Mark Romero 2

Is it too late to add a bonus question? How does the 1080p of the a7R II (either FF or super 35) compare to that of the D750? And for the a7R 2, is there a big difference in quality between 24fps and 30fps?

Thanks for the input. Much appreciated. I know that the a6500 when shot at 24p has a 6K to 4K downsampling. Thanks for taking the time to respond. So it looks like it would be moving more sideways than moving up. Plus I would have to invest in full frame lenses as well... My plan was to use my 10-18 crop lens on it as well (I understand that for STILLS they would be shot at 18MP, but I am fine with that.) Thanks so much. Ok, so no built in luts for previewing slog. That is a bit of a strike against (although i normally avoid slog if I can.) Loss of Sgamut3 could be a bummer... although again I don't normally shoot in profiles that require Sgamut3 FF 1080p is better than a6500, but that means I will have to invest in full frame lenses (instead of using my APS-C lenses). Thanks again.

Anyone spend much time comparing an a7R II (not the mark 3, but the mark 2) in Super 35 mode to the a6500 / a6300 cameras? I would be particularly interested in (in order of importance to me): Dynamic range differences Low Light / High ISO differences Highlight clipping / rolloff differences 1080p differences (1080p on the a6500 / a6300 is pretty brutal) Usability (does the screen dim as much on the a7R II as it does on the a6300 / a6500) Rolling shutter Overheating Gradability Resolution Autofocus Battery life Colors (I would use EOSHD Procolor / Prolog / GFilmLike / Custom Brew of my own concoction so that is why color is at the bottom). Thanks in advance. I bought the a6300 / a6500 because I thought that sheer resolution was most important. Turns out for what I like to shoot, it isn't as important as I thought (and the 1080p quality is really a bummer).

As a sony shooter, I hope it DOES put the hurt on Sony. That will pressure Sony to keep innovating.

Just to clarify, by ISO capabilities do you mean lower noise at higher ISO? Or do you mean going down to 50 ISO? As @Matthew Hartman said above, I could deal with nice clean 1080p if it had good dynamic range. I would get an original a7S if it weren't for the fact that I am looking for something to shoot stills as well and with only 12mp (and the price of sony lenses), it would be too costly because I wouldn't be able to crop stills as much (as I can with my a6500 and the cheaper lenses).

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Well... it is 10MP, so that CAN BE pretty skimpy for photos. One reason I have a hard time parting with my a6500 is because I shoot more stills than video and the ability to exploit all of those 24MP for cropping in is really nice. I can bring a couple of lightweight prime lenses on a hike and know that I can zoom in by cropping in. I have a phantom 3 advanced that shoots 12MP stills and I do feel very restricted when it comes to cropping those shots. My clients generally demand at least 3,000px across. The 12mp sensor of the Phantom 3 Advanced only gives me 4MP across. I am really tempted to get the GH5s, but I guess I would want to get the G9 for stills as well. And then I have to start buying lenses...

In other words, it has great character!!! (Actually, now that I think about it, that whole description sounds like ME looking in the mirror on a Monday morning.)

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If you are both saying what I think you are saying, which is, "Let's just call it improving image quality instead of converting to 10-bit," then I am in agreement.

Just one man's opinion: The 1080p of the a6500 (and a6300) is pretty bad. If I need 1080p, then I switch out my a6500 for my a6000 or my a5100, which means a max of 60fps 1080p. Or shoot in 4K (up to 30fps) and then downscale to 1080p in your NLE. Also, be sure you can live with the screen dimming, the rolling shutter, the overheating issue, you will want to get EOSHD Pro / Pro Log (or spend some time getting some good profiles, GFilm like is nice for S Log), and the ergonomics / UI. No camera is perfect and I like a lot of things about my Sony cameras, but I am also dissatisfied by a lot of things with them. Hope this helps.

I am pretty envious of anyone talented enough to pull off casual stills or casual video (street shooting). Not something I have ever been particularly good at.

@kidzrevil Thank you. {Light flickers on over head} So you mean you were shooting your original footage in 1080p, right? Thanks again.

@Elliot M I own an a6500 and an a6300 (deceased) and an a6000 and an a5100. I think that @Kisaha might be right. However, the 1080p out of the plain old a6000 is better than the 1080p out of the a6300 / a6500, so if you need 1080p (up to 60fps), then the a6000 might be worth it. You won't have picture profiles / slog with the a6000 though. I generally use the portrait creative style and then reduce saturation and contrast by -2 each. Just my two centavos.

@kidzrevil How are you upscaling to 4K? Was this covered already and I missed it? Is it something that Neat can do? Thanks and sorry if this is a dumb quesiton(s)

I like the lift of the shadows on the third one by @Stathman Might not be brooding enough though... somebody remind me where the "Pensive" slider in resolve is again... Just pointing out you missed the perfect opportunity to write, "And stop calling me Shirley!"

Canon fires a warning shot across Nikon's bow... ...and across Sony's, Panasonic's, Fuji's and Samsung's sterns???

Thank you!

Thanks for all this. Would love it if anyone can do sort of a real world demo on a clip shot in slog with a sky that might have suffered from banding where this upsmapling is not used. (I would do it but I don't have neat noise nor resolve studio).

Will this work with 4K hdmi out from camera or just HD out?

Thanks for posting this. In the steps above you mentioned Neat Noise, but you also stated that the built-in nosie reduction of Resolve should work as well. Have you been able to test that out yet just to confirm? Also, in a real world workflow, would one apply the noise reduction effect on the Edit page to EVERY clip and then just go about grading on the color page as usual? I am not familiar with Neat Noise and I don't have the studio version of Resolve (just the free version), and am not sure if noise reduction is applied on Edit page or on Color page.

Probably not :p Although Mattias guestimated that the D750 had 13 stops of DR in Flat profile. He compared it to his black magic cameras shooting in raw and prores, if I remember correctly. To my untrained eye, Nikon seems to have some kind of magic going on with their Analog / Digital converters that sony still doesn't seem to have mastered

If it will shoot longer without overheating in 4K, and if it will have a better screen / less dimming than the a6300 / a6500, and a bit better DR than the APS-C models, and better rolloff, and same accuity in 4K, and good 1080p, then I might move from Sony APS-C to full frame. If it is at $1,900 that puts in about same category as new Fuji X-H1. So please, Sony, 14 stops of DR without using S Log and good image quality in 4K and 1080p. Is that too much too ask?

Yeah, 105 f/2.5 is a classic lens, but it's good for anyone looking to pick one up that the latter versions with the advanced coatings really are the best (completely subjective, I know).