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  1. ntblowz

    Canon EOS R5C

    Should be? But I would rather use powerbank which last ages, today I did an 8 hour shoot of talking to cam on 2K, the 20000mah 18W PD powerbank still have 1/4 power left. Btw those Lumix lens bag is sooo useful, I still use them to put small stuff like powerbank or accesories lol.
    3 points
  2. Emanuel

    Canon EOS R5C

    In the meantime... who doesn't like slo-mo 8K? ;- )
    3 points
  3. I guess I just don't understand why that would be. If you are using the same number of photosites on the sensor for a given resolution how could there be more noise since you are not increasing the gain when cropping in? It would make more sense to me if say the native ISO increased when switching to the S16 mode, but without an increase in gain how is there an increase in noise? Maybe the S1 line skips when in cropped mode or some maybe some kind of upscaling is occurring which decreases the image quality or maybe its circuits are just more noisy when handling the crop mode. But with the C70 in cropped mode and RAW there is no line skipping or upscaling, it is just using a smaller region of the sensor and the native ISO does not change. It would be very interesting to see someone perform a noise test for the C70 in the cropped vs S35 mode. That is true, I do need to do more testing, my favorite test is a waterfall where nearly every pixel changes from one frame to the next. I don't have the patience to do the whole computer monitor stills thing 🙂 I am not a very good tester in general, I'd much rather be out shooting than testing. I work through the basics then get out there and shoot. For the work that I do, what comes out of the C70 is good enough for me. I agree though, the back screen always looks perfect and I have yet to find a LUT that can reproduce that look in post. There is a great YT video that I posted earlier in the thread where he went through many of the available LUTs and showed the results. I ended up going with the Buttery LUT for my Rec709 workflow, it looks the most natural to me and gets me the closest to where I want to be.
    2 points
  4. Yeah the A7S3 is nice but nothing crazy. Its definitely not 13 stops if the Alexa has 14. I really think it depends on the scene. I can get a really nice shot on my iphone if the dynamic range of the scene is small. There are definitely times where my Alexa and any other given camera are hard to tell apart, but when you get super strong highlights it's game over. Even something like the BMPCC with lower dynamic range just looks better in high dynamic range scenes as the texture is so much better. Pulling shadows out of compressed H264 never looks great. RAW just looks better usually. My S1 has better dynamic range than the old RED Scarlet. But the Scarlet's shadows just look better. Over all the current full frame cameras are pretty crazy good for most people's needs.
    2 points
  5. Well I don’t know your age and I’m 51 myself which even to me sounds ‘old’ on paper, but I don’t feel any older than maybe 35? I’m not talking about the, “who are you kidding mate?!” scenario but most folks I meet at weddings think I’m just over 40…but the reality is I was started shooting weddings when most of my clients were at kindergarten. I also have plenty of industry mates well into their 60’s and still holding their own in this industry. I’m not planning on going past 60 myself. I just reckon that the 30 year point will be a good time to call it quits. In the meantime, I’m not even slightly bothered about the cheaper guys. They have always existed and some even make it, but I just do my own thing and for 22 years that has worked for me. What does my closest competitor charge? Don’t know, don’t care. Who is my closest competitor? Don’t know, don’t care…but it’s not the guy charging less than 50% that I do know. I think it’s relatable across most industries and for YouTubers etc ie, it’s a constantly evolving situation and you do what works for you. There’s parts of my job I don’t much care for but compared with a 9-5, 48 weeks per annum, with a commute each day? Not many options out there I’d swap my situation for.
    1 point
  6. leslie

    bmp4k adventures

    I suspect each of us are set in our ways and i think most of the issue, is what we are used too. I think your coming from a television background ? I don't think either of us is wrong just different aspects of usage i guess. My first digital camera was the nikon 950. Which was one of those cameras that could almost have the lens side of things twist 300 degrees of so. Maybe i exaggerate but only a little. It was great for holding above the crowd to get a picture. Then came the canon 60d which had a screen that flips out to the side and rotates. Even my newish Olympus em-10 has a tilting screen but thats all it does. Since i have hernia and a back thats easy to irritate, tilting or flippy screens are the best inventions, since sliced bread came along. Its a lot easier to take a photo of a flower down low with a flippy screen than it is to get down on my hands and knees, but maybe thats just me. Could be i'm just lazy as well 🙄 Still i think manufactures could sit down and take a good hard look at how their cameras are used and maybe, just maybe consider who is using them and how they could make that usage easier for everyone.
    1 point
  7. I think there is an element of fact in that but also there are more people than there ever has been with more access to tools that are ever easier to operate and a platform to inform the world that reaches more people by a factor of x 1000+. By that or any logic, far more and arguably some even greater artists exist, but at the same time, the body of water has increased exponentially… A Mozart or a Davinci was a big fish in a relatively small pond. His or her equal now live in an ocean. That doesn’t mean they can’t be seen or heard but rather they have to work harder to be found. I know that even in just over 20 years, there are at least 5-10x more people offering a wedding photography service now than there was back then and there are more ‘better’ photographers than there was in 2000 also. On another level actually. Back then it was easy to be found and it took maybe 5% of your time and effort at most meaning you could spend the other 95% effort in your craft. It is almost impossible to put a definitive number in it today, but I’d say for effort alone, it’s more than 50% of what I do, - being found and seen/heard. And I think if you can remain authentic and that has a market, you can do well.
    1 point
  8. MrSMW

