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1 hour ago, newfoundmass said:

Z-cam definitely needs a FAQ or knowledge base on its website, because the Facebook group can be very overwhelming. 

Agreed. FB groups are terrible.

On 6/28/2020 at 7:54 AM, zerocool22 said:

They should talk to bm asap and either implement braw or hope bm resolve will include zraw support. 

They seem to dodge this question. Maybe they already had contact, an open communication on this would be appreciated. 

It's probably been one of the most asked questions. They haven't dodged any questions about it, they have been open.

Answers:
Braw unlikely due to brands being very competitive, also the way in which Braw needs to be implemented. Support for ProResRaw is about to be released. Support for Zraw in Resolve is in BM's hands, if you want it you can help by sending BM an email and requesting support like many users have been doing.

Wow.

12 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Or is it just likeable satire? I can't decide. Sometimes he is actually right. He is right about the G100 for one.

I just take it as a joke, he seems like a decent guy who is funny sometimes. I don't watch all his videos (or even watch through all of the ones I do), but I do find his humour funny because he's just trying to be a regular guy and not some inflated egotistical giant like most reviewers and influenzas are. For the record I've never watched an episode to get factual information. I think he fills a good niche that no one really has previous and his sense of humour at times appeals to me (making a joke out of people and things that take stuff really serious is the best, I hope he's making money).

For the record my favourite camera YouTube channel is - Analog Resurgence. That guy is doing it for all the right reasons and it shows.

13 hours ago, zerocool22 said:

Just saw a post on there to promote scratch which supports zraw. Zraw is prolly the most useless codec out there right now. They should talk to bm asap and either implement braw or hope bm resolve will include zraw support. 

They seem to dodge this question. Maybe they already had contact, an open communication on this would be appreciated. 

They've actually answered it a ton of times in the group, search it up.

Just now, Andrew Reid said:

Solution:

Abolish Facebook.

Amen.

Honestly the fact he is triggered by such things makes me think less of him. (Same with other people labelling a whole group, based off comments made by a small minority).

All camera communities are basically the same (all FB groups also the same), once they reach a certain size you have a decent cross section of society and it becomes all encompassing (unless entry is censored). 

To say "Zcam group is bad" because there's a defensive minority, is like saying a certain racial group or religion is bad because you've seen a small minority doing bad things. I'm a part of many camera FB groups, to me they all seem about the same (unless you decide to get particularly triggered by certain responses or viewpoints).

I think these reviewers need to come back down to reality a bit.

10 minutes ago, PannySVHS said:

@tweak, some crazy ass rebels infront and behind that camera! Hard to believe. What was your taking lens?

 

hahaha. Just doin it for the love! (I'm the dude with the glasses btw). I didn't really set out to make this thing I just shot and it happened.

Lenses on E2 +MBXL:
nFD taking lenses - 85mm f1.8, 135mm f2.8, 200mm f4
Anamorphic: ISCO s8.
Rapido FVD8A variable diopter.
(There's also a couple of shots of the yellow rail and kicker which were taken with el-nikkor 50mmf4 and Kowa8).

Lenses on GH5 + MBXL (housing shots mostly):
nFD 24mm f2
Sony 1.33x anamorphic

Drone and Action Cam:
Hero 7
Mavic

3 minutes ago, BenEricson said:

Yeah, I mean a camera is a camera. The F3 is a lot easier to get to a nice point color wise though. A bmpcc 4k or something can look good in the right hands as well, it just takes a lot more post work / experience in my opinion. Flat film scans are probably the easiest format to grade.

True that.

Your other work on the BMPCC looks really good as well. I've been shooting super 8 a bit and I have to agree, it's very easy to grade. I'm trying to get my 16mm setup dialled in so I can shoot something more proper, your work is good inspiration for me, there's something there that just makes you want to do it.

5 hours ago, BenEricson said:

Thank you! That's actually all real 16mm film shot on Bolex! I suppose this just shows how much of a film look the F3 has. I had to tone the 16mm down a bit to match.

I've done a bunch of projects on 16mm but a traditional skate project like this is not feasible to do all on film. If you're curious, you can poke around my Vimeo. 

https://vimeo.com/benericson

Funny you say that, because I could see some bits were actually shot on 16mm (sharpness and motion), it just looked like that other stuff was fake over lays haha, my apology's. 

You're right though, the two match really really well, I haven't seen digital matched to 16mm as well as that, especially not in a skate video. Maybe you shouldn't have sold that camera (or maybe you just know what you are doing, in which case you'll be fine with another camera).

