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IronFilm reacted to cjwilliams0013 in Samsung nx1 Price Drop
Even if they do come out with the LX, its not like the NX1 is a bad camera and I can't see Samsung isolate or drop off their firmware updates with the product and create an issue with many people moving to Samsung for video and not getting support.
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IronFilm reacted to Simon Shasha in Tempted? Should you get a $6499 Canon C300 or wait until after NAB?
Very serious. I've never had a problem with aliasing and moire on my BMPCC.
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IronFilm reacted to Don Kotlos in Samsung nx1 Price Drop
Adorama has it at $1300 with a free Rode VideoMic Pro and a Lexar 64GB Professional Class 10 600x:
http://www.adorama.com/ISGNX1.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=cj_5750691&cvosrc=affiliate.cj.5750691
NX1-LX on the horizon?
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IronFilm reacted to j.f.r. in Your realistic hopes for NAB?
Two things I really want......
* Blackmagic Pocket Camera in 4k with at least 48fps in 1080p, even if it's only 30 second bursts it would be greatly appreciated
*Sony A7s II incorporating new in body stabilization + tweaks over their first camera
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IronFilm reacted to Jimmy in Your realistic hopes for NAB?
I'd also like to see more accessible global shutter cams.
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IronFilm reacted to Paul Cryer in Your realistic hopes for NAB?
This 'rumoured' GH4 update.
Ninja Star 2 4K
As I'm looking at a "Cinema Camera" in the next 12 months, I'm very interested in the Panasonic AF200 that is meant to be coming out. Plus some lenses for that camera.
I'm interested, though expect it'll be massively out of my price range, the C300 MKII. I'd love Canon to firmware unlock 4K out via HDMI on the C100 MKII, not gonna happen though. Possible 5DC as well?
Software wise, as a FCPX user, a big update to that software. Again rumours are something is coming around NAB even though Apple don't do NAB itself.
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IronFilm reacted to Ed_David in A Walk Downtown - Samsung NX1 - 4k Cinematic Test
Yea those videos weren't really that impressive to me. Andrew's flim and his articles convinced me. Josephe Gordon Levitt is an amazing person and filmmaker - Don John is a great film - but yea, his little hit record short didn't really move me.
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IronFilm reacted to Geoff CB in Nikon 1 J5
I don't know what the hell is wrong with nikon. All they would have to do is add a 24 fps mode and I would use the camera with small c-mount lenses for short films. Why they continue to shoot themselves in the foot when as others say they have NO cinema lineup to protect just completely baffles me.
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IronFilm reacted to Danyyyel in Nikon 1 J5
People here should see this camera for what it is, a $ 500 interchangeable camera with a Kit lens that will cost $ 400 in 6 month, which is not meant for enthusiast and pro filmakers. Yeah the marketing sucks like all those 4k cellphone that barely reach this level of resolution because of their sensor and lens. If you follow Nikon product cycle you will know that the main advancement come in two ways. Once every four years with the releases of its flagship D3/D4 and D800 type camera, which themselves get a mid term update evolution in between and some test bed tech that they implement in entry level camera like the moire/alias free, very good lowlight D5200 camera that first used pixel binning. This camera has it purpose, can you imagine that it has a better processor than the top of the line D4s and D810 camera!!!! The latest D810 and D750 already have some of the best 1080p out of any dslr. This indicates that you will have at least 4k in the next update of the D4/d800 and all future Nikon bodies in the next two years.
Their update might be incremental but they are getting their, contrary to the A7s and Nx1 their camera don't have big flaws like rolling shutter, or lack of DR and low light in the NX1 or crappy colour science that needs an expert colourist with the Sony cameras. I see the same analogy made about Canon on internet board where the geeks can only comprehend resolution. But yet when you see pro usage or more artistic usage like film festival, the Canon is everywhere because the C100/C300 line are balanced cameras with no big flaws like appalling rolling shutter or colour science.
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IronFilm reacted to Jimbo in Nikon 1 J5
I hear Peter Jackson is re-shooting the Hobbit with this new fancy LFR technology. Because he can.
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IronFilm reacted to Andrew Reid in Nikon 1 J5
Wasn't that 20fps?
Nikon are turning back the clock! Soon they will be giving us silent movies!!
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IronFilm reacted to Micah Mahaffey in Samsung NX1 dynamic range comparison
I've used both a c100 and an nx1. I'll just say that to me personally the dynamic rand is definitely close! I honestly didn't see that much of a difference at all in Dr on the nx1. I'll also add that the nx1 is a great camera that'd I'd personally choose to shoot on over a c100 or c300 at this point.
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IronFilm reacted to arellaTV in Samsung NX1 dynamic range comparison
To be fair (and you're probably well aware of this), dynamic range tests are in a lot of ways subjective. It depends on how many stops is considered usable to that particular tester (noise levels, exposure clarity, etc). Add to that, people conduct the test in different ways (using different charts, profiles, differences in transcoder, firmware version and knowledge like you said), and it becomes even more confusing.