    Monitor for both photo & film

    It was a Uperfect and cost about 1k. I also went with a Uperfect but a smaller, cheaper and less capable one. With even further hindsight, I should have spent a little more and gone for another identical Benq for my home away from home on wheels. It will do the principle job I need it to do however which is really just a display monitor.
    1 point
  9. One thing you really have to consider is now a lot of monitors, laptops have a setting where they adjust to the lighting conditions in your house, ergo, daytime, nighttime, etc. automatically. Handy as heck to be honest, but not so handy for grading if you forget. Most people don't have the luxury of having a completely controlled environment to grade in.
    1 point
  10. I'd suggest paying for some 1:1 coaching from a colourist, or someone that is very good at colour. I'd start by asking them to demonstrate how well they can grade a shot that has some issues - eg, exposure or WB or mixed colour temperature lighting etc. If footage is 100% properly shot anyone can just put on a LUT, apply some contrast and it will look great. The test is when things aren't great, and in weddings you'd have those issues from time to time I'd imagine. Have we forgotten the people that shoot narrative? They mostly don't care about AF, don't have long takes, and seriously care about the quality of the image. This forum has a few very vocal videographers (myself included) but that doesn't mean that no-one is out there shooting shorts or whatever. Noam Kroll shot a short on a single can of 16mm negative: https://noamkroll.com/shooting-a-no-budget-short-film-in-6-hours-on-ultra-16mm-film/ for a shooting ratio of something like 5:1. That's extreme, but even his original plan of 10:1 means you can do an entire short on one or two cards. A huge proportion of the people that I see in the film-making groups online are shooting narrative, which is the perfect situation for a Panasonic camera. Besides, the GH6 is getting record-to-USB in a firmware update anyway, so that makes things easier.
    1 point
  11. Yeah, I keep saying this but no-one wants to hear it. We had the OG BMPCC that shot RAW internal, had 13-stops of DR, and was under $1000, a decade ago. What we have now - lots of cameras that barely improve upon this spec, except in resolution. At the time there was the OG BMPCC (the camera we had and could afford) and the Alexa (the image we all wanted). The Alexa had barely more pixels but staggeringly better quality pixels. What did the manufacturers do? Basically zero improvement in pixel quality, but now we have 16 times as many of them. *eyeroll* BUT.... say that around here and the "progress is progress" people just shout you down. Andrew was right about us getting what we deserve.... and what we got was manufacturers that just bamboozled people with BS and then everyone swallowed it. Even with Yedlin proving that no-one could even see more than 1080p in most situations.
    1 point
  12. I suspect that @webrunner5 is right that as long as they're working they're probably fine. They're essentially a digital camera with a single pixel! I have the i1Display Pro, and the i1 series seems to be the one with lots of support, so it's worth checking what software you'll use it with and what support those packages have. I calibrated my MBP monitor fine on my i1Display Pro. I have only calibrated to rec709 though - were you trying to calibrate to a wider colour space? I've tried doing that before on my previous device (a Datacolor Spyder - best to avoid these) and couldn't get a proper calibration even though my monitor claims almost 100% of Adobe RGB. I understand that one might have a better calibration report than the other, especially if one has a wider gamut capability than the other, but once properly calibrated they should look basically the same. Unless one of them is really underperforming and not really up to getting a proper calibration? Ah - I just realised that both my MBP display and my Dell panel are wide-gamut monitors. Perhaps this enables a very good calibration against rec709? If that's true, that might be a consideration for @Rhood - to get a cheaper wide gamut monitor as it might get a better calibration result.
    1 point
  13. probably one of his favorite, Tony Syrup or Fro Knows Dildos
    1 point
  14. A lot depends on what race or nationality you shoot. You shoot mixed races together and you had better have some damn good DR. New smartphones are doing better than they really are because of stacking and HDR. But they don't always work so that is a touch and go option. I am surprised how far we have come video specs wise but overall, I don't think we have moved as far as we think, look at the earliest BM cameras. great DR for the time. You still now have to buy some big ass, expensive as heck camera to get great consistent DR and great midtones.
    1 point
  15. ntblowz

    Canon EOS R5C

    I think NZ and Australia got the first shipment? 🤔 I m from NZ
    1 point
  16. mercer

    Grading S1H log footage

    As much as I agree with the statement that if it looks good, it is good, I must question the point of shooting with an S1H if you're not using vLog? You're probably losing at least a stop of dynamic range. So it's very possible you're getting around 10.5 stops. You may as well shoot with a Canon or Sony and get excellent AF. Why make life difficult when there's money involved. The bride couldn't care less about the cool waveform feature.
    1 point
  17. webrunner5

    Grading S1H log footage

    Well I am sure before the movie even starts the producers and the director get with them to tell them what mood they are shooting for in the movie. They don't have the final say on how it looks.
    1 point
  18. ntblowz

    Canon EOS R5C

    Got the R5c today, checked the video AF and it locked on fine. 512GB only last 30min of 8k50p, on 5.9k 50p it last nearly an hour which is more doable. Might have to use the speedbooster again for 5.9k raw 🤔 And battery life is much worse than R5, 4k50p last 40 something min so I guess I will be pairing with my 18w pd powerbank for long tripod shoot.. Btw absolutely no video on photo mode. You have to switch mode to do video and vice versa. Body and operating wise it feels like mini c70 when shooting video, better balance with lens than R5 I reckon.
    1 point
  19. I think we over think a lot of this stuff. I follow a lot of people on YouTube and most of them, well all of them are just regular people, mostly with a GoPro and a Drone and since it is them and their content I overlook a lot of editing because the content is so interesting. And surprisingly their editing isn't that bad. The more you do the better you get. I don't think if it were shot on an Arri it would be much better. Not when you are knocking out videos every day or so. I just look forward to new content and consider some almost like family I have following them so long. I am even a Patreon on most of them.
    1 point
  20. I'm going to pitch this to YouTube as a new option so I don't have to keep switching otherwise potentially interesting videos off.
    1 point
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