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1 hour ago, andy lee said:

it is the younger , faster , quicker , better syndrome , its a new camera and has significant improvements made in the 18 months since the GH4 came out

The G7 is amazing in low light with super clean blacks NO FIZZY NOISE !! unreal in a such a cheap camera its image quality is outstanding , no banding issues either . I highly recomend you get one

I'll do!! Thank you very much Andy, your advices are always super precious!  

p.s.: how about 1080p, 50fps slow motion etc.?? is it the same 100mps as the GH4?

20 hours ago, andy lee said:

this camera is significantly better in my opinion than the GH4

Dear Andy, 
I was thinking to sell my GH4 now that it is still the actual model.
Could you please tell me more about the G7 and why it is better? Thanks a lot!!

15 hours ago, andy lee said:

message me if you want to know what bits you will need for each rig - I presume you have gone for the nikon 2.8 zooms

Thank you!!! 

15 hours ago, Xavier Plágaro Mussard said:

Sorry, but what are the crop factors?

 

It should be the same as Pocket, 2.88 x

9 hours ago, andy lee said:

I use Gini Rigs parts to custom make my rigs - they are suppling all the rigs for my new Movie Pandora

based around the 5D MK111 CAGE ..   WWW.GINIRIGS.NET  but with a Panny in it on a quick release plate inside the cage

Tiffen NDs are the Best 

I use Chrosziel matte boxes

Huge thanks, you're super kind! 

5 hours ago, brunerww said:

The Blackmagic Video Assist is 549,00€ (VAT incl.) from amazon.it.

The Micro Studio Camera 4K is also available in Italy - but the Micro Cinema Camera is not listed yet.

Shooters are doing interesting work with the Micro Studio Camera:

UHD with Shogun

This one is 1080p with the Video Assist:

 

Thank you, I saw it, but I call them in the shop for the Video Assist and they haven't really, they are waiting it.

The Micro Studio is available but it is way different from Micro Cinema: it is for broadcast and cannot record internally.

Thank you!!!

Andy wich Mattebox and rig is that? It seems super cool! Which ND filter do you use on it?
Thank you very much!

Dear all,

I shot mostly on my trusty GH4, but I had the Blackmagic Pocket and I regret having sold it (because of lack of 50p, poor battery life and display).

I saw this short from Noam Kroll and I really like the look of the new Micro Cinema Camera: http://noamkroll.com/micro-a-short-film-shot-on-the-blackmagic-micro-cinema-camera/

They removed the display, but they added the 60p feature and a better battery. I'm sold!

Now I tried to phone to all the italians distributors and shops, but it's impossible to know when Micro Cinema Camera will be shipped and also the Video Assist is impossible to buy here. 

From what I saw on a famous website, the video assist should be the best option for ProRes 1080 50p 

Could you suggest me where to buy at least the Video Assist?
And maybe the Micro Cinema Camera, if you have some magic power ?

Thank you!!

Ed, do you think the EM-5 mkII is better then Panasonic GH4 as color rendition and overall file's quality?

To me, from your video, the colors and the look are very organic...

Is the body' stabilization good?

Thank you very much!
 

19 hours ago, bootsie said:

There is actually a Behind the scenes video:

 

The more I watch it, the more I really love the overall style and color! Great!

On 13 febbraio 2016 at 10:54 PM, andy lee said:

If you just want to buy Two lenses that cover a huge range of shots get the Nikon's , you will need to make rigs for them they are big heavy lenses that need supporting , if you like using small primes that don't need lens supports get the Zeiss

Huge thanks Andy!!

On 07 febbraio 2016 at 5:21 PM, andy lee said:

The G7 really does hold it own against the RED and The Alexa , its a great clean camera - and you can stream 4k to an ATOMOS NINJA ASSASSIN and record 4K ProRes at 744 mb/s - amazing !!

Dear Andy, all those informations sound great to me!

I use a GH4: do you think G7 is better in some way for filming or may I have the same results with it?

I'm building my Contax Zeiss kit (I started with 25 f/2.8, 35 f/2.8 and 50 f/1.7, but right now I find a shop near home with new old stock lenses: I had for a super cheap price the 28 f/2.8 and the 28-70 f/3.5-4.5. They also have the 28-85 f/3.3-4, but I don't know if it worth... it is big and not so brighter then the light 28-70).
I use a baionette converter to EOS mount and an adapter EOS-m43... it is not the most stable thing, but it works. 

Do you think I should buy a Speedbooster EOS-m43 and use the Contax (with the baionette converter) with it? wich Speedbooster do you suggest?

On 09 febbraio 2016 at 10:58 PM, andy lee said:

The 28-70 and 80-200 Nikon's are better lenses optically then the newer 24-70 and 70-200 much less distortion and sharper too and the older lenses have aperture rings too , the new ones don't they are fly by wire lenses ....newer is not necessarily better in this case .....for me the Nikon 80-200 2.8 is Nikon's finest hour . their best lens in my book

Are they better then Contax Zeiss primes? In that case I could have the 80-200 from the same shop and search the 28-70 somewhere

Thank you very much and excuse me for all the questions

3 hours ago, Ed David said:

the grading was based on a fuji lut paul did in after effects.  

