Andrew Reid

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nikongold.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.photographyblog.com/news/new_limited_edition_nikon_gold_dslr_rigs_from_redrock_micro/"]Above: Marketing ploy alert! RedRock Micro’s new ‘Nikon gold’ branded rig for shooting video on the D800[/url] In an interview with the [url="http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2157603/interview-nikon-bets-d4-d800-grab-lead"]British Journal of Photography[/url], Nikon are really talking sense. It has taken a few years! Let’s listen to what Nikon group marketing manager for the UK, Jeremy Gilbert has to say about the company’s direction with their DSLRs and video. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=7694/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

I don't recommend it for 90% of 5D Mark II shots, that camera is a lost cause for fine detail to be honest. Maybe with the VAF-5D2 you can consider it though.

Same goes for 5D Mark II lenses wise as goes for III. Nikon Ai stuff a good start. You can get a 50mm F1.8 for under $100.

Certainly the sensor will. Not sure about the codec. It does seem to have more in the lows than before, I am able to get a lot back from an underexposed shot. But there is often a bit of a fizz from the codec, not ISO noise but something else, even in the mids, mainly in the green channel.

Thanks for the comment ;D I remember Gale Tattersall (House) saying 11 stops was generous for the Canon DSLRs. I'd say it was more like 9 or 10? 5D Mark III should be better given the new sensor... Looking forward to seeing how this plays out...

I blogged about this yesterday, did you see it? [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/7671/which-to-get-as-a-low-budget-shooter-5d-mark-iii-or-gh2]http://www.eoshd.com/content/7671/which-to-get-as-a-low-budget-shooter-5d-mark-iii-or-gh2[/url]

Zig, I believe no matter what new stuff is coming (and it IS for sure), the Sony FS100's price will be a lot lower than the new NAB stuff. Don't hold fire if you really need to shoot now.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/evo2.jpg[/img] First the Story Continues now the Next Evolution Is Here. This is an invite posted by [url="http://www.definitionmagazine.com/journal/2012/3/27/canons-next-evolution.html"]HD Magazine[/url] for NAB 2012. In it Canon asks a select audience to attend dinner, where they will unveil details of a new camera – widely speculated to be their debut 4K cinema camera to compete with Red. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7687/more-canon-invites-for-nab-2012-unveiling-a-technical-briefing-and-dinner/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/5d-mark-iii-patch-vault1.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.eoshd.com/5d-mark-iii-settings-vault"]Get ‘Cinema Mark III’ by EOSHD in the 5D Mark III Settings Vault[/url] I’ve created a section of the site for recommended 5D Mark III settings, including the all important picture profile settings that I personally shoot with. These are general purpose settings – the ones I use most often. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/?p=7677/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=jay shay link=topic=477.msg3076#msg3076 date=1332874772] It has been shot with in the wild. Canon 4K DSLR IS going to be announced at NAB. Not sure on the price except that it will be pricier than cheap. A very famous British cinematographer who I met in LA saw me with a GH2.  I ran into him again and guess what he has for his own personal use...GH2 with a 14-140mm.  Said he absolutely loves it. I gave him the address to your site. [/quote] Cheers Jay. NAB will be interesting for sure. Although I have a feeling it will have low budget filmmakers and consumers weeping into their cornflakes. Myself included.

[quote author=Tzedekh link=topic=477.msg3071#msg3071 date=1332870916] Scarlet was never billed as 4K for $4K. It was 3K for under $3K. Regarding the FS100, it's already about a year old. It's 8-bit and lacks built-in ND filters and HD-SDI. I certainly hope that any manufacturer would be aiming higher with a $5-6K camera in 2012. And I hope that all of them start thinking about 4K (or at least QuadHD) in that price range. Geez, if JVC can do it, so can Sony. [/quote] 8 bit is fine. Most people's displays are 8 bit. The C300 is 8 bit and that is $16,000! So you can hardly blame Sony for not putting it in a $5000 camera.

[quote author=tungah link=topic=477.msg3065#msg3065 date=1332868401] Could be. [url=http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/11/2862370/canon-movie-cinema-camera-invite-las-vegas-2012]http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/11/2862370/canon-movie-cinema-camera-invite-las-vegas-2012[/url] [/quote] I believe this is for the screening of EOS 4K DSLR footage.

