

And that is why most of these AF cameras, even Canon's DPAF is still not going to work well for serious stuff. Once you see something OOF you keep looking for it the whole time and not paying attention to the movie plot, or interview at all. Bad focus, Bad audio is just a terrible thing to have in Video or Film.

The Rode is ok. Wolfcrow isn't.

Thanks, I have the Kowa 2x and I'm gonna shoot a little test with it and the ProtoDNA soon. It does work but I find the Kowa 2x to be slightly more difficult to work with then the Bolex 8/19 or Baby Hypergonar. It's more difficult to pull focus and getting infinity is tricky. It still looks great. I have not tried the widest but a 50mm works with no 1.4x tele needed in 4k and works in 6k. Will post here when it's done. Cheers.

If you fancy going from the seaside to some hiking in the scenic Alps in a single day, you definitely should. It's a small country and you can basically travel between the furthest parts of the country in less than 3 hours of driving and the diversity of terrain is amazing.

With a few filters screwed onto the front of the 43-86mm? (I own that lens! ha) Then Vaseline smeared over the front for good measure. Then netting stretched over it.

I don't think any P4k owners (including me) think it's perfect but if you are waiting for a perfect camera then good luck with that...... BTW - Samsung 1TB T5 on Amazon at the moment for £189.99.

Maybe this camera used with the Light Cannon focal reducer in Nikon-M43 mount and matched up with the Nikon 43-86 3.5 (which is often regarded as Nikons worst lens)?

"We're wide open" "Anybody can add this to their camera or NLE" Straight from the horse's mouth! I deeply hope this means that now Z Cam / Kinefinity / etc add braw support in their cameras. *Maaaybe* even others like Panasonic and Sony will. Plus of course hopefully MAGIC Vegas Pro / Adobe Premiere / Final Cut (but I bet Apple will resist this) / HitFilm Pro / etc will add support too. This could be the next industry wide standard, like ProRes is.

Even more fail!!

I've used it with a key to beautify skin a few times, but I'm not sure that it's the best way to go as I haven't compared it to other methods. Also worth checking out is the Sharpen and Soften OFX plugin which gives you independent sliders for small, medium and large textures so you have more control, and it let's you sharpen some and soften others so it's powerful for skin tones. If you want to use a dedicated sharpen or blur tool you can use the Edge Detection OFX plugin (I think that's what it's called) in the mode to display the edges and then connect the main output from that to the key input of the node with your effect in it. This gives you the ability to apply any filter to edges (and presumably also the inverse) in a very controllable way. There are so many ways to get the job done in Resolve!

Really good PK4 video. I like his first rig. Gets the job done with little equipment.

Shot on a Panasonic GH5! ? Still a top dog workhorse.

At last! A camera to truly be able to match the ability of and to use with the ....

It isn't AS needed as it used to be but there are still some needs/uses for faster glass. IE if you are in REALLY low light, it can mean the difference between a useable ISO or not so (again, later FF cameras can go a lot higher than before). If you are in fairly low light and need a faster shutter speed, having super fast glass can be of use. Remember, even an F0.95 lens can have infinite DOF if the subject is far enough away (and why I think a lot of aerial photography medium format lens were very fast for their focal lengths for instance). I like using fast lenses FF though I do tend to stop them down a bit for most uses (FD 85 1.2 L I would mostly use around f2) but it can be just nice to have a choice.

The 24 vs 28mm for a workhorse zoom is a pretty serious subject for me. Those 4mm at the wide end are very important for my shooting style, can make the difference having a small group of people in events and ceremonies, to have only a couple (or three). With all those high sensitive sensors, 4f for a workhorse zoom lens isn't that bad, especially for people that value size and weight more than a stop of light. 5 years ago, it could be a deal breaker but not now. Even back then, I know a lot of people that choose 4f Canon lenses (especially the 70-200) for their C100 cameras and that was mostly to save in weight and size (the difference is staggering), and additional costs to rigs and tripods (a Sachtler Ace is sufficient, for anything bigger people look at a much higher FSB range which literally doubles, or more, the cost of the tripod/head kit). This applies to the excellent - for their miniscule price - Sony 18-105, Canon 18-135, that I always find lacking in the wide end, while I enjoy working with the Olympus 12-100 (even though 4f for a m43 sensor is a bit limited), Samsung S 16-50 (which is a unique 2-2.8f zoom) while Fuji has an 16-70(or 80?) 4f zoom ready to launch, which I guess it is coming to satisfy more their hybrid/video crowd (which was non existant a couple of years ago!).

Sorry pals but complaints on IR pollution and vignetting?! Are you kidding me? When we all know there's no OLPF there as so many other cameras?! Use a filter and stop the nonsense please : ) BTW is this the first time you've seen this one here? ; -)

People who shoot 4k on an eos R.

Yikes, other than those 8 steps Easy Peezy.

Ah if only arguing with people on forums paid the bills, then I'd be a millionaire! ? https://www.4kshooters.net/2018/09/19/ibc-2018-blackmagic-design-raw-will-come-to-the-bmpcc4k-in-future-firmware-update-davinci-resolve-15-1-update/

Why not get one now and then put it on Ebay and make a quick profit! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blackmagic-Design-Pocket-Cinema-Camera-4K-NEW/143010786216?epid=20025419302&hash=item214c1b6ba8:g:kw8AAOSwHjtb6ZPB:rk:3:pf:1&frcectupt=true

It's a very anti-customer move. Sorry to hear of your experiences! I am moving it all to YouTube but I will seek out an alternative host for embeds with no ads and original file downloads. Keep the suggestions for those coming.