jonpais

I’ve never based a camera buying decision on what was good enough for the majority (not even sure what that is supposed to mean) so that they would go ‘wow’. Could you explain how you go about doing that? The X-H1 is aimed at budget filmmakers and demanding stills shooters. You really didn’t know that? In the realm of fuzzy image making, this lens has no peer.

First, the Voigtlander weighs a whopping 1.29 pounds, so there’s that. Secondly, it costs $1,100, so I think it’s fair to expect outstanding optical quality. It isn’t really 10.5mm either, so comparing it to an AF lens that is optically superior and 40% lighter, like the Leica 12mm is not unfair. The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 is compact, costs half as much as either of the above and weighs only 6 oz. You can easily slip it in your pocket. The Voigtlander shots in the above images have little depth, sparkle or sharpness and the out of focus areas aren’t especially good either. They look smeared and smudgy. In the food close ups, the 10.5mm lags behind the other lenses.

That’s a monopod, Don

Soon we’ll be seeing the market flooded with cheap monitors like this one billed as HDR. Hint: if it costs $500, it probably isn’t ready for the big time.

truly impressive, @Inazuma .

I emailed Dan Kanes asking if he’d be at any trade shows in Asia this year because I can’t have the lens shipped here, but no reply.

Any word on the Orions yet?

nice!

Yes! Hope to see them posted in the Shooting thread.

Thanks for proving my point, @anonim.

@mkabi Aren’t Canon’s cinema cameras targeted at an entirely different filmmaker? Fuji aren’t going up against Canon, but against Sony and Panasonic, aren’t they?

@Mark Romero 2 And by definition, their popular 17.5mm, 25mm and 42.5mm lenses are clinical and soulless. ?

Fuji explains why they added Eterna to the X-H1.

The second half of Alexis van Hurkman’s article explores the creative possibilities of HDR. http://vanhurkman.com/wordpress/?p=3548

Thank you guys for helping me make up my mind. I’m buying the GH5s.

@shooter and what feelings are those pray tell? I couldn't make head or tail of that comment myself.

It’s nice to get a brief reprieve from all the garbage virtuosic gimbal work, gratuitous speed ramps and drone footage that pollute the internet and that have nothing at all to do with the vocabulary of good filmmaking.

@anonim Location, lighting and subject are the basic prerequisites for a film. For his video, Filippo Chiesa did not use expensive cranes, jibs, gimbals, dollies or drones. No external recorder. No focus puller either (well, maybe). Only a couple of inexpensive LED lights which anyone can afford, a great location and a lovely girl. Maybe a smoke machine. This is far from an extravagant production. Just a great eye and talent. The dual gain architecture in the GH5s allows shooting at ISO 2500, resulting in much better color resolution and shadow detail without sacrificing dynamic range. Panasonic could not just issue a firmware update and magically transform your GH5 into a low light monster. You may cavil about the $500 premium for the multi-aspect sensor, but this is an example of extraordinary budget filmmaking. I will also go out on a limb and say this could very well have been shot with the Veydra Mini Primes. A Veydra zoom, if it existed, would easily run upwards of $3,500 or beyond. And many filmmakers prefer working with fast primes anyhow. If you think $2,500 is expensive, maybe you should consider another profession or charge more for your services.

@Damphousse Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, the first to fix a photographic image and generally regarded as the inventor of photography, was a member of the bourgeoisie; so filmmaking is a capitalist activity and anyone caught watching a movie on an HDR television should be sent to a reeducation camp.

Don't underestimate the ability of forum members to find fault where there is none and to overlook faults if it suits them.

Stunning footage. Case closed.

I just finished watching the SDR version on my 5K iMac. Compared to the HDR version on my OLED, the difference is like night and day.

The harpsichord, which appeared in the 14th century, gradually gave way to the piano in the eighteenth century. The piano was revolutionary because of its greater dynamic range, which in turn allowed greater expressiveness and creative possibilities. Technology moves at a much greater pace nowadays. The goal of manufacturers now is not only to emulate film, but to surpass it. Shooting at ISO 50,000 when I was studying photography in the ‘80s was unthinkable. Now it’s a reality. Taking a sharp image handheld with a 300mm telephoto at one second was likewise impossible. We watched interlaced video at 35% of the resolution of HD 720p. Fun fact: 1 minute of 35mm film weighs one pound. A 256GB MicroSD card weighing .4 grams can contain 12 hours of 4K video.

Facts 1) Our cameras have been shooting HDR for years 2) We compress our files to rec.709 because that has been the HDTV standard since 1990 3) Rec.709 has nothing to do with the ‘film look’ 4) Under the best of circumstances, rec.709 is capable of only 6-1/2 stops of dynamic range 5) HDR allows us to see a much wider dynamic range and more color, closer to what the human eye can see 6) OLED televisions offer the best image quality today, superior even to what industry standard reference monitors costing $50,000 were capable of just a few years ago 7) The highest-rated HDR TVs are now selling for little more than the cost of a midrange digital camera 8) YouTube and Vimeo, recognizing the demand for HDR content, have both rolled out the format on their video sharing platforms 9) Nearly all NLEs now support HDR, including DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro 10) Compared to SDR, the extra storage space and computer processing power required for HDR capture and finishing is negligible 11) A client who sees the HDR grade will not be satisfied with the SDR (Arri) 12) To future-proof your videos today, it is best to shoot in either RAW or Log formats 13) Filmmakers are not the only ones pushing for HDR: gamers are also demanding more HDR content and displays. It also has uses in the medical field 14) Atomos monitor/reccorders may be used for gauging exposure on set and as grading monitors in the grading suite (this is the sticky part) 15) HDR videos uploaded to YouTube are sharper-looking, have far fewer artifacts and macroblocking and far richer contrast than SDR videos 16) There will be growing pains. When I purchased my 2016 Macbook Pro, few peripherals had USB-C connectors. Now, they are becoming commonplace. There really is no answer to those who say they prefer watching movies on their 2011 13” Macbook Air at 540p with the audio turned off. If that’s how you view films, fine. As far as early adoption goes, I could also wait for the remaining 53% of the world’s population to get internet access before uploading videos to YouTube. There are also a few who say it’s not ‘true’ HDR yet. The same could be said of the ‘fake’ 4K video shot with my GH5 or any other consumer camera. If I kept waiting for the perfect camera to come out, I’d never shoot a single clip.

@markr041 Looking good!