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    Brian Williams got a reaction from Phil A in iPhone 15 Camera Update - Released   
    I’m pretty happy with my setup. Bought a MagSafe magnet off of amazon for $12, glued it to the T5, and then found a short usb-c 20Gbps for $7. Super secure and inconspicuous.

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    Brian Williams got a reaction from SRV1981 in iPhone 15 Camera Update - Released   
    I’m pretty happy with my setup. Bought a MagSafe magnet off of amazon for $12, glued it to the T5, and then found a short usb-c 20Gbps for $7. Super secure and inconspicuous.

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    Brian Williams got a reaction from kye in iPhone 15 Camera Update - Released   
    I’m pretty happy with my setup. Bought a MagSafe magnet off of amazon for $12, glued it to the T5, and then found a short usb-c 20Gbps for $7. Super secure and inconspicuous.

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    Brian Williams got a reaction from tomastancredi in iPhone 15 Camera Update - Released   
    I’m pretty happy with my setup. Bought a MagSafe magnet off of amazon for $12, glued it to the T5, and then found a short usb-c 20Gbps for $7. Super secure and inconspicuous.

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    Brian Williams got a reaction from ntblowz in iPhone 15 Camera Update - Released   
    I’m pretty happy with my setup. Bought a MagSafe magnet off of amazon for $12, glued it to the T5, and then found a short usb-c 20Gbps for $7. Super secure and inconspicuous.

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    Brian Williams reacted to kye in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Wow - that looks really good!  I shoot with my phone regularly so I see a reasonable amount of iPhone footage and I agree that the iPhone doesn't look that good.
    To my eyes it's clearly RAW.  Despite the low bitrates that YT uses to compress things, if you give it something shot on RAW then the quality of the YT stream goes up significantly - things like the falling snow and fine detail gives this away.
    Here's an example of a very high-quality RAW capture, but this is from 2015 and only uploaded in 1080p:
    It has the same look to me.
    Definitely agree with this.
    I would go further and suggest that the lesser phones (any phone shooting a compressed codec) are modern Super 8 emulations.  I say this because:
    they get used for home videos like 8mm used to be and are the perfect tool for shooting for fun and not thinking about the quality of the work by the time you process the footage so the compression isn't visible they're not as sharp as RAW 4K they're likely using SS to expose there's enough hand-held motion shown in the frames that it's a different look to a S16 film camera I have to resist the temptation to turn random iPhone shots in my projects into 8mm film emulation 🙂 
     
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from 92F in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    I mean, ok. I said it could shoot C4K, which it can, I just chose a different aspect ratio for this particular video.
    It can shoot raw up to 60fps, I choose 24fps, I don't consider either a low frame rate.
    The face is blown out I guess at some point, I need to go back to find it, but likely user error, I overexposed.
    I also owned the EOS M to use the magic lantern hack, and that DID suck, bc you didn't get a realtime preview, or if you did it was insanely cropped, and the Dr sucked. This looks much better than that, we can agree to disagree, and it has optical stabilization, focus peaking, realtime preview, 4K, 60p.
    I'm not claiming this is somehow better than a modern mirrorless, but very few modern mirrorless shoot raw, hell most are just now getting to 10bit. This looks better than the videos I get when using the stock video app. And I'm fucking poor and can't afford a modern mirrorless, so yeah, I have this (relatively cheap) phone that all of a sudden can shoot raw, I'm going to enjoy it.
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from kye in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    I mean, ok. I said it could shoot C4K, which it can, I just chose a different aspect ratio for this particular video.
    It can shoot raw up to 60fps, I choose 24fps, I don't consider either a low frame rate.
    The face is blown out I guess at some point, I need to go back to find it, but likely user error, I overexposed.
    I also owned the EOS M to use the magic lantern hack, and that DID suck, bc you didn't get a realtime preview, or if you did it was insanely cropped, and the Dr sucked. This looks much better than that, we can agree to disagree, and it has optical stabilization, focus peaking, realtime preview, 4K, 60p.
    I'm not claiming this is somehow better than a modern mirrorless, but very few modern mirrorless shoot raw, hell most are just now getting to 10bit. This looks better than the videos I get when using the stock video app. And I'm fucking poor and can't afford a modern mirrorless, so yeah, I have this (relatively cheap) phone that all of a sudden can shoot raw, I'm going to enjoy it.
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from sanveer in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Maybe this has been discussed before, (Or maybe people don't care about such things at this point in technology), but I just discovered this app for my Pixel 7 Pro called Motioncam Pro that can do C4K raw CDNG, and to an external SSD at that.
    Again, maybe this app has been around for awhile and I'm late to the game, and I know its just a tiny sensor, but for someone broke like me, who can no longer afford my old GAS lifestyle, this is a pretty fun and cheap way to get back into the grueling fun of raw video.
    The app can even export gyro data for use in Gyroflow, for stabilization.
    Nothing too exciting here-
     
