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    Michael1 got a reaction from Emanuel in Music videos...   
    An 80's classic.
     
    Then something from the 90's which is a mixture of 60's, 70's, and 80's themes.
     
     
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Emanuel in Music videos...   
    I knew a guy who edited music videos in late 80's.  They edited them on 3/4" Umatic.  This wasn't one of his, but here is an example of what they were doing back then.
     
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Mark Romero 2 in Music videos...   
    I knew a guy who edited music videos in late 80's.  They edited them on 3/4" Umatic.  This wasn't one of his, but here is an example of what they were doing back then.
     
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    Michael1 reacted to Emanuel in Music videos...   
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    Michael1 reacted to Emanuel in Music videos...   
    Indeed. And pretty determinant to launch the career of a song. Now or before the digital revolution. Recalls this classic I was used to play and open my first radio program back to my teens and where actually I began my adventure on media -- visual matters and we were used to make reference to the video-clip as music videos started to be called in my native country then:
     
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    Michael1 got a reaction from HockeyFan12 in The end of EOSHD   
    By the way, there is a real need for someone like you with your skills.  There is a dearth of real mentors in the video world bringing information to enthusiasts.  The most memorable post on EOSHD for me was "Kendy Ty and the T2i – one guy doing amazing things with a 5 year old DSLR" back in 2014.  
    https://www.eoshd.com/creative-filmmaking/kendy-ty-t2i-one-guy-amazing-things-5-year-old-dslr/
    This kind of review is so hard to find these days.  It was less about what the gear can do for you, and more about what you can do with the gear. 
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Digitaliant in Vimeo legal blunder leads to $10 million fine in Italy   
    I am either misinterpreting people's comments or everyone has lost their minds.
    If it was their material up on a paid service with no compensation or approval, they would be all up in arms.
    I've not read the safe harbor law, but common sense says it would not give companies the right knowingly leave copyrighted content up on their site, and, even worse, try to make money off of it.  If it doesn't say that, then the people in the EU are on drugs.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from maxmizer in Vimeo legal blunder leads to $10 million fine in Italy   
    I am either misinterpreting people's comments or everyone has lost their minds.
    If it was their material up on a paid service with no compensation or approval, they would be all up in arms.
    I've not read the safe harbor law, but common sense says it would not give companies the right knowingly leave copyrighted content up on their site, and, even worse, try to make money off of it.  If it doesn't say that, then the people in the EU are on drugs.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Trek of Joy in Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p   
    When I first saw this video, I immediately noticed an improvement in the portion of the video with the colored background.  I was wondering what he did to improve his video quality so much.  It looked so much more professional.  The colors popped.  Then he said he was using the Z7 for that portion of the video.  There's no doubt in my mind your can get truly pro quality video out of the Z7.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from wolf33d in Sony A7R III review - the BBC fixed Sony's colour!   
    Sorry about that.  I wish I had better news to report myself.  The A7RIII does hold a unique place in the market.  Yes, the D850 is very heavy, but it is built like tank.  The entire body including lens mount area is magnesium for zero flex.  We can hope for more competitors.  Nikon may come out with their full frame mirrorless later this year.  Canon may have something, too.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Emanuel in Sony A7R III review - the BBC fixed Sony's colour!   
    I was all set to buy an A7RIII.  The technology is amazing, but then the issues starting coming in, and coming in, and coming in.  Then I started seeing people sell their A7RIIIs.  Way too many engineering and quality issues.  It appears Sony rushed this out the door to take away some D850 sales, and beat Christmas.  Things like Sony lenses that would fit an A7RII, but were too tight to mount on an A7RIII were reported by multiple people.  One guy bought an A7RIII, and it had a stuck pixel in the EVF.  He sent it back, got another one, same thing.  Sent that one back, got another, and third one had two stuck pixels.  Game over!  Then we have the reports of EVF and LCD pixels that turn on for no reason when you go into focus magnify mode, similar to stuck pixels  or sensor hot pixels but they are not.  Extended exposures show tons of sensor hot pixels.  This is with Sony still not fixing the star eater issue.  I started looking at video, and people's skin looks like cardboard.  Or check out Sony's so called "weather resistant" body.
    And there is more.  As far as I am concerned the A7RIII is a prototype that got pushed into production on an uncontrolled assembly line.  Now contrast this with the D850 or the GH5.   You have to really dig to find any quality issues.  
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Jonesy Jones in Panasonic GH5S 4K / 240fps low light monster   
    It seems like the GH5S is geared more towards production companies, rather than run and gun and hybrid users, which is fine.  My only concern would be that they don't pull features out of the future GH6 just to differentiate it from other models, like many camera manufacturers do.  The hybrid user doesn't want to be compromised in stills or video just because of marketing positioning.  It should have everything they can put in, while keeping it a premiere hybrid camera.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from matthere in Panasonic GH5S 4K / 240fps low light monster   
    It seems like the GH5S is geared more towards production companies, rather than run and gun and hybrid users, which is fine.  My only concern would be that they don't pull features out of the future GH6 just to differentiate it from other models, like many camera manufacturers do.  The hybrid user doesn't want to be compromised in stills or video just because of marketing positioning.  It should have everything they can put in, while keeping it a premiere hybrid camera.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Mattias Burling in Anyone Used Nikon Picture Control Utility for Video Profiles?   
    I saw a post on another forum where someone was lamenting the fact that there was no way to setup custom video profiles that could be uploaded to the camera to bake in prior to video compression in camera, rather than trying to push whatever the camera generates in post.  I happen to be checking out the Nikon Picture Control Utility software program, a free utility that can be downloaded from the Nikon website, and saw where you can create your own custom tone curves.  Not only that, you can add control points to pull the curve around in an infinite number of shapes, and even save the curves for use later.  I don't see why you couldn't create a log curve with this utility if you wanted.  You can change other parameters, too, such as saturation, hue, brightness, contrast, clarity, sharpness, etc.  You can modify existing profiles, such as Flat which is often used for video for grading.  You can save these, and import them into the camera as custom profiles.  You tell you camera to use your custom profile, and you are ready to go.  After checking it out, it appears like this is exactly what the other forum member was looking for.
    Here is the help manual if anyone wants to look at it.
    Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 Help Manual
    Seems like a pretty awesome utility that may even be more useful for video than stills since we don't have RAW output for video.  Has anyone used this?
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    Michael1 got a reaction from jonpais in New Panasonic G9 - multiaspect sensor?   
    I agree!  Wow!  This is fantastic work.  I also like the snippets of color, which, speaking of color, I am blown away by the Fuji colors plus whatever grading you are doing.  That's crazy good.  Move over Canon and Nikon.  Well, Fuji has been in the film business, so it stands to reason they know something about color science.  Looking forward to what they come up with for the T-H1 with IBIS.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from webrunner5 in Panasonic seems to be announcing something "BIG" on December 15   
    Thanks for bringing back old memories. 
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    Michael1 got a reaction from ssrdd in Nikon D850 vs everything   
    Yes, sharpness absolutely can be quantified.  Image quality is a vague term that doesn't really mean anything from person to person.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from IronFilm in Nikon D850 vs everything   
    I think a lot more has been made of replacing glass because of the higher resolution sensor than needs to be.  The D500 has the same pixel density as the D850, but I don't hear the same arguments.  In general, a higher resolution sensor will make any glass look sharper.  You can see that by looking at DXOmark tests.  Higher quality glass will just look even better.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from mercer in Nikon D850 vs everything   
    DP Review just put up their 4K sample video.  Looks beautiful to me.  Great colors.  Sharp image.  Good shadow detail.  No moire that I could find.  Impressive.
     
