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    jpfilmz reacted to Emanuel in DJI Pocket 3?   
    Arrived:
    WOW
     
    Who will resist to not have it for half grand? ; )
    The top bargain ever, so far, IMO... This is a dream but for real from now on. And not necessarily for vlogging capture device for sure. Street videography/photography shooters will just say thanks ;- )
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from kye in Canon Highlights?   
    Highly likely to be the YouTuber fault.
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    jpfilmz reacted to Ty Harper in Canon EOS R5C   
    I can confirm that with a fully charged single oem LP-E6NH battery I got a little over 80 minutes at 4K 422 10bit 24p XF-AVC (Clog3). Before the update I was getting a little over 60 mins fully charged. 
    Also getting double that with the grip.
    Words can't express how f*ckin' happy I am right now thanks to this one practical update - and I haven't even started to play around with the other stuff!
     
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    jpfilmz reacted to PannySVHS in Let´s Do It!! -- Magic Lantern Challenge -- Canon EOS M, 5D2, 5D3, 7D, 50D..   
    Hey friends, now with the latest built from Bilal and Dannes achievements before let´s get some Raw magic started. Thanks to our friend @ZEEK the latter are well reported, the former has been posted about here by our friend @QuickHitRecord The challenge would be up to us to make up. So what are your suggestions, what kinda challenge could that be? I think there are plenty Magic Lantern lovers and Canon owners. I got a EOS M for 75EU about a year ago and a 5D2 for 150. Still, I have not filmed anything with it yet. I feel pumped to try out my EOS M though with the latest built from Bilal, since even Danne seemed to like it.
    Some 50D cats here? Put some dirty fungus M42 Meyer Goerlitz on your cam and give us that Keny Ty look but not in filthy 420 8bit but in gorgeous RAW glory! 5D3 queens and kings? Mercer, you go! Some keywords for our magic fun tour: experimental, 3min narrative, video essay with photographic beauty, cinema verité exitement, locked shots parade..camer
    So all camera cats with the love for the some Raw image magic, let´s get our and your jazz on with magic lantern! 🙂
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    jpfilmz reacted to QuickHitRecord in Next-gen Magic Lantern in crowdfunding   
    Forum member @essbe mentioned this in another thread, but I think it deserves it's own topic.
    Magic Lantern developer theBilalFakhouri is showing compelling evidence that he has figured out how to implement full real-time preview in most raw recording modes across the EOS-M, 100D, 650D, and 700D. Live HDMI output is supported across all recording modes too. Many have found that these are the last two major usability hurdles for these cameras. He is trying to crowdfund £2,214 (about $2750 USD) for the 300 hours he's spent figuring this out before he releases it, and says that he will begin work on full real-time preview on the 5D iii after this campaign gets funded. As of this morning, he's about 2/3 of the way to his goal, but donations have slowed down significantly over the last 24 hours. If you'd like to pitch in, instructions on how to contribute are in the link above.
    I haven't used either of my ML-enabled cameras in about three years, but this feels like it could be the final chapter in ML history. I would love to see it succeed and keep some of these cameras out of landfill as well as to provide the next generation of broke filmmakers with a truly affordable 16mm/S16 raw camera.
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from Django in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from SRV1981 in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from newfoundmass in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from Emanuel in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from BTM_Pix in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from John Matthews in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from kye in What cameras are you actually using?   
    This thread inspired me to break out the 5D3 and play with Magic Lantern Raw video again.  Took it with me to a shoot instead of the R5 and I forgot how great the old optical viewfinder is for photos.  Anyway, I shot some a lot of footage in 1920x1080 and in 3072x1308 and upscaled it to UHD in resolve.  I've missed this look.


     
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    jpfilmz reacted to PPNS in Share our work   
    some stills from a new short i dp’d. Still ungraded, some still need to be cropped a bit.

     
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    jpfilmz reacted to ntblowz in Canon EOS R5C   
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from solovetski in 11 year old 5d MK3 superior to newest releases   
    I still…even with the bmpcc4k and R5 8k raw haven’t be able to replicate this look and motion from 5D3 Raw.
     
