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I've been playing around with it and can't fault it really. In fact for me, so far, it's been more reliable than Nikon's own FTZ adapter. All my EF lenses have worked on it even old weird shit like Tokina 28-70 F2.6 It works well in video mode and has so far been far more reliable and bullet proof than Techart E-mount adapter for Nikon Z. Going to continue to test but it looks like we did finally get that full frame 4K camera from Canikon.

I used my P4K and OG Pocket together over the weekend. I used the Super Scale feature in Resolve to bring the OG's footage up to 4K. It's not quite as detailed, but can easily intercut with true 4K stuff in the eyes of the client. Very happy with the results.

I registered on this forum in 2014. At the time, there was very limited option for indie filmmaker beside the new GH4. But in the past 5 years here is what we got: Generalization of quality video on DSLR/Mirrorless : 4K is becoming mainstream on entry-level camera. 4k60 is common while 10bits is the new 8bits. Raw is a the corner or already here (Pocket 4k/6K, Sigma FP). All brands implement good video specs on camera nowadays. Consumer drone revolution: cheap, effective and portable drones. Gimbal for all: just as the drone, what used to be an expensive and complex high end equipment is now available for a few hundreds dollars on amazon. And the system works out the box with minimal effort. New editing tools: Adobe brought Lumetri, Da Vinci is a serious option (for free), there are plenty of useful plugin available. Editing tools are so good now. My videographer life in 2014: Camera: I had a Canon camera (shitty for video) and just bought a GH4. There was not good gimbal at the time and IBIS was a niche feature. Drone: DJI was a small unknown company, only making camera-less drones. I used to film aerial video a with a custom built FPV drone and the whole thing was a mess. Soldering, calibrating a lot of parts (ESCs, FC, radio), messing with flight controller and gimbal PIDs, frame and props resonance with gopro scan that created jello on the footage. Dealing with a mix of analog and digital parts. Radio link required external ground station with special high gain antennas. Finally, the whole system took and entire bag (drone, ground station, LiPo charger, FPV system). People don't realize how amazing drones are today. The fact that we can now purchase perfectly working drone, with stable camera, no rolling shutter issue, incredible radio range and portability is a blessing. My videographer life in 2019: Camera: plenty of choice from all the manufacturers, 4K everywhere, in 60p and 10bits. Sigma FP, Fuji XT3, GH5, Pocket 4k and 6K. Panasonic launching FF camera. Most mirrorless have IBIS. Sonny revolutionized low light video with the A7S line. Gimbal: I can't even keep up with the release. A good gimbal costs $400 now. DJI proposes all-in-one tiny gimbal camera for $300. Drones: Mavic Air, Mavic 2 Pro with 4k10bits, etc. Autel just announced an 8K drones (EVO II) I'm amazed by the profusion of good gears available today. I fit all my stuff in a large carry on backpack: 4k10 bits drone (Mavic 2), cropless 4k60 cam (GH5), cheap gimbal (Crane), excellent still camera (Canon 6D), and a slider with accessories. So I must admit that I don't really understand all the gear whining on this forum. The Nikon Z6 is "pixel binned" and external recording is late. Canon cripples its next camera? The a7s3 might be a revolution? Who cares? There are like 10 good alternatives on the market. Just get the next XT-3 or use existing cam already (S1H, S1, A73, GH5, Pocket 4k, etc.). I'm not targeting anyone in particular but I found EOSHD to be a valuable resource in 2014 when we got to deal with limited equipment. Now, I just don't see the point. Most of the posts are just an endless suite of gear whining and fight on pointless details. We acclaim every progress by hyperbolic statement ("10bits or 4k is a revolution") just to forget it the next day and dictate new requirements to manufacturers. Then, we get outraged because raw upgrade is not already available on a consumer grade camera. That's endless and not productive. Unlike 2014, gears are not a problem anymore, this is not a limiting factor. If you can't deliver a good video with the actual stuff today, that's on you. I wish that we could focus on actual film-making. All the best.

Two of the most unique cameras on the market today are both L-mount with 10bit capabilities in 4K. The Sigma Fp of course shoots Cinema DNG 4K RAW at up to 12bit to SSD via USB C and 8bit RAW internally. The Leica SL2 shoots very high quality 10bit 4K LOG internally with more of a passing resemblance to Arri Alexa colour science and LOG profile. I thought I'd get to know the two, if that's the case! Read the full article

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By the way a lot of things have been discussed in the previous tread you can find it here I would prefer it if there was only a single place to talk about the sigma fp, because it would be easier to follow the discussion.

