Dave Maze

Heres the S%$& that bothers me though. Its the fact that I talk to my colleagues about Blackmagic or Digital Bolex (or now thanks to Ed the F35) and they all just look at me with a confused look on their faces and just tell me to shoot on a C100 or a7s and just call it a day. I don't know why but it just drives me insane if Im not constantly seeking after the best image to my eyes and I just can't settle on anything. Its an annoying problem for sure. Its also annoying when I get hired to shoot with other people who are all canon and Im the only one with black magic and I have to explain to the editor how to color it properly...

We are too similar dude. Except my wife keeps me in line and I can't spend the money :P haha!

You must shoot at ISO 200 (now 160). I shot Frequency with the Kish lenses too which were F4 only. It was kinda fun though. Constructing our lighting around those locked settings. Not ideal for most scenarios, but when done correctly, the D16 really has a gorgeous image. Definitely some mojo for sure that is very unique. But I digress...back to the original topic of this post....the 1dc and Blackmagic micro. I have heard that the micro just has the exact same sensor as the BMPCC...but it looks better to me. Do we know categorically whether this is a new sensor or not? Also, is a 1dc relevant anymore? I used one in Haiti and really loved it but the files were pretty annoying to manage. Shot a Christian mini doc out there on the 1dc. Enjoyed it. But it was several years ago. Its a brick of a camera for sure

Ed is right. I had to switch to BMPCC with my speed booster because the low light. Also, I shoot weddings in ProRes LT so the image isn't as strong as the 2k 12 bit raw from the Bolex. Realistically, it's a terrible camera to use practically for a wedding or doc. I think the c100 is the best wedding camera. All day battery life. Great high quality compression. Perfect skin tones. Ed is also right about the fact that most the stuff shot on Bolex is purposely narrative. Which means more care has gone into the lighting and composition. A good DP can make any camera look good just like a good musician can make any instrument sound good. My buddy just got back from Nicaragua where he was going to shoot a doc on C300. They wouldn't let him bring his camera rig into the country so he shot an entire professional project on an iPhone and a Nikon point and shoot camera and the client was actually happy with it. Don't forget that these numbers bit rates and sensors are honestly not as important as you think. If you make a killer film using whatever and a producer sees it and hires you, you'll have budget to shoot on Alexa or whatever you want and it won't matter what sub $3,000 camera you purchased. Just get something that is the best workhorse for you and will make you happy. To me, I prefer the look of Bolex to any RED camera. So I rent the Bolex on my higher budget stuff and I usually have tons of room left over for crew and lighting because a Bolex is super cheap to rent. Having grip and gaffers who know what they are doing is the real secret.

Nice! I literally just bought a set of Duclos modded Contax Zeiss lenses. 28, 35, 50, 85. Just got them in today! Cant wait do do some tests with them

Are you using Contax Zeiss lenses? You have a speed booster for it too? Here is a music video I shot using C-Mount lenses on the D16. Mostly on a shoulder rig. The low light stuff turned out total crap...but you get the picture..

Here is another wedding I shot using the D16. It was in LA so I went to the Digital Bolex office in LA and met Elle there and she let me use one of the MFT Bolex cameras. When you use the BMPCC speed booster with the camera..it makes it a S35 sensor size. I really want to try it out again with my new CONTAX Zeiss primes I just got. That global shutter and skin tones on the camera are really stunning. And with the speed booster the low light issues sorta disappear. Totally workable for sure! No worse than what the BMPCC or Canon 7d was. If you want to see what BMPCC looks like with speed booster VS D16 with speed booster...I made a really confusing test with them.

Thanks man! Yes we made it last year for the "myrodereel" competition. But mostly just made it for fun

Haha! Ya! I shot Ben's wedding also on the Digital Bolex

Ya when you use Kelvin WB you can then go into WB shift and pull the greens and blues out in camera. Really helps

I have been shooting on BMPCC for years and have had some great experiences with the Digital Bolex. Sure its a really odd camera but there is some sort of mojo about it that can't be explained. Its got that Kodak CCD that is truly unique. I shot a shot film on it using their own Kish lenses and REALLY enjoyed the process.

"Sony Colors" is what I have always said too. Then I started using these cameras and going into the white balance shift and pulled some of the "greenish blue" out of the image and now I have been very satisfied with the colors. Especially when using an external recorder to get ProRes out of it. I did a grade with the a6300 footage online and it turned out pretty good. I hate that most all the sony footage online is so washed out and blueish. I wanted to try to get something warm and saturated. Was really pleased with the results.

I downloaded some of the a6300 footage that is on YouTube and did a color grade with it. It held up really nicely and was pleased with the results. Looking forward to getting my hands on one soon