leonbeas

Well i have heard that, mysteriously all the footage from MKIII seen in internet until now is somehow soft but that many people is no seeing any softness. Can someone explain this? If so, i would like to see a nice side by side comparison between all three cameras in specific situations. Tripod please, these cams don't go well in hand. (24p and 30p) 1. Interior/restaurant/night/two people/talking natural light (50mm equivalent). -to check low light capability,grain, skin tone, blacks, film look. 2. Exterior/street, buildings/sun peak hour/wide shot/high contrast situations  (24mm equivalent). -to check highlights, dynamic range, strobe movement, film look. 3. Moving extreme small textures, like smoke, sea waves, leafs in a tree, grass (panning), etc. -to check artifacts, compression, rolling shutter (on panning). 4. Latest but not least, hand held following a person walking. With Image Stabilization on (85mm equivalent). -to check stabilization and how camera and codec stands for movement. I would like to do this myself but don't have the equipment to do so. This will show us the reality between the two cameras, on they week points.

Hi all, i've read all posts and i like to say some things. Must say that DOF is more like a actual tendence because lots of people want to make nostalgic feeling stuff. Real DOF is used like a zoom (only when needed). Off course all is a choice of lenses and sensations. But film look is achieved by a "3D" (more space in between)  look that 35mm chips would always have advantage on. Although we are talking about cheap cameras and never i will compare a $800 camera to a $2000 dll plus camera, in terms of quality is another price range, you can buy two come on. BUT to be honest i've seen footage from GH2 hacked in proper hands (and good expensive lenses) that is almost impossible to distinguish from a 58,000 dll Epic, and that for me is enough to say that is a good buy. 5DMKII or III for me does't resolve footage enough to justify its price i would be 10 times better with a fs100 and a ninja, that have the same super 35mm film look and much better low light, for color 8bits 4:2:2 hdmi out is enough for grading if you have a good photographer. The difference in price is nothing when talking about a movie. So final though is, for a movie the man behind the camera the lighting, and the choice of lenses along with a good script does MIRACLES, if you have money buy a serious tool (ARRI, EPIC, F65), if you don't buy the tool that lets you have the wider possible options in terms of resolving the infinite situations you will face, in a shooting, including trashing a couple of cameras. So for that buy a couple of GH2's or a fs100 (more budget) a matte box and a couple of goodies. You will find yourself in the long therm using high resolution footage much more times than DOF, and if really want that buy a f0.95 nokton. 5DMKII codec is not usable professionaly, 5DMKIII is almost the same prime than a used fs100 you figure that out.