Andrew Reid

[quote author=peppebadala link=topic=621.msg5190#msg5190 date=1336690458] :D loving the results... nothing to loose... only the will of not doing it! bodies come and go, machines should serve men we cant have them in altar [/quote] Let us know how it goes / went and any tips you can pass on, we'll be eternally grateful for. After the initial op mine is staying shut for the time being, although I feel my focus is a bit off with the Samyang 24mm... I'll have to tune it up again sooner or later.

[quote author=marcuswolschon link=topic=712.msg5149#msg5149 date=1336671810] [b]On Timelapse / Vimeo[/b] I didn't really think about this before. Reflecting it...I completely agree. further down: "Not for him the stealth factor when approaching a corporation, rather all guns blazing!" I don't understand the grammar of this sentence. "Jeff did use a GH2 on his documentary ...but is still put off it somewhat for documentary because of rolling shutter jello and a lack of mic socket." Wait a second. I can clearly see the Mic socket on my GH1 and GH2s. But I guess he was refering more to phantom powered XLR sockets. Andrew: Don't overdo it with repeating your critique on the 5DmkIII and your praise of the GH2 over and over again. You don't have to build that point into each and every blog posting. [/quote] Indeed, the natural sound aspect is almost part of the image in the way it influences the mood of any music you put over the top of it. Something I've neglected sometimes as well. Sound is double the work, though! A real skill. Mic socket should be headphone socket, a typo. Corrected it, cheers.

[quote author=peppebadala link=topic=621.msg5178#msg5178 date=1336687871] Hey man... did the same modification to my mk III what settings did you use on your picture profile... i am using technicolor... waht do you reccomend... still had sharpness +1 even without the filter but the image looks a bit funky... a bit too electric [/quote] You're brave. Salut! I have sharpness at zero now. You don't need to boost it, especially not in-cam.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/From-the-castle2-1.jpeg[/img] A few days ago I spoke to [url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1345020/"]Jeff Gibbs[/url], a lifelong friend of [url="http://www.michaelmoore.com/"]Michael Moore[/url], a composer, a producer and a filmmaker in his own right. Most significantly of all, Jeff is also an EOSHD reader!! So last week we had a long transatlantic chat on the phone about filmmaking, DSLRs, 4K and Jeff’s new film. Currently in the edit suite, this is a wry but thoughtful documentary called [url="http://www.documentaryaustralia.com.au/films/details/489/planet-of-the-humans"]Planet of The Humans[/url] about “what happens when six, no make that seven, billion clever apes overrun an entire planet.” The feature, shot partly on the GH2 and 5D Mark II, takes a cynical view of the green energy industry, bio-fuel and questions what the future is going to look like after oil runs out. Jeff had some great insights into the world of cinema, DSLRs and The Hobbit… [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/8001/a-chat-with-filmmaker-jeff-gibbs-michael-moores-producer-on-bowling-for-columbine-fahrenheit-911/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=PAVP link=topic=696.msg5089#msg5089 date=1336552315] Andrew you regularly inspire me.  I'm a lifetime Audio guy that has gotten into video over the last 4 years and i'm having a blast.  More importantly you keep expanding my horizons with articles like this.  I want to explore and experiment and i'm not in fear of creating a different aesthetic from the norm.  I'm going to experiment even more now after reading this. It's funny cuz in the audio realm i've always been an anti establishment guy.  I'll use any piece of gear for what it can give me.  I don't care about the purest view on expensive gear and so forth.  That's just too limiting.  I hope I can do the same thing in video. [/quote] Great to hear. Actually there are a lot of parallels with audio and putting the life into that too. By the way it doesn't have to be an old lens... Some of the new stuff is interesting as well like the way the Nokton 25mm F0.95 looks wide open on the GH2.

