XDCAM EX1 on the road blog

Phil Bloom · January 28th, 2008, 09:25 PM

my favourite is Dungeness but I am certain Sony will like me to show a bit of colour!
by the way site is back up with re design. A little less messy and all the letus stuff is organised

Phil Bloom · January 31st, 2008, 06:26 PM

Good to meet all the guys from the forum today and yesterday.

Been hard work standing up all day talking to everyone about the ex1, also because I am wearing a Sony exhibitors badge I had to explain to everyone that I don't actually work for Sony, just been hired by them for these three days as a broadcast EX1 cameraman. Been enjoyable, i think most people have been impressed by what they saw with it. They have a circle of about 12 cameras pointing at a bloke doing wood sculpting (!) all the way from the a1 to the f23 and the ex1 really shines!

Yesterday a guy from a big FX house in Soho was looking at the cameras, mainly at the pricier ones, then someone mentioned the ex1 to him so he was sent to me. He looked at it, saw the specs. Said thats pretty impressive. looked at the picture and said nice but as usual you can see noise in the dark parts of the image. I said really? I then looked closely and yes it was noisy as hell, so I looked on the camera and someone had stuck on full auto so it had AGC on. I turned it off and he was blown away by the clean image. When I told him it was 4:2:2 out of the HDSDI i think he was sold!

by the way, just booked my flight and hotel for NAB in April in Vegas. Was tempted by the Hooters hotel but though the taxman wouldn't be impressed!

Paul Joy · January 31st, 2008, 08:32 PM

Good to met you too Phil. I really enjoyed the show today, it's great to get to play with some of the top end gear. After a 17hr day though I'm glad to be home, it's surprisingly tiring taking in all that hardware goodness!

Paul.

Danny Hidalgo · January 31st, 2008, 10:13 PM

Phillip,

What days will you be at NAB, full week? My associate and I will be there and would love to chat with you if you have a moment.

Peace and Blessings
Hidalgo

Phil Bloom · February 1st, 2008, 02:21 AM

yep. the whole week!

Michael H. Stevens · February 3rd, 2008, 02:45 AM

About half way through this thread Phil mentioned he would make a list of some of the "neutral" Picture Profiles he uses. Has that materialized or did I miss it?

Phil Bloom · February 3rd, 2008, 03:01 AM

I actually shoot pretty much at neutral. I think for the letus on i shoot at sharpness 0, cinegamma 2 and saturation up 1 notch. This is something I need to fiddle with.

I think someone somewhere has posted some very nice recipes. Anyone know where they are?

Paul Joy · February 3rd, 2008, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

I think someone somewhere has posted some very nice recipes. Anyone know where they are?

http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=110902

Bill Ravens TC2 on p7 seems to work really well.

regards

Paul.

Michael H. Stevens · February 3rd, 2008, 09:34 AM

Phil, Hi:
I know you have said you shoot neutral and color in post and I'm wondering if you color correct and or use Magic Bullet on EVERY take.

Phil Bloom · February 3rd, 2008, 09:37 AM

on everything. i am going to start using Bill Ravens picture profile settings from now on , but I will always grade.

Bill Ravens · February 3rd, 2008, 10:03 AM

Phil...

Glad you like the PP settings. I set these up for inherent grading in post, maximizing the dynamic range during capture but, I'm thinking I was too aggressive on the gamma level settings.

Phil Bloom · February 3rd, 2008, 10:09 AM

really good work Bill. You make things easier for us all!

Phil Bloom · February 9th, 2008, 06:08 PM

new entry on my blog that shows ex1 rolling shutter skew, but also how nice the footage can look handheld running around a lot!

Michael Rehfield · February 9th, 2008, 06:33 PM

As ever, inspiring work, very filmic. I enjoyed something more dynamic for a change.

Presumably the vignetting was added in post.

Phil Bloom · February 9th, 2008, 09:00 PM

yep! graded with magic bullet looks

January 28th, 2008, 09:25 PM	#316
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	my favourite is Dungeness but I am certain Sony will like me to show a bit of colour! by the way site is back up with re design. A little less messy and all the letus stuff is organised __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

January 31st, 2008, 06:26 PM	#317
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Good to meet all the guys from the forum today and yesterday. Been hard work standing up all day talking to everyone about the ex1, also because I am wearing a Sony exhibitors badge I had to explain to everyone that I don't actually work for Sony, just been hired by them for these three days as a broadcast EX1 cameraman. Been enjoyable, i think most people have been impressed by what they saw with it. They have a circle of about 12 cameras pointing at a bloke doing wood sculpting (!) all the way from the a1 to the f23 and the ex1 really shines! Yesterday a guy from a big FX house in Soho was looking at the cameras, mainly at the pricier ones, then someone mentioned the ex1 to him so he was sent to me. He looked at it, saw the specs. Said thats pretty impressive. looked at the picture and said nice but as usual you can see noise in the dark parts of the image. I said really? I then looked closely and yes it was noisy as hell, so I looked on the camera and someone had stuck on full auto so it had AGC on. I turned it off and he was blown away by the clean image. When I told him it was 4:2:2 out of the HDSDI i think he was sold! by the way, just booked my flight and hotel for NAB in April in Vegas. Was tempted by the Hooters hotel but though the taxman wouldn't be impressed! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

January 31st, 2008, 08:32 PM	#318
Paul Joy Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 627	Good to met you too Phil. I really enjoyed the show today, it's great to get to play with some of the top end gear. After a 17hr day though I'm glad to be home, it's surprisingly tiring taking in all that hardware goodness! Paul. __________________ Blog: www.pauljoy.com Company: www.videotrader.co.uk

January 31st, 2008, 10:13 PM	#319
Danny Hidalgo Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lockport, IL Posts: 30	Nab Phillip, What days will you be at NAB, full week? My associate and I will be there and would love to chat with you if you have a moment. Peace and Blessings Hidalgo

February 1st, 2008, 02:21 AM	#320
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	yep. the whole week! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

February 3rd, 2008, 02:45 AM	#321
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	About half way through this thread Phil mentioned he would make a list of some of the "neutral" Picture Profiles he uses. Has that materialized or did I miss it?

February 3rd, 2008, 03:01 AM	#322
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	I actually shoot pretty much at neutral. I think for the letus on i shoot at sharpness 0, cinegamma 2 and saturation up 1 notch. This is something I need to fiddle with. I think someone somewhere has posted some very nice recipes. Anyone know where they are? __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

February 3rd, 2008, 09:34 AM	#324
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	Phil, Hi: I know you have said you shoot neutral and color in post and I'm wondering if you color correct and or use Magic Bullet on EVERY take.

February 3rd, 2008, 09:37 AM	#325
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	on everything. i am going to start using Bill Ravens picture profile settings from now on , but I will always grade. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

February 3rd, 2008, 10:03 AM	#326
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	Phil... Glad you like the PP settings. I set these up for inherent grading in post, maximizing the dynamic range during capture but, I'm thinking I was too aggressive on the gamma level settings.

February 3rd, 2008, 10:09 AM	#327
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	really good work Bill. You make things easier for us all! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

February 9th, 2008, 06:08 PM	#328
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	new entry on my blog that shows ex1 rolling shutter skew, but also how nice the footage can look handheld running around a lot! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

February 9th, 2008, 06:33 PM	#329
Michael Rehfield Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York, New York Posts: 34	As ever, inspiring work, very filmic. I enjoyed something more dynamic for a change. Presumably the vignetting was added in post.

February 9th, 2008, 09:00 PM	#330
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	yep! graded with magic bullet looks __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net