Sony’s XDCAM format cameras.
I’ve always wanted to test a camera’s dynamic range by beautifully lighting a room using one punchy light placed outside a window. I finally got my chance. When RED released the Epic with HDR I eagerly sat through their “Red…
The FS7 is an amazing camera for the price, but sometimes I wish that I could pay a little more and get the camera I really want. Here’s what I discovered while using it on a recent shoot… One of…
My exploration of the PXW-FS7 large-sensor shoulder-mount camera continues. If you haven’t already seen ‘em, my First Look and Part 2 articles provide background information for what I’ll discuss. Moving the Grip In my First Look article, I said I wanted…
My explorations of the prototype PXW-FS7 “Vérité” continued this week with the receipt of two E-mount lenses and the XDCA-FS7 extension unit. Getting a Grip In Part 1 I whined about not being able to actuate all the controls on…
[Updated 18:40 PDT 12 Sept 2014: frame grabs and photos.] As I post this, Sony is announcing the PXW-FS7 “Vérité” at IBC 2014 in Amsterdam. The FS7 is a large-single-sensor camera designed for handheld and shoulder-mounted use. Sony’s Senior Product…
Here’s part two of my CineGear presentation, in which I take an uncomfortably close look at flesh tone and overexposure… First, read Part One. Then, watch this video: I’m fascinated by over- and under-exposure. When I shot film I almost…
Adam Wilt and I put on a show at CineGear about the Sony F55. Here’s part one of my side of the talk, possibly with more information than I gave at the time. Adam focused on functionality, while I focused…
I’ve done a lot of testing with the Sony F55, and I’ve shot a couple of 4K projects in XAVC, but until recently I hadn’t used this camera for green screen. Sony’s implementation of XAVC uses 4:2:2 sampling, which can…
Recently I shot some comparison tests between Sony’s older SGamut color space and their brand new one, SGamut3.cine. For several years I’ve been fascinated by camera color rendition. Every camera manufacturer, just like every film manufacturer, has their own look—their…
Years ago I turned a low-end SD camera into a pinhole device by covering the lens port with black wrap and poking a hole in it. I decided to try again with a much higher-end camera. Here’s what happened… In…