[html][url="http://www.vimeo.com/32520456"]http://www.vimeo.com/32520456[/url] Above: the Olympus 12mm F2 in action on the GH2 Here’s a gear guide along with a round-up of footage for low budget shooters. There’s a big difference in price between the very capable Panasonic GH2 and the new 5D Mark III. One is $800 new and the other $3500. All the discussion so far has been about the camera – is it worth $3500? Well unless you’re going to drill a hole in your lens cap and do pinhole photography, it all comes down to the price of lenses not the body. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7671/which-to-get-as-a-low-budget-shooter-5d-mark-iii-or-gh2/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

Monsal head in Derbyshire, near Matlock.

[quote author=Bruno link=topic=456.msg3004#msg3004 date=1332786560] Hey Andrew, you don't seem to be taking this into account on most of your reviews, instead leaning more to round ISO numbers: [url=http://www.photographybay.com/2011/05/01/proof-that-multiples-of-iso-160-work-best-on-canon-hdslrs/]http://www.photographybay.com/2011/05/01/proof-that-multiples-of-iso-160-work-best-on-canon-hdslrs/[/url] I'm not sure it still applies on the 5DmkIII, but it's probably worth testing. Or maybe there's another reason for you to run tests at 100 ISO? Would be great to get you opinion on this! cheers, Bruno [/quote] More interested in the Flaat picture profiles, as they actually have a visible affect on your footage unlike the native ISOs! I have never really seen the benefit in real life shooting from them. In a test with the lens cap on, yes.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fs100-rig.jpg[/img] NAB 2012 is a few weeks away. Nobody can be sure what is going to come out of it. May be a lot, maybe not. But one thing is for sure, if you look at the market right now – Canon have a hole to fill. Where is their Sony FS100 competitor? [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7665/will-canon-launch-eos-movie-line-as-well-as-4k-cinema-eos-at-nab-201/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

[quote author=cameraboy link=topic=469.msg3053#msg3053 date=1332860799] Conspiracy? if somebody  pay u to shoot video and then expect to do editing for free and u refuse is that conspiracy... companies goal is to max profit...best way is to sell same tech in different niche ... just  lock some options for consumer market... have peaking in the viewfinder is lamest thing they can do to protect af100... more people  ask for clean hdmi,zebra or waveform ....cheap consumer camcoders have clean hdmi ... and how about their answer that hardware for 10bit hdmi would up the price of af100 beyound 10000$... now in 2012 we still  use 8 bit 420  as standard... what canon learn from 5d mark II that is big market in aps c and FF video cameras and that is what they give to as in c300.... so dont expect to get same quality from 5dmark III ... cameras are nothing more than peace of plastic and silicon  ... tools  not religious artifacts ... all that fanboy talk is nonsense i dont care what is logo on my camera... all big companies got tech to give as 4k raw images for less than 5000$ ... but if they do that will crash market  ....so baby step is a answer for good profit... [/quote] Of course profit is the goal for any company. There's no conspiracy. It is just I believe the crippling the video on your only interchangeable lens video cameras under $16,000 is a bit silly and will leave to less profit, not more. Peaking, 4:2:2, proper 1080p, crop mode, articulated screen, official Canon video accessories, slow mo, zebra.... Where? I know a lot of customers will be backing the FS100 instead if they have a spare $3500+ In my opinion they should start a new EOS Movie line of DSLRs with the emphasis on video instead of stills, but with good stills like now. Then the photographers won't get jumpy. Cinema EOS line is not for commoners!

I've also shot in Boracay, amazing place. Quite a different video and a different side to the island in mine though! [url=http://vimeo.com/9853081]Modernisation[/url]

Still have my NEX 7 (and NEX 5N). More to come from it soon. Also just got a Canon adapter for my Nikon 1 - that is an interesting camera if you don't mind the smaller sensor, nice image.

