sanveer

Everyone is welcome here.  That's why I like this place (after I got banned from two sites recently)

I speak reasonably fluent German, apart from a host of other languages I stayed in Europe for a few years). 
But let's not speak in local languages. Let's stick to English. I saw some local chit-chatting in another thread. 
English Only. 

The coal mines were part of the reason in the US we have worker's rights.  One evil doesn't justify the other - all I'm saying is to ask people not to support companies that abuse their workers.

I was wrong it's only 60 bucks a year hah. 
I'm sure you wouldn't be able access your files and they reserve the right to delete them if you don't pay. I'd just recommend setting up the automatic payments and you're good to go. It's kind of an unbelievable deal imo.

OK, to keep confusion to minimum: The opening shots from 0:45 to 11:35 are all shot on the A7S II. The talking heads before and after that are shot on the original A7S.

This might not be an ideally shot and graded video, but we only had production model A7SIIs for the one night and a half hour in the morning. Editing was obviously hurried as cameras are shipping right now. While it may not be our best looking work, I tested everything pretty extensively to make sure all our findings were accurate.

And it is being, in fact it is permanently fixed.
When a new user first posts it goes into a mod queue and is hidden. Easy for me to tell what is spam and what isn't. If approved that same day, the content appears and they can carry on posting as normal from then on.

I appreciate the kind words! I'm hoping this episode does really well and we can leverage it to do more traveling for TCSTV.

I need to come up with a good hook for the Best and Worst of 2015. Expectations are high.

speak for yourself. i've been hiding under my desk since last night.

@Andrew Reid Huh? Aren't you supposed to be selling cameras instead of buying?

Appreciate its not what you are asking for directly, but I picked up a Rode Smartlav+ mic the other day for lightweight documentary projects. The sound quality is excellent for the price and it did a great job on the project I bought it for. Recorded straight into my iPhone and it exported WAV files out the other side very easily. 

Did you just try the built-in mic? I recorded an event once on my Google Nexus 5 phone with the built-in mic and the RecForge II app, and the quality was surprisingly good. It wasn't quite as flat as my Audio Technica AT-897, but for voice it was great. I suggest you try that first before investing...would be super portable too.

Nokkor/ Gabor, 
 
Do you think the 4k Cinema App could be used on the Nexus 6p and the Moto X Pure devices? I wanna pick up some phones fpr actual film production. And these have some extra featues I want and like.
 
Thanks in advance. 

Anyone who has spent even 30 seconds in B&H picks up that it's run by Orthodox Jews.  To mention that nowhere in the story, whether the New York Times, or Aljazeera makes one question the reporter's competence, if not their eye-sight.  Because of the work-ethic of Orthodox Jews, (like closing on Saturday) I can't see how it is not relevant.  Also, to add to my previous post.  There are probably hundreds of electronic stores in NYC alone.  B&H is not successful because of cheap prices only.  It's a very well-run store.  

My panasonic CM1 (1 inch sensor, leica lens) might not match the dof/fov of a full frame sensor but I'd say it's on a par or better than the a7s and an average lens...
 
cm1: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/655/21377397474_9e3223d17e_o.jpg
 
a7s+Hassleblad110/f2: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/487/20243312581_9ab559e2d5_o.jpg 

Shallow or controllable DOF IS quality to me and I bet every cinematographer who ever pointed a camera at anyone   
One of the interesting aspects of photography is many inventions are created by lone wolfs.  So Go Sanveer!!!!!  However, you might take some classes in optics, or read some books, before you start taking your phone apart, not that I follow my own advice here   
Why don't you get a Raspberry PI and the camera module?  That's how I'd try out your ideas.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module/
 

I would like to hear both sides of the story too. My limited interactions with B&H have made me feel they are a league apart from anyone else. But that's obviously a customer's perspective. 

I would like to hear both sides of the story too. My limited interactions with B&H have made me feel they are a league apart from anyone else. But that's obviously a customer's perspective. 

Well regarded by you maybe, but not everyone, which is the point. They lost all credibility with me when they were doing all the coverage of the Egyptian uprising. The Muslim Brotherhood was paying and supplying people to do the protests and riots and Aljazeera dutifully helped sell the whole deception. 

Billboards doesnt require a very good picture since its viewed from such a distance.

I have sharpness and contrast all the way down on a standard profile and saturation at -1. manual white balance with the arrows like magic lantern allows which I find convenient (though that day I think I think I was filming inside and out, so I kept the white balance kind of in the middle in case I forgot one time to switch and gotten even worse results). I should learn to use a vector scope.. I'm sure that would help. thanks
yeah, That's pretty much my settings. and I was testing pushing it further, with better results than I expected. you're right, it's petty flexible. but still all the colors can shift at some point and get frustrating. and I really do want to preserve like the texture of the skin or the 3d quality of it. I feel like it's easy for them to turn just yellowwww
I saw that wedding, very well done. also a huge Kendy fan and very stingy with money, so very inspirational to me, haha. that wedding (by ricardo I think?) was why I upgraded NLE's, trying to get more out of my gear than I seemed to be able to before. I was just looking at cinestyle. I'll definitely have to give it a try, probably boosting my motivation to learn to use a vector scope.
 
Thanks for being patient with me guys  I know it didn't look great, and I can be kind of stubborn really :s but this forum is really helpful and encouraging.
yeah taking out the blue definitely helps!

Lighting up shadows is pretty much what I use it for. But you cant push very far.

I hope the Panasonic CM1 evolves and offers a little more video-wise in the next generation.  Even so, I've been tempted for awhile with the current version.

I got Raw for the first time in a phone a year or two ago. And it is good for making minor adjustments to bring life into bland phone pics.
But it does in no way, shape or form compete even with jpegs from a full frame dslr.

Can you provide a link to a valid source that indicates 4k60 and RAW 35fps? Everything I've read says 4k @ 30fps (I've not seen anything about the RAW burst)
If those features are true, then forget an NX1 or GH4! I will stick with a phone as my photography and filmmaking tool!

I also chose Dark + Light. But the Intensity level has to be High. I noticed that the profile looks noticeably more Flat. Also, the Noise Reduction cannot be switched off, since then, it actually starts Creating fixed pattern noise.
I hope it works on the Excellent Nexus 6p phone. That one's sensor is an engineering masterpiece. I was blown away by the 240fps video. The camera can actually do 300fps, and the 720p looks IMHO as sharp as the one from the Sony cameras (RX10 ii and RX100 iv). Also, it can do RAW 35fps at 12.35MP, apart from 4k at 60p.
Pushing the bitrate in that one comparable to the GH4 would seriously be something.
Maybe, as I predicted, mobile phone sensors will finally start competing with mhch larger sensors (beginning with, for video). 
This one was shot on the Cameringo app on a Note 2 or 3. And it was shot in terribly low indoor light. And the picture looksa lot more like Vlog.