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    Brian Williams reacted to Cosimo in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    @Brian Williams welcome to motioncam man, I find it very nice and I am skint like you. I cannot invest money into expensive cameras since I am not in this video business, so I am enjoying it as it is. Developers are working on this app to improve it and solve some of the bugs and is getting better and better, keep sharing your videos!
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    Brian Williams reacted to PannySVHS in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Really appreciate the reactivation of interest for raw video with a smartphone. Thanks for restarting the already nice discussion in this thread. @Brian Williams
    Some of my favorite colour palettes presented on youtube have been shot with Eos M Raw btw, rivaling the best available light shots presented on this forum, bettering most.
    Raw images from 1/1.7-1.8 sensors in compact cameras have displayed some tasty colours, that from 10 year old cameras such as an Oly XZ2 or XZ10. The latter even with a smaller 1/2.3 sensor. So I imagine a modern sensor in these and larger sizes will put out a nice RAW image for video to work with. I have had success with processing Jpegs from old 6MPix cameras. So, looking forward to see this thing gaining momentum.
    Would love some manual focus fun and ND options and nice handling as well. 😊 @billdoubleu
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from PannySVHS in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Maybe this has been discussed before, (Or maybe people don't care about such things at this point in technology), but I just discovered this app for my Pixel 7 Pro called Motioncam Pro that can do C4K raw CDNG, and to an external SSD at that.
    Again, maybe this app has been around for awhile and I'm late to the game, and I know its just a tiny sensor, but for someone broke like me, who can no longer afford my old GAS lifestyle, this is a pretty fun and cheap way to get back into the grueling fun of raw video.
    The app can even export gyro data for use in Gyroflow, for stabilization.
    Nothing too exciting here-
     
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from billdoubleu in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Maybe this has been discussed before, (Or maybe people don't care about such things at this point in technology), but I just discovered this app for my Pixel 7 Pro called Motioncam Pro that can do C4K raw CDNG, and to an external SSD at that.
    Again, maybe this app has been around for awhile and I'm late to the game, and I know its just a tiny sensor, but for someone broke like me, who can no longer afford my old GAS lifestyle, this is a pretty fun and cheap way to get back into the grueling fun of raw video.
    The app can even export gyro data for use in Gyroflow, for stabilization.
    Nothing too exciting here-
     
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from billdoubleu in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    I mean, ok. I said it could shoot C4K, which it can, I just chose a different aspect ratio for this particular video.
    It can shoot raw up to 60fps, I choose 24fps, I don't consider either a low frame rate.
    The face is blown out I guess at some point, I need to go back to find it, but likely user error, I overexposed.
    I also owned the EOS M to use the magic lantern hack, and that DID suck, bc you didn't get a realtime preview, or if you did it was insanely cropped, and the Dr sucked. This looks much better than that, we can agree to disagree, and it has optical stabilization, focus peaking, realtime preview, 4K, 60p.
    I'm not claiming this is somehow better than a modern mirrorless, but very few modern mirrorless shoot raw, hell most are just now getting to 10bit. This looks better than the videos I get when using the stock video app. And I'm fucking poor and can't afford a modern mirrorless, so yeah, I have this (relatively cheap) phone that all of a sudden can shoot raw, I'm going to enjoy it.
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from Cosimo in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Just a recent discovery. I think I still had an iPhone the last time I even thought about raw video on a phone, and there wasn’t a useable app anywhere at the time (esp. not on the iPhone, I assume there probably never will be). The closest I got was the iPhone 13 Pro with ProRes, but after dropping close to $2k for the 1TB version so that it could hold all that ProRes, I started to think it wasn’t worth the money, for what I was doing at least (which is filming my kids basically).
    So I was kind of floored yesterday when I just happened to discover Motioncam, especially the fact that I could dust off my old T5 ssd and plug it into the phone to record straight to the ssd. Such a cheaper setup, and I’m getting 4K raw. I kind of thought I was giving up on mobile filmmaking when I went over to android, but I guess not!
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from Cosimo in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Maybe this has been discussed before, (Or maybe people don't care about such things at this point in technology), but I just discovered this app for my Pixel 7 Pro called Motioncam Pro that can do C4K raw CDNG, and to an external SSD at that.
    Again, maybe this app has been around for awhile and I'm late to the game, and I know its just a tiny sensor, but for someone broke like me, who can no longer afford my old GAS lifestyle, this is a pretty fun and cheap way to get back into the grueling fun of raw video.
    The app can even export gyro data for use in Gyroflow, for stabilization.
    Nothing too exciting here-
     
