jonpais

I've got a GH4 with the Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 and 35-100mm f/2.8 zooms and I just purchased the new Speed Booster and the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens. Now I'm considering purchasing either a Kowa Prominar 8.5mm f/2.8 MFT mount or a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. The Prominar would run around $860 + shipping while the Tokina is available here in Vietnam for around $550 I believe. Any thoughts?

I just got the Metabones XL and tried mounting it on my GH4. Using a moderate amount of force, I couldn't get the adaptor to mount on my camera. It just won't turn. Am I supposed to push a button on the adaptor or something? I can't find any information anywhere on the internet. Every video I've seen, they just pop it on their camera no problem. Also, I notice that the rear element that protrudes into the body of the camera is loose (it can spin around). Is it supposed to be like that? I contacted Metabones and they asked for a video, but I thought I might find an answer here first. Failing that, I'll take it to a local camera shop and see if they have any more luck. I'm in Vietnam,where mirrorless cameras are pretty difficult to find, and Metabones isn't even sold here as far as I know. Thanks in advance!

​The building in the background, the whites of her eyes as well as her blouse, have a strong blue cast in this grade.

​You've lost all the shadow detail in this grade

​Thanks for sharing this clip, which I wasn't even aware existed. Great that someone had the balls to make an actual V-Log file available - and not just some beach scene with setting sun, but some skin tones to work with! Re-reading this thread from top to bottom, it's kind of depressing to see so many haters and naysayers out there: I really love my GH4. BTW, I finally bit the bullet and bought the Sigma 18-35mm zoom - just waiting for the Speed Booster XL to arrive.

​Utsira - are you starting with CineLike D profile? Because I'm working with Natural, and if I go up to 100%, the image looks radioactive (^-^) Anyhow, I went ahead and raised the levels in the test to 20% across the board, and the differences are much more noticeable. Let me know what you think.

​Hi Utsira, the differences are subtle. I only applied 6%; perhaps if I'd gone a bit further, the differences would become more apparent. But I'm sure you can see that the Oisiris Delta LUT is cooler than the rest. In fact, the subject's complexion was rather creamy, and most of the LUTs make her skin look warmer than it was under the lighting conditions. If I were a colorist, which I'm not, I would go ahead and add further corrections. Perhaps I will after all!

I recently played around with some of the LUTs offered by Color Grading Central. Here are the results.

Can anyone tell me if V-Log requires an external monitor/LUT to judge proper exposure, or are the camera's histogram/zebra stripes adequate?

Purchasing every new piece of gear might not make you any more creative, but compared to my old GH3, the lack of aliasing, higher resolution and better color of the GH4 make me want to go out and shoot more.

will I need external monitor/ LUT to gauge exposure with V-Log? Sorry if off-topic...

This is too awesome. I love my GH4 - the only thing I'm not happy with is the stabilization (I'm still trying to figure out the Nebula 4000), but aside from that... it would be great if there was no further crop in 4K mode... and if they offered slo-mo in 4K

There are still many questions, such as being able to view results on set and the amount of processing time required, but this little box is amazing.

A video I shot of the restored Saigon Post Office.

I found this in a post published last month over at Newsshooter. A 3-axis brushless gimbal stabilizer, the Nebula 4000, which is sold from the USA with free worldwide delivery by DHL or FedEx. It is the very first small handheld stabilizer I've seen that is available NOW and costs $700. I believe it is all-metal construction. Although the videos posted on YouTube by other users look rather smooth, in those by Dan Chung, you can clearly see jitter from his footsteps. Still, since I don't have the luxury of working with a film crew, I am much more likely to use something I can throw in my bag than a large contraption weighing several pounds that must be carried in a suitcase. The gimbal is designed to work with cameras like the Sony A7S and Lumix GH4.

The footage looks good enough to me. I'd much rather get one of these small stabilizers, since I don't have a crew or anything. But I've seen these mentioned for years, and they never materialize. I'm sure the price will still be between $700-$800.

I'm about to pull the trigger as well. I picked up the Lumix GM1 when it came out, hoping to be able to use it with one of several announced single-handed gimbals like the Mastor Sailfish, but as far as I know, none of them ended up being released. Now that pricing has come down, I've been going back and forth between the soon-to-be-released Came-Mini ($1,188) and the new Defy G2X ($1,995) for my Lumix GH4, but decided I'd get the Came. I can use the $800 savings to pick up one of the new Veydra cinema lenses.

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Hi Matt, Here is the very best resource I've been able to find for those just starting out with Resolve. http://www.davidvickers.co.uk/search/label/davinci%20resolve?m=1

I would feel the same way. I would not expect a camera to actually break or develop a crack after such a small drop when inside a camera bag. You have already got me thinking of buying a serious camera case,

I'm not a computer expert, but I don't think CPUs today are the bottleneck in editing. It's more prudent to invest in extra RAM and storage. With the proper drive connected to the thunderbolt 1 port, you can get read and write speeds of over 800MB/s. The iMac monitor is beautiful. And the iMac is incidentally a work of art in itself. It is regrettable that Apple is bent on preventing user upgrades, but adding RAM to the current 27" takes just seconds, no tools required.

Anthony Teror's Dark Church is really a wonder: in fact, all of his videos are worth watching. Not that I'll ever be able to shoot like him, but I have definitely got to get off my butt and buy some fast glass. I'm also inclined to believe he's shooting 4K using fast glass stopped down, in a very dimly lit church. It looks like he was or still is a Canon user, so isn't it likely he's using Canon glass? Although the video looks awesome, it's impossible for me to judge the noise on Vimeo, since I'm seeing all kinds of swimming dots in the shadows, not that it's distracting or anything. The original clip must be pristine. Also, judging by the number of videos he has uploaded, he's probably too busy shooting to spend time fielding comments on Vimeo. Edit: since reading jcs's post above, now I'm not so sure about anything! But why on earth would anyone shoot 1080p rather than 4K for that shoot? It does appear that quite a bit of sharpening was added in post. Again, I can't agree though that uploading to Vimeo hides noise - on the contrary, I find my videos look noisier when uploaded.

@Stephenk Thanks for the link. A very interesting read.

@Germy1979 I hadn't heard of those reports before. After purchasing the camera however, I did see a comparison between an Olympus, and the Panasonic looked horrid in the stills, especially at higher ISOs, but even at ISO 200 it wasn't any great shakes. Guess I'll have to live with it.