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    Michael1 got a reaction from Eno in D850 released. Nothing to see here, move along   
    I wasn't expecting GH5 level of video features on the D850.  Let's face it, the GH5 is nothing short of a technological marvel.  However, I was happy to see "no crop" 4K on the D850.  Hallelujah!  Canon appears to purposely cripple their DSLRs for video.  Crop on the 5D Mk IV 4K.  No 4K at all on the brand new 6D Mk II.  At least Nikon is finally pushing ahead.  Focus peaking and slo-mo on 1080p is nice, although it would be nice to have that on 4K.  Nikon's codec is very good, and the colors are good.  I'm anxious to see some samples.
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    Michael1 got a reaction from M.N in Short horror film shot entirely by ONE GUY getting lots of praised.   
    Horror can either be incredible or corny.  That's incredible!  The shots are so beautifully done.
     
    Many of the greatest people have had impairments.  Work through yours, and keep creating films.
     
    Michael
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    Michael1 reacted to Chris Gibbs in Evolving Sony A7S Review (Part 1)   
    You'd have to rent them each, perform some real-word tests and see which meets your minimum requirement.  You get what you pay for with glass but the FE 1.8/55 IMO is actually quite a bargain.  DXO is akin to a "job interview for a lens"  a lenses character is only revealed when stressed under different/challenging shooting conditions.  Just like a persons character is!
     
    And by magic, this just appeared over on TOP:
     
    How To Get the Best Performance from Your Camera Lens, Parts I and II (TOP Classic)
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    Michael1 reacted to Bob Wall in Evolving Sony A7S Review (Part 1)   
    Look at the Canon 24-70 f4 IS - $1500 and Sony has their equivalent at $1200.  They are pricing around the market.
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    Michael1 reacted to Wulf in Evolving Sony A7S Review (Part 1)   
    That might be true for still photography with an 36 mp sensor..  Others considered any ol' AIS 50 as good enough, in their vision content is king...
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    Michael1 reacted to darrellcraig in Evolving Sony A7S Review (Part 1)   
    Michael1,
     
    Canon 50/1.8II is only $125 compared to the Nikon 50/1.8G.
     
    Leica 50/2 APO just got a $1000 price increase to north of $8K.
     
    Sigma 50/1.4 ART is about $1000.
     
    Zeiss Otus 50/1.4 is about $4000.
     
    Lots of choices for consumers, with many tradeoffs across those choices.
     
    The Otus is four times the price of the FE 55 or Sigma Art 50.
     
    Some consider the FE 55 and Sigma Art 50 among the greatest bargains in lenses.
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