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from mercer in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    I mean, ok. I said it could shoot C4K, which it can, I just chose a different aspect ratio for this particular video.
    It can shoot raw up to 60fps, I choose 24fps, I don't consider either a low frame rate.
    The face is blown out I guess at some point, I need to go back to find it, but likely user error, I overexposed.
    I also owned the EOS M to use the magic lantern hack, and that DID suck, bc you didn't get a realtime preview, or if you did it was insanely cropped, and the Dr sucked. This looks much better than that, we can agree to disagree, and it has optical stabilization, focus peaking, realtime preview, 4K, 60p.
    I'm not claiming this is somehow better than a modern mirrorless, but very few modern mirrorless shoot raw, hell most are just now getting to 10bit. This looks better than the videos I get when using the stock video app. And I'm fucking poor and can't afford a modern mirrorless, so yeah, I have this (relatively cheap) phone that all of a sudden can shoot raw, I'm going to enjoy it.
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    Brian Williams reacted to mercer in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Anyway...
    Nice work, Brian. The sound of a lawn mower going over branches brings back many memories of my childhood.
    I liked the quality and can really see the raw look, especially in your dog's hair.
    Since I've exclusively shot raw video for years, I'm curious to hear how the post process is? I could see this being a great B-cam when I need to go incognito. Did you use the gyro function?
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from mercer in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Maybe this has been discussed before, (Or maybe people don't care about such things at this point in technology), but I just discovered this app for my Pixel 7 Pro called Motioncam Pro that can do C4K raw CDNG, and to an external SSD at that.
    Again, maybe this app has been around for awhile and I'm late to the game, and I know its just a tiny sensor, but for someone broke like me, who can no longer afford my old GAS lifestyle, this is a pretty fun and cheap way to get back into the grueling fun of raw video.
    The app can even export gyro data for use in Gyroflow, for stabilization.
    Nothing too exciting here-
     
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from kye in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Just a recent discovery. I think I still had an iPhone the last time I even thought about raw video on a phone, and there wasn’t a useable app anywhere at the time (esp. not on the iPhone, I assume there probably never will be). The closest I got was the iPhone 13 Pro with ProRes, but after dropping close to $2k for the 1TB version so that it could hold all that ProRes, I started to think it wasn’t worth the money, for what I was doing at least (which is filming my kids basically).
    So I was kind of floored yesterday when I just happened to discover Motioncam, especially the fact that I could dust off my old T5 ssd and plug it into the phone to record straight to the ssd. Such a cheaper setup, and I’m getting 4K raw. I kind of thought I was giving up on mobile filmmaking when I went over to android, but I guess not!
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from kye in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    Ugh, sorry, I should’ve known there was an existing thread!
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    Brian Williams reacted to kye in raw video on my Pixel Pro 7   
    @Brian Williams On the contrary..  Lots of interest, as expressed in this thread!
    Smartphone sensors have enormous potential if we could just get all the ridiculous over-processing out of the way to get to the image.  I've developed a powergrade that matches my iPhone to my GX85 to suit the work I do, but RAW would be the far easier option, that's for sure!
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from Kisaha in Can Any Camera Do What This Cellphone Can? 8K and Moving Smoothly with the Camera with No Crop and No Gimbal   
    Overall, maybe I'm just spoiled, I don't tend to get all that excited by cell phone footage. Ultra wide depth of field, the digital stabilization only works in good lighting conditions (also the reason why I'm am never all that happy with every 360 camera I've owned). I know lot of people think shallow depth of field is overated, and they'll list a bunch of classic movies that were shot on super 16 back in the 60's that have deep DOF, but I think it's magical, and those movies they always list are classics because of their stories, not their cinematography. They're classics in spite of their cinematography
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    Brian Williams got a reaction from MrSMW in Can Any Camera Do What This Cellphone Can? 8K and Moving Smoothly with the Camera with No Crop and No Gimbal   
    Overall, maybe I'm just spoiled, I don't tend to get all that excited by cell phone footage. Ultra wide depth of field, the digital stabilization only works in good lighting conditions (also the reason why I'm am never all that happy with every 360 camera I've owned). I know lot of people think shallow depth of field is overated, and they'll list a bunch of classic movies that were shot on super 16 back in the 60's that have deep DOF, but I think it's magical, and those movies they always list are classics because of their stories, not their cinematography. They're classics in spite of their cinematography
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    Brian Williams reacted to Django in Fuji X-H2S   
    I hear you, I left the system after XT2 and was hesitant to come back ever since. But I do miss some things like the AA Filterless Xtrans sensor, the film simulations etc. The newer gen lenses also seem to be much better for video AF and you've got third party anamorphic lenses plus metabones smart adapters now too.
    What attracts me is the 6.2K Open Gate mode, ProRes, 4K120p and the stacked sensor with ultra low RS. That's all really nice features on a $2.5K body with IBIS. Plus Flog 2 & the film simulations, that could all lean me back towards Fuji. I also just like that it's a different vibe from CaNikon/Sony. Perhaps I'll be the first here to pull the trigger!
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