Tim Fraser

Found this video with helpful explanation why engineers disallowed AF with A mount lenses except with static aperture in P mode; also shows that using MF in A priority you get good demo of effectively step-less aperture changes with A mount lenses

suggest start watching from 5:52 mins

On 21/02/2017 at 4:33 AM, tweak said:

I hope everyone knows that in part modern lenses are far superior to equivalent vintage lenses. Thus you must throw all your old lenses away as they are worthless and there is no point to shoot with them  .

well, ahemmm, in part

On 1/12/2017 at 8:37 AM, Axel said:

Thanks again. Then I won't buy the 30mm, because gimbal bumble is the only time to switch to AF for me. I already know. I will (again) make the camera "ENG-style":

> put a big soft eyepiece on the excellent EVF, like I did with my GH2 (Zacuto replacement part, € 16):

> instead of a rig-diculous rig, I'll buy a grip like this:

> I'll re-buy only one lens for the start: the Sigma 18-35 f1.8 for Nikon G. For Nikon, because then I get a MB speedboosted manual aperture ring, which I find more intuitive. And I am used to the direction of the focus ring.

> I'll buy two adapters: Novoflex MFT<Nikon. This makes the Sigma a 36-70 @f1.8 (FF equivalent). Then a Metabones speedbooster (don't know which one works yet, don't know how much stops it will boost), with, say, crop-reducing by 0,7 I would have the Sigma be ~ 25-50mm and faster than f1.4.

> for a small AF lens, I am not sure. They all seem to shout 'sterile video'! Might then be the cheap and very light 14mm pancake, or should I really spend $1500 for Leica Summi-something?

 

On 1/12/2017 at 10:18 AM, jonpais said:

I hear you about MFT lenses screaming 'sterile video', but I've seen some nice stuff with them, even the f/2.8 lenses, so it's probably more about lighting and stuff than the lenses themselves. I think the Leica Nocticron is worth every penny, but I did get a hefty discount, or I would never have considered buying one.

 

would love to know where to source a grip such as this

Thanks for the suggestions and questions, it seems my colleague is starting out with weddings so run and gun I imagine will be involved.  I know you filmmakers who do short films will use MF, but anyone successfully using AF for wedding vids with Sony full frame mirrorless?

One of the most usefull suggestions I thought so far has been get a 2.8 zoom...  the G-master is the ticket except the ticket is large ;-)  Is there a good mid range zoom with AF alternative?

I've also suggested to him that he hire a lens from hireacamera people then purchase later.

Could someone help by referring to a previous thread or share what they suggest as a good set of lenses for the A7S II in a general videography business please?

Is there any sense in utilising the Sigma 18-35mm with speedbooster then shooting in Crop frame on the body? other than reduced rolling shutter?

Try to get the constant f3.5 version, it's is ahead of the other Nikon 35-70 lenses in ways including distortion.

On 1/31/2016 at 5:05 PM, kidzrevil said:

the debut of the Samsung NX1 they showed the world that a new challenger has entered the 4k market. The specs spoke for itself and the stunning resolution & color reproduction spoke even louder. The camera did have a rough start but quickly addressed the issues with constant firmware updates. Image quality aside the most revolutionary feature of the camera is the Tizen OS. Samsung has releases the open source code to the NX line of cameras to the public and rumor is they have reached out to the Magic Lantern developers. This is great news for many reasons. 

1) this is the first time I have seen a camera manufacturer openly embrace the hacker community. The same community that has made Canon cameras so popular in the video arena and has pushed the GH2 into new heights.

2) this could inspire other manufacturers such as Panasonic, Canon, Sony & Fuji to release the open source codes to their future camera bodies

3) if a hack for the NX1 & NX500 were to go live we can see a tremendous increase in image quality and yet another tool to capture stunning images on a budget in a professional environment.

More than anything for an NX1 hack we need to double the existing bitrates. The camera supports high speed SD cards (SDXC UHS-II/U3 @300mbs) so it would make sense to increase the bitrate by at least double to avoid/eliminate macro blocking in the shadows and at high frame rates. Last but not least completely disabling in camera sharpening and noise reduction will help rid us of the electronic look. 

I as well as many other Samsung users on EOSHD and other forums would love to see this hack go live. If you feel the same and in the future will not have a problem with helping us crowd fund the project simply comment with : "+1". 
The more support we get the more likely this is to happen.

