Forum: Canon Cinema EOS Camera Systems
February 26th, 2012, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 16,912
Re: What kind of lenses are you planing to use
Thanks for your most useful response Charles - greatly appreciated. Knowing you're happy with your Zeiss kit is quite an endorsement.
Duclos also de-click the aperture dials on the ZF versions...
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Forum: Canon Cinema EOS Camera Systems
February 26th, 2012, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 16,912
Re: What kind of lenses are you planing to use
Any thoughts on Zeiss Ze glass? (for those of us who don't have a CP budget)
The 25/50/100 f2s all look rather good. Perhaps less than ideal focal lengths for the X300 and no IS, but the build...
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
February 24th, 2012, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,598
Re: C-Log for XFs?
Thanks so much Juan, wonderful reply - everything you said makes perfect sense.
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
February 23rd, 2012, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,598
C-Log for XFs?
It's my understanding that the C300 essentially borrows the brains (and codec) from the XF305. Given this, is there any reason Canon couldn't give XF users C-Log via a firmware update?
As someone...
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Forum: Panasonic LUMIX S / G / GF / GH / GX Series
February 17th, 2012, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,800
Re: External recorder test: 1.1 firmware @25p
Hi Bill,
Yes, I haven't used any hacks at all. This is native HMDI output from the camera - no modifications.
Unfortunately my camera was tethered to a Mac Pro in my office so I couldn't get...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 11th, 2012, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
Thanks for adding so much to the discussion David, your writing is lucid and thoughtful as always.
As someone without the same depth of technical/video engineering knowledge, your comments help...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 10th, 2012, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
David, as someone who's finicky about image quality but has very little understanding about the engineering behind it, I always appreciate your insights. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on what...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 10th, 2012, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
That's the great hope: it will be a huge difference if the image being output via HDMI is largely crisp and artifact free. But simply capturing direct to ProRes via HDMI isn't going to rid footage...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 9th, 2012, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
Nikon D800 Preview: 3. Key Technology: Digital Photography Review (http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond800/page3.asp)
"Movies can also be shot at two different crops from the sensor, FX and DX....
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 9th, 2012, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
To me those clips don't surpass 5DII quality - would anyone be surprised if a 5DII had shot those? On paper the D800 is great, but image-wise it appears like Nikon is playing catch up.
The...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 9th, 2012, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
You're absolutely right about "normal" people John, but for me shooting DSLRs moire is *the* issue, along with its buddy aliasing.
The GH2 is the only DSLR I've used to date that adequately...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 7th, 2012, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
From the BHphoto video overview:
Nikon D800 SLR Digital Camera (Body Only) 25480 B&H Photo Video
"Thanks to Nikon's latest image-processing optimizations, the monumental power of 36.3 megapixels...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 7th, 2012, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
I'm aware of the alternative version, but I think it's a big leap to infer the OLPF filter must therefore be optimised for video. Portrait photographers, wedding photographers and many others are...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 7th, 2012, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
Re: Nikon D800 with video features
Are you sure the OLPF is not optimised for hi resolution stills? And surely 4:2:2 is not recorded to H.264 internally, but only via HDMI to an external recorder like the Pix220? Of course I'd love...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
February 7th, 2012, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 37,674
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
January 29th, 2012, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,309
Re: XF100 On the way, help me prepare
You probably want to look over here Len as this is an XF specific area, and the info you need applies to everyone:
Distribution Center Forum at DVinfo.net...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
January 24th, 2012, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 47,759
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Forum: Canon Cinema EOS Camera Systems
January 24th, 2012, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,999
"Parallel" test short with MXFs
Very nicely shot C300 short by Japanese shooter Raitank.
At present 3 sample MXF files from the short are available - personally this was a great help for me in determining whether (image wise)...
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Forum: Panasonic LUMIX S / G / GF / GH / GX Series
January 20th, 2012, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,945
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
January 16th, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,622
Re: SmallHD DP6 - Un-Support message
While I can't be too much help in solving your problem, I can at least say I use a DP6 with an XF300 all the time, so the combination is fine.
I did see that message just once, a couple of months...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
January 9th, 2012, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 14,838
Re: Nikon D4 with new video features
Hi Glen,
I'm not disputing the FS100's credentials... it's a great camera. The "real" inverted commas are directed at the notion a camera like the GH2 (which I do shoot with all day in the sun...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
January 9th, 2012, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 14,838
Re: Nikon D4 with new video features
The FS100 is certainly a nice camera, but (provided the HDMI output on the Nikon is usable and moire/aliasing are controlled) I'm not sure if it's that much more of a "real" video camera. Not for me...
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Forum: Sound Devices PIX series Recorders
January 8th, 2012, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 18,685
Re: PIX 240 Reviews?
Curious - are any of you using CF cards with your Pix units? That was my plan as they are lighter and convenient.
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Forum: Panasonic LUMIX S / G / GF / GH / GX Series
January 7th, 2012, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,025
Re: 5DtoRGB - wow! This really helps.
I can't comment on Premiere pro, but certainly reds are an issue with FCP whether you convert to prores or not.
Yep, it's much slower than clipwrap, but apparently that's because of the additional...
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Forum: Panasonic LUMIX S / G / GF / GH / GX Series
January 7th, 2012, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,800
Re: External recorder test: 1.1 firmware @25p
Hi Nigel,
Yes, I actually set up the shot with the fan to test movement on the flowers - so the flowers are moving.
However the extra detail on the stationary phone etc surprised me, so I took...
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