Ed_David

I have done ton of color work in the new one - zero crashes. It's good. I always found the responsiveness of the editing tool really slow - maybe my settings are wrong though. Anyone else, opinions?

Cinestill is awesome!! Damn it now i gotta get this too!

regraded the test! Made the Ursa Mini look better as well as red dragon Final color:

DP3 vs Nikon D40x vs Portra 400 or some other form of film? Can you do it? I'm going to test D40x vs Portra

Now getting a nikon d40x, which has even more dynamic range. some interesting links: https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Nikon-D3000-versus-Nikon-D80-versus-Nikon-D40X___623_518_514 Also here's a list of every sensor Nikon has used: https://nikonrumors.com/2015/12/16/list-of-all-nikon-dslr-cameras-and-their-sensor-manufacturerdesigner.aspx/

Can make it better color wise and edit

I got a film scanner on ebay for $50 I'm going to try. The darkroom which did those photos isn't that bad - it's $11 for developing and scanning per roll, if I don't go for the higher res photo options that's $15 a roll and the quality of the grain looked good. Working on kodak ultramax which isn't the best film stock anyway But yea, I'm going to give the d80 a quick chance and probably get rid of it

I think you are right. Just film is making me broke! Shot this on Kodak Ultramax 400. I don't know if the Nikon D80 is going to get there

Thanks for this - doesn't look like the photographer was trying to match skin tones - probably used whatever popped out of camera into raw, or however he processed it. The Sigma - the biggest issue - is overexposure - that's not smooth at all - completely blown out highlights - video-y as heck. Excited to play with the d80, nikon's last CCD and seems from reviews to be one of their best cameras.

Thanks - yea - was just comparing it with something my friend just shot on 35mm and it looked really similar! Going to try to regrade it.

100 bucks man. Test vs Sigma - that would be a really good test.

Ordered a Nikon 1DX for $100. Image quality looks beautiful. Seems better than Canon EOS-1d. Kodak DCS-760 - seems like it has some kind of film-like mojo- but way too expensive to justify Nevermind, Nikon D80 is even better image it seems like. Cancelled my other orders, going for this! Leica M9 is pricey!! Maybe best CCD imager ever made?

Throwing this out here now, Mattias. How does Foveon compare to Canon's ccd cameras like the 1d, or to Nikon's CCDs like the 1dX, and to their own version of foveon - in the D2H. And to film. I just ordered a D2h on ebay. Looking into Canon 1d and Nikon 1DX and Kodak DCS 760 Kodak seems to be the best, but going for nearly $800 on ebay! I think it was $8,000 when it came out

Right now me and some DPs in New York are trying to make processing film more affordable. Lighting was 2 1x1 astra lights at 5600k into a bead board, soft side. Book light. Then double diffused with 2 silks stacked. F35 is an interesting beast. I can upload raw footage so people can play with or if you send me a harddrive or sd card I can put stuff on it. I recommend to everyone if you can rent it, or just try everything. And the GH5 - very nice camera. Not for me, but I am just one opinion and trust your own instincts. My opinions change daily.

I think boost saturation level in the sd quattro to match it. To really do a good test (not like I am good at that - You should bring a color chart. Shoot with the sigma at 100 ISO, the other camera at it's recommended ISO, same lens (as much as you can) and go from there. I think of course, you would have to rent the removable lens quattro to make it work. It's crazy, and maybe it's me, but I can't find a single A/B test on the internet besides one really quick one to compare foveon and cmos bayer pattern

Yes, F35 gets you there pretty quickly. But it's highlight roll off is not smooth at all and its highlight clipping is ugly as well. That's where the alexa is king. But yes, you need time to make cmos look at good. Here's more f35 vs f65 . More to play with f65, f35 the image already falls apart just by merely touching it

Here's f65 vs Alexa vs F35. F35 just has less room to play with in the shadows - and a ton more noise. So what I would do for another test, is bring in a fill light or bounce board Also learned: I am not a fan of slog3 or sgamut3. It's orangey. Sgamut is much more pleasing skintones. Yea, f35 gets pretty noisy quickly. this test doesn't show it, but it still handles mixed color so beautifully. i just go back and forth whether i like it or not.

I was curious to test the f35 - because I am getting tired of bayer-pattern CMOS and how it renders skintones vs CCD, and Ricardo brought his 5d mark iii, so boom, added that in. F35 vs F65 below. Shooting at 400 ISO on both cameras. F35 was 12-bit DPX files 1080p, sony f65 was 4k 3:1 compressed raw

Just added a 5d mark iii raw and sony f35 into the test. Results soon

Resolve 14 full version - been using it a ton - no crashes. Very happy with this program. Blackmagic is a HELLUVA company.

Doing that today! I sold mine! But my friend Ricardo is going to come by.

I redid the grade here, still crazy macro blocking in YT: Also did a ursa mini 4.6k in 16mm mode - like the color better than the micro or pocket. better blues

The test is real. A is Red Helium (low-light) B is Ursa Mini Pro C is F65 E is Arriraw (Alexa Mini) F is red dragon F* is red dragon in s16mm mode with angeniuex glass Test showed me that Ursa Mini holds its own in skintones and highlight handling. Not as precise as the red helium or f65 or alexa, but pretty darn good. And on the street - doc stuff, it definitely holds its own. It showed me the helium definitely has better skintones than the dragon, but again, on the street, not as crucial, all though the dragon kind of has a "dead" feeling to me - something about it lacks flair. The alexa and the ursa mini for me was the most natural off the bat. The Ursa mini has nice reds that I like. It falls apart in highlight handling in more extreme situations, but it's a $6k camera, and it's going against $50k cameras It shows me that the f65's mechanical shutter is beautiful - but not really that noticeably better and definitely does not make the extra weight and bulk and size of the f65 worth it. It's a crap test, but I still learned a lot from it. Mostly this: I gotta stop buying cameras. Cause every 6 months a new camera or sensor will be out, and the old one is not as good. So I shouldn't be pushing for a tool that's not as good. The new venice - it could be amazing, and it's possible the ursa mini will look 80% as good , with a lot less hassle. Canon 5d mark iv and mark iii raw - I should try those guys out. But, in the end, I am still gravitating more and more to 16mm glass and feel. The red dragon was pretty darn beautiful how it handles the extra grain - moreso than the ursa mini pro (all though that has nicer colors) and the micro camera - with its moire issues as well as iso issues. But still, is it worth $20k to have a working 16mm camera when the world is moving towards full frame for video? How does 16mm feel compared to full frame? That's my next test.

Camera A is the red helium with IPP2 Camera C is the Sony F65 (slog3.cine, sgamut) Camera F is Arriraw (Alexa Mini) going log-c all with a filmconvert lut. I think the slog3.cine is pretty good. There is a natural green color to it that is nice. But yea, there is kind of an orange look to their sensors. Canon and Blackmagic have a more red look in skintones. Red has a bizarre greenish overcast to it in their skintones. But these are just my opinions. The venice is, god-willing, going to be quite the camera. With more inherient resolution than the alexa, with a nice form factor, and a camera that looks studier than the alexa mini. The dynamic range and motion may be close to film. Maybe not. Just have to wait till footage comes out and tests come out. Also, this camera is built like a beast. And a removable sensor and the mount system - this should be looked at as quite innovative. The ND filter as well. Anyway, sure poo-poo away the Sony. But I rather have this camera than a canon c700 or a panasonic varicam or a red helium. Can it beat the alexa? That's the question. E is arriraw A is red helium C is F65

But then the comedy would be lost!