BrunoCH

Nobody here owns the Portkeys LEYE EVF?
I would like to know if it is possible to make easily focus with this EVF.

On 10/5/2020 at 8:46 PM, Mark Romero 2 said:

Is there really a big difference in "gradeability" between the 4:2:0 10-bit internal footage and the 4:2:2 10-bit external footage on an X-T3?

Because I shoot primarily real estate and deal with mixed lighting (and can't set up lights), I often have to color correct a lot.

Would shooting in 4:2:0 (which is the chroma level in 4K 60p internally) really hamper my ability to color correct (as opposed to 4:2:2)?

Thanks in advance.

There is no difference in "gradeability" between 420 and 422.  The big difference about "gradeability" is 10bits vs 8 bits. F-log is better too. ProRes is better than H265 for hardware but it's another question. 

I tried one more time today

2 minutes ago, stefanocps said:

in manual focus i see the rig only on tripod. I want use the rig also in my hand for little movement or run and gun like situation. That way side and top handles are both useful, and both of them will require autofocus, what do you think?

It's very complicated to move the camera by hand with a light rig and to make the focus easily.

1 minute ago, stefanocps said:

that's right, also with top handle should not be easy no? actually when i think at two sie handle i think at a autofocus shot, 

With autofocus, two handles side should be a good solution.

Not easy. This is the best I can do.

On 8/23/2020 at 1:24 PM, stefanocps said:

ok i have seen it

i ask you the same, as i am telling eerybody

Don't you miss the 2 side handles? sometimes i think it is useful to carry the camera that way

No. Not easy to manually focus with two side handles.

23 hours ago, stefanocps said:

i see that is a cage for dslr, what you mean you use half?is so big?

No, it's not so big. If I don't use the right part, I don't put it on, so I don't weigh down the whole rig. It's very flexible. With my Weebill S, I only use the top part and the left part with a weight to counterbalance the lens and the matte box. You can only buy the half cage. I prefer to have the full one and use only what I need.

Half smallrig cage

3 hours ago, stefanocps said:

Hello i own a fuji xt3 and thinking tobuy a cage. What i don't like is the idea that if in a couple of year i 'll change camera i'll should change all the rig. For what you know there are cage/rig that support generic mirrorless cameras?

thanks

I got this cage (I only use half)

smallrig 1630

4 minutes ago, elgabogomez said:

16mm on veydra covered the 16:9 area on apsc Sony, I saw it on my own camera. On 3:2 full sensor there was vignetting in the corners. I looked for the 2 or 3 shots I took at NAB 2017 but not finding them 😕 so I have no proof but my word.

Meike lenses are based on Veydra but not the same. Veydra are severe focus breathing, but Meike are almost no focus breathing. Maybe, they lost coverage in this modification.

1 minute ago, EphraimP said:

I asked Duclos if they'd make a rear mount MFT to X-mount mod for the 16mm MFT lens and they replied:

"Possibly, but we have many other projects in the works right now."

 

I think 16mm don't cover APS-C sensor size but only MFT sensor.

9 minutes ago, EphraimP said:

Yeah, I'd hope they go wider than 25 too. Do the three you have work as a matched set very well. They should, but I understand that they may have made some changes to the optical formula between making the 25 and the rest of the set. For the price, it's really phenomenal to be able to get 3-4 cine lenses for the price of one from another brand.

There is absolutely no problem to match these three lenses with the 10-bit F-log. 

10 minutes ago, EphraimP said:

How are you liking the 50mm Meike cine? Do you have the original 25mm? I'm wondering how they compare, because I have the 25 and have definitely been tempted to get the 50 and maybe the 35.

I have the, 25, 35 and 50mm. 75% of my shots are made with the 35mm. When I need wider, I put the 25; very rarely I put the 50mm. Hope Meike will release a 20mm or 19mm if I need wider than 25mm and get stuck by a wall indoors.

