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What he really needs to buy is a second MC21 so that the next time he leaves his current one at the hotel we will have a spare one so that our GFX100/P6K/S1H face off doesn't descend into the two of us standing in the baking heat shouting "Oh fuck" at each other over the sound of F1 cars hurtling past. Like it just has. We really should have made a vlog to document just how many fuck ups two apparently competent people can make in an a 24 hour period.

Preordered! Excited! Long-ass wait!

lol at the same time this is the exact same thing as recording audio for video and not monitoring it with headphones.

The camera is definitely weather sealed. From Fuji's website: "The X-T4 features an all-new fixed-axis 6.5-stop* in-body image stabilization (IBIS) mechanism and a new large-capacity battery that enables extended hours of shooting. These new components are housed inside a compact weather-sealed body that is dust- and moisture-resistant, capable of working at temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees Celsius. The ergonomic grip allows you to hold the camera steady even when using larger telephoto lenses."

A C100 mk2 would be great but would love it to have 10 bit rather than just the 8 bit that is in the C200. Have been spoilt maybe by the GH5 and XT3 and would feel 8 bit is a backward step in 2020. It would allow for better use of the different c-logs

In order to use real mendium format lenses. I really want andrew to stop spending his money on shit. I've seen him for years buying crap. All that time and money could have been spent on good things. When does it end it? It ends with medium format, its good enough. I demand andrew TO SELL all his crap, all lenses all cameras,and only keep the fuji 100, the speedbooster and a planar 80 2.8

Unpopular opinion: coronavirus was created to cure the western world of their awful GAS.

Just curious how IBIS / IS works with anamorhic lenses. I really need to see the first videos with 1,5x and 2x anamorphic lenses before I am really convinced to upgrade from X-T3 to X-T4. Unfortunatelly no Open Gate at 4K...

Thank for your saying what I'd have said! Also, if you produce a film and expect one person to be your entire sound department, then "this" (monitoring without headphones) is kinda what is going on an uncomfortably large proportion of the time! As booming is right up there with the 1st AC as the two toughest technical crew jobs on set. So you'll have most of your focus on booming during a take (especially if it is something really tricky, such as an unrehearsed roving gimbal shot with lots of bouncing dialogue. Or worse, improv dialogue!), which doesn't leave much spare attention to focus in on listening to the headphones you're wearing. Also, the usual setup is boom into my left ear and all the wireless into my right ear (because you're listening out for completely different things on the boom channel vs wireless during a take, thus you separate them). Ever tried watching half a dozen video monitors displayed on a single monitor? No, not with a stack of neat little boxes within the monitor screen for each individual camera feed, this is with all six camera feeds overlaid on top of each other! A garbled mixed up picture. Sounds like total nonsense huh? How could you even judge exposure for each one individually, or know if it is framed precisely accurately, or if there is a stray coffee cup in the frame or not, or if the skin tones are good? Welcome to my world. Of course with a good base of theoretical knowledge (such as @Zach Goodwin2 started this thread about) and your gut feeling (built up over years of experience), then you can dial in your settings during setup pretty well and fly along on auto pilot. And the more expertise you pick up, the better your "auto pilot" can be during a take itself while booming it. For instance if I hear a spike in clothing rustle in my right ear (if I hear it in my left ear.... we've got a MAJOR costume issue! Which should've been addressed in pre-production ideally), should I freak out? Well, if I see out of the corner of my eye a couple of the actors hugging in the scene, but they were not the ones with dialogue during that same moment of clothing rustle, then I can probably feel confident the ISO track of the speaker at the moment was fine itself. (and if I've got the boom spot on, I can be even more confident there is nothing to worry about for the edit!) Plus between takes, when you've got free hands, you can be more attentively listening out for problems to nip them in the bud before it develops into a real issue. And you can be checking playback, doing PFL to check if the vital tracks are all sweet. Although.... if you're flying solo, you often might not have time to scrub through playback and listen to the parts you want to. As you're also got to be standing by ready, and able to respond to any changes. (this is also why sticking to on set protocols and not deviating from the usual patterns is important, for example I could be listening to playback of the previous take with my ears but my eyes are on the 1st AD. Waiting to see him say "turnover", but if this take the director or cam op decides to shout "roll sound" instead I might never know! I can't hear them. And I'm not looking at them either. So there I am standing looking like a deaf idiot due to not hearing them as they "wait on sound" because they didn't follow normal procedure of the 1st AD calling it out. Of course I'll eventually clue in, but it is quite frustrating & embarrassing. This could be avoided if boom op and sound mixer are kept as two separate roles) So, could one person be the entire sound department for a film? Well heck, you have old school street photographers shooting with film, relying on the theoretical and their gut instinct, not even needing light meters! So it is "doable", but is it a good idea? Nope. You wouldn't ever run the camera department like that in this day and age. If you wouldn't dream of rolling up cam op / 1st AC / gaffer all into one role, then please don't do this for sound either.