[quote author=hoodlum link=topic=469.msg3037#msg3037 date=1332816073] [quote author=moebius22 link=topic=469.msg3035#msg3035 date=1332815140] [quote author=hoodlum link=topic=469.msg3014#msg3014 date=1332789464] [quote author=themartist link=topic=469.msg3008#msg3008 date=1332787688] Seeing how the video and 1080/60p for slow motion holds up will be very informative too. [/quote] 1080/60p halves the 24p bitrate on the NEX-7 to 14mb/s, so right there you have a big step back in quality. [/quote] Makes you wonder if Sony is going to pull this with their full frame dslr. I hope not. [/quote] It'll be interesting to see what Panasonic does with the GH3. [/quote] Time for some fun speculation... 1080/60p, better built quality and a 920k LCD are almost certs. New sensor of course, and since the previous ones have been faster than average to support faster contrast detect AF it may even do 120fps in 720p which would be really cool if it is as clean and well resolved as 720/60p on the GH2. A faster sensor also reduces rolling shutter. Better EVF from Epson, possibly weather sealing since the new X lenses will have that. No point having a weather sealed lens with no weather sealed body to go with it  ;D Better in low light, hopefully still hackable, maybe a high bitrate mode built in (they did after all kind of add one 'HBR' mode in the latest firmware). May have some form of lossless digital zoom in video mode that works like a variable crop mode. The Nokia 41MP phone has that. Ex-Tele is a great feature. Anything else would be wild speculation... 4K? Too soon unless Panasonic have a consumer 4K TV to sell. The hardware would most likely be capable of doing it but whether it will be implemented is down to market trends come the 2nd half of this year. 3D video mode a possibility, although the 3D lens sold absolutely miserably! I'd prefer some practical stuff not gimmicks - like raw codec, peaking for manual focus, etc. HDMI is hopefully going to be uncompressed 4:2:2 10bit, but don't hold your breath. It is still a consumer camera. I really hope they bulk the body up a bit rather than make it smaller like a GF of G series camera. This is a flagship and should look like one. The mount definitely needs to be tougher!

[quote author=TC link=topic=469.msg3034#msg3034 date=1332814882] Maybe we have it all wrong. As others have pointed out Canon is a business.  They could well make more money by crippling their entire range of market leading SLRs for the niche digital cinema market they have just entered. Let's compare with the world's most successful corporation and perhaps all will become clear. Canon: putting video on a stills camera is not good.  We won't sell any video cameras. Apple: putting a computer in a phone or a tablet is not good.  We won't sell any computers. Canon: we will make more money selling a small number of cinema cameras with a high margin, than we will selling a large number of DSLRs with a smaller margin. Apple: we will make more money selling a small number of computers with a high margin than we will by selling a large number of consumer devices such as phones or mp3 players with a smaller margin. Hold on a minute... This isn't working.  The more I think about the I am convinced that the people in charge of Canon do not have the slightest idea of what they are doing. [/quote] +1! Surely video sub $5000 is a larger market than the very small elite of pros who use a C300? Why fail to cater for the mass market? Apple targeted Final Cut Pro X at the mass market, and much to the dismay of many pros (myself included!) I bet they made vast amounts of money from it at £299. The 5D Mark III doesn't have to be dumbed down for the mass market like FCP X was, it just has to be improved. I don't think Canon's heart is really in it. They don't really like adding too much video stuff into a stills camera. I am pretty sure all their stills guys and advisors are against it and the feedback about video from those not in the know has probably been along the lines of 'we don't need it'. Very short sighted.

[html][img]http://www.eoshd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/P1030136.jpg[/img] [url="http://gizmodo.com/5896434/can-the-900-panasonic-gh2-produce-better-video-than-the-3500-canon-5d-mark-iii"]Check out Gizmodo’s take on my GH2 / 5D Mark III comparison video[/url] Here’s a quick guide to the things I’ve found useful with my 5D Mark III video shoots so far. [url="http://www.eoshd.com/content/7645/how-to-shoot-around-the-5d-mark-iiis-limitations/"]Read full article[/url] [/html]

It has a place and will be good for some people. Resolution is very important and as you can see with the 5D Mark III lack of detail can destroy an image which has everything else right about it. However it is still only 1 part of the puzzle... Interchangeable lenses and the large sensor influence the image just as much, and sadly this JVC has neither. It does seem to have excellent dynamic range, resolution and colour but the price is a bit of a misnomer because to see much difference over a very good 1080p camera like the Canon XF line, you will need to get a 4K display of some sort. And indeed find an audience with one! Who is watching 4K stuff on a native display right now? Very very few people. So to your audience, or at least the vast majority, a large sensor and interchangeable lenses would make more difference in cinematic feel.

It is a small sensor, and who has a 4K display? This isn't for me.

[quote author=dangerzonerj link=topic=469.msg3021#msg3021 date=1332794939] [quote author=lubricated link=topic=469.msg3020#msg3020 date=1332793132] yet again - anybody has any info on 1Dx video? samples did look very good, can there be some actual difference from mk3? good comparison, wide angle detail is so much better on GH2. [/quote] Well... If you count the price itself, 1DX is more expensive than a FS100 by a good margin. And Andrew, you could make a comparisson between a FS100 and a MKIII so people can see if there is a great plus on buying a sony cam over MKIII. Of course it has great functions like peaking but what about the same tests with those 2 cams?? [/quote] Already touched on all the differences between the FS100 and MkIII in my previous articles the past few days, may do a summary in a separate blog post soon.