The lens was the olympus 9-14mm or something like that.  Pretty crappy lens, but we were forced to either use that or another zoom that was a 12-12mm or something.  With the micro 4/3 crop factor, we had to go as wide as possible.

Thank you very much Ed!! Precious informations!

(I just saw Paul was the director that also made "NYC streets frozen in time", another video I loved!)

Beautiful!

How did you color it? It's sooooo filmlike!! Great!

3 hours ago, jagnje said:

So...

The other day I was at a sound tech, where he was mixing one of our songs. He stacked my guitar track one on top of the other, and made a minor offset on one, to get a deeper richer sound. 

It got me thinking...would something like that be usable/benefitial on video as well? 

In my humble opinion doing that it is not the best way to get a deeper sound: most of the time you have phase cancellations that give you less bass frequencies when you listen it in mono.
If adding another track - in order to have a real "double" - it is impossible, I would prefer to reamp it or to eq in some ways.
 

1 minute ago, andy lee said:

outside I use Tiffen Nds on the front so I can keep if fully wide open - its a great small lens with the Zeiss look - it has an aspheric element so is razor sharp

Thank you! I also have to try those Tiffen ND, now I have a ProND 16 HOYA and I'm happy with that, before I had variable HOYA and had ghost problems.
 

1 minute ago, andy lee said:

the Zeiss 28-70mm C/Y zoom is very sharp f3.5 and stops down to 4.5 as you zoom to 70mm , so not constant aperture BUT it is small and light so great outdoors when I dont want to use the Nikon 28-70mm which is big and heavy ,

Thank you very much!!! I definitely have to find it!

11 hours ago, richg101 said:

 

This stands out to me as one of the best tutorials.  what he shows in this video provides the basis for just about anything else you;d want to do as far as grading is concerned.  

Thank you!

3 hours ago, Cinegain said:

I've found this very useful when I stumbled upon it one time...

He's got his info from Alexis van Hurkman, author of the Color Correction Handbook and the Color Correction Look Book: http://www.amazon.com/Alexis-Van-Hurkman/e/B001IODHRA/ .

Thanks!!

Thank you guys!

I'm searching some lessons to learn how to achieve "cinematic" look without scarifying the skin tones.
Things like this shot from Mission Impossible.
I ask you, because each and every time I try to make the white wall "teal" also the rest of the shot become bluish, even if I "preserv" the skin tones with masks etc...
I tried LUTs, looks... everything... but the only way I can make it work is actually having not white wall

 

2 hours ago, TheRenaissanceMan said:

Zooms: the 28-85, 35-70, and 80-200 are all excellent. 35-70 is the cheapest, parfocal, constant aperture, and takes smaller filters, so it's the most popular.

Ultra Wide: There's an amazing 21mm 2.8-- the same design as the ZE/ZF2 version. It's expensive (in fact, more expensive than the newer versions) but has an aperture ring, focuses the right way, and features the older, more forgiving T* coatings. 

There's also an 18mm f/4. Not quite as sharp, but very low distortion and it won't break the bank. You'll need an adapter to put filters on it, and it's a big size. 82mm if I recall, but I'd have to double check.

Thank you very much for your kind answers! I'll search them!!

Dear all, 
could you suggest me some professional lessons to achieve a solid knowledge about cinematic color grading? 
I'd like to learn it well, so if you have any suggestion (free or paid tutorials) you are welcome!

Thank you!
 

On 05 febbraio 2016 at 8:26 PM, andy lee said:

all the Zeiss C/Y lenses are very consistant across the range of focal lengths , same Zeiss glass colours same blacks / contrast , same look , so the differance is that the 25mm is just that bit wider and the 28mm has just that bit more bokeh .....the 50mm f1.7 is brighter about 1/2 stop more than the rest of the range so if you have it at f2.8 its brighter than all the other lenses in the range at f2.8 - appart from that these are amazing lenses - same glass exactly as the  Zeiss Ultra Prime and Super Speed cine lenses at at fraction of the cost

Thank you very much! As always you are a goldmine of precious informations!

I'm going to buy the 28 as soon as possible!

What about the CY Distagon zooms?

Is there any lens in this CY Distagon mount wider then 25mm?
Or any way (other then metabones) to go wider?

Huge thanks for your patience!!  

I'm happy to hear that!! Which are the main differences on both m4/3 and Super35? 

Thanks TheReinassanceMen!

 

I'll try it!! Thank you!!

I'll search it!
 

Thank you very much!!! 

 

Does it worth to have both 25 and 28? I tried quickly both and I went for the 25 just because I use it with my GH4, but if it worth to have both I can have for a very cheap price. Thank you!!