I wonder if Regular 1080p not longer has a limit?

Gearing up for a very large documentary in terms of volume of footage, cannot afford the hard drive space to shoot it 4K off my Nikon Z6. Want LOG for grading flexibility. Also desired something with long battery life and internal ND's. At this point the F3 is looking like the ideal for me that I already have access to. Also shooting a low budget feature soon (If financing comes through), so deciding what to shoot it on. Thinking of using the 2 F3's for it and renting high end cinema glass and a grip truck, instead of renting cameras and having less to spend on lenses/lights. It's a horror film that doesn't need a 4k deliverable.

Calculate the field of view: https://www.scantips.com/lights/fieldofview.html Use the Hyperfocal Distance: https://www.photopills.com/calculators/dof Rely on the Sunny 16 rule: http://anderphotography.com/workshops/astrophoto/exposure.html Use a manual lens and measure from the sensor to the subject: Use White Balance Presets and use them based on the time of the day:

Makes me curious to try some more Contax Zeiss on it. The 40-80mm F3.5 maybe. Ended up getting the 35mm F2.4 Zeiss Jena from that shop. Very good macro, very sharp, a gentle swoop and swirl in the bokeh rendering, it's glorious.

I had a look at them on the back of the camera on the train and at least one of the shots is in focus which is one more than I was expecting. Curious about the false colour on the P6K though because I set the exposure quite conservatively but a few of them look horribly overexposed. The most impactful thing during any of the tests though has to be that Contax Zeiss 35-70mm when it went on the GFX100. Mojo is a pretty nebulous term but I'm quite prepared to use it in this instance.

Thank fuck for live view!!

Film cameras at least have viewfinders. You still have to check your framing and composition.

You're probably too young to have seen some of the work of the classic British photographers of the 1960s Zach but some of them reached such a level of mastery of the maths that they didn't even have to point the camera at the subject. This guy is a good example and its worth digging out the longer form of this documentary about him to see where you could go with these techniques yourself.

The IBIS has that ugly warping in every video I've watched so far. AF tracking looks like its taken a step forward. Solid camera if they can get the IBIS sorted. Chris

You don't know the half of it. We had a great time and can recommend an excellent Thai restaurant but as for any meaningful comparison testing you'll all just have to rent the cameras yourselves. Although the working title for our next series of misadventures should definitely be Planes, Trains and No Autofocus. With regard to the GFX100 itself though....yeah, wow.

It feels weird to look forward to a camera announcement from Canon.

C100 Mk2 with IBIS and RF Mount.

Yeah, I noticed the same thing - some weird wobbles and shudders in the corners. In comparison the latest Olympus with IBIS and sync-IS lenses + Electronic Image Stabilisation (slight crop) is almost as good as a handheld gimbal.

This balance is not easy to achieve. Sad story.

Guess C300 III will finally have 4K60P that should have been on the C300 II, and RAW video like C200?

I wonder why they keep on not giving us 422? 1080 240fps should give the X-T4 a good rating on hispeedcams.com though

No it doesn't. Next is Large Format....

You're welcome. Yup, exactly - you need to insert an Allen key and then just turn it. That's why Cineluxes are pain to double focus, BUT once you get a variable diopter, they quickly become one of the best anamorphic adapters available (well, at leas to my taste).

Well yeah of course it can be: And this is all without one of these which you may need, a light meter: But here again it is very easy to take a picture on an iPhone, just pull it out, go to camera, click to focus, and then press a button.

Good grief, someone was missing their morning coffee! Apologies. They're talking about the tough FF market , don't think they mean specifically MFT Camera ops sometimes now and then listen to internal audio, to check the scratch track is ok. Plus there are countless low budget shoots which are recording direct to camera, shoots for social media, or corporate interviews, and such.

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Same as X-T3 +240fps @3minutes.

Bluetooth audio would work for me 😛 Not a big fan of having cables running around my camera

Looks like Fuji is giving you a free adapter? https://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-x-t4-has-no-headphone-jack-in-camera-but-comes-with-usb-c-adapter/ Honestly, fair enough—They're giving you an adapter. Still so hyped for this camera.

What are some cases where people use the headphone jack on their DSLR/DSLM? I don't think I ever have. Either I'm running external audio, or it's not serious enough to need to need to tell whether something went wrong.

Hey guys, I wanted to share with you an awesome and affordable monitor made by IKAN that can, with a tiny bit of work, be used as an EVF. The main reason I wanted an EVF + loupe for my Micro setup was to create a fourth-point of contact between my Micro and my body. With my right-hand on the ENG grip, left-hand on the len's focus-ring, chest-pad against my right-shoulder, having the IKAN + loupe pressed up against my right-eye added that extra piece of stability I have been looking for - not to mention being able to monitor and pull focus perfectly in bright daylight. For those interested, the monitor is called the IKAN VL35 and can be had for as little as $259USD: http://ikancorp.com/productdetail.php?id=1738 I rigged it together with an old ViewFinder that I used to use with my A7S and A7RII. Having sold those cameras, I decided to use it as a loupe for my IKAN VL35. It doesn't fit the VL35 perfectly (as it is designed for 3" monitors, and the VL35 is a 3.5" monitor), but it will do for now. However, the good news is IKAN recently told me that they will be releasing a loupe specifically designed for the VL35 - and given the affordability of the monitor itself, I'm sure the loupe will be priced very nicely. As for the quality of the monitor itself - all I can say is that it's great Very similar to the monitor on the BMPCC. I haven't conducted any scientific or methodical tests yet, such as running down the battery or precisely measuring colour and luminosity, but I have used it plenty in the real-world, and it has functioned flawlessly and beautifully. Highly recommended for those looking for a setup like this Anyway, here are some pictures for those that are interested

I do wonder what will happen to the dynamic on there if the Komodo is anywhere near the top end of the prosumer price bracket. As RED found with the Hydrogen, a lot less slack will be given by those customers for issues than has been the case with their more forgiving base.

Even then there'll be someone saying they prefer the rendering on the one he used on the prequel Chef Boyardee And The Living

Dommage que Fuji n'est pas choisi le modèle modulable du GFX à DUBAÏ. Cordialement jmarc

That is in Armenia, I suspect shipping would be a killer to order C Stands from B&H!! Just put "C Stand" into the search bar of Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?trafficChannel=main&d=y&SearchText=C+Stand&ltype=wholesale&SortType=total_tranpro_desc&groupsort=1&CatId=0&page=1 See above!

Sadly that is true. Mr Trump and the easily offended right wingers spread so much fake news that the truth gets lost. Total zombies indeed. Yup, when cameras lol BMD, Ricoh and Sigma are released fake news spread quickly on forums. We have seen it many times here in the past.

Sure.. Same thing in the states. Manhattan and New Orleans is exactly the same. People look the same, eat the exakt same food, listen to the exact same music, its the exact same climate, exactly the same dialect.. oh wait..

No need, I already paid for my pre-order from UK anyway ; ) Indeed. I don't realize how those manufacturers don't figure out they're not adding anything of worthy rather than focus on what a camera really must be.

This is not a competition of egos for your information. But ideas. What's the beef against it? ; ) Shame on you, you love to shoot but hate to be shot ; -) On your rant edited now because you are not the one who takes away a negative back to your private display and almost invariably have anything to add when the other side is supposed to not be here reading anymore (within the hour available from the forum software before anyone had read and properly exercised the right of reply) what about to have a better shot on what ad hominem attacks mean far away at the distance of a hidden mouse with a whole Ocean in-between, as well, ego show-off? We can also try to exchange some common field where we can communicate then? Or once my English language skills are not enough for you (I can't obviously speak on behalf of the 5th graders to impress here : D but that one coming from you is funny), what about to have some effort to learn my mother idiom, humm? LOL Let's focus on what matters now?

Why? Serves US economy...? ; -) Hard to say anything from outside or as tourist without mention when you're based on some other block. Let alone to rise the conflict of interests that approach contains on itself. BTW speaking of devil, why not starting by you? You even have a President who was not elected by the majority of your citizens... Last time I heard, half part of your country tried to kill the other half... On the leftover towards the topic, it's economy : ) Even though, there's an interesting thread open to mitigate the doubts:

No, I have dual solid academic and professional backgrounds in film and law. For two and three decades now. I just don't buy your argument on distinct nationalities. Mere BS, call it poor narrative but never non-fiction as you wish. Borders don't break my heart at all. That wall the orange man wants to build is a shame and a civilization setback. Ends in those sad killings who make the news of "your country" nowadays...

What country identity...?! I have more from your TV series produced in US than of my native own. I had idea who Bonanza was much before than knowing how to pronounce the name of my country. Only to give you a fine example. Or the English juvenile literature by Enid Blyton or Agatha Christie without mention The Beatles in my childhood from British culture as next example. Take a look on the idiom you use. Where's the country identity? BTW what distinguishes you from some other fellow from another US state? This is pure BS sold by morons to put their paw on your neck : ) I've decided to sue my country FYI -- the state, today. And spread the news to use the tools my condition as European citizen grants to me. Seriously. The lawyer inside me has decided this today (and a doc to be produced by the filmmaker), precisely because, as matter of fact, your country is your family. The rest is a bunch of parasites trying to rule you as their slave. Your rights are the only identity you have.

Narcissism to it's maximum, is this some kind of parody?