Would definitely be nice to have more assignable buttons. The 4-way d-pad and AEL button, perhaps also Tone and Colour are not programmable at the moment... Well, the AEL button is but only AE related stuff and focus magnification, that's it. I'd like also to be able to assign shutter button to take stills in Cine mode, and in stills mode assign video mode button to something else entirely. The SL2 also has a lack of func. buttons but gets around it with a very clever menu system and User profiles. I can flick through my user profiles for different video modes and LOG at a single touch of a button and wheel of a dial. ---- I am thinking of making a Review template on EOSHD so I can give an at-a-glance summary of a camera, and a review sections drop down box like DPReview reviews. Open to suggestions. The colour-coded summary table could cover as an example: Max resolution, max frame rate, sensor size (i.e. 4K/60p, FF) Max bitrate, codec options (ALL-I, Long GOP, 400Mbit) Max bit-depth (10bit) RAW video (Yes, external) Media type (SD) Low light cam? ISO 6400 maximum usable Rolling shutter: Lower than average, average, higher than average Autofocus: Phase-detect in video mode AF reliable?: Yes IBIS: Yes Menus: Bad / average / good Battery: Bad / average / good Build: Bad / average / good Character and "feel": Generic / OK / Special Colour science / skintones: Bad, modifiable to good / average / good / Alexa style good LOG: Yes/no View Assist: Yes/no LUT preview: Yes/no Rec. limit: 29 min EVF: Yes / no And so on... Would be good to have a database of cameras too, in future.

Same thing as BTM_Pix said. The analog route with FPV system works very well with "old" GoPro. You can find all in one FPV monitor for $100 online (minitor + battery + video receiver). https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fpv+monitor&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 An antenna costs $10. Then you just install a video transmitter on the AV out interface. Range will be more than enough (get at least a 100-200mW video transmitter, with CP antenna on both ends). As for the GoPro, the wifi link is weak, it might be fine if the follow car is close but it will be prone to disconnection. Plus the latency will be bad whereas there is almost no latency on analog FPV system except for the one introduced by the AV out interface but this is not major (less than a second). As for mounting, I recommend the magnetic route which is easier and more reliable than suction cup. Plenty of options for GoPro online. For serious rig, the RigWheels RigMount is very solid. However, a few cars don't have magnetic hood but they are the minority (usually high end cars or green vehicles).

Canon rumors just released a CR2 rumor that Canon EOS R competing A7S line will come this May. Let’s be clear, if Canon releases an EOS R with same video specs as the 1DX (maybe at least 10 bit 4K60, not raw) with IBIS and enabled DPAF, and Sony releases an A7S3 with no better specs, I am selling all my Sony gear and move back to Canon. A few clowns here liked to say I am a Sony fan, I couldn’t care less about Sony or any camera manufacturer. I am buying the gear I need wherever it comes from. If H&M releases the camera I need tomorrow I would buy it. First company to offer 4K60p 10 bit with IBIS and Canon DPAF or Sony-like AF in a small mirrorless body gets my money. If both Sony and Canon do it this year the same, I go to Canon because at same spec level I would rather have better menus/ergo. But it’s hard to believe Canon won’t fuck up again (they did not with the 1DX but only because it’s $6.5K and very big body with easy heat management). Oh and Tamron better releases 17-28 on the Canon bodies, cause who wants to pay 3 times the price for a twice the weight 15-35mm? Not me. Credit card is ready anyway.

Not anymore. Latest firmware added PDAF to the aging EM1.2 Who are you quoting here? Sony has momentum. Anything they put out besides a complete turd will be sold and hyped like no tomorrow. I wouldn’t be surprised that every single YouTuber that has touched a Sony will be hyping the A7S4 and reading those taking points. I know a couple of people that bought the A73 and it was their first camera...ever. Why? They saw all those YouTube videos “saying this the the camera to get Full Frame 4K $2000!!!!” , when it came out. I bought one too. I didn’t keep it in the end. I hope all of these companies are successful. I really hope Canon wakes up and releases an R camera everybody wanted to begin with. Im a Panasonic fanboy but I’m getting tired of their very stubborn approach to their AF. Either get it to work or just move on and pay to have PDAF. Everybody, I mean everybody that has touched a Panny, wants it. They could have starting eating everybody’s lunch if it wasn’t for their shitty AF performance.