I personally don't own the NX1, so I can't give you a definitive answer, but from all of the footage I've seen, it feels like the NX1 stops a little sooner in the highlights compared to other cameras, but that the highlight roll off is a fair bit more attractive. It seems like the NX1 benefits from underexposing a little bit instead of the other way around (though again, I may totally be wrong about that). According to Andrew's findings against the C300, "If the C300 can do 12 stops the NX1 can do 11.5." Cinema 5d pegs it much more harshly at 10.1 stops.
To my unscientific eye though, I've seen footage that squeezed a lot of detail from contrasty situations in a great way, and some that fail dramatically. It really depends on the context and how much you really need for that shot imo.
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IronFilm reacted to Marco Tecno in Shooting with the Samsung NX500 - a pocket 4K cinema camera
I never saw the nx1 on ebay at 1200$...
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IronFilm reacted to Mattias Burling in Shooting with the Samsung NX500 - a pocket 4K cinema camera
I would keep it. But not the guy who's car broke down or that just have to have that new shiny thing released at NAB
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IronFilm reacted to Jimmy in NAB build up - Canon working on GoPro competitor and next Cinema EOS camera will target 'wider market'
Not sure GoPro can be considered niche anymore?
I was on vacation this week in Iceland, we went to a place called the blue lagoon.. A big tourist attraction, and I would say 1 in 4 of the younger tourists had a GoPro to take video/photos of them in the pool. I was shocked.
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IronFilm reacted to JazzBox in NAB build up - Canon working on GoPro competitor and next Cinema EOS camera will target 'wider market'
I really hope in this GH4 update: I'd love to have cropmarks for safe area (2.35:1 etc...), RAW and ProRes 422 (HQ) files direct to SD cards in BPCC style...
And, since I never liked the GoPro "look", it would be great if Canon could offer an alternative!
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IronFilm reacted to Christina Ava in Not April's: Canon major price slash: C100 OG 2999$, C300 6999$, 500$ off all Canon Cinema Primes
i can see some people running to sell out their cameras befor they lose more value! what would be the c100 used price now?
disturbing!
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IronFilm reacted to Jimmy in NX1-LX rumors
The real innovation might already be in place... Letting developers access their SDK
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IronFilm reacted to Don Kotlos in NX1-LX rumors
Don't get me wrong but you are free to "see" what you like, but you should accept that the truth might be far off.
I don't own any Samsung products and I don't want to start a brand war, but just because Samsung is not followed by a cult does not mean it is not innovating.
It is not by chance that Samsung is the leader manufacturer of phones, tables, TVs, SSDs ... And these are end products. Samsung is second to Intel on semiconductor sales.
As far as cameras, look what they have achieved with the NX1. That is the first iteration of these series and yet it surpasses many...
The real bottleneck of digital cameras and where innovation is needed, is where Samsung shines: electronic circuits.
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IronFilm reacted to ac6000cw in NX1-LX rumors
.....and Samsung are one of the largest designers and manufacturers of semiconductors in the world (2nd behind Intel) - you are seeing the effect of that in the image sensor and image processing performance of the NX1.
In the 35 years I've worked as an electronics engineer, I've seen Samsung grow from nowhere to being within reach of overtaking Intel in terms of semiconductor sales, so I've no doubt they could cause serious problems for Canon and Nikon (at the very least). And in case you think that is unlikely, once upon a time Canon and Nikon were the 'new kids on the block' with a better product and hungry for market share....
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IronFilm reacted to Don Kotlos in NX1-LX rumors
I think Samsung realized that the "low end" video market is quite big, so two models like A-style makes sense. I just hope for an improvement on the rolling shutter.
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IronFilm reacted to Geoff CB in Kinemini 4k, used Red, 5DIII raw, or wait?
Um I think the 11mm from the Tokina 11-20 is plenty wide for every application imaginable.
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IronFilm reacted to silvertonesx24 in Kinemini 4k, used Red, 5DIII raw, or wait?
From what I see, the Kinemini has a 1.7 crop factor, meaning that 11mm=19mm. That should be wide enough for me
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IronFilm reacted to matthewcelia in A7s Color Not That Bad
Agree with Andrew. I have had no problems with skin tones on the A7s. In fact, I'm finding the footage incredibly beautiful and easy to work with. WAY better than my T3i was
I think people just don't understand how to grade. Here is a hint: in FCPX there is a line in the vectorscope - this is your skin tone line. If you crop the image so only a piece of skin is showing, and move the highlight/midtone puck until the vectorscope is right on the line, then remove the crop and you've got a good starting point for your grade.
Proper white balance, proper exposure help too.