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Beautifully shot, you have a lot of talent.  Keep up the great work.   :)

Congratulations on completing.  Looks interesting.   :)

Just out (Nov 20, 2014).

Fixes various issues including some compatibility issues with the Sony A7S.

For the update and details see (Windows version):

http://www.metabones.com/article/of/MARK_IV_Firmware_Win

For the mac version, see:

http://www.metabones.com/article/of/MARK_IV_Firmware_Mac

 

Shot on a DSLR. Whippeeeeee. Basic camera shots. Honestly looks like it was shot by high school film students.

 

For those criticising, try to shoot a movie on a shoestring budget.  Film making the indie way is a huge amount of work and stress typically done by a very small crew of highly dedicated folks.  Most good 10-second commercial videos these days have much higher budgets and crew than the average micro budget indie feature.

Great job OP.

So my A7S and Metabones Canon EF Lens to Sony NEX Smart Adapter (Mark IV)†works great with:

• Canon 50mm f/1.8 II EF
• Sigma 24-105mm F/4 DG OS HSM Lens for Canon DSLR

Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks hmcindie, super link.  Much appreciated.   :)

So I am loving my A7S for film making apart from one crucial aspect, skin tone.

My Canon 6D videos have great skin tone.

I have not been able to match those on my A7S yet.  My A7S skin tones are frequently verging on looking like sun burn, where my 6D captures true realistic skin tones under exactly the same light, scene and ISO/shutter/aperture settings. 

Could some of you pros give me some picture profile setting advice.

I have tried the standard picture profiles, and various custom profile settings - wow, the options are extensive.

I did a lot of googling and found a dozen or so custom settings - many were SLog2 though and I don't want to use SLog2 due to the color grading workflows involved. 

If any of you good folks could provide the custom profiles you use to get good video and skin tones on the A7S I would HUGELY appreciate it. 

Thanks for the settings smon222, will try that out.

Thanks for the guidance Gonzalo.    :) 

Great video.  

Would love to know the custom settings you used...

Excellent post, thanks for sharing.

For those on a budget:

Manfrotto 492LCD Micro Ball Head

I have used 6+ different field-monitor-holding-ball-heads, feared for my monitor with all except the Manfrotto - rock solid.

Lots of nice visuals there, nicely done.   :)

Looks very interesting.  

Congrads on completing the features.   :)

Shorts are tough to complete, features x 100 that.  

SLog2 is the only profile with the ISO restriction.  

At times I even really like the No Profile setting.

At other times, I prefer other settings.

How to pick the best one?  It's a tad subjective but...

Do a lot of googling, seach on: A7S picture profiles

Some useful links:

A7S picture profiles (with settings)

http://vimeo.com/101527086

Article on A7S picture profiles (with settings)

http://philipbloom.net/2012/03/07/picture-profiles-on-the-sony-nex-fs100/

Sleep, eat, taste wine and relax! – A Sony A7s camera video review with profile settings

http://***URL not allowed***/sleep-eat-taste-wine-and-relax-a-sony-a7s-camera-video-review/

Test all the standard settings, and the above.  Learn how to fully adjust the settings.

After testing, pick the ones you like.

Excellent cinematography.  Trailer definitely caught by interest and attention.

While rolling? It seems you still just get 4x zoom identical in resolution to movie mode while shooting manual but you do get that second option of 5.7x zoom when not recording. Let me know if I'm missing something - would love that extra punch in while shooting.

 

A7r punch in is superior in resolution for some reason - more pixels maybe?

With my A7S, in Stills move (manual focus) I was able to find a 8.3x zoom setting.

I would still like a bit more than 8.3x zoom to ensure my focus is spot-on - my Canon 6D offered more, and the A7R offers a lot more zoom capability.  

Focus peaking is useful but I find in various scenarios that punch-in checking trumps focus peaking.

Thank Andrew for the tip! It really does make a big difference for focusing in stills mode.

 

But in stills mode it seems I loose the ability to access the audio level control.  It works fine once I start recording.  Did you find a workaround for this issue?   Hope Sony will bring out a new firmware to fix those small annoyances.

The workaround is to flick over to Movie mode, set the audio level you want.  They flick back to Stills mode.  The audio level you set in Movie mode will be locked in for Stills mode.  

There is one slight additional pain which is that in Movie mode you can see the audio levels whilst not recording, in Stills mode you can only see the audio levels once you hit Record.

Looks very interesting indeed, with a very hard hitting storyline.  

And one hell of a review from Variety, well done:

 

Noaz Deshe makes a staggering debut with this drama about the African albino muti trade.

Good luck with this.  Will look forward to seeing it once it gets to US shores.

An extremely impressive short.  Glorious to watch and very clever concept.

Kept me fully engaged throughout. Well done.   :)