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I really dislike the clinical rendering of modern lenses. I love the flares you get from old lenses, such as this taken with a Minolta 28mm f3.5 (not my photo). 

Modern lenses are convenient though for their autofocus and EXIF data. Has anyone here ever tried to remove the coating from their lens or has any tips on how to do so? What chemicals or tools would you use? Would removing the coating from the front element be sufficient to create the shape of the aperture blades as in the above picture, or would I have to go for the rear element and the internal elements too?

8 hours ago, Super8 said:

This guy is a joke. 

If anyone wonders why Nikon Z system didn't catch on for video you can blame people like Wolfjoke. 

This gets called out for being wrong in his reviews but never does anything but try and create more clickbait. 

 

 

Holy shit. This guy needs to learn to use cameras before he starts making videos about them. What the hell. 

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

I know all that but I only mentioned it to prove you wrong. You said you need to use a dedicated video camera to avoid overheating.

I rest my case.

My point still stands that from Canon's point of view if you want to to do long form video you still need to buy at least a c200.  

What a strange headline. And how exactly did the EOS R and RP show culture and heritage? The Z line cameras trump Sony's in SOOC image. No they don't have internal LOG but they do have a dynamic range setting that works in video which gives plenty of DR while still retaining Nikon's superb colour science. In addition they have great feeling bodies and great ergonomic features such as the Stills/Video switch. Their IBIS and AF is also reliable. Their 1080p and 4k image are detailed and uncropped. 

What Nikon lacks really is focus. Why do some of their bodies have full flip out screens, some have just vertical tilts and some tilt 180 degrees down? Why do they keep releasing APS-C bodies but only ever release zoom lenses for them? Why did they go mirrorless and create a large diameter mount but then still make primes that are big and expensive (and ugly)? Why are they making a lower-end Z5 when that market is already flooded and they still lack native lenses? 

Did anyone here get this  camera? I've disregarded it for a long time because of its size compared to the RX1 and the 28mm focal length, but I've recently come to see the light. 28mm is quite nice to have and the fact that it's f1.7 and 47mp means you pretty much get a 35mm f2 equivalent when cropped. Also the lens is stabilised and when you want to do a bit of a video it gives you 1080 up to 120fps and 4k up to 30fps, with fairly detailed and sharp images from what I can see, as well as only 16ms readout.

19 hours ago, PaulUsher said:

Revealed: rolling shutter/IBIS issue

He claims/thinks the warp is a result of being at 15mm with IBIS, but it’s not. It happens when he zooms in too

I think this is the IBIS wrestling with the rolling shutter. Very similar to the warp on 1DXIII and EOSR when their DIS fights the RS. I’ve been struggling with similar issue on R for months

2 minute mark onwards:

 

Doesn't look like roling shutter to me. Just looks like IBIS warping. Rolling shutter would be very obvious in the close-up shots when he's riding in the buggy. You'd also see it when he's waving his hands around or when he pans at 4:29. 

20 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Suuuure.

Canon 1D X II has 4K60. Doesn't overheat.

Doesn't count. It got cripple hammered with terrible rolling shutter and yuge codec. Also it costs about the same as the C200 and is about the same weight too.

8 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Shall we make a list?

S1H

GH5S

GH5

GH4R

X-T4

1D X Mark III / II

1D C

And so on

I meant from Canon's point of view. And for 4k60

Clearly if you want to do long form work you still need to use a dedicated video camera

Same. I think his older stuff looked better, although this latest one is a step up from his other recent work!

I still think it was a strange move to go from the Canon to the Sony. The a6300's 1080p is as bad as Canon's in terms of moire and detail. It was like a sideways "upgrade" but with worse colour? 

Hi @Brian Williams and anyone else who owns the camera

If you have time I was wondering if you could do a quick test for me... I'd like to know how well it stablises video when the camera is held at a portrait angle.  When holding it still and when doing slow movements. Most of my content is watched on phones so this is of interest to me.

Cheers

Honestly I'm stunned that this camera is less than £5000. 

On 7/7/2020 at 2:36 PM, MurtlandPhoto said:

. For my taste, I like to see the obvious effect. Otherwise why bother? 😄 

 

exactly!

This is in such contrast to Blackmagic. Whenever Ive had a problem with Resolve, I just email them and get a response within a day or two. And that's for a FREE product! Back a few years ago I even got a direct response from a senior engineer there.

