hmcindie Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The difference between 8 & 10 bit would be much more apparent....using the camera all day...lit set...$150,000 a day crew...lots of actors...a narrative and scenes that actually have to cut together...that would be a real test...I'm a bit off topic Renaisance Man:):)...Films were basically made in the 8bit world for several years when the digitizing first started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharding Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 C100 8 bit is pretty incredible for 24/Mbps. I've tried a A/B tests with the Ninja Star Pro Res and had to do a 400% zoom with a heavy grade to notice ANY difference. I'd say 90% of shots internal is good enough on that camera.Also oddly enough, when I use Ninja 2 and record to DNxHD 220x (10-bit) there seems to be smoother gradation, despite the fact that it's only an 8-bit output in C100. Oddly, the DNxHD looks a bit nicer than ProRes. 10-bit would be nice, I'm sure we'll all have it in coming years. I'm just not willing to sacrifice a lot of convenience right now for a few more bit depth by using black magic cameras I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRenaissanceMan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Also oddly enough, when I use Ninja 2 and record to DNxHD 220x (10-bit) there seems to be smoother gradation, despite the fact that it's only an 8-bit output in C100. Oddly, the DNxHD looks a bit nicer than ProRes. 10-bit would be nice, I'm sure we'll all have it in coming years. I'm just not willing to sacrifice a lot of convenience right now for a few more bit depth by using black magic cameras I'm afraid.That's why a lot of us would like companies like Samsung or Panasonic to start offering an internal 10-bit option. Then we wouldn't have to choose! As it is, all these micro HDMI options are just a stopgap solution. IronFilm and jgharding 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Also oddly enough, when I use Ninja 2 and record to DNxHD 220x (10-bit) there seems to be smoother gradation, That's because bit-rate and the quality of the codec has a LOT to do with gradation other than bit depth, bit depth defined the number of the gradations but a low bitrate/bad codec makes those gradations look horrible themselves, appearing as blocks, abrupt, square-y, noisy and weird. That's what my observations see anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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