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  1. mercer

    Lenses

    I think @TheRenaissanceMan and @Zak Forsman have a set of LeicaR. I briefly had the 35-70mm f/3.5 but I kinda liked it too much and couldn’t see myself affording many primes to go along with it. @JordanWright
  2. That’s an amazing deal... I would have pounced on that as well. The C100 I or II are such workhorses, I imagine they pay for themselves rather quickly... much like the GH5, I’d assume. Yeah, I doubt they will either. But I don’t really need it now, 1080p Raw on the 5D3 is more than enough for my needs right now. Sorry to the OP for the OT.
  3. Good point about direction style. Being a writer first, then director, then operator... improv is a dirty word... lol. Yeah, Jon maybe should have titled this thread... Has Canon Killed off Cinema Lenses... but since he shoots with a Panasonic, I get it... and this feature in the GH5 is pretty nifty. Did you get another C100 Mark 1or did you go with the Mark II? Being a run and gun shooter, DPAF is the one feature I look forward to using at some point in the future. My biggest wish is that ML figures out the 5D4... Raw and DPAF would be a game changer for me. I am getting pretty good with tracking focus manually but it does usually require a few takes to nail it.
  4. Can objects in the frame change while you’re setting your points? If so, then I can see how this could be useful for narratives. Most actors and actresses can hit their marks.
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    NAB 2018

    True but irrelevant to the original point that I wouldn’t be surprised if the new pocket had an EF Mount.
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    NAB 2018

    You can have a Micro 4/3 Mount and a Super 35mm sensor.
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    NAB 2018

    Sorry only saw a photo of the top of the camera... are there others? But “time to get real” this is just a speculation thread Jon, no real reason to get offensive, defensive or otherwise.
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    NAB 2018

    If it was such a popular professional mount, then why doesn’t the Ursa Pro have a Micro 4/3 Mount?
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    NAB 2018

    But I’m sure they’ll go with a m4/3 Mount, just throwing out possibilities.
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    NAB 2018

    You don’t need imagination, you just have to look at their product line. The Ursa comes in an EF Mount and ever since they’ve introduced their higher end camera, they’ve been discontinuing their lower end models. For many productions, a similar mount system would be welcomed. Plus I believe there will be more room in the camera, with an EF Mount, if this new guy has internal filters... which would be a smart move for the next gen Pocket as well.
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    NAB 2018

    Yeah I would assume that it’s a Micro 4/3 sensor. But I could see them doing an EF Mount instead of m4/3.
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    Lenses

    Here’s a quick screengrab from an outtake of my film. I don’t really love the shot but it shows what a fast wide angle can do on FF. It was shot on the Canon 28mm 1.8 ... pretty cool little lens.
  13. Maybe it will have a Micro 4/3 sensor. Maybe a swappable mount. I am very excited for this but I doubt it will be in the original price bracket.
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    Motion Cadence

    Do you have any side by sides to prove it doesn’t exist? You brought up the topic to prove that motion cadence doesn’t exist, so the burden of proof lies on you.
  15. This sounds like a production clusterf%&k just waiting to happen. Imagine a bean counter watching the production and telling a director to get another take or to not get another take because Jim in editing said he could use one of the three previous takes.
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    Motion Cadence

    Yeah, honestly I don’t even care why. I just notice what I like and what looks better to my eyes. How it gets there... whatevs... lol.
  17. mercer

    Motion Cadence

    That is a good question I don’t have the answer to but I could tell by looking at them on my computer after using the cameras. I assume just capturing it affects the motion as recorded and anything after that wouldn’t change it?
  18. ProRes Raw sounds awesome... now if FCPX could just import CDNG files, or optimize them at import to this ProRes Raw, I could make FCPX a one stop solution.
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    Motion Cadence

    Yup, even the 200mbps all-i 1080p in the FZ2500 has a really nice motion cadence to it... way better than the Long GOP 4K files do.
  20. That makes sense. Again I am in no position to buy a C200, so this is just talk on my part, but I don’t see the lack of middle codec as that big of a deal for my uses... but I still find it a mistake not to have it. I think the biggest mistake was not including a 2K or 2.5K RawLite variant.
  21. You guys should just go out and buy an entry level Canon then. Why spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on cameras and native lenses? I mean, it’s all up to the operator, right? Obviously, I was being sarcastic there and obviously all of the points that talent and skill will make any camera look good are valid and probably the most important ingredient to a cinematic image. Now if only Hollywood Line Producers were reading this thread, then every film from this point on could be shot on a (insert consumer camera here)
  22. That’s right, thanks. That info isn’t included in their recent graph and I forgot that bit. Yeah I’d agree it was a mistake on Canon’s part not to have a 10bit middle codec, but then you hear real life accounts from C200 users on this board that says the 8bit codec has more latitude than the GH5’s 10bit. So who knows who to believe. I can’t afford either right now, so it really doesn’t matter much to me.
  23. In Canon’s graph for their Spring firmware release, it shows 2K Proxy as a separate format? Does it have to be used in conjunction with the RawLite or can you record in that format on its own? Is the Proxy an internal downscale of the RawLite? If so, then it must be at least 10bit, correct? If you cannot record it separately, then can the 2K Proxy recording be imported without linking the Raw files and then rendered out to ProRes?
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    Motion Cadence

    Interesting, I really think all-i frames probably make a difference as well.
  25. mercer

    Motion Cadence

    That definitely makes sense, even with 24p footage, I direct my actors to move slower and more deliberate.
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