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I like people who ask good questions [Goes off to check...] Yes it's a good fit actually. Only the tiniest little bit of corner shading at 1.3x in 4K. The 1.85:1 crop gets rid of most of it. Easily fixable in post for the shots where it shows up (i.e. on a plain wall or sky). There's no hard vignetting. Any shading is pretty much gone by 24mm. Looks great!
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Prices aren't falling fast? The C500 just got a £10,000 price drop at Park Cameras http://www.parkcameras.com/23725/Canon-EOS-C500-EF.html It's now £9999 and in-stock, and they still can't seem to shift them. Canon may be number one for the 1D C's image but it came too expensively. They are number 5 in the market that really matters. Behind Sony, Nikon, Blackmagic and Panasonic for anything affordable! C100 and C300 are the last gasp of the 1080p era... workhorses that were great in their day but we're moving on quick from this era now. People need high speed and high resolution. That C500 is bound to be attractive to someone at £9999! Or perhaps they think it should do 4K internally for that price considering the FS7 is out now. Times change. Opinions change. Better accept it.
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That you like it Christina is a good sign Just unboxed it and already I can tell there's a ton more colour and data in the 4K MJPEG files than in the A7S Shogun files. Canon LOG is phenomenal, the amount of stuff that is in the shadows and highlights when you grade it or pull it around. It's like having raw again on the 5D! But 4K and bullet proof reliable!
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One thing the Samsung NX1 shares in common with the much more expensive Canon 1D C is that both produce files which are tricky (or impossible) to edit natively on most current hardware and software. The 1D C’s MJPEG is sluggish to edit on anything less than a powerhouse of a machine and the H.265 from the NX1 also needs transcoding to ProRes 4K which is editable even on a reasonably specced Macbook Pro. iFFMPEG replaces Wondershare Video Converter as my tool of choice for this. Thanks for the tip off GMaximus! Read the full article
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Like I've already said (did you read the blog /P/?) it will be my stills DSLR as well, and a top end one it is. X-T1 can't do AF properly. D750 has a Nikon mount, can't use all my lenses on it. A7S can't do AF properly either! 1D X / C can do everything in terms of stills and allows me to sell the 5D 3 and quite a bit of other kit to fund the purchase. The 4K image from the 1D C is amazing. I love the NX1, amazing for the price but the 1D C holds onto a more filmic fine grain and has Canon LOG so you get more D/R plus it has the all important low light whilst NX1 does not. The A7S with Shogun is also great but sometimes I need to go without the external monitor or into tricky weather situations where the A7S & Shogun would simply die. Then there is the Canon colour... Yes I may still regret it but you only live once. I believe at it's current used price it's a bargain, bonafide Hollywood cam.
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Christina and dahlfors thanks, I will look into it!
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.MTS format = AVCHD. That's what the GH2 records, normally.
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Some of the hacks don't allow playback in-camera which is what freaked you out. It's normal. Recording is fine unless it stops half way through a shot. Go for a hack with a lower bitrate, you'll have to sacrifice quality for reliability. Then give it up and get a GH4 already, it's 2015
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Like I say I noticed it once and it went away after some menu changes. Sorry can't be of more help. I did shoot with a Sammy lens in the video, the 30mm F2.0 pancake. It behaved itself. Get the Nikon adapter and see if it does the same thing. If it works, then the lens aperture or something to do with the firmware is fiddling with the image. Here are the main things to turn off: Framing mode (adjusts brightness on the fly for live-view) Auto ISO (obviously) Check iris isn't moving during the problematic shot (look into the lens) Turn off auto display brightness Put metering on Multi Set Dynamic Range (Off) in stills menu and in movie menu turn Smart Range Plus + Off It could be a bug where a stills menu function like "Dynamic range" or "Framing Mode" is interfering with movie recording. In theory Framing Mode should only change the live-view display but it might impact the recording too due to a bug so turn it to off. Good luck! I know it can work fine. Just a matter of finding the culprit.
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SO, getting back to more artist subjects. Artists want anamorphic, they want raw, they want a lot of nice stuff in their palette and they're entitled to it. It may be nothing but a business to some people but there should always be room for artistic expression and Canon should listen to us. Big Magic Lantern supporter here so be careful when you belittle them.
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Yes on a slow one
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Could definitely be the lens. I strongly recommend trying a lens adapter and a manual lens on it to find that out. Does the 16-50 have an intelligent "i" button on it?
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The A7S bare bones has an EVF and articulated screen which help a lot. But you can't have the lens mount and 4K recorder hassling you all day with bugs or deficiencies. This invisible screen in daylight thing with the Shogun has really spoilt my enjoyment of it. Ended up using the A7S screen! The EVF is disabled whilst 4K HDMI is active so couldn't use that. Good job it wasn't really sunny. 1D C more reliable and simple but yeah the ergonomics are very much of a stills camera and not a hybrid like the GH4. But then if the image is so much better, which it is, then that has to be balanced against it.
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Have you checked out Shane Hurlbut's 1D C stuff on Need For Speed. Nice in-car POV camera work and rigging. Film not my cup of tea but he knows his stuff when it comes to the production mechanics and the footage ended up lovely from it. 15mm Leica crash-cam http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2014/03/need-for-speed-innovation-gear/ I'm using Lindy cables at the moment. Not tried them in the A7S cable protected yet though, but they are about as thin and light as they come. http://www.lindy.co.uk/cables-adapters-c1/audio-video-c107/hdmi-c109/0-5m-cromo-slim-high-speed-hdmi-to-micro-hdmi-cable-with-ethernet-p7228
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Looks like something is on auto. Check all the menus and stuff for anything obvious. You're in M mode right!? If there's any lens optimisation like vignette reduction turned on that might be a culprit. Seem to remember I had the same problem with my Samsung lens attached when I first got the NX1 but I quickly turned off something and it went away. If only I could remember what
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What lens are you using?
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Yeah for all the niceties and bargain prices we have on cameras like the GH4, if I can't focus them, or if the sensor is small, or other basics aren't right, then no point having a mirrorless mount or EVF and the other innovative stuff. AF for stills on the D750 with Sigma 50mm F1.4 is phenomenal wide open and I'm expecting the same or better on the 1D C with that lens and others like it. Every time I point my Fuji X-T1 or A7S at something moving the AF goes batshit crazy and can't lock on. For video the 1D C has the internal 4K and the flat profile, something the NX1 and GH4 doesn't. Plus the sensor is larger. So it's kind of unique. Always wanted one. Just couldn't bring myself to pay £10,000 for a camera without peaking
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I think the 1D C ends up being a lot more bullet proof. The A7S + Shogun feels a bit jellyfied, like it hasn't quite settled into a workflow. I took the A7S out today and the first thing that's wonky is the Metabones adapter. Buggy with the Sigma 35/50 1.4 and Tamron 24-70 2.8 lenses, and still not right with some of my Canon L stuff either. This is latest hardware and firmware so no excuses. The Shogun's screen had appalling visibility in daylight. I felt really let down by this after all the promise of the 4K recording. You'd think for the price they would have got the basics right like this? I am getting just 45 mins off the supplied battery. It is a light piece of kit but doesn't end up light when you need a v-lock battery to power it through a shoot does it!? The A7S is small but the screen is huge. Feels inbalanced. All in all a frustrating day.