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Andrew Reid

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  1. Yes the Sigma is good But you will need to go past 35mm sooner or later. The old Sigma 50-150mm APS-C lens is pretty good... compact and F2.8. The upcoming 50-100mm F1.8 will be much more expensive and you'd never get that and the 18-35mm under $1k together. The 18-35 and 50-150mm you could do. Also the Samsung 16-50mm F2.0 to F2.8 OIS has stabilisation.. Sigma 18-35 doesn't. Something to bear in mind as well as whether you need AF to quickly establish a shot before the opportunity vanishes whilst you're in the magnified focus assist with a lens adapter
  2. Yes it does Best to shoot 4K with it even for 1080p delivery Bottom shot S-LOG 3? Off-colour bands in the sky S-LOG 2 all the way with this camera!
  3. Only works on the stills. The video is insanely sharp and detailed. It has aliasing and moire but it feels really alive. I love the ergonomics too apart from lack of articulated screen and the ISO dial is a bit ridiculous. You can't really turn it without accidentally knocking the shutter speed dial. It's a great stills camera to set to A mode and auto ISO with exposure comp dial when you need it and super fast AF, reel off a video clip and 9/10 times out of ten without any effort in post at all it will give a more satisfying image and certainly rec.709 colour than any of the more hyped 4K cams.
  4. Does it heck as like More dynamic range?! Better noise texture? Really... Have a clue.
  5. *Drum roll....* Nobody has got it yet.
  6. Yes 2 is full format but with a twist It is using a Speed Booster...
  7. The commercial filmmaking world is 99% producing shit. Most clients have no idea what art is. They just want a certain production standard and for efficiency. Turning up with a Samsung badged small consumer camera goes against the grain. This is the main reason RED exists - for pros to look professional in front of clients. Clients don't know much at all about images. I have seen what happens when they try to make their own LUTs. It even happens right at the top. Robert Richardson took his name off World War Z for precisely this reason.
  8. Main reason for me why 4K was a nice step on cameras like the GH4 and NX1 was it got us away from their poor 1080p images and gave us much nicer looking 2K when downscaled in post plus the freedom to reframe. Editing performance is still shoddy though even on a high end machine. And I sometimes miss 60p for slow-mo. Main reason to get the A6300 are what it offers for the price is a lot - S-LOG 2, lots of features, slow-mo, tiny form factor and of course the big one - the advanced AF system for video - SLOG 3 image seems to have issues though AGAIN sadly. They need to upgrade the codec.
  9. Answers to 1 and 3 On other page, so if you don't want to see the spoiler just continue on this page. Let me know when you guys are ready for the final answer for camera 2. Nope
  10. Not Super 35mm either unfortunately.
  11. Nikon was in focus. It is just softer than the others. With sharpening in post you can get it closer but it still has a weakness there for wide angle shots... this was a 28mm Just realised I had the WB of the NX1 shot too far towards magenta so ignore the skin-tones on the book cover with that, it's just a camera setting issue.
  12. 4K's time as a differentiator on the market is pretty much over when you can shoot it for $270 on a interchangeable lens camera with large sensor. Only a few years ago we were impressed at the idea of 4K at $4K, something which didn't even exist yet. I think we're reaching 'peak stuff' It's going to be very difficult from this point onwards to people to part with what they have, because it's already more than what they need. To make use of 4K you really need a 105" TV. How many people would find that practical in their living space? Meanwhile the 'affordable' 4K displays are mostly stuck at 55" or 65" and they have zero content. I was really surprised Sony didn't go all out with 4K PS4 games that would have sold a TON of UHD sets I think we should be judging cameras based more on the overall image - dynamic range, colour, features, ergonomics, from now on and if its 1080p, so what. It's just that most of the 1080p cams have been crap so far... still waiting for an Alexa like 2K image. 5D raw is closest perhaps.
  13. Liam is closest 1 is the Nikon D750 (flat profile, lightly graded) 3 is indeed the NX1 but in 1080/120fps not 4K 2 is...? Clue... Not 1D C or FS5.
  14. Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 The results of this one might surprise To judge resolution don't forget to pixel peep the full 1080p frames.
  15. If those are indeed direct from the card then S-LOG 3 looks unworkable on the A6300 and the codec is looking like it has the same problems the FS5 had, but worse. Not good.
  16. Geez. It's so badly shot. If you're going to judge the camera, judge it from something decent for heaven's sake. I hardly think the rolling shutter will be any worse than the 1D C, A7S II, NX1, GH4 or many other 4K cameras, many of them much more expensive than $999
  17. When Sony do a subsequent version of the Pentax 645Z sensor with proper 8K RAW video, the dynamic range on that will be astounding A lot of people still think of larger sensor = shallower DOF and with most medium format lenses being F2.8 this might not be the case vs F1.4 on full frame but once we overcome that kind of binary thinking, we see the image of medium format is unique and I definitely want to shoot a film on the format. FORBES70 is a thing of beauty. PS I missed the NAB 2009 announcement of that RED solution... quite amazing really, I'm surprised they haven't made good on it 7 years later seen as though they are chasing some of the high end stills market and not just cinema.
  18. At the least rolling shutter won't be a problem for this kind of camera. Sony is making some big moves into the network / CCTV market. To be honest it is about time these cameras got a better image, plenty of unsolved crimes due to dark, pixilated faces. ME20F-SH is more for broadcast / TV market but yeah, the concept is similar to Canon's and price is cheaper, plus it is 4K.
  19. Shame then that 90% of Canon's DSLRs can't shoot high resolution enough stills to make use of it... Only the 5DS. Haha.
  20. Shame it would be completely wasted in 1080p on Canon DSLRs.
  21. Ad payouts are pretty much all these early rushed out shitty reviews are done for.
  22. The motion issues you guys are talking about seem to have more to do with the shutter speed than the camera. The Mongolia video is lovely but a lot of it looks to be shot at a high shutter speed without NDs Try 1/50 and see if things improve. If not then we should investigate more what is going on. MJPEG and RAW on Canon DSLRs are ALL-I codecs, but it's unlikely to be a LONG GOP issue because the D750 is that and apparently looks fine.
  23. The channel is confirmed fake actually.
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