     
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    jpfilmz reacted to mercer in 11 year old 5d MK3 superior to newest releases   
    This was one of the films I watched right before I bought my 5D3! Great look!
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from TomTheDP in 11 year old 5d MK3 superior to newest releases   
    I still…even with the bmpcc4k and R5 8k raw haven’t be able to replicate this look and motion from 5D3 Raw.
     
     
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from mercer in 11 year old 5d MK3 superior to newest releases   
    I still…even with the bmpcc4k and R5 8k raw haven’t be able to replicate this look and motion from 5D3 Raw.
     
     
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    jpfilmz reacted to hyalinejim in 11 year old 5d MK3 superior to newest releases   
    At the risk of going off topic, I also remember when on video forums people would post videos that they had made!
    It's the same everywhere else. On FB groups people post pics of their setup rather than something that they shot with it.
    By the way I think it's worth pointing out that the original post of this topic was something along the lines of "does 14bit give noticeably better colour?". It's a perfectly valid question or talking point for discussion about one aspect of image quality, and has nothing whatsoever to do with lighting, story, frosted glass or frosted flakes or whatever somebody had for their breakfast... So to veer off into those topics is to miss the point of this thread.
    Now, here's a video! This is the last project I shot on the 5D3. Hope you like slow cinema!
     
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    jpfilmz reacted to Maxbrand in How we shot a 30-minute film for under $3000 while still maintaining high production value, a producer & cinematographer's perspective - Part 2   
    This post is available on my blog a little more nicely formatted: Link
    Trailer for the film
    The making of RE:ACTING
    Two weeks ago I wrote a post talking about how we shot our micro-budget short film. I talked about how we planned and shot one scene in the film.
    I got some questions about where exactly the $3000 budget went, so I'm going to start this post by breaking down our costs.
    Food & snacks for about 10-15 people per day (cooked in the evenings after the shoot) - $500
    Camera equipment was mostly lent to us for free, but in order to move quickly we also had to rent two zoom lenses for seven days - $450
    Props & costumes - $400
    Location costs (parking, location rent etc..) - $400
    Post-production - $1250
    Keeping the budget this low was only possible because we were able to borrow a lot of gear, being smart about planning and making deals with other companies.
    For example, we planned the shoot in June because that’s the month most Swedes are on vacation and we managed to get sponsored by a production company that did not have anything scheduled during the shoot, they would let us borrow most of the camera and lighting equipment for the whole production.
    Additionally, we managed to save costs on props by negotiating a deal with a company that rents out police gear for film, including cars. Usually this would cost a lot as police gear is highly regulated, but we were able to get what we needed for one day of shooting in exchange for doing a short production for the company.
    Another place where we had to get creative with costs was locations. As we wanted to shoot a total of 26 scenes in 13 different locations, we had to choose and plan our locations and scenes carefully. Not only did they have to come for free or at least very cheaply, we also had to get to three locations per day with a small crew.
    In the last post I talked about scene 3 in the film and how we shot it in about two hours from arriving at the location. After Scene 3 we drove about 20 minutes to the next location to shoot Scene 22 where we transformed an inconspicuous location into something that would work for the production in more ways than one.

    Schedule for day 4 of the shoot
    Scene #22
    Scene 22 is a police interrogation with the main character Karl, where he finally gets the courage to act well and completes his character arc.
    The good thing about interrogation rooms is that when you really look at them and how they appear in films, they're just rooms with neutral-coloured walls and often a one-way mirror.
    We realised that all we needed for this location was a white wall and enough space to fit a table and chairs. I figured the common room in the basement of my apartment building would fit our needs, and we could rent it for just $30 a day.

    The corner where the bed is standing is where we shot this whole scene.
    Doesn’t look like much when you look at it like this, but just dress it up right and light it with intent and you can make anything work.

    Dressed up and lit.
    When I scouted this room there were several things that made me feel like this was going to make a good location:
    Few, small windows, making it easy to block out sunlight
    Big space, fitting the whole crew without problem
    Access to a bathroom and a kitchen so we could break for lunch here. (which we did)
    Bottom floor, so we could get our equipment in and out of the room quickly.
    We shot during the daytime, so we had to block out the light from the windows and ended up using just an Astera tube with grid for lighting as well as a floppy for some negative fill.

