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I'm currently testing the new OM System OM-1 and all I can say right now is to expect some pretty great video features, some of which exceed the GH5 (no idea yet about the upcoming GH6). Olympus IBIS has always been the best in the industry. Still is. OM System has done a great job with this camera. I am thoroughly impressed (but I hate the name "OM System").

Not much to unpack here at all... As I noted in that other thread, the Imatest article is a PSA (of sorts) to help educate its customers about "exaggerated" DR claims being made while using their (Imatest) equipment. Their "Key Takeaways" section at the bottom of that link pretty much says it all. 😉

I'm struggling to see on what grounds Canon are expecting to receive a patent for that? It has an impressive spec but, reading the article, I can't see that there is anything new enough about it to satisfy a patent being granted. Unless the innovation Canon are hanging it on is that they have not crippled it because, yeah, that would certainly cover the "novelty" aspect of a patent in their case.

Yeah, I think they just got lost in the shuffle of on-line PR. The dark horse. I always liked 'em and wondered why videographers seemed to ignore the brand. My guess is a mix of slightly not the latest-greatest specs and lackluster marketing.

can we start a betting ring on how they plan to cripple it ?

Some screenshots from Pandemic time in 2020. Just ProRes HQ files and sigma 18-35.

Shot and edited over this past weekend. Been wanting to test out the Canon 35mm f2 IS and see whether or not it would be good for shooting on the M, especially with regards to image stabilization while shooting hand held. Mixed it up with 3x crop to get an additional 100mm+ focal length for tight detail shots. Shot 1080p MLV RAW ISO 100 throughout Aperture kept between f2-4 Cranked up shutter speed to adjust for exposure as needed.

So I'm wondering, is it a brand issue? Oly never really gets any love from the video folks. Is it simply because their specs are always behind the curve...or...what? Samsung made a splash with the NX1, but Oly never really got much attention. Why have you stayed away from their cameras? Not judging, just really curious why there never had more support in the video market. Goofy company business? Not impressed with their offerings?

You can download sample Alexa footage here and here in raw and in ProRes: https://www.arri.com/en/learn-help/learn-help-camera-system/camera-sample-footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs1dS8pMvRw I can't think of a softer digital camera in use today. I suspect this is because Arri was originally looking to emulate a 2K film scan. Which is pretty soft. But they've since discontinued the film emulation matrix. And added the 3.2k mode, the LF, etc. Each iteration feels less and less like "film." And with each iteration, Canon and Sony and Red (and lately Panasonic and Black Magic) look more and more like Alexa. Everything looks the same now!

Damn, I need to sell my Lamborghini to buy memory cards for 10k 120fps.

It seems that one has to register to see the live camera announcement on Tuesday. Hooray for the social media event planners!

Must be a reason surely why they have chosen to throw away the heritage of over 80 years of the brand name OLYMPUS. I’d hope so otherwise it’s not the wisest move… Say someone bought Ferrari and then had the bright spark idea to change the name to ‘FR-Cars’. Err, wot? Unless the new company does not have the rights to use the brand name?

It's behind the Pana S1 and C70 in terms of dynamic range. But probably close enough to where it doesn't matter that much. The low rolling shutter is a huge plus. It sets it apart as a professional tool from the P6K, C70, and S1H. Also the 120p doesn't have lower dynamic range like on the C70 and the P6K and S1H's 120p is barely usable. The E-ND is also a huge plus. Also it has full size SDI and the body doesn't feel like a toy, looking at you C70.

Somebody can give you a Red camera brain and you still can't afford to buy all you need to use it. Crazy system they have.

I'm considering Olympus MFT setup now that Panasonic has announced the GH6 will have DfD. I'm looking for a lightweight crop sensor landscape photo / video hybrid for an ultralight pack. The OM-1 will have DCI 4K, 10-bit, good color, PDAF, astro tracking, pixelshift, and world class IBIS. I'm not convinced OM systems is in it for the long haul, but if the OM-1 is anything like previous Olympus cameras it will provide value for years to come. Panasonic is bleeding out because they don't have good AF. I don't see it stopping.

