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Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
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Custom modes don't seem to take into account shutter speed, you still have to put the dial to 1/60 and reverse the rear dial back one to 1/50. -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
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Yes do it. EM5 video quality is nowhere near as good as the LX100. The stabiliser is the only thing you might miss, and the look of the Nokton. That's a beautiful lens. -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
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To imagine how many Micro Four Thirds primes you're getting in with the deal, here's what the aperture does throughout the range :) 11mm - F1.7 (24mm equiv. taking into account 2.2x crop) 16mm - F2.3 (35mm) 22mm - F2.7 (50mm) 34mm - F2.8 (75mm) Not bad for $899, though I am sure the LX200 will end up with an OLED EVF and F2.0 at a 50mm long end (110mm). -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Just found how to set the framing of live-view to video without enabling 4K Photo Mode. The option to try is Rec Area. You can toggle between the framing for stills (2.2x crop) or video (2.4x crop). -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
There's the custom modes in there but instead of on a dial, they are in the main menu as Utilise Custom Set Feature. If you use this regularly just assign that option to a Function button like Fn3. -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Oh and when P mode is active with shutter & aperture to their "A for auto" positions on the dial, Auto ISO works just fine whilst recording video, and you can use the exposure comp setting to gain up / down. -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
As some have observed, yeah Auto ISO is only for stills mode, when you start recording video it goes off manual ISO only. The way around this is to set the camera to iA mode and shoot in full auto, then the exposure will correct during a recording if the light level changes. I don't recommend shooting video this way because it looks rubbish, but some might find it useful for certain shots. M mode is when the shutter and aperture are set manually. A big M appears in the top left of the screen. A mode is when the shutter speed is set to auto but aperture is selected on the lens ring. S mode is when the shutter is set on a manual setting and aperture is set to auto on the lens ring. P mode is when both shutter and aperture are on their auto setting. See... who needs mode dials anyway!? -
Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100
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Another constructive forum post ehh -
Song 'Her' from the EP collection 'The Mud Here Has Memories' by Bunny Suit. Copyright owned by Universal Music Publishing. Filmed by Andrew Reid.  Featuring guest vocals from Aurora Aksnes. Poster frame shows close-up resolving power of the LX100 at 11mm F1.7 in 4K mode. The first retro-styled camera from Panasonic is the first ever compact to shoot 4K video from a large sensor. The first compact that I would call "exceptional" in almost every respect. Read the full article here
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Must have been from one of those Award Winning filmmakers
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Check out Philip Bloom's initial look at the far superior Sony FS7 https://www.storehouse.co/stories/o5hd3-unboxing-the-sony-fs7
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Not all the users of this forum are doing commercial work for clients. Some are doing creative personal work, some are shooting features, shorts, documentaries. Personally I'd rather try and push the envelope and get a more unique look - with anamorphic on a full frame camera, in low light and with S-LOG for a fraction of the price of the C100. Though I can fully see why you might not want to do this on a commercial for a bank. Feel free to setup a new topic about that.
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Yeah you're wrong I'm sorry! Right from the start of the blog I was more of a Panasonic user because the GH1 at the time did video properly, and it was more accessible / much cheaper than the 5D Mark II. Canon slipped ass backward into DSLR video, and whilst proclaiming to be great supporters of independent filmmaking and creative consumers with higher than average knowledge, took DSLR video out of our hands and decided to start charging $15,000 for it. And indeed, when I haven't got an axe to grind, there's not much point covering their newest releases because they're so boring anyway. Not just in terms of video but stills to. Let's discuss the G1X Mk II vs LX100 shall we? The G1X Mk II is such an awkward, ugly, minimal effort by comparison... it's almost like they don't care.
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Yes I am sure the crew and post team on Skyfall found Alexa raw really hard!
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Why would anyone get the C100 Mk II when for less than £2k more you can get an FS7? FS7 UK price - http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/sony_pxw-fs7 C100 Mk II - http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/canon_eos-c100-mark-ii
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Nah, 1/25 is the slowest it goes in 24p. I couldn't have shot the Beka Hoop video with it. On the A7S I could do 1/8 to get the blur.
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So C300 on Blue Is The Warmest Colour is the new hype machine on the EOSHD forums I see. Well here's Roger Deakins view on it... he found it "disappointing" http://www.rogerdeakins.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2691 As for image quality, it really has very little to do with the C300, more about the £25,000 Angenieux zooms they had on the front. And of course, the million pound post production budget and talented crew of many people, plus the lighting.
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I just don't believe it! Sorry!
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Interesting, thanks
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There will be coverage of the Shogun when it is out. It isn't released yet.
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O rly?
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To read part 1 of my Sony A7S review click here A long time has passed since part 1 of this review but I've been spending a lot of time with the A7S. I am really under the skin of this camera. That's a good sign because somewhere along the way, the A7S became my main filmmaking tool. Perhaps surprisingly for me, a huge Panasonic GH series advocate on EOSHD over the years, I have been using the Sony A7S more often. The GH4 still has many advantages the A7S doesn't have, like longer battery run-times, a better screen, quicker boot time and of course an internal 4K codec though. Read the full article here
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I don't agree. Sorry! To my eye the C100 and the very similar Mk II do not look better than the A7S, which has HD more in league with the F5. Actually better because it isn't as noisy. The A7S is full frame, nicer rendering of EF lenses than Super 35 and the 4K output is superior - 4x the data in the file than 1080p ProRes, not just 4x the detail. The only image quality related issues the C100 Mk II is superior over the A7S is rolling shutter. I dare say the A7S is better in low light too! The Blackmagic cameras if you stay under ISO 800 offer better skin tones, more tones in the lows (much nicer shadows with less banding) and the BMCC in particular has a significant dynamic range advantage in raw. In terms of grading, raw does not compare to AVCHD, nor ProRes via HDMI. It's obvious you can do more with raw. The C100 Mk II will not give you the advantages of raw, unlike the 5D3 with Magic Lantern. The GH4 is of course more details and is 4x the amount of data in the H.264 file than is the case with H.264 on the C100 Mk II. The GH4 is a bit noisy at times and the smaller sensor needs Speed Booster which has trades offs of its own, but I will bet you a lot of money that if you gave me two shots, one from the C100 2 and one from the GH4 I could match them in post so closely you wouldn't be able to tell them apart at 1080p. I can appreciate why the C100 Mk II is a work tool, and at $5500 it's a very solid one which does very good 1080p with some of the best ergonomics, excellent audio and built in ND filters. But let's not pretend that $5500 is getting you anything magical on the image side. Very good compressed 8bit 1080p yes, with decent colour straight off the bat with no grading. It's certainly convenient.