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    IronFilm reacted to Dogtown in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    You might be better of keeping your F3, the prices are so low now it could make you cry   besides the Canon C100 II, with the limit to 8 bit out is still nice, but it's not the 10 bit of the F3! I like the locking SDI connectors on the Sony, the C100 HDMI is too weak. The C100 original and C series cameras are lovely cameras, but you have more DR range shooting RGB S Log, with the F3. The Sony F5 would be a nice upgrade path, but it gets bulky when you add on the extras.
      
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    IronFilm reacted to Riadnasla in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    100% Agree with this, I run with an F3 (S-log) + Gemini 4:4:4, and they're built like bricks, never had any issues. Often my clients have difficulty re-focusing from "need 4K" to "need awesome image quality", but after the shoot when I start going through the dpx footage, all debates stop. Biggest downside for me: It's a light cinema camera, but it still heavy as a cinema camera compared to stuff like the C100s. I'm usually a one-man band, so that means a lot more work, but if that doesn't bother you, I can't recommend better IQ for the price. In addition, the native FZ mount can adapt to pretty much anything other than E-mount for the price of a cheap adapter. 
     
    My reel, shot mostly with available light, with this rig for demonstration: 
     
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    IronFilm reacted to Alt Shoo in AMD RYZEN brings high performance 4K video editing to the masses on a budget   
    I'm happy I held off with upgrading computers. The Ryzen 7 1800x and Vega will be the centerpieces for my new 4K video editing workstation, with MAGIX Vegas Pro 14 at the helm!
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    IronFilm reacted to ntblowz in AMD RYZEN brings high performance 4K video editing to the masses on a budget   
    Maybe its time to ditch my i7 and GTX1060, going all AMD this year! (Ryzen + VEGA combo)
    Sick of seeing my 4core i7 is still relevant after all this years and 8 core Intel setup is still waay over priced (cpu + mobo is too high priced)
    8core cpu at only 65W is massive! Intel 8core is pretty power hungry at 140w!
     
    Quicksync is irrelevant IMHO, doesn't care since my GTX1060 does big improvment over my old GTX660 on rendering time, 8c16t >>>>>>4c8t any time of the day, especially on vfx heavy projects
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    IronFilm reacted to Dogtown in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    I do like my F3, ( I have three of them now for multicam shoots ) I find for WEB and TV it has all the resolution I need, the image is wonderful going out to my Odyssey 7Q+ S Log RGB 444, it does have a great film like image when handled well, It is built tough and has so many solid HDSDI connections, just make sure you get the RGB S Log upgrade either installed already, or with the key! If I want to step up to a client that request 4K I bought a Canon C500, I do find 2K to be more than enough for everything I'm shooting these days. Some good information on the old F3 is out there.
    F3 in fact has a 3.4-3.6 megapixel sensor. And from further reading it seems engineers find that, while very small pixel pitches bring with them increased noise, once you reach a reasonable size -- 4-6 microns -- the benefits of larger pixel pitches in terms of noise are reduced. Thanks for the comments -- that's exactly the kind of info I was trying to suss out.
    Here is the full read:
    http://nofilmschool.com/2011/03/sony-f3-times-light-gathering-ability-red
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    IronFilm got a reaction from mercer in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    KineMINI 4K "battle tested" (read: refurbished) were going for $3K last year?
    I'd undoubtedly go for that in your situation if you can't afford a Kinefinity Terra, & don't care about other stuff such as size.
     
    Otherwise you could get a secondhand Sony FS700 (as you're not counting the cost of extra stuff....   such as an external recorder to tap into the FS700 raw).
    Other options I'd consider is Sony PMW-F3, BMD Micro Cinema Camera, and maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe the URSA Mini 4K. Plus of course the GH5, but wait for it to be selling first for a month or two.
    What do you mean "lacking in resolution"? Or is 1080 not enough is what you mean? 
    That is kinda my plan.
    Get the FS5 once they show up cheap secondhand. I kinda want the 10bit 4K internal of the FS7 however..... but the variable ND and small compact size of the FS5 is tempting. 
     