Hey guys! Got a stupid good deal on Zeiss Distagon 35 f2 T* i’m getting it next week. $300 Anyone used this? Comments concerns i should know about? I already have FF gears that will fit but just wanting everyone’s experience with them. Either way, I plan on sharing usage over with my photo camera too.

i remember that canon just stopped making fd lenses pretty suddenly once digital and ef mount came out. So its not like they haven't done it before 😎

In the end, all the free/Open Source conversion programs - including Handbrake and Staxrip - are just graphical user interfaces for ffmpeg, and will thus yield the same results and performance. So one can simply stick with the tool whose user interface one prefers - or use ffmpeg directly on the command line. (Which provides more advanced functions such as ProRes and DNxHR encoding...)

Yes, it is in the canon whitepaper: FF fhd 120fps 10bit 4:2:2 h265 CLog. Hope the quality is better than the 1Dx II.

This looked quite good on paper, but liked the look out of the 120D much better, not sure it is only a whitebalance thing. As even corrected I prefer the 120d, so could be CRI related as well. But the off temperature colors are quite shitty to work with though if you are mixing them up with other lights.

If that camera was rolling, then Blackmagic missed an entire marketing aspect for the P4K... time travel filmmaking. And even if they were rolling, we have no idea what audio equipment they were using or what the settings were. The mic could have been too hot, so they had to back off. Their main audio could have been from a lav and the boom was a back up. And finally, wouldn't it be a lot more constructive to hear the audio before criticizing the manner in which they did it?

Baby Hypergonar 1.75x in Redstan jacket + MeVis 35mm + Proto DNA. I also do this combo with the 38mm f1.8 Pen F and it's super tight.

Can't wait for the Leica SL in the Scottish Highlands! We visited Scotland in January couple of years ago and got lucky with the weather for at least half of our stay having both sunny and snowy days.

The communication and wording is super crap. I think once they saw the confusion they should have printed big and make it clear like you said. Btw the table is liked in the spec pdf from the USA web site.

Bong, cripple hammer. Unless 3840 x 2160 counts as a "crop mode", we can kiss goodbye to DPAF!

"Except for none crop 4K" "Except for RAW at 60/50p" So it only works in Super 35mm crop mode ALL-I... There is no crop mode RAW. That's my reading of it.

Great idea. Ken Rockwell has done a similar thing with this reviews, and it's really useful because he doesn't forget anything, so if you want to know if a lens has focus breathing or how much it weighs etc then you know that if he's reviewed it then it'll be listed. For that reason I will often see if he's reviewed something before I google for other reviews which may or may not specify something, so I think it would help the site

To be honest with you I only use HLG because it's the highest DR profile besides V-Log which I don't have 😄 I think I'd use V-Log if I had it. HLG has some problems with a weird green cast that.. crap, now that I'm thinking about it I think I did have -1 on hue on that particular shoot because of that, but I went back to 0 because FilmConvert seems to correct it very well.

For the love of god please please tell me this was NOT a bts pic from while you were rolling! Although from that read lettering at the top of the BMPCC4K display I fear you were. As the boom mic is waaaaaaaaay waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far away!

Wish it sorted Sony RAW output

@Andrew Reid, maybe what has been noted in this collaborative Google sheet should be included in your bug report to Sigma: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FUt1bfhWYftUhlABkO91goSNEYuPZzlrxmOVGDJnQ7E/edit?usp=sharing general (both stills & video) Touch screen to move zoom centre Touch for QS video specific audio level adjustment is deeply buried in a submenu audio levels cannot be set to a low level RAW clipping indicators 12bit linear RAW at 25p 12bit as 10bit + curve 24fps not supported DCI aspect ratios not supported Black level changes during recording at certain ISOs on firmware 1.01 support USB Audio DAC video recording unresponsive after using UVC still photo specific exposure compensation not easily available in M mode no DOF preview. lens always preview and focus at wide open. Manual focus exposure preview is not correct Magnifier location select with touch 2 - Feature requests Operation allow af-on button when in manual focus mode allow 2 second timer for movies. To disable shake at the beginning of the shot when on tripod allow manual focus override when in autofocus mode allow change of focus direction linear mode for focussing Ability to assign functions to left and right side of function wheel. Allow the record button to be used for custom functions Display magnify during movie recording magnify time after touching lens 0.5 seconds zebra and focus peaking at the same time Proper RAW histogram option, like RED cameras have Ability to vertically flip the screen, for use with a mirror to shoot twin-lens reflex camera-style. Color LUT support / bake LUT in-camera Recording formats: 10 bit non linear raw internal 10 bit non linear raw external 12 bit raw at 25 frames per second lossless compressed raw 10 bit MOV recording, HEVC True 24 frames per sesond option