I made this thread years ago 

The Ultra Contrast softens the transitions between light and dark in a really nice way. I ended up getting the strength 3 version. Footage shot with it will require a bit of post work - mainly increasing the contrast and saturation. Maybe some tint adjustments. 

These days I mainly use the Black Pro-Mist 1/4. It gives a slight bloom to the edges and slight softening of contrast. It just takes that digital edge off a little without requiring additional post work. It seems to me that most professional productions use this filter or something like it.

The weakness of all these filters is when you shoot directly into a strong light source. The image looses a lot of its contrast. It's like using a lens without any coating. 

If you look on ebay you can sometimes get these filters for a lot less than retail.

19 hours ago, MrSMW said:

Sony must be pissing themselves with laughter.

There are plenty of already more than good enough cameras suitable for the tiny number of vloggers in existence so why all this focus on this minuscule market?

Make shit products 99% of people don’t want or need and no one is going to buy your stuff.

Yeh theres a fuck ton of vloggers and even more people aspiring to be. Even when you just search for a product review a lot of the time it'll be in a vlog format. And a large percentage of teenagers aspire not to be filmmakers, doctors, bricklayers, but vloggers. 

Panny really missed the boat on this one though. The camera they need to put out is an LX100 with flippy screen, mic jack and new sensor with no 4K crop and better dynamic range.

On 5/29/2020 at 5:19 AM, luiz fonseca said:

Hello everyone!
Two weeks ago I bought a Sony a5100 with 16-50 lenses (Model SELP1650), but when I started filming I noticed shadows around the image.
I researched forums about the problem, and saw that it could be an effect called 'vignette'.
I shoot with the setting 1/80 F5.6 and ISO around 400 to 600 (with 3 lamps of 60w in a room of 3 meters by 3 meters)
and I was recommended to set the camera to 1/60 F11 and a higher ISO (around 2000)
I put this setting, but with the ISO increased, the image is very saturated.
Is there any other solution to remove these shadows?
The camera is very good, and the focus is fast, but this problem with "shadows" (or "vignettes") is putting an end to my filming.

The image below is part of a shot on a white wall
Configurations: 1/80 F5.6 and ISO around 400 to 600 (with 3 60w lamps in a 3 meter by 3 meter room)

Your best bet is to google for "vignette correction" or something like that, along with the name of your editing software.

I also would increase the exposure using either your camera settings or lighting. 

So the Alexa isn't a proper camera?

I use this lens on my Canon M6 II. At 70mm the OIS is very jankey. It jerks around a lot when youre just trying to hold it still. Does yours do this, Andrew?

On 5/17/2020 at 10:43 PM, BTM_Pix said:

Its the Zacuto Shootout 2012.

Its in 3 parts.

 

Thanks for the links. Like a lot of the audience, I also wrote down B and F as my favourites. I'm quite gob smacked to be honest because when I had the GH2 briefly I didn't love it. But to see the Alexa come second to it here is really quite something! This really makes me question all that time I used to spend comparing the colour and dynamic range of cameras. 

Do we know whether or not their GH2 was modded?

I was also suprised how much I disliked the Epic and high end Sony images.

Instructions unclear. Bought two more cameras using stimulus cheque.

Is there more info on this? What does he prefer it to? Why/who asked the quetion?

16 hours ago, newfoundmass said:

You can achieve this with most lenses when stopping them down, even ones with more blades. 

On 5/13/2020 at 10:11 PM, newfoundmass said:

Yeah, stopping down is done both because the ring area is so bright compared to the rest of the venue and because for shots like that especially you want as much in focus as possible, since it shows how large the crowd is. That's the end result. Happens to me when doing wrestling events though it doesn't look nearly as cool because most events don't have that much lighting nor as many spectators, at least not the ones I film and produce!

The camera will have a small sensor and the focal lenth will be wide so I don't think you'd need to stop down to get achieve the desired depth of field. And for a small sensor you'd need to let in as much as light as you can otherwise the image would be grainy. 

Also you can only get 4 pointed stars with a lens that has 4 aperture blades.. and I've never heard of a lens with 4 blades.

Does anyone know if they use a particular type of lens or filter for this?

The silver Fuji X-T4 with that seperated stills and video mode is sex for me