Shirozina

I'm glad the P4k doesn't look like the BMPCC as I didn't want a 'pseudo film look' to have to wrangle back into something that is mixable with other cameras. I didn't buy the GH5s as it was not as good as the P4k for what I wanted for an addition to my GH5 i.e - RAW, internal 60p 4k and ProRes and it's also a hell of a lot more expensive esp when you fit it out with a set of V90 cards.

A few months ago (after raising this twice with Atomos) they said they would refer it to their development team...... I also think it's the responsibility of the camera manufacturers to allow users to select data or video range as the HDMI output. Having said that I don't believe it's simply a data vs Video range issue as I observed that the scopes were accurate but the issue was with the zebras. Someone from BM in an old thread said the zebras in the P4k are driven from the Luma (Y) channel which is fair enough in a YCbCr codec like ProRes but the scopes are in RGB and NLE grade controls work in RGB so there is obviously some problem with the YCbCr - RGB translation. Other external device manufacturers seem to be able to do it right though so I advise people to keep on telling Atomos they need to fix this.

I agree I must have been doing something wrong looking at some of the samples here and from my archive.

The colour and grade on that video looks terrible but maybe that's the 'organic/filmic' look that people want? I've got the original BMPCC and I liked it a lot but the P4k is better in every way apart from size. The codec ( esp RAW) is so malleable that you can get any look out of it you want as long as you have the grading skills. If these are just limited to slapping on a 'film LUT' then I can see why it may be a disappointment to some people.

I had a GH3 and got rid of it pretty quickly. It was nice to use but the HD quality was pretty mediocre and resolution wise not true HD and looked more like 720p upscaled to HD. 4k-HD is the way to go and most good NLE's will allow you to work in an HD timeline with 4k material so you have no need to do any manual downscaling.

If you need to trancode for the reasons you explained I can understand this as a reasonable solution. I tried it a while back and found an obvious increase in things like banding in smooth tones like skies unless I used one of the highest quality settings with 4.4.4 chroma subsampling but the file sizes got incredibly large. ProRes is after all a lossy compressed codec. Depending on your type of subject matter and how much you need to grade this may or may not be important.

Why are you transcoding? You will loose image quality for a start and Resolve has various methods like Proxies, Optimised media and render cache to enable you to work with easier codecs in the timeline and then render the final result from the original source footage so you don't loose quality.

On the basis of reading any amazon review you wouldn't buy anything...... No thin laptop is a good idea for tasks that require prolonged high intensity CPU and GPU use.

Why?

Aliasing is inevitable when there is no pixel sub sampling and no LPF. NR can deal with the colour aliasing but pattern aliasing will still be a problem on some subjects. This is a minor gripe and all cameras have minor gripes.

If the highlights are not recoverable then they 'are' clipped. The zebras are inaccurate IME and need to be set at 95% or even 90% when exposing using ETTR.

I can tell the difference. Not saying that 2k is not enough but 4k does have more detail. Detail / resolution is however the least important ingredient in 'cinema'.

Then you need to learn about the nyquist theorem and the difference between pixels count and resolution.....otherwise people will be laughing at you;)

Huge discount on the Ronin-S at the moment. Not sure how long it will last so don't hang about.......

You will need at least 12k capture to create true 8k output but 8k capture will make very good 4k output with room to crop as well.

That's why they have stop limits. If you are brave you can split the filter and remove the stops and get a bit more density range as long as you watch out for the X.

IME you have to spend big to get a VND without most of the common issues; softness with long lenses, flare and color shifting https://www.schneideroptics.com/Ecommerce/CatalogSubCategoryDisplay.aspx?CID=1882 If you spend money on good lenses, cameras etc why risk it by sticking 2 layers of cheap uncoated glass infront of it? If these prices are out of your budget then I'd stick with a set of single strength ND filters (with multi coating)

And about time too......

Even at 400 ISO NR is needed if you want to push the shadows / have clean deep shadows which the OP may well be dealing with shooting in a cave.....

Even with sharpening set to minimum it's still too sharp for some - each to their own I guess. I nealy ruined a couple of shots a couple of months ago when I accidentally left the sharpening at 0 and not -5 and had to do some softening in resolve to get it to look natural. and not over sharpened.

Canon makes everyone's skin look like they have just been on a sunbed - flattering is not accurate.

I guess readout speeds will just get shorter so it's not as obvious but I'm not sure a true global shutter will be around the corner anytime soon as manufacturers concentrate on more resolution and DR. If you compare the original BMPCC with the new 4k model then rolling shutter was an obvious problem with the first model and did restrict it's suitability in certain situations whereas although the new camera has rolling shutter it's much less and is not an obvious 'artefact' most users need to be concerned with.

The GH5 is getting on a bit now but is still delivering top notch image quality due to it's internal ( and external at 60p) 4k 4.2.2 10 bit codec. If you can't get excellent footage with this then your problems is not with the camera. Add to this the superb IBS and general ergonomic usability other manufacturers are still playing catchup. If anyone is worried about getting stuck in an M43 lens system then just get a speedbooster and use APS-C/ s35 or full frame glass. A BMPCC4k is a cheap addition to any GH5 based system as it adds RAW, 60p internal and low light capability but it's not IMO a replacement.

The CFA density dictates the colour fidelity and accuracy. Increased subsampling will help but I repeat it can't invent colours that were not captured. By this I'm talking the very slightest differences in hues needed to get critical colours in skin tones right. I shoot 8k stills in 14bit RAW but I don't get a miraculous improvement in colour by sunsampling to 2k and certainly not anything approaching the quality in colour from a good MF digital back which isn't trading sensitivity for colour fidelity with weaker CFA density.

In the context of the original post I was responding to you can't make up the difference between and Alexa's DR and colour capture buy subsampling an 8k 'consumer grade' sensor.