Mark Romero 2

Does PP not have any sort of LOG exposure wheels? Or does it have anything similar to the Color Space Transform in Resolve? Because in Resolve, one method was to use the CST to convert to linear, use the (linear) lift gamma gain tools to adjust luminosity, convert from linear BACK TO LOG, then apply the LUT.

After watching much of the video the original poster linked to, I think that using cameras with good autofocus would be a disaster... if they intend to use CONTINUOUS autofocus Much of the video is made up of shots of a hand that is near the camera moving back and forth. There seems to be NO continuous autofocus in that video. Even if the camera's were able to track the hand accurately, the continuing shift in focus as it tracks the hand, and the amount of breathing on the lens, would be VERY distracting. Now, if they want to shoot video of something else, then continuous AF MIGHT be important. But to simply replicate the cinematography in the video which was linked, continuous AF would not be important.

I think single focus AF could work well. I mean, they still need to know HOW to use focus. If they don't need to film themselves (vlogging-style), then as @Grimor mentioned, a used G85 (what they are called in the US of A, guess in Japan they are the G81), could work great. AF-S is trustworthy. They will need to know about lighting though, and M43 sensors do like having a lot of an appropriate amount of light. I see them go for about $450 to $475 used on a popular website. The panasonic 30mm f/2.8 macro is currently selling new for $300. If she is going to be filming herself and will be moving around in the frame, or basically needs AF-C, then a used Olympus E-M1 MK II is a good camera with reliable continuous autofocus (if it is an MSC lens) and very nice straight-out-of-camera colors. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the tip. Didn't realize about the difference in focus peaking when doing that setup with Canon EF lenses (I use the EF 16-35 f/4 L on the MC-21 adapter on my S5 and S1). I think also that setup you mentioned works for other manual focus aids such as punching in with the joystick... at least I remember that there after I changed the back switch from the MF position to AF-S position it wouldn't punch in anymore. Maybe that was just due to a setting somewhere.

I hope you can elaborate. I am not sure what the term "skew" means in this instance? Sorry everyone if that is a noob question.

You, good sir, are solely responsible for me picking up a used E-M1 MK II about two weeks ago (despite the fact that I already have an S1, and S5, a Sony a6500, a6000, a5100 and a deceased a6300). As for an upgrade, I just wish there was more flexibility in their video options in terms of having their wonderful C4K at 23.976fps (my understanding is it is at true 24fps, and not at 23.976fps), and C4K at 29.97fps. Not sure why the C4K is so much better than the UHD 4K either.

I don't know if I would call it horrible... but then again, maybe you haven't tried focus peaking on an Olympus E-M1 MK II (which is undeniably a "fun" camera, but focus peaking doesn't seem to be its forte).

The old-school method is to take the camera with you to the place where you WILL be standing, focus on your tripod head from that spot, make sure the focus on the lens doesn't change, then put the camera back on the tripod and go back to the EXACT spot you were standing when you focused on the tripod head. The distance from you to the tripod head is the same as the distance from the tripod head to you 🙂 As far as using a remote, I can try with my pixel remote later and see, but (obviously) with adapted lenses it will have to be af-s.

Well... apparently I am a total wimp now. I tried watching that video and had to stop after about 50 seconds due to the lack of stabilization. I don't need it to be perfectly smooth, but maybe if they had used a shoulder rig or something I could have watched the whole thing. Also, couldn't tell if they were trying to dance or if the guy was practicing being a chiropractor. Those were some mighty cringe dance moves.

Thanks for all your work with this. If you do find you have time on your hands, then a video about the light (or the fan replacement process) would be great. Even if it is a simple process, there are people out there who have a tough time with all things electrical. It's not that I hate electronics... it's just that electronics seem to hate me 😞

Glad to hear it's back in your hands. Hopefully it is working fine now.

I am pretty sure that Matt Frazer from Panasonic here in the USA said the reason the current S series of cameras don't have built-in ND filters is because they have a mechanical shutter, and to put in a built in ND they would need to remove the mechanical shutter. So they might not be all that much different in terms of shape / size with a built-in ND.

While I don't have any experience with it, It could work out fine for a talking head. As the reviewer said, it is good for 6 or 7 feet away (two meters). I wanted a bigger one since I usually shoot half body and I like to get back and zoom in a bit.

Is this a legendary "Morry Thou" of Stranglers infamy?

Good call then!!! Much better to go for good and "get it done" instead of waiting around for perfection to arrive. You probably know this already, although some people reading this might not, but it is good to get about 5 or so seconds of "silence" so that you can capture JUST the background noise / AC / refrigerator / whatever and then use the audio noise tool to better isolate background noise. I know in Resolve there is an audio FX that allows you to "sample" the noise (they call in "Learn", and then it will automatically try to suppress JUST the noise. It is never perfect, but it can be a fairly good starting point. If you give it about five seconds (or more) of just background noise, it seems to work better at "learning" the noise.

@ParkerAlso, great video by the way. The music was a bit hot (and distracting) for my tastes. You have some subtlety in your voice that kind of gets lost with the background music. It seemed like there was fan noise or air conditioner noise coming in the voice audio so maybe you were using the music to cover it up???

@ParkerOld school focusing trick for self shooting. From where you will be sitting / standing, take the camera and focus on the tripod where you will be placing the camera. Of course, doesn't help for framing or exposure, but it's a start.

Yup, buy one... Then steal the rest 😉

Thank you. I will look into it. The voice activated ones are great... when they work. I remember that in some scripts I would write in the word [PAUSE] to get the talent to pause for effect. So... sometimes the app wouldn't scroll anymore unless the talent actually said the word "pause."

I got my Teleprompter from Caddie Buddie (coincidentally, my lightstand bag is the Caddy Daddy, a travel case for golf club bags, even though I can't play golf to save my life). https://caddiebuddy.com/teleprompter-for-ipads-androids-and-phones/ It works pretty well. It might not be the most durable though. I didn't buy a case, but I think I probably should have splurged and got the case. On the other hand, I will probably head over to Harbor Freight and see if they might have a case I can adapt for less than the $55 plus shipping that they want for the official case from Caddie Buddie.

Do you remember which app you guys used? I am looking for a decent android app. Ability to rewind would be nice. I had one app that would "listen" to what you said and would scroll automatically along with you. But they weren't perfect and they switched over from a flat initial price of like $20 to a subscription price with various levels, so I stopped using it.

Since the biggest share of Nikon users are shooting on F-Mount lenses and haven't made the switch to Z Cameras... Take a D750 body with F-Mount, use on-sensor PDAF, pull the mirror assembly out and put in variable ND filters instead. Give it 10-bit log, ability to record directly to SSDs, ProRes RAW out / BRAW out. And some decent IBIS, please. At least 4K 60fps with no crop (or just a minor crop). Better preamps (I don't think Nikon preamps were horrible, were they?).

So off the top of my head, if a television news show is quoting from a newspaper article, they will present the masthead of the newspaper and then the headline and main blurb.

I took a quick look on my S1 Yes, you can do manual exposure adjustments. Please also note: If shooting at 180fps, it is conformed IN CAMERA to 30fps, so the file you get on the card is a 30fps file, not a 180fps file. No autofocus available (as far as I can tell). No audio recording available (as far as I can tell). Did not see any info about the bit-depth or the chroma sub-sampling. My understanding though is that for anything above 60fps, the S1H gives superior codec options.

Yeah, it would be a great feature to have in resolve. I will keep digging but I don't think it is in there yet.