No mechanical shutter, thats correct.

FF Equals a larger camera and lenses. Defeats the purpose on the X line. They should keep it the way it is and own the Medium format and APSC market specs And color wise.

Fuji with it's X-mount (<18mm flange) is in prime position to create that "use any lens you want" camera with X adapter... A LF (43.8 mm x 32.9 mm) Cinema camera would probably make more sense though in that market space. But I think it would absolutely require RAW or REDcode license to be successful.

Yeah, Fujifilm lacks a great vlogging camera. Just give us both a screen that you can see *and* a mic input at the same time. (bonus of course if it has IBIS and great AF! Dumb things like only 8bit and 15 minute limits won't even matter if it has everything else I just mentioned) As much as we might look down on vloggers, they do have a huge huge influence on future sales. (and those baby vloggers do later on grow up and buy a "real camera" for "real work", and who will they choose? The company they learned on, let's hope that is Fuji!) Exactly what I've been saying! S35 X Mount cinema camera.

Doh, dunno how that happened lol I don't think they have released a follow up to the DVX200 yet because the market it appeals to (ENG) moves a lot slower. A lot of local network affiliates are using the same cameras they got when they changed over to HD. They ride their equipment until the wheels fall off. The DVX200 also still exceeds the needs of a lot of ENG shooters, so it's not really out of date. The local CBS affiliate bought DVX200's and my buddy Michael loves it.

That's a good idea as well. I like Fuji continuing to offering something different than the competition in those two fields, and video is one of the best ways to differentiate itself. Super35/APS-C: Packed full of features, high frame rates, IBIS, great AF, etc Fuji Cine LF: Medium format sensor for dreamy cinema. Basically the GFX100 specs in a compact (FS5-ish) cinema body. Or a EZ-Cam/Red Komodo like box. That'd be sweet.

Can you connect gopro to a wifi network? If so you can add some mesh AP to extend the range. Probably exist some USB powered versions to use with power bank. If the gopro can only present itself as a network you could connect to it with an AP and have that extend the signal. If you want some cheap point to point link I like the UBNT NanoStation LocoM2 or M5 (there is a now AC version too). They can be set to work as AP, station (connect to network) or router if you need that too. Think most if not all of 24V passive poe so should not be hard to power it.

If Fuji made a dedicated cinema camera with a large format sensor and the GFX mount totally by passing mid tier S35 and FF cine cameras would be insane.

Bingo! A Fuji Cinema Camera would have none of the downside risks that a FF camera would have, while playing to Fuji's strengths and existing product range / customer base. Take the X-T3 internals, boost it up to make it be 4K 60fps 422 10bit internal, with built in NDs, and a couple of XLR inputs, and a TC & SDI I/O, plus just in general a smartly designed body like a FS5 or EVA1, then Fuji has a winner on their hands so long as they keep its final price below the competition!

I'd prefer if they released a dedicated cinema camera instead. It's easy to forget that Fuji has over a half century of experience making motion picture stocks. They were Kodak's main competition. Their Vivida daylight stocks were gorgeous. Deep rich colors and solid velvety blacks with warm lovely skin tones. Sadly, they no longer produce film stock, but bringing that look and feel to a digital cinema camera would be an amazing coda to that legacy. I also think that Fuji's ergonomic sense work translate very well to a video camera. They have a charming analog feel to all their cameras, which is something that is sorely missing from most low cost video cameras today.

HF??? Do you mean "RF mics"? You ideally need more than just lav mics to do a car scene well. Does you sound mixer have experience doing car scenes?

Hi @Sage any chance you working on S1H Vlog? Id love to have some Alexa colour 😁

I don't have any direct personal experience of them but I these two Canon ones do get full coverage albeit at a reduced short end.