Here is a quick XT4 IS test done at the end of the afternoon. No problem with overheating. I shot about 12mn rushes in 45mn without any problem when it was  34 °C in Paris.
XT4 hand held  with my 50mm Meike cine lens + ND16 filter + lens hood. IS ON; IS boost ON.

password : isxt4

4 hours ago, MeanRevert said:

Hi, A question about this setup..

I see some shaking at the start. I thought the XT4 has IBIS so this wouldn't be an issue?  Also, since it doesn't have anamorphic mode, how do you actually shoot with that Sirui?  Anything special you have to do in post?

Yes, there is a shaking problem at the start. With the weebill I put off XT4 IBIS. I don't know exactly what happened. May be the wind or the last Weebill S firmware update. Or I would have to manually tune the motors. I am using autotune.
I put a Swit 5c  monitor on my weebill S to get the 2.35 ratio during shooting. 
In post, you have to desqueeze  the picture. There are many possibilities, depending on the software.

A music video shot on XT4 + Sirui anamorphic 50mm + Weebill S. 

F-log 10 bit H265, Editing FCPX, Color grading Resolve with RCM, without LUT.

20 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

Fingers crossed!

Not possible : Apple Prores raw is a raw pattern bayer image. GFX is a normal bayer sensor , not the case of XT serie with an Xtrans sensor.

On 5/9/2020 at 5:53 AM, EphraimP said:

I'm getting a strange, fluttering distortion sound when I plug the 3.5 mm out from my MixPre 3 II into my X-T3 Mic jack. It fluctuates around -20db and makes using the in-camera track impossible. The sound recorded to the MixPre's card is fine. I've checked settings (mic out, not line) and used tone generation to make sure the sound level coming in is where it should be. When I turn all the inputs off and just send tone, the fluctuation disappears.

This has happened with two different 3.5 mm cables, one of which works fine when I use my DXA preamp with the camera. 

While I've been fine using the recorder's card and syncing in post for interviews, I'd like to be able to use the MixPre as an audio interface for live streaming and route it through the camera to avoid sound/picture sync issues. Anyone had this problem and figured the solution out?

I'm hoping a certain beardly antipodean audio pro might weigh in here.

What are your settings?
XT3: external mic level adjustment?
MixPre3: stereo out gain?
and the tone level  you used?

Just a few bad and boring shoots to test my XT4

https://vimeo.com/416181826

password : xt4anamorph

1 / 48s, ISO 1600, ND16 filter, F-log, 400Mbps, NR-4, SH-4

IS mode : IBIS/OIS; IS mode boost : off
anamorphic Sirui lens 1.33, F1.8
Exposure adjustment with declic aperture ring with the zebra as a video instrument.
XT4 hand-held.

Editing FCPX; colorgrading Resolve (RCM no LUT)

Ready ! Waiting for the end of lockdown🙂

I have the same problem with my nikkor zoom 25-50. Back focus need to be very precise and it can move just with a change in temperature. This is why there is a back focus adjustment ring on the zoom fujinon MK.

This Ebay seller

https://www.ebay.fr/usr/ramir73?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

sells M42 adapter to Fuji X with a back focus adjustment. I have exchanged messages with him and he will see if he can do something for a Nikon to Fuji X adapter. I’m waiting !

Very good idea. It was with Nikon AI or AIS lenses on my Canon 550D (T2i) that I started shooting my short films in 2011. You get beautiful pictures.
Here is a site to identify all the nikon lenses that exist.

http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html

6 hours ago, kye said:

Even better yet, buy one really nice lens, then go film things and never look back and never take it off your camera.

That's it. Start with one standard lens. 35mm for an APSC sensor or 50mm for a Full frame sensor.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Une_noce_chez_le_photographe.jpg

https://www.ader-paris.fr/lot/19598/3860018?npp=20&

1 hour ago, FranciscoB said:

@IronFilm

What's your take on recording audio in windy conditions?

I just got back from a quick shoot with a rode videomic ntg and a rycote classic softie and was disappointed how the wind affected the recording. Just a light breeze!

Got better results with an azden smx30 and their own deadcat.

Any recommendation other than rycote?

Try to put Gaffer on all buttons and holes on the back of the microphone. The wind may not be passing there.