    Or a Kinefinity Terra if they show up "battle tested" in the future. 
    Would you mind please linking to your reduser post on the F35? :-)
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    IronFilm got a reaction from jase in The Thread for Good Deals and Discounts   
    People on reduser band together all the time for group discounts. (Not for something like a GH5 though...  that couldn't happen)
     
    Can't see why not EOSHD could do this as well in a similar manner?
     
    Just don't let anyone from Cairo organise it....
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    IronFilm reacted to dbp in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    Can't speak on 5D raw, but honestly, the only thing holding back blackmagic pocket raw from being viable is hard drive space. RAW compatible memory cards have really fallen. Couple of 256gig cards would get you almost 80 minutes each. The footage runs really smoothly in resolve. I often shoot corporate videos, and I load the clips in resolve first. Whip through them with a basic grade, export them out and use them in premiere. They cut like butter in both instances, and I have a pretty old computer at this point. If you wanted to do extensive grading, it'd take more time... but for your standard real world looking color correction, it's super quick. You get a ton of lattitude, quality is excellent and workflow is barely impacted at all. 
    Hard drives would absolutely add up with a ton of footage but that's gonna happen with any decent codec in 4K as well. Price you pay for quality, really. 
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    IronFilm reacted to HockeyFan12 in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    I thought they were down to a lot less now. I think you'd be surprised how much the MX has aged. It was good for its time and put Red on the map (the original sensor was too slow/noisy to be useable and was unusable with tungsten light using the old processing) but the DR is no better than your F3 and you need substantially more light to get a clean image. Alexas are down to around $17k for a kit and are in another league entirely from any Red. You can rent Epics here for a couple hundred bucks a day so I'd just do that rather than buying one but it depends on your market. Depending on what you're after you might love it but also might not. With some work it can produce an awesome image. 
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    IronFilm reacted to Justin Bacle in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    I would invert your list as Magic Lantern raw has nowhere near the dynamic range of Black Magic or Digital Bolex's cameras
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    IronFilm reacted to tupp in Camera advice. Best image, ignore rest. $3000   
    In addition to the suggestions above, you might consider a used camera:  the Digital Bolex; the Sony F3 (w/4:4:4 capability); the Sony FS700 (w/raw recorder); or a KiniMini refurb.
     
    Also, I've heard good things about the DJI X5R.
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    IronFilm reacted to sam in What the Berlinale film festival taught me about Cameras   
    When should I book my flight to Brooklyn?
    By the way, you happen to know anyone in town who has a F35?  I wanna swap my new F65 for it and some cash.
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    IronFilm reacted to ND64 in What the Berlinale film festival taught me about Cameras   
    Your eye is not trained enough. To my ears, all fighter jet engines sound same, but there are people who can hear the difference. Does it matter? I don't know. 
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    IronFilm reacted to sam in What the Berlinale film festival taught me about Cameras   
    If you cant tell, I'll take your F65. Who wants that heavy, expensive old thing anyway. In trade, I'll take you out to Walmart and let ya pick out whatever camera ya want and then I'll buy ya dinner at Applebees.
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    IronFilm reacted to liork in Canon 77D, the perfect Magic Lantern camera?   
    "5 axis stabilisation" is bullshit, its a software only thing that you have with every normal Video editing software.
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    IronFilm reacted to Andrew Reid in Canon 77D, the perfect Magic Lantern camera?   
    I am curious why you think it would be more of a 'perfect' Magic Lantern raw video candidate than the 5D Mark IV or 80D or even EOS M6.
    There's nothing even unique about the 77D, even within the Canon range.
    I can't speak for them but Magic Lantern would probably prefer to crack the 5D Mark IV before touching the most uninspired, basic, boring camera on the planet.
    77D is practically the same camera as the 80D. I am shocked it even exists.
    The "5 axis stabilisation" is a con... it is the same old lens IS plus a digital crop, which softens the image even more.
    I can think of a million other cameras that are more interesting from a technology point of view.
    It's not even that cheap!
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    IronFilm reacted to rainbowmerlin in Shooting with the Fuji X-T2 in Italy - Samsung NX1 and Sony A6300 beater?   
    Yes, as a number of posts have said, I don't think the chromatic aberration is down to the X-T2! Andrew just happened to be shooting with the Canon F1.2 which was the one he had to hand (which uncorrected does have significant CA); shooting with a lens like the Fuji 35mm f2 or 56mm f1.2 there probably wouldn't be any CA to speak of. Some comments also about the softness - Andrew chose to shoot in the Astia (soft) film simulation (also with sharpness dialled right back), so that was a creative choice (which for me worked very well here). There are quite a few X-T2 videos available now, which show very sharp images, if that's what is wanted. 
    In addition to the great colour profiles,  the superb Acros black and white film simulation helped tip the balance for me on ordering an X-T2 (should arrive in a week or two). Here's an example (shot on X-T2 with the Fujinon 35mm f2). For me, this is really nice - French Art film, anyone?
     