Please do not comment with why this shouldn't or couldn't happen. This is not what this thread is for. It is a show of support for a hack. Thank you for your time ! 

link please to open source code for the OS.  I doubt there is any public sharing by Samsung.

Thanks Max for pointing out your 50D clips.  Both the crop and uncrop were useful to see.

I like the idea of avoiding the pink dots issue.

I have EOS-M and am interested in your comment on the 50D.

Do you have a view on what the pros and cons are of the 50D raw compared to raw on the older 7D? (other than 7D a bit more money)

These are frame grabs, right?

Olympus has released a camera with an open API that users with some coding skills can write ios or android apps to work along with their smartphone.  They are making it a "hack and make project", incl making available some 3D printer files for some of the accessories and items to customise the camera.

It's the same sensor as the EM10 I believe.  16 mpix 30p.   I doubt the API allows very low level access to the sensor, (pity as 3K 15fps would suit me to extract stills from) but it's an interesting direction they are taking.

+1

I wonder if both would supply still frame grabs of identical flexibility in post?

What's the fastest CAPTURE fps achievable with Quicklapse.  Having looked at the original link, it seems it may be 4fps?

I realised the guy did not have a dslr rig after I watched the video :-)

Rather I'm guessing it was some sort of street sculpture?

Picked up an EOS-M with kit lens just the other day and fair comment MattH on the Video capability, it doesn't seem to be up to the sharpness of even my Olympus PM2, although also just found out that my model of Olympus doesn't do auto-iso in manual video mode like this can.  In case anyone is interested I noticed Argos in the UK have the EOS-M kit reduced to £199 with the 18-55 zoom and flash.

Here's some output after visiting my daughter today using the EOS-M which is .mov footage out of camera.

1920x1080/25p

1/50th

f4 then f6.3 in the living room

AWB

Auto-iso

Manual Focus

I'm discovering that ease of shooting is a main issue.   I was manual focusing using the focus magnify of Magic Lantern on this EOS-M. Even with focus magnify, I find I still need to zoom in and focus then zoom out.

Is manual focus the best approach?

Hello,

Steve Huff (more of a stills photographer) certainly raved about the Olympus EM1.  You can see his review here.

On this forum another user >posted a topic called "Still like my EM1"   It's this video of skin tones that really got me wondering...if my own next camera purchase was really off.   Most people seem to find it a joy to use the EM1 filming handheld with it's excellent built in stabilisation, also hugely useful for stills and being in New York that frame rate of 30p might well be liveable with?

For portraits your partner might like the forthcoming LX100 you mentioned.  It's 4K "photo mode" while recording video, means he could extract 8Mp stills from any frame of video(this link illustrates process and a try out with professional still photographers using video stream from a 1DC).  Everything I've read describes "photo mode" on the LX100 as a feature you perform in camera.... hoping there may be post processing option on that too!

You'ill want to hear about the still quality of the A6000 from the point of view you mentioned, ie coming from full frame, from someone who has both cameras.  

A portrait photographer could potentially stand further away from their subjects using the longer zoom range of the FZ1000, perhaps making them feel more comfortable but it does have a smaller sensor...and doesn't go near as wide in video as the LX100.  Check if the LX100 can go long enough for your partner.

If m4/3 is too small a sensor, I found this video tutorial most interesting;  this tichy wee camera reportedly has the same sensor as Canon 7D and with adapter can take all canon lenses as well as the excellent native EOS-M fit 22mm f2 which is reckoned pretty sharp. Even the native kit lens is better quality than Canon's Dslr kit lens as the distance from rear element to sensor is less.  The video was a great demo for me personally as to one way to rig for audio monitoring and capturing high quality audio.   Bear in mind the EOS-M (with focus magnify feature of ML loaded and working DURING record) camera can record decent audio but it's preamps are not up to professional grade, but by feeding a properly amplified signal in, there is no post syncing.  A pretty decent tutorial I thought and well worth a watch perhaps.

How about this for a new EOS-M body and f2 lens :-) 

This was a very interesting post for someone (me) thinking about purchasing the LX100 same sensor? as GH4...

I can't afford putting the amount of money required into a Nikon D750 body, and while I have a couple of Canon lenses, 50mm 1.8 and 135mm 2.8, I was taken with the video I've just seen on the thread "Still like my EM1".  

If you haven't seen it yet please head over and share your thoughts please!  You could influence my next purchase.

