AaronChicago

2 hours ago, bunk said:

Looks beautifull ...watching with my Ipad, photo or frame?

Thanks. Clip from 4k video.

2 hours ago, Fritz Pierre said:

Great image Aaron...but then you did make the GH4 sing too...I get mine on Wednesday...it's been a long patient two months!

Ultra or XL?

I believe its the XL. It's an old one.

24 minutes ago, mercer said:

Are you using a speedbooster?

I am. The Rokinon lens is Nikon. I have a Nikon to MFT Speedbooster.

2 minutes ago, mercer said:

Very nice. One of the more organic images I've seen from the GH5. What lens did you use?

This was a Rokinon 85mm.

The more I use the GH5, the more I love it.

http://imgur.com/a/Ff6ME

You're going to spend more money on CFast 2.0 cards than the actual camera.

9 minutes ago, Bioskop.Inc said:

What I do, with FCPX, is create a timeline with the desired stretch format (2048x858 - 2k 2.39:1) & then stretch the footage - as i'm shooting on 16:9, the edges do fall outside the timeline's borders. It all depends on what your NLE will let you do - some might not let you make custom timeline sizes & then you'll just have to adjust the height of anamorphic footage, so you end up with black bars on the top/bottom.

If you still have to transcode your footage to an editable format, then yes, your best option is to do the stretch/squeeze then.

I stick to Cinema DCP standards:

http://unravel.com.au/files/Unravel_Resolution_CheatSheet.pdf

Yeah I actually don't mind having the black bars in a 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 file. The scaling playback is just so slow. I can play 4K or 10 bit GH5 files just fine in Premiere (other than anamorphic stretched).

I've had a hell of time editing 4K anamorphic 4:3 footage from the GH5. I guess it's the scaling that is slowing it down. Do any of you guys transcode your footage into the stretched aspect before you start editing?

41 minutes ago, jhnkng said:

I don't think it's processing power -- the C300 Mk2 has Dual DIGIC 5s and can do 12bit internal recording, the C200 will have Dual DIGIC 6s (which I assume will be more powerful). It might be because there'd be no reason to by a C300, it might be because they're not 100% sure SD cards can't handle it (dunno why they wouldn't put in a UHS-II card slot in there), or maybe they'll release a firmware upgrade that allows for 10bit internal recording after they release the C300 Mk3 with RAW.

It currently supports 10bit 422 1080p through SDI, so I suspect we're going to see a lot of Ninja Stars appearing on production rigs. 

Yeah I"m pretty sure it's intentional crippling. The processor is plenty powerful enough. There's a CFast 2.0 slot as well.

10 minutes ago, mercer said:

In Raw it does. With 4K or 1080p cLog you don't need 10bit. It was designed for 8bit.

Why no in between? I would disagree that CLog doesn't need 10 bit. That was my biggest complaint with the C100mkII is the weak codec.

Great specs! Added almost everything I longed for in the C100.

EDIT: Wait apparently not. It doesn't record internal 10 bit 4:2:2?

Not sure what you consider cheap, but the Ursa Mini 4.6k checks all of those boxes and more. No need for extra accessories other than batteries. The 5" screen is amazing so no need for an ext monitor if you're shooting by yourself.

4 hours ago, funkyou86 said:

Yep and works like a charm. I am constantly recording 95 minute interviews to 256gb cards.

Yeah I never had this happen on the GH4. I guess ill run some more 1 hr trials before using it un-manned again.

1 hour ago, scotchtape said:

No but I have had it lock up in me and had to remove battery

I've had that happen to me as well. This was more like it went into sleep mode while recording.

Has anyone had their GH5 shut off 30 min into recording? I was recording HD on a Sandisk Extreme 95 so I'm sure it wasn't a card error. I had it set up to record some BTS and when I checked on it 45 min later it has powered down. I turned it back on and the battery was still 3/4 full. I checked the file and it had recorded 31 minutes.

The main reason I would not buy it is that BM has abandoned that form factor it appears. It seems that they're moving all of their efforts into the Mini's. I would just pick up a used UM46K. There's a good amount of them for sale now that the UM Pro is out.

I've had a Lexar CFast 2.0 card fail on location. I have 4 total, and the one that failed was one that I ordered on eBay from China. I was suspicious - although it might've been a coincidence. Lexar replaced it anyway.

I'm thinking about jumping to Sandisk CFast 2.0 cards. I've had a near perfect track record with their SD cards.

16 hours ago, HelsinkiZim said:

 

I was thinking that this could possibly replace the Ursa Mini (expensive) EVF if you get this and the SmallHD Sidefinder... as an Ursa owner, what are your thoughts?

I haven't tried the BM EVF yet. I typically only use the SmallHD 502 with a sunhood if I'm outside.

Yeah Alex Buono was the DP for their shorts for a long time. I think he left last season to co-direct Documentary Now. He used to show BTS stuff on twitter. They used everything from 7D's, C300s, Alexa, RED, and actual film. The intro of the show from 2010 to 2015 was shot on a 7D. They also made custom aperture mattes to put in the camera that turned bokeh into the letters SNL.

@tihon84 I set white balance to 5400. There may be a quick function button for LUT preview. I've just been going into the menu and turning it off, which takes about 10 seconds.

Here's another video shot with Comet Color on the GH5 by Kholi.

20 minutes ago, mercer said:

It looks good, but how far can it be pushed after using comet color? Obviously, I don't know enough about this specific "product" but aren't people afraid that everybody's videos will look too similar?

You can make it your own. Kholi just takes an enormous amount of time to interpret gamma, luminance, hues, saturation to a pleasing image that you might be accustomed to seeing on Blackmagic footage. In my demo I tried to keep it pretty accurate to only his LUT with some minor contrast, hue changes.

4 minutes ago, Dave Del Real said:

Looks pretty good, will these LUTS work on the GH4 as well?

Good question. I would assume so. It seems like VLog uses the same curve in the GH4, GH5, and Varicam.

Here is the link to purchase: https://www.thecampcomet.com/gh5luts

15 minutes ago, Fredrik Lyhne said:

Wow, looks great!! What is the post workflow on this? 

Post workflow was easy. I just used the Comet Color LUT and made small adjustments to contrast, saturation, and tint. I pushed it toward magenta a bit more b/c of all the greenery.

I used the LUT to monitor at the location as well.

Kholi finished the Comet Color LUT for V Log. It's not supposed to emulate film or any other camera. Just a specific look, similar to the one's he made for Blackmagic.

1 hour ago, Bioskop.Inc said:

Well he did write/co-write his early films & this shouldn't be forgotten - he can tell a story & has.

Of his American films the pick of the bunch are Enemy & Arrival, but one shouldn't ignore his Canadian films Polytechnique & Incendies, which are excellent.

The thing I find troubling with him is that he tends to jump around a lot & this makes for a lot of Hit'n'Miss films - I found Sicario to be very dissappointing & not worthy of all the praise it was getting.

Fair enough. I loved Sicario. My expectations weren't very high going in though. I think I saw it before all of the reviews were out.