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I am beginning to develop an allergy and even hatred toward everything I see on YouTube. What a bullshit title. People who have never filmed shit other than cats or begonias in the backyard. I, with my GH5, am delighted with its performance underwater and on land.

Guys I'm with you but a BBC doc is not "run & gun". Quite the opposite.

I don't remember, maybe "text". This is the screen

Just to slightly derail this thread... https://vmi.tv/blog/learn-help/is-4k-or-6k-enough-do-we-even-need-8k-or-more/ Long and wise article. Excellent final mention of BCC documentarians who is a particular case that seems to contradict the rest and confirms the small reign of Red cameras (although in some BBC behind-the-scenes I have seen Sony popping up...)

I realized that also mediainfo gives this info. I was using the wrong visualization. Everything is inside the Panasonic Semi-Pro Metadata Xml tag and based on the visualization I get a cluttered or more clear view. I discovered I have ISO too. Very useful. For example: com.panasonic.Semi-Pro.metadata.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?> / <ClipMain xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:schemas-Professional-Plug-in:Semi-Pro:ClipMetadata:v1.0"> / <ClipContent> / <GlobalClipID>060A2B340101010501010D2113000000977DFA29AA8CC0044199109111620092</GlobalClipID> / <Duration>768</Duration> / <EditUnit>1/50</EditUnit> / <EssenceList> / <Video> / <Codec BitRate="200">H265_420_LongGOP</Codec> / <ActiveLine>2160</ActiveLine> / <ActivePixel>3840</ActivePixel> / <BitDepth>10</BitDepth> / <FrameRate>50p</FrameRate> / <TimecodeType>NonDrop</TimecodeType> / <StartTimecode>14:51:36:12</StartTimecode> / </Video> / <Audio> / <Channel>2</Channel> / <SamplingRate>48000</SamplingRate> / <BitsPerSample>16</BitsPerSample> / </Audio> / </EssenceList> / <ClipMetadata> / <Rating>0</Rating> / <Access> / <CreationDate>2024-06-14T10:43:43+01:00</CreationDate> / <LastUpdateDate>2024-06-14T10:43:43+01:00</LastUpdateDate> / </Access> / <Device> / <Manufacturer>Panasonic</Manufacturer> / <ModelName>DC-GH5M2</ModelName> / </Device> / <Shoot> / <StartDate>2024-06-14T10:43:43+01:00</StartDate> / </Shoot> / </ClipMetadata> / </ClipContent> / <UserArea> / <AcquisitionMetadata xmlns="urn:schemas-Professional-Plug-in:P2:CameraMetadata:v1.2"> / <CameraUnitMetadata> / <ISOSensitivity>800</ISOSensitivity> / <Gamma> / <CaptureGamma>V-LogL</CaptureGamma> / </Gamma> / <Gamut> / <CaptureGamut>V-Gamut</CaptureGamut> / </Gamut> / </CameraUnitMetadata> / </AcquisitionMetadata> / </UserArea> / </ClipMain>

On DFD cameras single AF it's the only reliable method to aquire focus and then manual or hiperfocal.

Other than "see it" or opening in Resolve, is there a program that allows you to tell from the metadata of the file if the clip is in vlog? I was opening vlog clips with the stainless MediaInfo and in the metadata I can't find anything. In fact I only find rec.709.

And from what little I've been able to see and hear, at least here in Europe, DoPs who work exclusively in film are some of the most reactionary and traditionalist people out there. That is why these over-excitements about GH7's ARRI-certified LUT make me smile a lot. It is something that will not touch real film productions at all. Maybe I expect some real use for high end advertising and TV productions and of course all the wannabes but real film environment is pretty much "watertight" In that sense, even Red acquisition supposed motivation to put a foot in the movie business is a gamble

Yes, all new cameras have IBIS. I think we should wait until they complete the renovation of their entire line to see a more specialised camera as the GH5S has been

Joking aside, it will get really interesting if (and when) Pana introduces an ARRI-certified LUT in the next S1II or S2.

The best part was the ball scratching at 1:36" 😄

I think the trick is that there are extra categories included as "directors fortnight" and others

Digital Bolex too. I would be really curious but I really don't know how to go into the data.

I saw Y.M. Cinema Magazine published updated statistics on cinema camera used at Sundance, Cannes and Oscar in 2023 and 2024. Interesting reading indeed: https://ymcinema.com/2024/05/29/the-most-popular-cinema-cameras/ Basically Arri leads and Sony Venice is making its way. But I really would like to know who was the hero who made a feature at Cannes with the mighty Panasonic SH1 🙂

For sure. The work of Robbie Ryan on Poor Things... Here two different approaches

It seems that Panasonic has read my post 😉 https://ymcinema.com/2024/05/13/panasonic-develops-an-advanced-boxy-style-cinema-camera/

Too clinical to me. Not something I expect from a narrative feature.

Yes I was lurking an episode from season #1. Lighting, grading and everything is top notch but maybe lacks that "film grain". On TV is tack sharp and looks very digital. I guess the YT encoding added some imperfection and look better 😄

BTW the YT trailer looks way more filmic than the original on TV (my TV is perfectly set to avoid the soap opera effect...)

Returning to the term 'cinematic'... My wife is watching a TV series on Sky "Belgravia". Definitely a big Anglo-American production and yet watching only a few minutes the look is purely television. Great settings, impeccable costumes and yet... it looks to me like the look of a classic South American telenovela. I cusrioused on the internet and find it was shot with Sony venice and Zeiss Supreme Primes lenses. What makes it so televisual and uncinematic to my poor illiterate eyes? https://www.dalemccready.com/belgravia

You forgot the timeless pink unicorn: internal NDs P.S. I heard voices about GH10...

However, we are truly insatiable. The GH7 is not yet available and we are already thinking about the GH8 and the 8K! Let's say that who cares will have a slight chance with the upcoming S1H. Back to the GH7, I'm waiting to see more reliable reviews and use cases once it's in the hands of normal people. Now more or less all the influencers all repeat the same things in parrot fashion having had the camera for a short time. For example, I didn't understand anything about Raw and here you explained me crop factors at various resolutions in Raw but on Youtube I couldn't find any mention of it and specific tests. Maybe I haven't looked properly but it seems to me that so far we are still at "WOW it works" and little more.

Another little gem form Filippo Chiesa. Reading the comments: His reply:

He is one of my favourites and has a passion for vintage optics. Look for his channel on Vimeo. Demonstration that an artist can make good use of any tool in his hand.

Because in the digital age, video is still the poor cousin of photography. Mirrorless cameras did not end up in the hands of filmmakers but rather the opposite: legions of photographers found themselves holding cameras that also did video. So we carry with us for eternity this bias inherited from photography that FF is the reference. A small dick complex destined to last.