[quote author=riogrande100 link=topic=701.msg5076#msg5076 date=1336514572] What about PCs with ATI graphics cards? [/quote] As long as the card supports OpenCL, and your drivers do, should be fine.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/premiere-cs6-opencl.jpg[/img] One of the biggest changes to Premiere Pro in the new version is a renderless timeline which supports OpenCL capable graphics cards. Previously Adobe only supported NVidia’s CUDA standard for GPU acceleration. Mac users with ATI cards missed out on the huge performance gains from a GPU accelerated video editing package. Previously even MacBook Pro users with high end (for the time) CUDA capable NVidia graphics found themselves without quite enough video RAM and in need of a [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/442/enable-premiere-cs5-cuda-on-your-macbook-pro-and-never-render-again"]hack[/url] to get it to work. That has all changed with CS6. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=8027/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=tony wilson link=topic=690.msg5021#msg5021 date=1336415090] panavision slow kill from unsustainable debt levels and bulky old film cameras. value only in optics in the store rooms. nasa slow kill ex space agency that today have too rely on the russians to get into space. nearly as bad as the brits with aircraft carriers but axed the plane programme. so aircraft carriers with no aircraft and a space agency that relies on the old enemy too get into space. like all nasa projects the technology will be given underhand to china or a group of developers will leave and set up a company. nasa have relied mainly on kodak,phillips and dalsa over the years i cannot believe the funding for this has come from nasa,who are dieing from obama's cuts. unless it is connected with a earth based kill technology which seems to be america's biggest growth area. my guess from someone that has purchased a lot of old nasa optics. the investment in sensor is more too do with drone surveillance systems a rapid expansion of which is going on for use in the american homeland. with all the corruption in the uk,usa and france sometimes the best technology does not get the investment back handers prevail. dalsa are a superb sensor company who have lost out in the last few years not to superior competitor product but simply not paying off the proper people. [/quote] Enjoyed reading this, cheers Tony. Dalsa are more CCD specialists and the trend is for CMOS tech. But I do agree a lot of corruption goes on disguised as business. The world has not changed as far as underhand dealings go - just got better at branding it.

[quote author=bradleyg5 link=topic=693.msg5042#msg5042 date=1336468176] What exactly is the point? a 25mm F0.95 on micro four thirds will produce the equivalent field of view and depth of field as a 50mm F1.8 on a 5d.  I don't really see the logic in paying a 1000+ dollars on a lens that will give the same look as the cheapest lens in available on 35mm full format. [/quote] The point should really be - Why would you want to use a boring 50mm F1.8 on a soft-o-vision 5D when the GH2 gives you more resolution with a lens that is much brighter in low light, with more manageable focus and has more interesting bokeh?

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSCF4088.jpg[/img] Putting the life into an image is an art. It isn’t always about Canon L glass. Here I’ll explain exactly why this is and how to get the most from the more ‘unusual’ lenses on eBay. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7504/lenses-and-putting-the-life-back-in-why-expensive-is-not-always-better/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/slr-magic-25mm-0-95.jpg[/img] One of my favourite lenses on the GH2 (if not the favourite) and the one that gets the most use is the Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95. It offers unrivalled shallow DOF on the GH2′s 1.86x crop sensor and superb low light performance. However it is a photographic lens not really designed for cinematographers. Now [url="http://www.slrmagic.com/products.php"]SLR Magic[/url] are producing a cine lens rival for the same price – with minimal breathing, 10 blade aperture for smooth bokeh when stopped down and clickless aperture ring. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=8012/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nikon-d800e-sample.jpg[/img] If you are waiting for the out of stock Nikon D800 – it seems your wait might have to go on for a while yet – since the D800E might be the one to get. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=8008/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/panavision-jpl-control-room.jpg[/img] Ground control to Major Tom – Today Panavision unveiled a new Dynamax sensor for the TV and scientific industries, which does 12bit 2K and 1080p with a global shutter. It turns out this sensor contains [url="http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.de/2012/05/panavision-32mp-bsi-sensor-uses-jpl.html"]NASA developed[/url] technology from the US state funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/8003/panavision-working-with-nasa-on-digital-cinema-camera-technology/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

The sensor size determines the crop factor, not the lens. Although a lens can be designed to cover only a smaller (crop) sensor like the Nokton 25mm F0.95 rather than full frame. A lens projects an 'image circle' and this must be large enough to cover the sensor. I recommend some lenses in the book that work with the 5D Mark III (full frame) as well as crop sensors (the Contax Zeiss stuff is full frame for example). Glad you enjoyed the book!

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peter-jackson-on-set-of-the-hobbit.jpg[/img] Peter Jackson is unfazed by criticism The Hobbit looks un-cinematic by saying the clips shown at Cinemacon were unfinished and their duration not long enough for the audience to acclimatise. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=7996/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

I recommend the GH2 and spending the money left over between the price of the GH2 and the price of a 5D Mark III on VERY GOOD GLASS. Get stuff like the Contax Zeiss 85mm F1.4 which can also be used on the FS100 and 5D3 if you jump to S35 or full frame in future. The Voigtlander 25mm F0.95 is highly recommended (but bear in mind that you can only use it on Micro Four Thirds cameras).

