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@Andrew i am coming from samsung nx1 and am considering buying gh5 for the better codec + better low light + better slowmotion+ better in body stabilization. Question is, itțs worth the upgrade now that you tested the open gate future ? I am a bit afraid of the down sides of the smaller sensor compared to my nx1. I know the adapter + full frame lens will bring it closer to apsc, but the quality wonțt be the same as samsung nx1. Dunno about the DR in both cameras regarding film. For stills NX1 is a clear winner. So, is it an upgrade the GH5 with the new update? I know i should probably wait till the a7sIII will be out but i wonțt have the budget for it so it is out of the question for now. Thanks a lot for the replies.

@Andrew can you elaborate more on the settings you've been using? Why not set in in the camera 16-235 in the first place? thx

still no footage, just specs on paper!! who's worth is it?

LawDude, can you share with us the setting for the autofocus and what gymbal did you use? thx

since they updated the mobile app for samsung, wouldn't be nice to update also the remote studio software? maybe releasing the long waited OS ver? shell we start a pull?

there is a link to the actual movie too?

in my evil mind i thought there is a connection between panasonic releasing the 400mbs update and sony's a7s 3. What i mean is that panasonic holds the update as a response for sony's launch. Therefor the roughly announcement of the update coming from pana should coincide with the sony launch of a7s 3. But i think i am just paranoiac.

Just trying to figure it out if it's going to be this summer or the next year? Myself, i am on the verge to jump on gh5 but it might be better to wait for the new sony. Or not!

I don't know if it means something or not but there is a new update released on the 3rd of July.

it says, compatibility with IOS 10 and bug fixes. Did anyone tried it yet?

Would this mean will see a new update in the studio software aswell?

there is any update regarding the possible launch of a7s mark3?

have my eyes on gh5 and this is the only camera holding me back from taking the panasonic way. thx

10 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

They are close for image quality, not much point pixel peeping them really... in some situations Sony wins and in some situations 1DX II. Obviously low light is a bit better on the A7S II and you don't have a 1.3x crop to contend with in 4K. The 1080p is far superior on the Sony by the way.

The bigger differences are ergonomics, body size, body cost, lens support, and especially autofocus (which absolutely sucks on the A7S II).

Maybe wait for the A7S Mark 3, it is probably not too far off.

Of course the 1D X II is an upgrade from the NX1 but in some ways a downgrade... no articulated screen or EVF, much heavier and bulkier, 5x more expensive.

thanks a lot for the quick reply. It is a struggle to pick a camera now. I would wait for the a7s 3 but it will be out towards the end of the year most probably, can't wait so long. i really hate the samsung guys for not pursuing the nx1 further on. Samsung nx2 would have been a no brainer to pick.

4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

GH5 - I've been thinking of whether I even like the GH5. Hate the feel of the body compared to the E-M1 II. The dials are so cheap and nasty. Yes 10bit colour and slow-mo nice to have but apart from that, I'm not sure I like it better. The E-M1 II's stabilisation is better too. This might be controversial! But honestly I've been picking up the Olympus more.

RX1 II full frame compact - this is the best ever 'small camera' for stills. Video quality is as per A7R II minus 4K. That means very good 1080p. But mainly this is a good stills camera, with very fast AF and wonderful 35mm F2.0 Zeiss lens that goes in your pocket. Unique, can't think of anything that can replace it for the size. Everything similar is APS-C, not full frame.

RX10 III super zoom 1" with 4K - has a longer and much sharper lens than the II. However I hate using it. Fiddly and rather slow. This had me thinking, if I want a F2.4-F4 zoom lens, rather than use the Sony, why not have a nice 12-100mm F2.4-F4 lens on the E-M1 II (24-200mm). Don't need 600mm, 200 is enough for me even for travels. Problem is such a lens does not exist and the Olympus Pro 12-100 F4 is massively overpriced. Oh but the Unicorn Lens does exist... Canon 18-135mm EF-S zoom turns into a 13-96mm F2.5-F3.9 on the Speed Booster Ultra for Micro Four Thirds! Close enough for me and much less than 1299! So a big thumbs down to the best super zoom camera on the market and the best Micro Four Thirds long zoom.... Avoid both and use the SB + E M1 II + Canon lens instead.

A7S II and XT-2 - I don't like the fact the bodies got heavier and clunkier to handle than the predecessors. Check the dials on the A7S vs A7S II and weep. A7S II is my best performing full frame camera for video (1D X II is 1.3x crop) and yet the number of times I have ended up leaving it on the shelf because of the crappy AF and crappy body design. Upsetting! X-T2 gets almost no use either. Just something about it I find soulless. X-Pro 2 better for stills. X-T2 of course better for video but you may as well get the Samsung NX1, it's more fun.

Hey Andrew, regarding your last sentence, have to pick between sony a7s 2 and 1dx mark2 somewhere in the near future and since u have them both which one do u recommend in terms of image quality?

i currently have a samsung nx1 and after i bought your guide and got out there shooting a lot i am pretty much happy. Only if the camera would deliver the same quality in 1080p as in 4k in terms of iq. Anyways, i have to move up a bit since i'll need a system for more serious work like producing branded content and i have to decide for a gear system.

Shall i go for canon 1dx mark2 since it feels like an upgrade from samsung nx1? both are nice for their capability of hybrid between photos and videos. Also the colors would be pretty much the same. And the ability to shoot 4k up to 60p would solve my issues with nx1. what do you say? thanks a lot.

+1 on my side here. 4k 60p would be awesome.

so, what is the quality that camera outputs? what is the absolute quality that u can squeeze out of it? which format and bit rate ? is it worth getting an external recorder or not, just for quality not other things like better viewing and focus checking?

On 5/8/2017 at 2:30 PM, kattouf said:

Amazing! i liked the edit FLOW and the beginning mostly. Story wise it drifted a little into the wilderness. Techncially awesome though.  Did you use DIS? Clearly exposed for the highlights, in one or two scenes i think you could have sacrificed it a little to gain some shadow but no biggie. Really great work can't believe it came out of the nx1. I will need to take my out now and play with it some more! well done

thanks a lot. much appreciated.

hey guys,

any updates on this regard? looking for an external recorder to overpass the h.265 codec and to get the maximum quality of this amazing cam, would be mind blowing 10bit 4.2.2

I know that this forum is mostly about cinematography and lately it tends to become more about gear but i will give it a try. I am on the path of self taught director. It's just a hobby for know but i am willing to put as much knowledge as i can behind it to make it a profession. I know that nothing can substitute the official education institutions in the field but i don't have time to be a student again and my background is not far from it. I graduated the fine art university.

I don't know if there is someone else here in the same situation, but i i have a strong sense that many of you had taught yourself into directing stuff so i guess is good to share our experiences.  So far my self education background in the field was based on watching and watching and watching again the movies that changed the cinematography and tried to learn from it. Famous directors, am not going to give names to show of that i know famous directors, you got my point.

Other thing that i did was applying the same rules of composition and colors and other stuff that i learned in the fine art school. Most of the common sense things are at the base of all these disciplines.

And then, it comes the online digging for information. This wonderful community on eoshd and other like this. Don't know if i am able to give names, i don't want to be considered advertising for competition. Followed by some nice youtube channel and DIY case study on different situations that a director can deal with.

The single field that i neglected was reading good cinematography and directing book. And here i am talking about the ind of books you'll have to read during the university studying period. Something that should be mandatory for someone that pretends to become a director. Something that should be the base of all the things i wrote about above. I know it make no sense to come at this point but i thing is better late than never.

So, if you want to start a list of books, please feel free to write title and a "one line" description of what it will teach you.

Thanks a lot and i hope it will help others too.

hi guys, thanks for viewing the film. I don't use special settings. I prefer to use normal gamma with same old richardo's settings for a flat outcome image and i try as much as i can to expose to the right, preventing highlights from over-exposure. In post i usually tweak the contrast and exposure depending on the look i want to achieve. MOre or less this is my workflow.

I am using an ND filter as i am shooting in the bright sun and you need one to get the shutter right. So i am using a variable ND filter, don't no the brand exactely.

Cheers.

hey guys, please let me share with you my last project shot on nx1 entirely. I have spent a month in Africa and this is what i got left of it, hope you'll enjoy it. Any comment is more than welcome :

thanks, i'll give it a try. there is no capture one or lightroom support for nx1 in tethering mode, isn't it?

Looking for an alternative to get tethering with my nx1 and a macbook pro and couldn't find one. Apparently Samsung remote studio is only available fo windows there is any other way to connect it to my laptop? does lightroom or capture one support nx1 for tethering? thx

10 hours ago, ricardo_sousa11 said:

Small update on the lut pack, 

I didnt have much time to finish all of them yet this weekend, and I really want them to all serve a purpose and be used for different scenarios, so I will need another week. Heres a small update on one of them, that is actually one of my favorite ones.

And full images :

These examples were all one click only, no tweaking necessary. This lut will be called Greenleaf.

really nice, thanks for sharing. The lut is complamenting the old settings? did you change anything for the in camera settings?

On 01/10/2016 at 9:00 PM, SMGJohn said:

That was quite amazing, I liked the videography it had the documentary vibe to it, the colours however were the nicest did you shoot this in Gamma DR? 

I shot it in normal gamma with Eduardo's settings. I just warmed the overall image a bit and use the m41 lut at about 40-50%. Thx

16 hours ago, SMGJohn said:

Better get old vintage prime glass instead of the modern Samsung ones you loose out on autofocus and stabilisation but I never liked these clinically clean looks anyway just my personal opinion on the matter it also is more cost effective since vintage glasses can be reused, Samsung glass cannot be currently anyway. 

you're totally right. I do own an old nikon 50mm 1.4 and it's perfoming beautiful. It's just with other lenses is hard to pull focus. I usually use the enlarge option (zoom in ) for manual focus to make sure i have the focus right where i want it to be, espacially as i am shooting as wide as i can to avoid the clinical look. The more you have in focus the more clinical it will look like. If that feature would find its way in the hack i would be more than happy.

15 hours ago, homestar_kevin said:

I also have both S lenses and man, the 50-150 is so good.

Grab one if you can, it's great.

It's also lightweight for a telephoto zoom.

 

 

thx a lot, don't know about lightweight...this is an other throwback for me as i am not sure if it works and a gymbal like beholder ec1.

Apart from spending 1500$