    Floor plan & lighting schematic I made ahead of the shoot
    For this scene we chose to shoot from a 90-degree angle to emphasise the movement when Karl leans forward and takes control of the situation.
    In contrast to the rest of the film which is shot around 28-35mm, we chose to use a tighter lens to make Karl appear more cramped up and put on the spot.

    Acting tough

    Being out-witted
    These are the two shots that run for most of this scene, and the third shot is of Karl's friend and dim-witted drug dealer Josef who is (poorly) trying to talk his way out of the situation.

    Josef, the drug dealer
    This shot we chose to do from head-on with the police in silhouette instead. This is both because Josef is acting as comedic relief in the middle of a tense scene and comedy genereally plays better in a wider shot, and also because we wanted to sell the feeling of it being an actual interrogation room more.
    Rounding up
    This interrogation room scene is a simple scene but I still think that many good principles were applied in its planning. We kept the lighting simple, we got a location that was close to the other two locations of the day, we didn’t have to do a lot of rigging, and in the end we shot it in a way that made it a lot more interesting than you’d expect when you saw the room for the first time.
    So, the next time you’re faced with a scene that you don’t have the budget for. Take a step back and consider what the essential parts of the scene are. Then try to be creative with lighting and blocking to enhance your location. If you do this you can often get away with shooting a scene that you thought was out of your budget.
    In the third part of this series I’ll give another example of how we got away with shooting a scene that on the surface seems impossible at this budget - an interior scene in a moving car during night time.

    Josef, shocked that we pulled it off.
    Again, feel free to reach out to me if you have any specific questions.
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    jpfilmz got a reaction from Emanuel in No Joke - RAW 4K on the 5D Mark III   
    5DMK3 Raw 3k upscaled to 4k.  The first shots are filmed in a mirror's reflection so they are not as sharp.  I really hope the C200's raw is similar to this.
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    jpfilmz reacted to newfoundmass in "Looking" professional and how important is it?   
    I think putting the handles and matte box is as far as I'm going to go when it comes to trying to spiffy the camera up for clients. I'll add a monitor for functionality when I need it. To me, I want a compact, simple set up. I see "rig build" videos on YouTube and 90% of them are just way too much for me. 5 years ago I'd of had a totally different opinion, because I'd have been impressed and slightly jealous, but honestly the last thing I wanna do these days is spend more than 5 minutes setting up my camera rig and then have to lug this big thing around for a simple sit down talking head shoot or my friend blowing glass.
    LUMIX S5 + cage + Panasonic XLR helmet + Azden SGM-250CX + SmallRig HSR2511 right grip with record trigger + NiceyRig left grip with Arri Rosette + Mini Matte Box Lite = enough!
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    jpfilmz reacted to ntblowz in Canon EOS R5C   
    Should be? But I would rather use powerbank which last ages, today I did an 8 hour shoot of talking to cam on 2K, the 20000mah 18W PD powerbank still have 1/4 power left.
    Btw those Lumix lens bag is sooo useful, I still use them to put small stuff like powerbank or accesories lol.
     

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    jpfilmz reacted to ntblowz in Canon EOS R5C   
    Got the R5c today, checked the video AF and it locked on fine.
    512GB only last 30min of 8k50p, on 5.9k 50p it last nearly an hour which is more doable.
    Might have to use the speedbooster again for 5.9k raw 🤔
    And battery life is much worse than R5, 4k50p last 40 something min so I guess I will be pairing with my 18w pd powerbank for long tripod shoot..
    Btw absolutely no video on photo mode. You have to switch mode to do video and vice versa.
    Body and operating wise it feels like mini c70 when shooting video, better balance with lens than R5 I reckon.
     



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    jpfilmz got a reaction from Jimbo in Canon EOS R5C   
    This is a great camera someone like me that operates quickly and with a small agile crew.  I can fit a R5C, R5, and EOSR all battery grips into one bag plus lenses and audio gear….break them out and attach to a lens and tripod super fast for multi camera/angle shoots.  R5C will be my new A camera.
    R5,EOSR, and C100MK2

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