Andrew Reid

How does the new Nikon D5 compare to the Canon 1D C flagship for 4K? Read the full article

So not only has he been rehashing the first star wars movie down to every last detail, JJ wants to bring back Super 8 from the 70's. Got any NEW ideas?! And Kodak offloading their superb sensor division was a huge error. Sod 4K... I am all for an analogue look, a proper 2K camera with 13 stops usable dynamic range, but this just seems like a really retrograde way of going about it.

Well I can definitely see the 4K capable Expeed 5 going into a consumer Nikon camera. Whether Sony will let them have the best 4K sensors is another question

F3 and RED ONE MX are mighty heavy beasts though, so will not be right for all situations and all people. If you need a smaller and lighter body, then out of the old cameras the 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern raw shoots by far the nicest looking images. As for me I have to stay on the cutting edge, because I enjoy it.

Have fun I have a second spare 5D2 body if anyone wants to buy it? Plenty of scratches and high shutter count but fully 100% working and shoots ML raw just fine! Can do it for around 700 euros!

Is the poster frame supposed to highlight the poor dynamic range and blown highlights of the D5's 4K video or something? And why can't they get someone good to shoot for them? They're Nikon after all. They must have a good range of talents to call on surely?

No mention of any added video assists or features really, in the current info. It's as if they don't really care! But they do! But they don't show it! Oh... I have no idea what they are thinking to be honest! They really need to dump their entire feedback chain.

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Nice condition. Going to be a serious temptation for someone, good luck with the sale

Unfortunately it looks like a hardware limitation not a firmware thing... the sensor clearly has a 1:1 readout only for 4K and no binning like on the A7R II in full frame for instance. They clearly couldn't do a fast enough full sensor readout at 20MP and downsample it on the image processor to 4K, like most other cameras have been able to do for at least a year now! Probably a cost saving measure, but idiotic for Nikon's bottom line in terms of sales to videographers.

Yep They are such bozos!! How come the Samsung NX1 can do a perfect 4K image from a 28MP Super 35mm sensor with no crop but Nikon... NIKON for heavens sake!! CANNOT!!

Way to dump thousands of sales down the drain Nikon... Note the red box.

Nice, this will be much more affordable than the D5 I expect although more than a D7200 obviously. Super 35mm video from a great Nikon sensor in 4K with nice codec and flat profile from the D750. Still waiting for the full details on video spec. CES hall full of clueless stills people

Here’s my illustration of ghosting, after-images and edge fuzzing in 4K on the Sony FS5. Shot on my camera with the latest firmware update (v1.1). Read the full article

Probably saving the launch till CP+, still no sign of the official announcement

That is in 10bit on the FS7? Oh dear! Maybe FS5 not so far off then. XAVC-L is such a disappointment. If they had some noise to dither the banding or to keep low detail areas of the image intact from too much compression, it would really help. Turn the noise reduction off Sony!

Those are so comfortable. Great ergonomics. The 5D Mark III added nothing of real note over the Mark II. The old camera is the very definition of a modern classic. So much room for the monitor in it. And it was a crap monitor They should have another go with that model. Would be wonderful second time out. Was it from the Jim Jannard puppy rescue home?

The F35 group even has the tagline "The forgotten camera"! Yep, great stuff from Ed there.

Some of my favourite images are from cinema cameras and DSLRs from which attention has long since drifted elsewhere! Rest assured some of the older cameras on this list are better than any of the latest and greatest (if not in terms of usability then in terms of having an analogue film-like feel that screams "cinema" and not "digital"). Here are my top 5. Read the full article

Awesome thanks!

I have the old VAF-5D2 (not the B version), it's good, but unless I'm shooting an architecture-heavy shot which is unusually prone to noise, I don't like to soften the image with it and it makes accurate focus tricky in the magnified assist. Also it has the softer edges on wide angle lenses, although I believe the B version is improved in that respect. I rate it highly, but the moire really is minimally noticeable most of the time on the 5D Mark II in raw and it almost in a funny way makes for a more detailed image. The VAF-5D2 brings the 5D Mark II's image in line with the 5D3's image in raw. You can barely tell them apart with the filter installed. The 5D2 is a bit noisier. That's the ONLY difference. Both a bit on the softer side though, which is why sometimes I prefer the rough and ready non-filtered image of the 5D2 in raw.

Is that in 10bit? Compression is the enemy of skies and walls isn't it! They need a WALL MODE on the camera It's really bad if the FS7 does this in 10bit 4K. I didn't think it did. They need to prioritise less detailed areas in the image, give them more of bit rate allocation. Good point about having a camera that you don't have to worry about undoing your good work in terms of lighting and setting up the shot. A camera with a limitation I can work around with good lighting (i.e. a noisy high ISO camera) is preferable in that situation to one with a severe codec retardation. Do you have any 'broken' FS7 original files you can share to give me an idea of how severe the problem is? Canon's codec expertise seems better. Doubt the C300 II has such issues. To be fair to XAVC-L though, I am able to bring the shadows / blacks up A HELL OF A LOT on my FS5, more than I remember being able to do with XAVC-S. Very little noise in them.

Yes I see what you're saying. The main reason I have so many cameras is because I run EOSHD. It would be a bit unwise to have stuck with just one, a GH2, for the past 5 years Yes, a good plan. Yes but as the recently departed great Haskell Wexler ASC said: "It’s important to be master of our devices so we don’t have to think about them,which frees up our creativity" So all this time spent focussing on operating our cameras is time very well spent in my view.

I thought I'd make a sticky thread for sharing original camera files direct off the card. Always interesting for people to try the original files without having to look at someone else's grading and compression via Vimeo or YouTube! Let's get a bunch of stuff up here and make a little vault! We have so many cameras between us on these forums. 1D C, Red One, Cinema DNG, C300 II, FS7, we can really build up a nice collection. Here's my initial contribution: XAVC-L from the FS5 in 8bit 4K and 10bit 1080p - http://we.tl/yQO2ZM4HdA Comparison with Cinema DNG raw from the 5D Mark II / Magic Lantern - http://we.tl/HOACsCROeZ Got any Red ONE files Mattias? Also we need to find a better file host than WeTransfer as that only keeps hold of stuff for a couple of weeks and after that we'd have a bunch of dead links. But if you want to share WeTransfer links anyway, please do go ahead until we find a more permanent solution and I will keep a backup of all the files on my drive.

Where the 5D is really good in 24p raw, is for faces - very soft and flattering on default Resolve Cinema DNG settings, you don't need to work at it to get that, it just IS. Same in Adobe Camera Raw, very nice. If you want instant perfection for faces and skin tones shoot 14bit raw on the 5D Mark II.