andy lee

I really think you are attributing far too much to the look of film.

I can put life into a $700 digicam. The right light and the right lenses, the right grading and the right sensitivity of handling in post is all you need.

Film has a nice grain and latitude. The mythology of a cinematic image is not just in film like grain and latitude, it is in so many other aspects of the camera, lens, light, location, actors, costumes and most importantly cinematographer.

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Specifically, all of this sh-t just looks cool... lol. Somewhere in there is a Gh2.

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....... just for giggles.....
here is an IMax single frame of Kodak Film next to a GH2 so you can see the size of one frame next to the GH2 Sensor

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and here is IMax frame ontop of GH2 - it covers the entire lens mount and then some !
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here is GH2 - IMax single Frame, 70mm frames , 35mm frames and 16mm frames just for comparison

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GH2 sensor is closest to 35mm frame in size .

Having shot film for 15 years - last job I did on film was 2004 - it's been all digial since then - I can't say I miss it!

Digital is more convenient to use! and alot cheaper !
I used to have to insure the negative as it went to the lab incase the courier distroyed it or lost it and the whole job was lost! $$$$$

The main luxury of digital for me is that I can carry 10 memory cards in a shirt pocket and not pay for processing costs.

29 minute continuous clip is merely a bonus and if I were shooting an event I'd have more than one camera, because who wants to look at one shot for an hour straight? The 29 min limit is of zero concern to me, but I do think the tax law in Europe is a complete ass.

yes when I used to shoot film you would have to plan the shot around how much unexposed film you had left !
and you ended up with loads of cans of short ends at the end of the shoot ! I have a garage full of them rotting away !
so digital is a luxury so many people are unaware of and take for granted!!
Don't forget you where stuck with one ASA film speed at a time - if you had say 5274 Vison 200T in the camera you couldn't just switch ISO like we do now on each scene!

yes when I used to shoot film you would have to plan the shot around how much unexposed film you had left !
and you ended up with loads of cans of short ends at the end of the shoot ! I have a garage full of them rotting away !
so digital is a luxury so many people are unaware of and take for granted!!
Don't forget you where stuck with one ASA film speed at a time - if you had say 5274 Vison 200T in the camera you couldn't just switch ISO like we do now on each scene!

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A - SONY F3
B - PANASONIC GH2
C - RED EPIC
D - IPHONE 4S
E - CANON C300
F - ARRI ALEXA
G - CANON 7D
H - SONY F65
I - SONY FS100

My top 3 choices from watching part 1 where:
Camera H
Camera F
Camera B

I was very surprised to find out they where

Camera H - Sony F65
Camera F - Arri Alexa
Camera B - Panasonic GH2

wow! stunned ! the two most expensive cinema cameras and the GH2 !

I really thought Camera B was going to be the Red Epic and it was the GH2!

So this just goes to show we can all make great Movies with the gear we have!!! .... a GH2

A big salute to Panasonic and Nick Driftwood for putting a camera in our hands that is capable of competing with Hollywood movie Cameras without us spending over 50,000 on the camera.

Artistry and talent are such an important part of this and ultimately it is all very subjective and personal.

But for me this shows in the right hands the Panasonic GH2 is a world class camera at very very small price compared to the others ....once it has Nick Driftwood's hack on it.

So lets go to work and make some great movies! there are no excuses now!!!

Andy Lee

[b][i]Revenge of The Great Camera Shootout Part Two[/i][/b]

Don't forget PART TWO is released today in a few hours time
and we all get to see which camera was used on the clips we watched!
I have a feeling the GH2 will be getting good results!


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Andy Lee