Alexis Fontana

Yeah - no, then you didn’t read it or didn’t understand it. He literally sells televisions for a living. You’re a moron talking out of your ass. Moderator - delete my account if you will, this place is a waste of time.

What shutter speed do you usually use when taking photographs? If beyond 1/50 I would get a black magic for video and a dedicated stills camera for photos. It’s all about trade offs and what you’re willing to accept, also it’s nice to be able to shoot in portrait mode. I like having two systems as I feel it’s two different ways of thinking about image capture. Good luck

I that case I have no interest in a conversation with you, I really don’t care about those kind of ridiculous technical obsessions. I know how to light and frame and do - you know - cinematography work. To anyone interested in why HDR is a waste of time - go read this very informative Twitter thread.

I wouldn’t say they ruin the quality of the light but they do indeed change the characteristics a bit. Consider this - when you’re looking into the source from a slight angle there will be less surface area visible witch leads to a “harder” feel of the light hitting your subject. Not always bad though, and I don’t see any hotspots (except what to expect from an harder light) only slightly more defined shadow areas. This is where makeup can help a lot of you want a look that’s a bit more punchy but stay out of trouble with shiny areas. So - consider it’s a tool to both reduce spill in a quick and easy way with the slight change in characteristics and then use the knowledge to create the moods you’re aiming for. And like PPNS says - if you want to keep the softness use good old cutters and flags. Happy new year!

My last advice to you, I promise: sell your camera and write a book on how to alienate people. You sad little man.

That’s kind of a big compromise - don’t you think? Mitigating a colour fidelity issue by removing colours is hardly optimal. Not trying to troll at all. I’m coming from a background of being a working cinematographer represented by a very decent agency, shooting commercials around the world and just had my first feature premiere at TriBeCa last year. I’m trying my best to understand why you feel it is a necessity and also hint in a non-demeaning way that you’re putting your focus in all the wrong places. But hey man - you do you. Looking forward to seeing your kitchen film👍

No offence but that just sounds uninformed. You have an idea that one arbitrary format is better than another because of principles you haven’t explained and sounds to me like you’ve bought into the false idea of more K’s = better. What good is a perfect, no crop desqueezed anamorphic image when you can’t grade it without banding and cheap artefacts. I really don’t get where you’re coming from.

Why do you need to shoot Open Gate?

Hey Mr. Owl It would be helpful if you could send some framegrabs in addition to the photographs of you monitor/tv. I wouldn’t recommend grading for hdr from any 4:2:0 codec, since the larger colorspace and luminosity range will only show the limits of said codec even more pronounced. In general - any large uniform area with subtle gradients will show banding and macroblocking when you’re recording in a highly compressed codec. My advice would be to record in at least ProRes 422hq - maybe you need an external recorder?

Nothing??

Try me

Yes TIFF. No Luts

Yes and no

Mister read the freaking title! It's a color thing - not me trying to cut videos for free🤌 Good luck though and please send some framegrabs for me to color if you feel like it😘 Since nobody wants to share anything yet (I get it - this forum is mostly about fetichising equipment - which I totally dig - I was just trying to create, like a teambuilding exercise or bonding opportunity or whatever) I took the liberty to dig through the posts and go right at it. Whatta ya' think? And _please_ give me all the shit you feel like, as long as you post your best shot at it. Or not. It's the internet and I'm not easily offended. I feel like this could be a fun little competition that doesn't have to involve the effort of leaving your (and my) mothers basement in order to participate😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 Much love

I’m in the summerhouse and bored. If you have a shot that you would like a look on then grab a still and post it here. Exr or tiff, and in LOG is nice. Please tell me what camera it’s shot on so I can make an accurate conversion. Wide shots or close ups with skin tones (macro stuff of flowers and objects are less interesting 🫠) And maybe someone wants to challenge me so we can make a nice little competition. Hit me!

That 645… 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 Chef’s kiss!!! super pricey at the moment - all fashion photographers are using it and with good reason. holla if you wanna sell at some point

My observations: (Always shooting log) h264/265 has too much sharpening and macro blocking - the latter especially when trying to push a vibrant photochemical look with deep film like tones. Blue and red gives up before I’d like em to. Don’t like the idea that a tiny insufficient computer does heavy compression in camera. Especially noise reduction - in camera noise reduction needs to fuck off and die On Red cameras I rarely go above 8:1 BRAW rarely above 5:1 On Arri cameras I mostly shoot Prores 444 - sometimes 444 XQ. Never ArriRAW as the file sizes are too large for the kind of jobs I do (also very close to diminishing returns) Love the Sony Venice 16-bit X-OCN(compressed??), it’s just insane how much latitude it holds. 422 LT - I only think about it as a deliverable format, have no idea how it looks from a Fuji camera. I think the idea of shooting 8k on a s35/LF size sensor is ridiculous, the file sizes becomes too big and hence you need to accept more compressed codecs which defeats the purpose of the so called “high resolution”. Don’t really know much about the 12k ursa but it’s another kind of sensor so not comparable right? I own a pocket 6k pro, love the camera but would prefer larger photosites and 4K.

Terrible. When I lost a friend to suicide some years ago I found comfort and a way to grief in Sufjan Steven’s “Carrie and Lowell” album which is about him dealing with the loss of his mother. It gave me a space to confront the sorrow in a non-intellectualised way. I’m not here to give you a solution or anything like that. But it helped me. Hang in there.

You’re paying for more than the sensor, brother.

Woooops. Plz delete copies🥲

I think this is closer to a photochemical look.

I think this is closer to a photochemical look.

I think this is closer to a photochemical look.

It must mean that you bring your grey card and do an auto wb on a scene to scene basis. Having your images Colorbalance changing during a take is a showstopper.