My approach is similar to the one projectwoofer described. It consist of two main steps 1. Color correction and conversion from Panasonic V-Log to REC 709 or another color space if step 2 will be executed 2. Color grading creating certain look. For step 1 tried: - Davinci Color Space transform (CST) for Panasonic V-Log to REC 709 - Panasonic provided conversion LUT from V-Log to REC 709 - 3rd parties conversion LUTs in my case from 55Media, which is similar to S1Alex conversion LUTs from V-Log to Arri LogC I can get similar results from all 3 methods but the easiest one and the one giving me slightly better results are correction LUTs from Media55 (Panasonic V-Log to Arri LogC). Also have in my Davinci Resolve node tree, nodes for White Balance, Exposure Correction (primaries), color saturation, contrast and stabilization. Most of the times just perform step 1 and convert from V-log to Arri LogC to REC 709, adjust individually white balance, exposure, saturation etc. on the individual clips if needed and that's good enough for me. Processing all clips this way is easy, fast and gives me good and consistent results. For step 2 tried - some LUTs - Dehancer which works only in Davinci Resolve and gives you great film emulations. Tried some of them on few small projects and so far like the results very much. There are reviews comparing Dehancer to Film Convert and they say Dehancer is a little bit better. For sure you will be able to get great results with Film Convert too. - using some film emulation in Davinci Resolve and more specifically Kodak 2383 print film, which I also like. Juan Melara has LUT and Power Grade for Kodak 2383, one day I may get them. - using this simple trick in Resolve to steal looks from movies or clips that I like. Later may try to replicate the looks with power grades. For most of my projects 70-80% just do color correction / conversion and that's good enough for me. Is it better than Natural Profile in Panasonic S5/S1/S1H ? It looks so for me. Better dynamic range and better control on colors, saturation and ability to use a look / grade. For the rest 20-30% use 2-3 looks that I like using Dehancer, Kodak 2383 and eventually power grades that am working on. Having another 2-3 special looks in future is maybe my limit. Using an individual look / grade for every projects, that's for well funded commercial projects and Hollywood 🙂 Having 3 to 6 looks and using them would be good enough for me. Hope this helps

In the overexposure test C70 & R5C seem to both clip around +4 stops. Seems like the highlight DR is about the same. It's in the underexposure test that we clearly see the DGO sensor doing its magic: at -4 stops both the R5C/FX3 are unusable with horizontal noise and color shifting whereas the C70 maintains a much more usable IQ with a more filmic noise, much less colorshift and no horizontal patterns that give that nasty digital video look. Furthermore having now played with R5C (RAW & compressed) & C70 footage, I can only attest the incredible amount of shadow information that you can pull on the C70. On the R5C it gets noisy and ugly really quick. This really limits the R5C to a crushed black, contrasty look when pushing in post, whereas the C70 has so much more latitude thanks to all that precious clean shadow information. (by the way on a side-note the R6 stands somewhere in between, with much more pleasant shadow noise than R5/R5C but nowhere as good as C70) Quite an eye-opener to verify this myself and I can now safely say my A cam choice would clearly lean towards C70.

For those interested here is a Spec Ad I shot with my colleague Greg Latham last year. A mix of S1/S5 with canon FD primes, the Lumix 24-105 as well as some Sigma 70-200 EF long lens stuff. Still amazed the quality these cameras produces for the price.

Talked to a "real" DP just two days ago. He really loved the image from the F3. I am just too wound up by editing that I dont prep much with other equipment but choose the tech which I am used to, C300ii and GH5, which both I rent as a package. But I am really looking forward to using this beauty!

Olympus isn't dead to me yet! I just purchased an Olympus lens yesterday: Is my first ever Olympus lens too. (if you don't count my Olympus bodycap lens)