Tim Sewell
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9 minutes ago, Django said:
..and welcome to ETTR class today folks in the Fuji X-H1 thread!
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
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3 hours ago, Attila Bakos said:
Yeah, the A7III is a steal :D
Yep. Works particularly well with teh SLR Magic Rangefinder, or so I hear.
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2 hours ago, jonpais said:
Name calling and personal attacks are the tactics of last resort employed by pathetic little fanboys with no moral character or reasoning ability.
Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
- Castorp, Mattias Burling, Inazuma and 5 others
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Damn! I just bought one that looks just like that. The sales guy told me it was Apple's new 'distressed look' version. He said anything I watch on it will automatically look like it was shot by Vincent Gallo. I can't work out how to turn it on though.
- webrunner5, sam and BTM_Pix
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Every job is hard work. That's why it's called 'work'. If one wants to do one of these jobs that are fun, that have far more wannabees than well-paid practitioners, then you have to be prepared to starve a little to get into them. It's always been that way. Of course, there was a period when it was considerably easier to make a living in photography - I did it for a while and did pretty well, but it was always precarious because marketing, advertising, even wedding photography; all that stuff is the first thing to get cut when times are hard. there have always been just a few people at the top who can ride out anything going on in the wider economy and then a lower tier of people who do well when times are good and not so well when things go south.
That's why @Mattias Burling is right on the money when he talks about having many strings to your bow. If you're skilled and enthusiastic in a wide range of related activities - copy, reportage, photography, videography, AV etc etc then you can still do well - especially if you're prepared to relocate to somewhere with a thriving media market.
It's tough and it's not for everybody. For me - I somehow acquired 3 kids and maybe I hadn't developed my business enough by that point, maybe I wanted to 9-5 to spend time with them, maybe I just plain and simple wasn't good enough at it - but I discovered I could make more in 2 days writing software than I could in a week doing stuff I really wanted to do and the trade off - in terms of supporting a family - just wasn't worth it.
But if you're good, have wide range of skills and talent, don't mind hard work, are highly adaptable, make your own opportunities - there's probably never been a better time to make a good living in the creative industries.
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Another 'shot by a photographer' sample:
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9 minutes ago, Mattias Burling said:
Yes it was about time.
Not to mention Bobe Bryant who has been due for quite some time as well.And Ram Rockwell!
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Definitely happy news to brighten a Monday morning.
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The Beatles had Mojo aplenty but they also had Ringo on drums remember so its always about the sum of the parts.
Seeing as arguing is the new co-operating here at EOSHD:
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I'm not aware of the forum rule that outlaws 'wild conjecture'.
- thefactory, Gordon Zernich and iamoui
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What is this LF sensor?
How does it differ to their previous ones?
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I have no skin in this game, but on the Fuji camera forum I frequent a couple of people who have received their X-H1s are reporting that the AF is noticeably quicker. Obviously that's for stills - and they haven't detailed the lenses used - but I guess we shouldn't dismiss it too early. Those of us who use Fuji cams know that there is a difference similar to that between the weather in England right now and that enjoyed in the Florida Keys in AF performance between lenses.
- Emanuel, mechanicalEYE and KitaCam
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Haha - even the bag is £232!
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We should keep it going as a sticky and change the title to 'Shit-posting thread' for when anyone feels like letting off steam.
- frontfocus and Mattias Burling
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The reason, apart from habit and intransigence, for choosing Arri/Panavision (and to a lesser extent Red/Sony, and recently Panasonic) has always been the issue of reliability and availability. You don't want to stand down a million dollar a day set while you wait for a broken camera to be repaired or replaced and the big boys have that professional level of service down to a tee.
Now I don't personally think that any currently available prosumer camera along the lines of GH5 etc yet has the effortless cinematic qualities of an Alexa, but it's easy to see that it won't be that long before they might. At that point we may reach an interesting tipping point where the whole reliability/repair/spares issue becomes moot as a production can just buy 50 of the things and still be quids in on their camera department costs. Interesting times.
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Canonet QL19!
- Mattias Burling and anonim
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1 hour ago, TheRenaissanceMan said:
Just because a technology is used in a major film (complete with publicity) doesn't necessarily mean it will become mainstream. While I'm all for anything that breaks the mold, this project does not herald a slew of new theatrical releases shot on cell phones.
Aside from which, the major benefit of smartphone movies becoming acceptable would be the element of democratisation that might bring - lowering the bar of entry etc. Major Hollywood players choosing to shoot a movie on an iPhone and getting it theatrically released really isn't anything to get excited about under that criterion.
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The thing is, by shooting on film I don't need to be 'extremely skilled' or spend any time at all to get the look I want. Plus I get all the fun of developing my own films, with the artisinal satisfaction that it gives me. I wouldn't use film for most paid jobs, I hasten to add - my cameras are old and cheap and I wouldn't want to rely on them if I absolutely have to get the shot. But for personal work I'm finding that 7 times out of 10 I'm plumping for analogue.
And, as Mattias says, and as I mentioned previously WRT one of his images - there's a particular quality, especially to out-of-focus areas, that film gives that I have never, ever, seen fully mimicked digitally. I've seen lots of digital files that look like analogue, but I've got lots of analogue images that could be nothing else.
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My conclusion: IQ wise, nothing you could NOT get with a modern digital camera.
Depends on the film stock. Some films I've been using recently would be quite hard to replicate digitally.
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18 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:
The LAST thing they should do is walk into a big box retailer who doesn't give a shit about their needs, and have this shit from Canon pushed on them for $300.
$300 would get you far more on eBay, or indeed new from other manufacturers.
I see your point, but that just isn't how most people buy cameras (ebay, shopping around etc). Exactly what they want to do is to walk into a big name store and take whatever the assistant tells them is best for them. It's not (at this level) that much of a considered purchase. In fact, I'll bet the majority of cameras at this level are bought within a week of someone's holiday when they suddenly decide they ought to get a 'proper' camera. There's nothing wrong with that and it shouldn't really even be worthy of a thread on what is, in fact, a highly specialised forum.
Edit: Forgot to add - it may well be that they had to switch to a plastic mount in order to keep the price the same.
Wanted dead or alive: Alexa ProRes files
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They're from 2014, and shot on mainly Alexa Studio, but there are a whole bunch of things shot by DoP John De Borman demonstrating Cooke Lenses, including lots of low-light and city stuff. Here's one: https://vimeo.com/89719974 - I'm sure you can track down the rest. I don't know if the original files are available, but given the target audience I expect a visit to the Cooke website might yield some results for you.