     
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    IronFilm got a reaction from Kisaha in Suitable Micophones to large indoor spaces   
    Kisaha, audio preferences can be very subjective. And circumstances vary from shoot to shoot also which one is "better".
    So I don't say it is so clear cut which of the Audio Technica or Audix is "better".
    I agree Curtis Judd is not an expert specialist soundie (but there are very few of those on YouTube! Matt Price is the only independent one on YT who regularly updates), he is just a videographer generalist, but he is the best regular one of those on YouTube for audio info.
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    IronFilm reacted to Dave Maze in 1dc: some thoughts and questions   
    Canon has threatened ML if they touch the 1DC they will unleash their lawyers on them. It will more than likely never happen unfortunately. 
    http://www.eoshd.com/2013/01/1d-x-has-traces-of-1d-c-firmware-but-magic-lantern-will-never-touch-1d-series-as-canon-threatens-potential-hackers-with-legal-trouble/
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    IronFilm reacted to Kisaha in Suitable Micophones to large indoor spaces   
    Like IronFilm said, just ask politely to turnoff the AC, and mention somwthing like "these pro microphones are very sensitive", it works 100%!! Except if it is really impossible to do (which 99.9% isn't).
    If you have the money get the Audix, or else get the Oktava.
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    IronFilm reacted to Cubanito in [SHORT REVIEW] Feelworld FW760 7" Field Monitor   
    For Ronnie:
    If the input is 4k. What quality do you see when you zoom in, 4K or Full HD?
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    IronFilm got a reaction from Kisaha in Suitable Micophones to large indoor spaces   
    TURN OFF the air conditioning!
    ME64 is more a videographer's microphone,  while an Audix / AT / Oktova (which are all popular options) are entry level indie ones.
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    IronFilm reacted to josdr in Blackmagic ursa mini 4.6k pricedrop?   
    With the gh5 and the new Sonys that are bound to appear BMD  cannot afford to stand still,nor we want them to... Software for a camera is an evolving process
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    IronFilm reacted to wolf33d in Sell my 1DC for GH5?   
    I prove you wrong. Used Neuman footage, I did a 2 min graded and posted the result here in EOSHD, Andrew Reid and multiple other members elected it the best grade posted in the thread. 
    If you do not know how to grade properly thats not anybody's fault but yours. GH5 V-LOG is extremely easy to grade. 
    Now that the standard profile of the Canon looks better out of the box than GH5 standard - yes probably but this is not the question.
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    IronFilm reacted to BrooklynDan in They shot Moonlight (8 Oscar nominations) with ProRes, not RAW   
    Oh hell yeah. Used Alexa packages are getting soooooo cheap. They're really taking the piss out of the Red market. You can have a used Alexa now for what used to be the price of a brand new Red One. 90% of people I know would rather shoot Arri over anything else. The only barrier to entry is the weight, power requirements (it has a serious hunger for juice), and necessity for PL mount glass. But new cheap PL mount sets are getting released every month, and once the Minis and Amiras hit the used market complete with EF mount option and in-camera QHD ProRes, it's gonna be over. Finished and done.
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