On 6/18/2020 at 3:27 AM, BenEricson said:

I really enjoyed using this setup. I work for a studio that has a pair of the C300 Mk2s and I really got used to having something that was really compact and easy to use. I should have shot more projects with this camera. 

I could run the camera and monitor for around 2 hours from one Swit battery. I would love to see this camera with some Leica Rs or high quality PL glass.

That video was really good. Skating, edit, colours, wow! My only gripe was the fake light leaks and film overlays (I'm just not a fan of those things), but other than that it had such a good flow and nice filmic look, very impressive.

1 hour ago, IronFilm said:

I hope they don't succumb to the same mistake Z Cam did in this situation, and JVC puts out a Global Shutter camera. 

You mean you hope they do? No? Kinson has already mentioned that he believes it's a mistake that they released a global shutter camera at all as he said everyone says they wanted it then no one purchased it when they made one... I tend to agree, unless you can do it without the drawbacks over a similar sensor rolling shutter camera it's not worth it. Maybe one day it will be worth it.

I've been shooting the E2 with anamorphics for over a year now, it's an amazing package for the price. I mostly shoot in 48fps Zlog2 Pro Res for the best of both worlds. A lot of what I do is sports.

Here's the latest thing I did with mostly 2x anamorphics, the waterhousing stuff is 1.33x GH5. Just scrub through and you can find some shots. Very happy with the camera.

11 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Pity there is no SDI and no loop through. 

I'm sure they are trying to hit a price point, so just keeping it simple.

12 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Am glad that Deity exists, as they're pushing Rode to innovate and improve themselves. I kinda half doubt if Rode would have put out as many or as interesting new products recently if not for Deity. 

And of course Deity isn't standing still either, Rode plays catch up and gets ahead, but then Deity strikes back with their new products. 

Feel like the last few years has been some of the most exciting times there has been for low budget but semi-professional audio products!

Agreed. I reckon we'd still only have the videomic pro if it wasn't for that.

Nice job dude!

On 6/8/2020 at 10:50 PM, heart0less said:

And here I am, in my early twenties - so I'm technically a millennial / Generation Y - with my my strong preference towards written word.

I deeply hate the fact that people nowadays tend to turn their blogs into vlogs, etc.
For me, having to go to YouTube for a piece of information that could be put clearly in two or three sentences is one of the plagues of 21st century.

Totally agree. Not to mention most the videos now are just over animated, click-bait jackasses making videos in the hope that they will go "viral"... real info is so hard to find. It's much worse than trying to find it in text because there's no search that checks the contents of videos for you, just the title (which means almost nothing).

On top of this I feel social media and more so Youtube video is the main reason for people having stupid views and opinions on stuff now days. They don't read, so they don't look at any reputable source of information and instead listen to what some completely unqualified person has to say in a video. Sorry, but the world is broken.

3 hours ago, Leica50mm said:

This post  must be that Ed David guy in hidden disguise. He has a freaky weird hatred of red .

Must be... I mean what reason could anyone have for being skeptical of, or not liking the RED company.

Really you just need to get a longer taking lens, I don't see much point in using a 2x extender unless you have only one actual Cine Anamorphic lens and it's all you own. If you have anamorphic adapter lens simply swap out the taking lens, you can get any focal length you need in great quality for pairing under 100dollars, a 2x extender with good quality is likely to cost far more (and still do a worse job IQ wise).

9 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Z-CAM also evolved from action cameras. The company was founded on Go Pro type cameras.

I think they did 360 and VR cameras first, although they did make the E1 a smaller M4/3 camera before their current E2 range.

38 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

Global shutter is pretty exciting, no?

Yes and No. Currently I shoot Zcam, majority fast action sports, I've never once had an issue with rolling shutter artefacts in my shots. It's a nice feature but with fast rolling shuuter speed not an important aspect at all for me. I'd rather better DR than global shutter.

Specs sound fairly underwhelming, only thing I'd be excited about is redcode.

5 hours ago, FranciscoB said:

Shit. Almost there. Give a guy an hdmi out and we're good to go. While you see trough the evf, someone else can see on an monitor with the hdmi out. The more expensive model previously released has a fan and is noisy... Hope they dont do that mistake again.

Why not just plug this in from the HDMI out on a monitor, then you could do just that.

Haven't heard from you in a while man! Hope all is good! Scopes are looking fresh!!!

8 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

For those that do go there, I want them to be able to have freedom of speech. Not much to ask.

I totally get that, fair thing to ask for sure.