Thanks man! If you're asking about these ones - - then it was HLG with all options on 0 and a quick grade with FilmConvert.

And everyone wants icing on their cake. The F3 is a great camera. It really does have an extremely rich color output. The slog files also really handle over and under exposure very well. Like the other Sony’s I have used. It looks amazing outdoors and okay in mixed lighting. (From my experience.) I was using a Sony Swit with a dtap to power the Black Magic video assist. This was a super compact setup that worked really well.

Such a joke that the Parasite wasn’t nominated in this category.

Here you go, My smallest yet. Canon 50D + Voigtlander 50/2.8 (DKL mount) + YashicaScope + Aivascope Focuser 8 ( + lots of adapters from china + rapido to have the yashicascope held properly)

Nah, unfortunately it's still too heavy. I wouldn't feel comfortable / safe to use it without rails. The lightest way to go is Aivascope paired with Focuser-8, but you'd only get a 1.5x strech with it. Looks like this (not my photos):

Please don't sand it, it's a hack, not a fix. The tolerances on the housing are very tight, If your iscorama is warped, the plastic body is not ideally concentric around the lens helical (which is brass to brass, so no warping there for sure). What you need to do is to adjust the smaller metal ring and the way it sits around the plastic body using three small grub screws, until it's perfectly concentric. Try tightening them quarter turn at a time. It's a game of balance, and time spent doing this depends on how bad the warping of the plastic is. Just play with those screws, spend 10, 15, 30 minutes if needed, quarter turn at a time. Loosen one screw and tighten two others to move the small metal ring in the opposite direction of where the traction happens. Alternatively you can take a caliper, measure the body in the pace where traction occurs, and compare that diameter measurement to the perpendicular diameter of the oval of the body. If the difference is drastic, like 0.5mm or more, you can try to squeeze the plastic in the direction of bigger diameter, to alter the shape a bit. If iscorama was stored on the side it could be warped that way. It sounds a bit barbaric to squeeze the plastic, but it's the issue some of my customers had and it help them. Just be gentle. One person measured the tolerance of their rama and the difference in diameters was 1.2mm which is crazy – that polymer really does not age well, plus if the lens was laying in a box on it's side for 50 years it shows too. Also Germans chose a material that simply cannot have good tolerances even in theory – I have several iscoramas, some have nameplates that are exactly 72mm, but some have it at 72.8, and some at 71.2 – this is crazy, and some of them don't even screw into standard metal filters, simply because they're too big. Maxiscope was my attempt to fix this issue for good, as it's a full metal body that replaces plastic, so you don't have to rely on tolerances and issues of the plastic body anymore. Hope this helps.

Yes ultra compact cinema setting ? Last work (BMMCC)

I guess the difference is that even though no man is free from sinn, the orange dude is a confessed aspring rapist, a criminal and a diagnosed compulsive liar. Which, good or bad policies aside, makes him pretty unfit for the job and there for a more legitimate target. Agreed, even though Im part of the problem. Its just one of those days On topic, The new sensor size and mount is a god send. The BMPCC4K should have had a smaller sensor or EF mount to make it less of a PITA. To bad about the 6K though, since its totally unnecessary imo and the price of it is too rich for my personal usage of it. If it would have had 250fps in HD I would have preordered it instantly.

He'll need to get in line if he does

hello everyone - i would like to share some informations with you: i´ve got an isco pre36 lens. and i always had problems with these "undefined" flairs in case of straight spotlight into the lens. the isco is based on a 35 mm nikon lens (aps-c sensor). i found a way to eleminate theses "false flairs", like hans punk described it: i cut out masks with differnt innercircle sizes: from 17-30 mm (see photo) and found out that 21mm inner circle diametre is the perfect compromise between getting rid of the problem and not loosing to much light on the sensor. here is a little trick: i found out that the old arriflex-lenscap from the bajonett mount (backside of the lens) fits perfectly on the pre 36. i screwed a hole with a diametre of 21 mm in ....here is the result:

Yes, the clear recommendation is the Godox SL-60W, a 60W single-LED lamp for around $160 that is the low-budget film light champion, with really great light quality and a very robust build. The only downsides is that it doesn't include battery powering and has a slightly noisy fan. (Btw., it's "Aputure", not "Aperture" - maybe edit the title of the thread so that people looking for information can better find it.)