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Did another car scene today, had to sit it out though and leave the recorder running :-(
As focus is more important than sound! :-o
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Sorry, no idea. And I only know one friend with a MixPre series recorder, so couldn't easily test it.
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3 hours ago, webrunner5 said:
Insane Dynamic Range!! Yeah, like 10.1 stops in Video. But around 13.2 stops in Photo. So higher than a Canon, but not a Nikon.
https://***URL not allowed***/lab-review-samsung-nx1-video-mode-frustrating/
Sad to see that Cinema5D is still spreading their damage even today.
That review in particular along with many others is one reason why I just stopped reading Cinema5D.
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2 hours ago, silvertonesx24 said:
Most of my crew are freelancers so I understand that they essentially running their own businesses
I'll admit I spend far far too much time on my smartphone. But often it is doing things like reviewing the shot schedule, or brushing up on the lines from the script (so I can cue the boom accurately on time, or figure out how to prioritize handing out the lavs for the next scene), so these are all very necessary things to do for the production happening right now. (on this topic, I'd like to mention how very handy it is when production gives out physical copies of these to you at the start of the day! Rather than having to be flipping through a PDF on your smartphone)However yeah also it is sometimes figuring out some business related things such as doing a bit of pre production or figuring out tough sechudling issues. (for instance in about a fortnight away, I'm in a tricky spot where I have THREE feature films I'm working on all at the same time!! Yikes)
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4 hours ago, OliKMIA said:
Yes, the smartphones are getting extremely good thanks to advanced algorithms. Therefore, I can't envision many smartphone users, even the enthusiast Instagramers making the move to a real camera. Why buying a large and expensive camera when your smartphone does the job?
I take waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more photos and videos with my smartphones than with my dedicated cameras!
And that is me, he who owns about a million DSLRs/mirrorless. -
Currently Zoom F4, within the year I will upgrade to either the new Zoom F8n or one of the 633/Maxx secondhand (or maaaaaybe a 688/SX-R4+, one can dream).
Keeping around a Sound Devices 552 / Tascam DR680 as my back up bag.6 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:Sound Devices MixPre-3/6
For these I'd just recommend people using the HDMI trigger. -
Speedy workflow matters. Tonnes and tonnes of productions don't shoot 4K or raw because of this. The last couple of films I have been working on both got shot on Arri cameras, and both are ProRes not Arri Raw. Raw is less important than some people think.
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Maybe get that plus just one Godox light, I think might be sufficient then for the others even outdoors to work just as optical slaves ?
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This is another reason why Samsung will be happy to stick with the cellphone market:
https://petapixel.com/2018/04/20/huawei-p20-pro-vs-canon-5ds-r-im-stunned/ -
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20 hours ago, Robert Collins said:
The cold reality is that Samsung is not in the digital camera market because they are in the smartphone market - and the cold reality is that Panasonic/Canon/Nikon/Sony/Olympus are in the digital camera market because they are not in the smartphone market.
Because the Panasonic CM1 doesn't count. -
Via the built in speakers.
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Exactly as the subject says, how do I mute the left channel during playback, is this even possible with the GH5? If so it would be a life saver for ease of use with a Tentacle.
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7 hours ago, nigelbb said:
Crap! The 5D2 is a great stills camera & is also capable of shooting absolutely amazing video with Magic Lantern RAW but also very decent cinematic video without any hacking.
Just because the 5Dmk2 was suitable and "good for its time" doesn't mean the D750 is not a lot better stills camera and does a lot better stock video.
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16 hours ago, nigelbb said:
A used 5DII is a great buy almost half the price of a D750. I can see why the OP wants to buy a 5DII.
The 5Dmk2 is also hell old, and a greatly inferior stills camera, not to mention massively worse video performance stock.
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17 hours ago, mercer said:
Ugh... why do all of the posts from people asking for opinions on specific cameras turn into discussions why the OP should buy an entirely different camera instead? I get why someone might say, have you thought about a D750 or a7s but to say just get a small sensor mirrorless and a speedbooster... sorry but that is not the same thing as a FF camera. And it’s nowhere near the same thing as shooting FF Raw on a Canon 5D.
Because sometime people are completely oblivious to other options, or they are aware of them but not have fully thought through their respective pros/cons.
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On 4/17/2018 at 6:27 AM, zerocool22 said:
I am pretty sure I am not, there are hobbyists out there with RED camera's. So I am no special snowflake. Is it a substantial amount of money. Yes, but I didnt go to film school, I am 32 years old, I worked for 10 years hating my job. So why I drop this kind of money? I see it as a investment in myself. I did not go to film school, If I did I would have lost more then 10K on education, If I lost my job this could be a backup plan. People invest much more money in sports cars, horses, motorcycles, addictions,... So investing 10K in something I love is not that bad of a deal.
haha yeah maybe the name dop is dropped too easy, everybody who shot a shortfilm calls themselves a dop, and nowadays anybody who operates a camera. And yeah most of them are in their 20's, and I should note they do not do narrative work. They grind small business for corporate video. As I know zero DOP's that do professional narrative work fulltime. If I knew one, I would be on set all the time perfecting this craft and getting tips from directors, gaffers and everybody else on the crew.
"Investment"?!
If you don't already have paid work lined up then you're certain to find that C200 will be a very poor investment indeed. -
Don't bother with so called "full frame", ESPECIALLY if you're on a tight budget!
Go with something better instead like the very affordable secondhand Panasonic G7
I don't at all understand your desire for DSLRs and FF, but if you must must go down that path then Nikon D750 is the best bang for your buck (if ML raw feels impracticable, which if you're shooting any kind of volume it is).13 hours ago, cantsin said:A common mix-up for many beginnners is that "full frame" equals the frame size of 35mm cine film. That is not the case. "35mm full frame" refers to the photography standard where frames on the film strip are horizontally, not vertically aligned und thus bigger.
35mm cine film is the equivalent of APS-C. So if you just want 35mm film look, you can settle as well with a cheap second hand APS-C DSLR or mirrorless (such as the Canon 550D/t2i or the Sony NEX-5N).
Or just use a MFT system camera with a focal reducer, or one of the MAR MFT sensors (such as GH5S or GH2) which have pretty close ish nearing to APS-C anyway. -
2 hours ago, johntimber said:
It has been pretty bad with spammers here lately.... -
Spammers again :-(
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7 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:
In a similar if far cheaper vein (£140 shipped) is this.
I got one last week and its basically a poor man's Terradek Vidiu.
Thanks! Am keen indeed for this. Could probably stick it on the director's monitor to then pass it to me so I get to keep a rough idea of framing (which is all I really need from it, it wouldn't be a dealbreaker even if it had a dozen frames of lag).7 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:It can also be used to stream your camera out to YouTube and Facebook etc.
Bonus!
7 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:I'll do a proper thread about it at some point when I've got a minute.
Looking forward to it!
Behind the Scenes footage
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Thought it would be interesting to share the BTS videos we take on shoots.
This is BTS from a car mount shoot, and what I did to capture the audio: