Shirozina
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3 hours ago, tweak said:
I'm not saying it's a bad camera, quite the opposite, but for my line of work I need something else.
Things I'd ideally like -
1. I need it to be sealed enough to shoot at a beach (that's where I do my work), exposed fan intake is a big no go.
2. Ibis would help a ton, although I could live without it.
3. I'd like 4:3 mode.
4. Anamorphic de-squeeze if possible.
5. Tilt or flip screen for filming fisheye low down.
6. Form factor I could fit in my existing Aquatech housing if possible (same one I use for 7D, 5D, GH5, EOS elan7e).
Those are a few of the things I can think of. I don't even need a 5D styled body, I could live without that part if they added the other things. I'd pay an extra 1000AUD for such features.Fair points but are you looking for a singe camera to replace your existing one (GH5) as I was certainly not. For me the P4k just adds capability to my existing GH5 setup - 4k60p, high ISO/low light performance, RAW and extra DR. It won't replace my GH5 but the ludicrous low price it is too good a deal to pass on. If it was more money I'd probably hesitate even with more features but I reckon for and EVF, tilting screen , IBS and bigger battery you would be looking at a lot more than double the price.
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37 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:
Very interesting....
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3 minutes ago, Kisaha said:
I do!
Can not wish for an even better camera soon-ish, though? S35 is something we do for decades l, do not forget.
I just express some personal thoughts, I know what the Pocket4K is, and is probably the best deal in video making, ever and I have expressed those views in other posts too.
I wish it were S35 as well! but the P4k is actually not that far off S35 if you add a speedbooster as the 19x10mm sensor is longer and thinner than the stock 17.3 x13mm M43 sensor.
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5 minutes ago, fuzzynormal said:
Proxies make the most sense to me for any big project, regardless of editing app and shooting format.
If you're doing short form video, perhaps not. When you have over 100 hours of footage for a doc, making that media easy to cut is a huge priority. Also, media management and storage is a big deal.
I built out a PC with a 1080ti 2 years ago. However, on Resolve, I couldn't get their proxy-work-flow to function reliably, so I bailed on it and started using Premiere again. Not a bad decision as it worked well enough to edit numerous docs, but I'm still just not a big fan of Premiere in general.
As for Resolve, the build recommendations were all over the map in the Resolve forums back in '16, especially for budget PC's.
An interesting angle under consideration for me is the hackintosh builds. Cheap PC running OSX and FCPX? Maybe.
Have you used the latest version of Resolve? They have been gradually ironing out the performance issues and bugs with every new update.
21 minutes ago, thephoenix said:at a time i was thinknig going for 32go ram and a 1070 to buy a second 1070 few monthes later when they go cheaper, but not sure lots of motherboards can handle that and not sure either that it would help
Yes 2 1070's would be good if you want to spread the cost. Better still a 1070 now and add a 1080ti to it later!
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16 minutes ago, Kisaha said:
If BM can make an amazing m43 one for 1350€, why not a similar one S35 for 2499 or 2999€??!! Still it would be half the price, and size, of Ursa.
Who's to say the won't at some point in the future? and come to think of it why can't they put a FF sensor in the same body and sell it for £5000? The really should get their act together - who wants an M43 sensor camera with dual ISO, ProRes, RAW and Resolve Studio for 1350€ anyway..........?
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39 minutes ago, tweak said:
Same. Too many caveats for me.
Such as?
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8 minutes ago, DBounce said:
Frankly would be more interested if it was double the price without the compromises. Can't say I recall requesting your buying advice?
Well I wouldn't be interested if it was twice the price as i don't mind the compromises and no you didn't request my buying advice but I'm giving it to you again anyway - if this camera doesn't meet your needs then don't buy it!
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8 minutes ago, helium said:
If anyone's LOL, it's BMD. They're selling thousands of "cinema" cameras, with no run and gun conveniences, to people who'll be shooting nothing but crowds, skylines, receding tail-lights and slomo gimbal reviews.
And all ETTR. Sounds great, from the marketing point of view.
They are even calling them 'cinema' cameras and not 'run and gun' cameras - truly sickening.......
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24 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:
I think it is pretty much the IPS, Plasma panels that get hot as heck. LCD and OLED hardly use Any power, that is why your Smartphones last for days now.
I must be mistaken on this one then. Sorry Andrew - you are right and a flip out screen is a serious omission they could have implemented without much effort or cost.
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Just now, Andrew Reid said:
That's not because of the LCD panel though is it!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
It's because there's practically a PC inside processing your recording!
As I said they get hot just sitting there with the power on not recording anything - I'm sure you know best though and BM just did it to wind you and others up......
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3 minutes ago, helium said:
Yeah, well, that's a basic presumption of cinema lighting -- you light the scene. But you expose for the subject.
Sorry I missed that option. When you have full control of the lighting in the scene you adjust that to best fit the DR of your chosen camera with no need to compromise on anything!
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Just now, Kisaha said:
I will probably buy the camera, but I do too would prefer a more XC-esque design. It is one of the best small video designs lately.
The battery too is not sufficient for its intended use, this is a fact and everyone agrees. There are workarounds ofcourse, but those add to size, weight and cost, in peculiar ways.
A little critique can lead to better products.
On the other hand, the silly comments of not being able to put a flashgun on one, doesn't add credit to their authors.
I had an XC10 and did like the form factor a lot. Never understood why Canon didn't do more with it other than it would have taken sales away from the C line of cameras. I think this is BM's thinking as well. I think BM's strategy was to put a M43 sensor and 5" screen in the smallest cheapest body possible and this they did very well. We always want more and indeed BM offer you more with their other cameras like the Ursa!
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4 minutes ago, DBounce said:
Speedboosters do not change depth of field.
They do and they don't. On a zoom where you maintain camera to subject distance and zoom to maintain the same FOV they do. On a fixed focal length lens where the FOV changes and you change your camera to subject distance to compensate then no.
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4 minutes ago, DBounce said:
I would have preferred an XC15 design with the tilt screen. I don't understand why they did not just make it look like a video camera. As it is it looks rather awkward. A rotating grip would have been great to have. A bigger battery would have gone a long way to negate the need for rigging.
Tilt screen - see my previous post about heat. Also if you keep the 5" screen and a XC design with rotating handle it would be a lot bigger (and more expensive) just like their higher up models. Bigger battery = more size again.
I like the size and form factor and wouldn't want it any bigger. If it's not the camera for you then don't buy it.
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4 minutes ago, helium said:
Only if what you're shooting is unconnected street or nature scenes and you're using it like a stills camera. Otherwise, the best practice for this camera is to expose for the subject, as you would with any cinema camera.
No the best practice is to relate the brightness range of your scene to DR of the camera and make any necessary compromises to areas that fall outside it with regards to highlight clipping and /or noise floor. You can use ETTR, histogram, false colour etc or all of them. ETTR or 'exposing for the subject' are not correct for every scenario.
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8 minutes ago, thephoenix said:
his point is why spending so little money in a camera to shoot raw when it will cost you 5k to process it (he means computer, storage...)
But It doesn't cost £5k to process and store unless you are starting video from scratch but then you can say you need to spend extra to buy an editing machine and storage space for any camera you buy.
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Just now, Andrew Reid said:
A fan to cool the screen? Are you ok? This doesn't make any sense. Anyway, if it were a tilting screen then the heat source (backlighting) would be away from the body of the camera and would have a lot of nice airflow under it. As a modern LED backlit screen it doesn't create enough heat to need any cooling, so it's a moot point anyway.
Have you used an external monitor/recorder? They have fans and get very hot even when not recording and you are just using the display. I've got a VideoDevices 5" monitor and it gets very hot.
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I use this app
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
No idea why it works better than in-camera formating though?
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1 hour ago, thephoenix said:
strange to offer "raw" wether this is not real raw as you buy a cheap camera to run so heavy files that will cost a ton in hardware.
They are not that heavy ( you get 3 options) and what ton of hardware does he mean?. Any rig that can handle 4k high compression video files should be able to handle RAW and even the camera media is dirt cheap if you use an ext SSD esp when compared to internal cards needed for other cameras. Also you are not forced to use RAW as it's an option.
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5 minutes ago, thephoenix said:
that is a good thing thanks
so far i am going for a ryzen 2700x, sounds good to you guys ?
will have 32 to 64 go ram and 1070 or 1080 gc
If your budget is stretched I'd go for 32g RAM and a 1080 rather than 64g Ram and a 1070.
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2 minutes ago, kye said:
Be careful, there are other variables.
I recently bought a V30 Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s SD card for my GH5 but it wouldn't record 400Mbps (around 50MB/s) video because it is only a UHS-I card, and the GH5 doesn't write fast enough in that mode, but will if you get a UHS-II card (which are frightfully expensive).
In your case though I don't think you need UHS-II, but you should be careful to oversimplify things.
What camera are you buying it for?
The GH5 needs V60 or V90 for 400Mbps codec so it's no wonder a V30 didn't work. For the OP a V30 (30MB/s sustained write) card should work for 200Mbps as it's 25MB/s but brands do seem to differ as I have an ADATA V90 card that won't write 400Mbp/s on my GH5 without external formatting. Read the reviews before you buy is my advice and don't go on even the V rating specs alone.
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1 minute ago, thephoenix said:
but i isn't it hard to deal with prores on pc no ?
The only issue is you can't export ProRes as a finnished file but it can read and process them fine.
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BMPCC 4k Shooting ProRes will be less CPU intensive than the xt3.
Best tripod legs for under $500?
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What environment are you shooting in and what head are you using and how are you using it? For a static shot inside anything will work but outside in windy conditions, with long lenses and doing smooth pans on a good high friction fluid head then you will need something very sturdy and $500 is unlikely to be enough unless you get a used bargin.