CineForm team with SI camera wins best Cinematography award.

David Newman · July 25th, 2006, 02:55 PM

That did happen. Cool huh?

I liked Killer Bean stuff (John Woo parody right?), I don't know if the engineer who did the toaster voice has ever seen it.

Pete Tomov · July 25th, 2006, 03:17 PM

The guy who did the Killer Bean voice was Jeff Lew but it doesn't sound the same to me.

Noah Yuan-Vogel · July 26th, 2006, 12:10 AM

Are you sure the anomaly with the man's face out of focus on the left of the frame isnt just an issue with an uneven lens mount/sensor plane? That or the lens is awfully soft toward the edges. Either or both would make sense since the vignetting on the left side seems to show that the central axis of the lens is not in line with the center of the sensor.

Wes Vasher · July 26th, 2006, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Noah Yuan-Vogel

Are you sure the anomaly with the man's face out of focus on the left of the frame isnt just an issue with an uneven lens mount/sensor plane? That or the lens is awfully soft toward the edges. Either or both would make sense since the vignetting on the left side seems to show that the central axis of the lens is not in line with the center of the sensor.

Are you asking me? I'm asking why he is soft when he is right next to her, I have no idea why, that's why I'm asking.

Is vignetting that darkness that is showing up on the left side of the frame and mostly in the left corners in a lot of shots?

Bob Hart · July 26th, 2006, 06:21 AM

The guy on the left seems to be a big fellow, his partner on the right a very much smaller person.

My guess is the intent of the composition of the shot would be to reduce his presence a little and emphasise hers to even things up a little.

This seems to have been constructed by placing him to be sitting furthur away from the camera - note the left shoulder position relative to rest of body, bent foward, bringing him into apparent alignment with her but creating distance from the camera to him, bringing her relatively closer.

Therefore any softer shallow depth-of-field effect will be on him if the sharp focus is upon her.

Just a thought.

David Newman · July 26th, 2006, 09:50 AM

We did mess around with back focus during that early shots (of which this was one.) So we may have messing something up. It is a lens issue, plus we were typically running around F1.8.

July 25th, 2006, 02:55 PM	#16
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	That did happen. Cool huh? I liked Killer Bean stuff (John Woo parody right?), I don't know if the engineer who did the toaster voice has ever seen it. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

July 26th, 2006, 09:50 AM	#21
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	We did mess around with back focus during that early shots (of which this was one.) So we may have messing something up. It is a lens issue, plus we were typically running around F1.8. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

July 25th, 2006, 03:17 PM	#17
Pete Tomov Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 106	The guy who did the Killer Bean voice was Jeff Lew but it doesn't sound the same to me.

July 26th, 2006, 12:10 AM	#18
Noah Yuan-Vogel Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 613	Are you sure the anomaly with the man's face out of focus on the left of the frame isnt just an issue with an uneven lens mount/sensor plane? That or the lens is awfully soft toward the edges. Either or both would make sense since the vignetting on the left side seems to show that the central axis of the lens is not in line with the center of the sensor.

July 26th, 2006, 06:21 AM	#20
Bob Hart Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PERTH. W.A. AUSTRALIA. Posts: 4,476	The guy on the left seems to be a big fellow, his partner on the right a very much smaller person. My guess is the intent of the composition of the shot would be to reduce his presence a little and emphasise hers to even things up a little. This seems to have been constructed by placing him to be sitting furthur away from the camera - note the left shoulder position relative to rest of body, bent foward, bringing him into apparent alignment with her but creating distance from the camera to him, bringing her relatively closer. Therefore any softer shallow depth-of-field effect will be on him if the sharp focus is upon her. Just a thought.