BVE NORTH - EXHIBITION IN MANCHESTER UK THIS WEEK ARRI CVP PANASONIC CANON

[andy lee]

May be of interest for UK Forum members
Tomorrow 13- 14 Nov is BVE North in Manchester
Film and Broadcast Trade Exhibition


Exhibitors include:
ARRI - WITH ALEXA
SONY - NEW CAMERAS
CANON - NEW CAMERAS
CVP - BLACK MAGIC
PANASONIC - NEW CAMERAS
JVC
OLYMPUS

free to register on line here

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[andy lee]

I got to try a good selection of Cameras over the 2 days at BVE North

Sony F65 - True 4k sensor
Sony F55 - Global Shutter the new bench mark
Arri Alexa Plus
Arri Alexa 4x3 with Hawk Anamorphic very nice lens
Black Magic Cinema Camera
Panasonic GH3
new Canon 50mm cine primes out soon


Sony F65
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Sony F55

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Steve Howarth of LTI Films with the Sony F55
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[andy lee]

New Canon EF Cinema lens 50mm T1.3 - out soon very nice lens!
CN-E50MM T1.3 LF
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BMC

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[Germy1979]

Oh yeah?

....with magic lantern.

[andy lee]

for some reason Magic Lanten where not there..........
data rates on some of these cameras is now getting huge

F65 is 7gig a second off the sensor - compressed down to 2 gig a second so they can store it.
Sony did a series of lectures on the F65 and F55 which where very informative.
just the cards for the cameras are 2500 pounds each .....if you actually want to use a card.....

F55 was very nice and has an Arri Alexa style to it plus modular add on drive and battery at the back.
OLED viewfinders too - very very clear and nice to use.

[FilmMan]

Andy,
Did you check out Canon's 1DC?

[andy lee]

Yes there was one on the stand but it had no card in it so I cant say much about it
None of the Canon Cameras on display had cards in them !!

I did put my own card in the Panasonic GH3 and record .mov at 75 mb/s
and it does look good -
but all the picture profiles a bright saturated Canon style looking colours. I shot on 'Standard'
The files open and play in Quicktime -

the camera menu actually says .mov 75mb/s or Avchd 24 mb/s
Panasonic have been good labeling the codecs up so you can see EXACTLY what you are shooting
you even get a 'warning box' saying you will need a fast computor!!!

so you dont need VLC for .mts files like on the GH2
Gone are 'Smooth' and 'Nostalgic' PICTURE PROFILES off the GH2 - the 2 I use all the time!! .....oh well!!

I honestly now think the GH2 looks better having now shot on the GH3

changing the sensor on the GH3 has altered the look and feel of the camera it is alot more 'Canon' like now
which Im sure is what Panasonic want for future mass market sales.
......but a hacked GH2 is a great camera for the money!!