Matt,

 

It's because for whatever tech reason, the GH4 doesn't process colors the way 5 years of 5D2 have spoiled us. 10 bit isn't going to help that out of the GH4. The G series are very sharp, but have the video/bad skin tones out of the gate. You can post it, but it still doesn't look great (to my eyes and many others). Main reason (besides sensor size) you read ad nauseum about people returning their GH4's to B&H in droves.

 

Go and search examples for yourself.

 

The new Nikon D750/D810 process colors beautifully..really gorgeous video with a nice cinematic look..much like a Canon EOS camera. The GH4 fails in this department miserably.

 

$25K and lower Canon and Nikon rule colors. Have tons of cash? Buy an Alexa/Amira and be done with it.

+1 on static human subjects!

the dog on the Nikon D750 video seemed to go out of focus a lot, so I found it hard to evaluate the camera's image.

 I agree with jcs's points on the benchmark, but Andrews counterpoints ring true for most who can't handle the workflow and HD space needed for raw.  I can't say I am ready to sacrifice image though.  I think the GH4 and a7s in particular match or best the 5d3 raw in some areas and this has yet to be seen with the brand new d750...like I said I would love for andrew to have static human subjects and compare the a7s, gh4, and d750, maybe even ML Raw for kicks.

 

That would truly give us a picture of which system is where.

Thanks for sharing this.  I truly love the way your camera handles skin tones and handheld with a 90mm eq lens is amazing.

I like to ask how you were holding your camera?  Were you using the "optical" viewfinder against your face?

I'm considering getting the new LX100 for it's 4K photomode, and this camera is about the same price for the body and I already have the 45mm lens and it does render people beautifully.  So I hope I'm not going to miss out on something special here.

I learn much more about a camera from seeing this kind of footage over dark streets or green vegetation.

Selling your 60D and buying a Panasonic G6, you could just about end up with a modest profit, if you buy and sell carefully and you retain your Canon 5D III for stills?

Fantastic stills for 50% and Fantastic video too.

There is one more thing - these all are hybrid stills/video cameras. That means they just can't go lower than 8 megapixels in 16:9.

For 2k video the best sensor would have 2 megapixels - 1:1 full sensor readout with best DR you can get. But nobody would buy still camera with 2-3 megapixels :)..

 

Yes this is on the button, and why picking up a Canon prosumer camcorder with 2 megapixels might not be a bad option for good lighting conditions.

I love the way Olympus not only enables the use of Art Filters in their cameras, but these are also available in their PC software and can be applied to their raw files on your PC while post processing. My experience is that shooting this way is faster, as the camera only has to save one file to memory, and I'm still able to enjoy the creative uses of the Art Filters on my PC while previewing them on my large monitor.

With relation to the LX100 my interest would be different.

Grabbing 8Mb stills from selected progressive frames in a standard 4K captured video file is of course not camera specific, but the ability of the LX100 to switch on Photo Mode and capture 4:3 (among other resolutions) video thereby increasing the vertical resolution beyond 2160 horizontal lines is extremely attractive as Andrew already has covered.  I've read that the camera will capture the last 5 clips each up to 2mins each in this mode, and I don't quite follow the usefulness of implementing this feature this way.

I understand the photographer can review these "Photo Mode" clips in camera and press the set button to write a Jpeg still complete with Exif data however I would prefer to do this in post.

But I'm really wondering if the 4:3 video capture in "Photo Mode" will be limited to 5 clips of 2mins each as I think I would want to use this capture setting all the time or most of the time.

I think the main thing for those that ordered at the summer sale price and are still waiting for delivery is not to cancel said order out of frustration.

Having said that, it seems strange that Blackmagic say they need the space and me having space at home... :-) but no camera as yet.

 

Hi,

 

I am really confused between which camera i should buy.

 

Normally do Landscape Photography and Videos(25%).

 

Have gone through many reviews about camera and lenses and finalize these combination :

 

Sony a6000 + SEL 18-200

 

Canon 70D + 18-135 STM

 

All three above setups are costing me Equal!

 

I will add a 10-18 STM later on if i go with 70D.

 

Please advise in which setup i should invest.

 

PS: Coming from a 1000D and a P&S which i use for HD Videos

 

I can understand the recurring question of one camera for stills and video, but for landscapes and video, this makes this a very interesting question.  I will watch this thread with a lot of interest!

A couple of questions, is it for paid work?

What volume of landscapes say per month are we talking about?