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5d3-magic-lantern-hack.jpeg[/img] Above: a Magic Lantern test running on a real living 5D Mark III in the wild Initial tests by Alex and the team at Magic Lantern show the hack will work with the 5D Mark III. Canon recently posted an updated firmware for the camera, allowing the file to be analysed and it seems Magic Lantern can be ported to the new camera. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7992/canon-5d-mark-iii-hacked-magic-lantern-on-the-way/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=AaronChicago link=topic=637.msg4664#msg4664 date=1335363197] I think there will be a right movie for this 48fps look. The Hobbit is not that movie though. There are too many associations with the cinematic look of LOTR. The costumes will seem hoaky. In my opinion, a movie like Tron Legacy would've been a good candidate. [/quote] Good point - right tool for the job and all that.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peter-jackson-epic.jpg[/img] The future is here but it seems nobody checked to see if it looked any good. Shot with a 3D Red EPIC rig at 48fps, Peter Jackson’s return to the world of JRR Tolkien has been ‘stripped of the magic of cinema’ according to many who saw the advance press screenings by Warner Brothers. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=7987/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/c500-vs-sony-f65.jpg[/img] In the last few weeks the already large number of options for filmmakers have been shaken up. Current cameras all seem to fall into different niches. There are the depth of field specialists – 5D Mark III and D800 with full frame sensors. There are the resolution and raw codec specialists the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera and Red Scarlet. There’s the slow mo specialist the Sony FS700 and my personal favourite all-rounders the GH2 and FS100 which just keep getting better with firmware updates (the FS100 is now a world cam with latest one from Sony). What happens next will be a fascinating fight. EOSHD rounds up the contenders. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7845/next-generation-cinema-camera-battle-wholl-win/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bae-scmos.jpg[/img] Made in California – there’s a sensor that perfectly matches the specification of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera on the market. It is called the BAE Systems sCMOS (designed by silicon valley semiconductors company Fairchild Imaging who were [url="http://www.fairchildimaging.com/news/2011/BAE%20Systems%20Completes%20Acquisition%20of%20Fairchild%20Imaging.htm"]acquired[/url] by BAE in 2011). It is capable of up to 100fps at 2.5K and features a global shutter, a sensor so powerful it is vacuum cooled. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7969/blackmagic-cinema-cameras-sensor-has-global-shutter-made-by-bae-systems/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=garypayton link=topic=622.msg4531#msg4531 date=1335117657]The problem is not which one is better between 5d2 and gh2, i am only concerned about the price drop that the 5d could suffer from now to july. You said something interesting, I don't know if we may discuss it here. The hardware needs for the BM, for example, as a imac 21 owner i want to know if it will be enough to start or if i need already something more powerful. [/quote] I think this decision really does boil down to larger things than the difference between the cameras. Lenses and post production hardware influence the look and working methodology more. So you need to decide what your budget for lenses is, which lenses you need to get the look you desire and whether you need the raw codec, 2.5K resolution and 13 stops of dynamic range from the BMD. 8GB RAM and editing in ProRes will be fine on your iMac as long as the CPU isn't too old. You will certainly need a LOT of storage space though, especially if you shoot in 2.5K raw mode. If you're shooting very long clips like at live events you're better off with AVCHD on the GH2. Don't worry too much about the 5D2's price drop it will not end up at the GH2 level. The old 5DMk1 isn't even that cheap yet and that is nearly 7 years old!

[quote author=Axel link=topic=622.msg4538#msg4538 date=1335128948] [quote author=garypayton link=topic=622.msg4537#msg4537 date=1335128501] I will buy a mac with thunderbolt if necessary.[/quote] Buy [url=http://www.colorhq.com/Eizo-ColorEdge-CG241W-BK-p/cg241w-bk.htm][u]this[/u][/url]. If you plan for the cinema. If not, reconsider. The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. [/quote] True, but there's nothing artistic about USB.

[quote author=jlev23 link=topic=621.msg4522#msg4522 date=1335106123] sorry that you misunderstand, i was saying that in relation to the footage you are posting, its looking and feeling more like gh2 now, so being worried that if i do that to my 5DMK3 it would also stick out like a sore thumb. and yes the pyramids do exist, ive seen them on a history channel documentary :) [/quote] Gaussian blur it then.

[quote author=smon222 link=topic=621.msg4525#msg4525 date=1335108129] BTW... Thanks Andrew for the nice gratuitous butt shot walking through the frame. Enjoyed it! ;-) [/quote] I am glad someone noticed this  8)