Andrew Reid

They're raw stills graded with my photoshop presets... The video frames look just as good though... NX1 colour has always been a highlight.

(Above, shot on the NX1 & full frame NX-L). The Samsung NX1 is at this moment in time the best value for money 4K Super 35mm camera with the best ergonomics and autofocus. I still end up using my NX1 more than my Sony A6500 and Fuji X-T20, which pale into insignificance vs what Samsung did nearly 3 years ago. Now the NX-L speed booster has developed further since my last article and I've been shooting a lot more with it. Read the full article

Great thanks... this is why I write articles asking for help... Would not have found it myself.

Resolution isn't the point. The holographic part is

Holographic screens could be one of the next jumps in smartphone technology, certainly if RED's Hydrogen is anything to go by, but very little is known about the technology and very few people have seen the holographic display in action. Until the RED Hydrogen ships, it's a complete mystery. However, Leia, the company behind the display already had prototypes of the technology out in the wild. Read the full article

Wow I thought Premiere was a piece of unreliable shit in the last version of Mac OS. It's even worse in High Sierra!! Avoid this upgrade like the plague if you rely on Adobe Premiere.

Metal 2 should see some performance improvements in software that use it though. OpenCL in Premiere and Resolve should still be fine.

I have downloaded it, hesitate to install it. Will try it on my Macbook first before putting it on my iMac!

Can anyone confirm the problem has been fixed on the A7R III (3)? I hope so.

They definitely aren't competing with the GH5. This one has a clearly different customer. Pro and enthusiast photographers, not pro video shooters and filmmakers. What GH5 owner is going to dump a ton of nice video features and better codec for a top LCD panel and bigger EVF? Even if you feel the G9 is more for you than the GH5, chances are Panasonic won't mind, as long as you buy a Panasonic not a Sony.

Blade Runner and Alien both had amazing artists behind the set designs... in case of Alien, HG Giger of course... Pure genius. BR 2049 doesn't have evidence of a singular hand behind the designs, it seems like more of a committee and CGI effort.

A7S / A7R release cycle: They tend to be 3-6 months apart A7R1 - October 2013 A7S1 - April 2014 A7R2 - June 2015 A7S2 - October 2015 A7R3 - October 2017 A7S3 - Probably April 2018 (NAB)

My opinion, Sony are not very interested in the sub-$3000 camera market at the moment. You could get a used Leica SL for that.

You notice lens shortcomings more in 4K but character is more important anyway.

Personally guys, I won't be buying one. You can bet the A7S III will blow it away for video. And the competition is huge... D850, GH5, Leica SL in particular.

Not if you need AF though.

The 1080/60p is superior yes. Let's be clear though, the 1D C is an amazing camera, the image is similar to the D850 but the codec is a bit more beefy at 4:2:2 500Mbit... The issue is it's crap to edit and massive file sizes, whereas the D850 fixes that with the sensible 4K codec it has. 1D C has 'real' LOG but D850 flat profile is very similar to Canon LOG in my opinion. The 1D C is 1.3x crop 4K where D850 is full frame, no crop. I prefer the lens mount of the 1D C - more adapts and Canon glass takes some beating even by Nikon. The main reason I would say the D850 is superior though is because of the way it marries a very similar level of 4K quality with better features and better 1080p - it's more complete - and as a stills camera, 46MP is not to be sniffed at, even if it lacks the burst speeds of the 1D C, that resolution in itself is quite amazing and the AF is just as good as the top of the line pro Canon. 1D C only does Super 35mm mode in 1080p, whereas D850 does Super 35mm in 4K so good to have that second crop factor. If you're looking at either the D850 or 1D C your main priorities are probably: Full frame (no Speed Booster or 2x crop GH5 malarky) Better stills than a Sony (OVF, super fast AF, handling, battery life) 4K and 1080 image quality as good as it can possibly be without going to a more video orientated platform, like C300 Mark II, GH5, FS5, etc. Enough basic video features to make it painless (articulated screen and small file sizes - neither is found on 1D C) Top-class low light performance Best colour you can get without step up to 10bit The only thing I would say that is Canon's IS lenses seem to be superior to Nikon VR for video. The D850 is not the perfect handheld camera the GH5 is. Better on a tripod.

Adobe have decided to save a few bucks and get rid of their built in Dolby audio codec, so that the latest, worst, I mean greatest Premiere relies on the god-damn OS for critical things like the sound track on your AVCHD clips. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2396890 Adobe are presumably being run into the ground by complacent bean counters who think a monopoly and a successful subscription model is somehow what we voted for. Vote with your feet.

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Is Disappearing From Theaters More Quickly Than Expected http://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/blade-runner-2049-box-office-1201889796/ Movie theaters are being pummeled by a surprisingly poor Blade Runner performance http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/movie-theater-stocks-are-getting-pummeled-by-a-surprisingly-poor-blade-runner-performance-2017-10-1003559794

The question of how we fund our real passions is very interesting. If what we really want to do in life funds itself then the problem has a simple answer, but it's very rare! I think more filmmakers could pool resources. My musician friend once had an interesting idea. If 10 people pool resources every month (say just $100 each), they pay the 1st person in line ($1000) to take the month off to do nothing but record music. Then the next month the same again, but the 2nd person gets the pot. And so on. Then whatever revenue is made at the end of the year from all 10 musicians having something to show in terms of a record, they share that as well.

Very good summary Bioskop This bit in particular If they had played on this a bit more and made it emotionally impacting, I think it could have helped the story no end. Instead it was so obtuse and unaffecting, I doubt half the audience even knew about her ulterior plot.

It would be criminally stupid not to take #1 more like. Get it shot and go back to regular paid work afterwards. A one off commercial job means nothing compared to the chance to make a successful film, even if you get paid nothing for doing it. If the rest is paid for, then that in itself is worth more than $2k. Fuzzy was a bit fuzzy on that bit though. How does that passion project get made... is it paid for by somebody... or is it just you and your camera, rallying around trying to get funding, actors and a story, and so on... Then the option is less attractive, and that's why most people choose 2

*Hmm*

+11 I am sick of it!! I go to watch a movie not to be blasted into submission. It's a form of punishment that only the sadistic and the moronic actually enjoy! Glad someone else spotted this mini-trailer for yet another sequel. With the crap box office, I hope they cancel it!!

If you come across a good deal on the ridiculously overpriced 58mm F1.4, jump at it... that is probably my favourite Nikon lens right now. It is the only one that is designed for rendering like a Leica. It isn't the sharpest or the fastest (F1.2 would have been nice) but it is a shot-winner time and time again. I am amazed it even exists in modern era. It's Nikon's answer to the Canon 50mm F1.2L, which still has more character than the Sigma 50mm F1.4. The Nikon 50mm F1.4G is ok, but there's a big price gap between that and the next one up (58mm)... Sigma 50mm F1.4 fills that gap nicely. It's just I prefer the character of the 58 and the amazing performance with tiny specular highlights in a cityscape... no halos, no blur, just very well corrected. It is not soft at F2 but it isn't sharp like the Sigma. At F1.4 it's more a portrait lens, so sharpness doesn't matter as much. The 35mm F2.0 AI-S is lovely... Beautiful rendering. I don't have that many Nikon lenses compared to others... But the 35mm F2 AI-S, 58mm F1.4 and 24-70mm F2.8G are about the only ones I'll ever need! Did try the Tamron VR primes (35 and 45) and they are good... but the stabilisation seems to take an age to settle down in movie mode... half the clip is lost basically. It's much better for stills through the viewfinder where I can use shutter speeds as low as 1/8 or 1/15 handheld with it.