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There was a new update on the C300 ii, new denoiser which made the image more softer, so more cinematic.

Have not been following the nikon Z6 news much, prolly on external recorder then or is it internal? If its internal it would be amazing, if we could use the 14 stops of DR. Then we might have a new winner, but lets wait and see. I dont have any nikon lenses though, looks like a adapter exists but no electrical contacts for EF.

def BRAW and then prores. But Zcam is not even thinking about implementing braw, they are going their own RAW route. Which at this point would involve using their own software to open the RAW files and convert them, which is a major flaw/pity.

Yeah I dont it either why anyone would implement h265 on a cinema camera. But prores licenses are on the way. So thats not a deal breaker. But I am worried about their raw though. If I have to convert it before I can use it in Resolve or Premiere, it is pretty useless. Also not sure what compression their raw will have. I love BRAW 12:1, but im pretty sure that one isnt going to happen.

Im not hyped on the 6K let alone 8K, 1080p is even good enough for me. But its also the most affordable full frame RAW camera atm.

ex VAT though. Hopefully the F6 will drop in price too a bit. On the edge of buying one, but def want to see some decent tests/footage/comparisons as current footage that has been released isnt great at all.

Yeah DR is my main concern with shooting with the 5d iii. When DR is low it is amazing. But I shot a wedding at high noon outdoors and DR was a serious problem, where the A7S II held up pretty good. So I am endlessly waiting on the 5D IV ML, but im about to give up.

yeah then he went UMP, C300 ii.

Yeah the F35 has been on my list for a long time. Allthough the Alexa is dropping in price, I might just wait a bit and pull the trigger when the Alexa is at similar price, as it has more DR and I guess is cleaner at iso 800(unconfirmed, just guessing here really)

I get that, but external recorders are for me at least a thing of the past. Editing h265 is a pain in the ass. Storage costs are not really an issue anymore (unless you wetransfer your footage to your editor or something).

Yeah you should def add DR and motion cadence. (colour would also be high up there, but not sure how you would add it in a poll as it is prolly more personal) I am surprised people are choosing for: Internal H.264/H.265 with LOG (small file sizes) though. I think you could split up the users on this forum in 2 categories( one is video minded people selling corporate/event style video's on a daily basis and then you got the cinema dudes who want to create shortfilms. And those 2 people just want different camera's all togheter).

You like living on the edge. Ok after seeing a lot of reviews and comparisons I went with the sennheiser g4. (I know everybody prefers the sony, but this deal popped up and went for it)

@Andrew Reid Does 8bit/10bit have an impact on the DR? I always imagined it didnt. I know RAW has more DR then prores. But not sure if 10bit prores has more DR then 8bit DR. But it is true that most 8bit camera's are below 12 stops. (then again 16bit magic lantern 5D III RAW also was just below 12 stops, but that was hitting the limitation of the sensor) But I cant imagine the Alexa when shooting prores is only 12 stops of DR.

Yeah hope they replace h265 soon, not sure what its doing on what they are calling a proffesional cinema camera. H264 and h265 codecs are shitty to edit with.

Very cool. Allthough I wish it did prores.

Close is a real stretch here though. Nowhere near the DR, colors, latitude or that 3D pop the Alexa gives. But agree the camera is too heavy to handle without any crew/the needed support.

Well it still in developing stages, but from the looks of it there is still quite some work to get it in the mavo lf range. Didnt knew it needed that much tweaking for each camera individual, as I understand a lot of people are getting good results with the zcam E2 4K.

For me the F6 is the most interesting one (hoping to see a F6 vs mavo lf side by side soon). The e2g has very limited DR(this example also has a lot of dead pixels and some weird noise/grain going on, the noise problem is also present in the F6 video).

Depends what kinda real estate you do. If you are doing 50$ jobs. Then yeah go ahead. Otherwise it looks like shit. Also I am more a pixel peeper then any of my clients, and I care how the image looks.

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Looks great Mercer, glad you are still rocking the 5D III. There is something special about that camera! Only wish it had more DR, as we arent always able to shoot at great shooting times/weather conditions. Where is this location? I once had a weird dream, and this location looks exactly as my dream however I never been to it. Maybe picked this up unconsciously in a movie or something?

This sucks major though... ZCAM if you are reading this, ask bm for braw and we all will be happy. [update] I just read that zcam cannot support braw because they own standard hdmi, which is not supported by braw. (well this is for external, what about interal though)

I never worked with Cineform RAW, what are the compression rates at? I freaking love BRAW at 12:1 I know some people prefer cdng over braw. But I certainly don't, the sizes are too massive. Braw is offering RAW at even smaller files then prores can.

Thats awesome! Hopefully they can implement a decent codec instead of h265. If I was Z Cam I would be knocking on blackmagics door for Braw. I downloaded a clip from the F6, but I could not push the image around like I wanted or way less room to play around with vs my ursa mini pro or even my pocket 4K at this point, seems they need to fix the curve on that cam still, also something weird going on with the noise in the camera(but its still all very alpha/beta, so they have some time to fix the problems).

Did anybody test this out? Im looking into buying an alexa, but def not interested in buying a lot o sxs cards.