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    BenEricson reacted to Stanly in I bought a Canon EOS R5 - potential overheating solutions   
    That topic has nothing to do with the issue: R5 in 4KHQ overheats while browsing menus and doesn't when filming externally without a card.
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    BenEricson reacted to Yurolov in Multiple RF Cinema Cameras & XC20 coming from Canon   
    This is what happens if you just read off a specs sheet. The 8bit of the c200 is very, very good and will give you a great image.  
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    BenEricson reacted to herein2020 in Multiple RF Cinema Cameras & XC20 coming from Canon   
    Lets not forget that a lot of posters act like they are producing Hollywood blockbusters. I realized long ago my avg viewer will view my content at 480P on a cell phone. I think in this day and age specs just don't matter. I care more about things like reliability, ecosystem, and ergonomics than video specs.
     
    You beat me to it. I almost didn't get the C200 because of all of the bad press over no 10bit recording options. But after watching a few videos and truly not being able to tell the difference I got the C200 anyway. What Canon did with the 4:2:0 8bit that comes out of that camera is nothing short of incredible. They truly do hold back some secret sauce that is nowhere to be found in their DSLRs. I have yet to shoot raw with the C200 or feel the need to.
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    BenEricson reacted to Video Hummus in Jinni.Tech vs. RED Part 4 (1hr long)   
    You have lots of options for affordable cameras that shoot good. No one cares about red fanboys here. We care about if RED's patent is valid or not. In this case, details matter.
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    BenEricson reacted to Andrew Reid in Canon Suffers Massive Ransomware Attack   
    Yes it's true I am changing to SLOG.com and everything will have a magenta tint.
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    BenEricson reacted to BTM_Pix in Canon Suffers Massive Ransomware Attack   
    I might be an old cynic but....
    If I was worried about a web site harvesting your email address, then I'd be very dubious about going to a web site that offers to check that for you in return for you entering your email address.
    To be honest, I'd be pretty concerned that I'd just added my email address to a more valuable list of ones that hadn't already been harvested 🙂
    I'm sure its legit though.
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    BenEricson reacted to IronFilm in Canon Suffers Massive Ransomware Attack   
    Are we sure this was a ransom attack, and not just simply Canon's servers overheating and shutting down?
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    BenEricson reacted to Yurolov in RED KOMODO 6K | First Footage - WOW   
    GS gives you locked off shots if you are steady, but even if there is motion it is much more organic and pleasing - yes the motion is like film. Ibis is unpredictable and you cannot rely on it for sure 100%. I know with my GS camera, the way the image looks when moved craps all over anything with ibis. It is pleasing and smooth whether i pan, walk, etc. 
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    BenEricson reacted to BTM_Pix in Blackmagic 6k Pro - it will be announced?   
    At least three more variants of the ATEM Mini.
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    BenEricson got a reaction from anonim in Sony A7S III   
    5D Mk3 raw. Yeah, it still looks amazing 
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    BenEricson got a reaction from PannySVHS in Sony A7S III   
    5D Mk3 raw. Yeah, it still looks amazing 
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    BenEricson reacted to thebrothersthre3 in C100 Sharp prime? 35mm vs 50mm?   
    I’d suggest the Sigma 18-35 1.8 You won’t find a shaper prime plus you’ll get 18mm 24mm 28mm and 35mm all in one at f1.8
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    BenEricson reacted to QuickHitRecord in Are people going back? ....to S16 ....to MF ....to limitations ....to older cameras?   
    Pretty sure I fall into this category.

    The footage from this old sensor just looks better to me than anything else that's out there, including the new cameras or the really high end cameras. That's just my personal aesthetic.
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    BenEricson reacted to fuzzynormal in Are people going back? ....to S16 ....to MF ....to limitations ....to older cameras?   
    I've recently been developing 120 film shot with a 70's Mamiya.  You're right.  Those that like analog will hew to the aesthetic.  I don't mind people doing stuff with what they want to do stuff with; got better things in life to worry about.
    I'm fascinated by technology.  It's fun to see advancements even if I'm not benefiting from the latest and greatest.
    For instance, I found Ang Lee's last film to be a cool aesthetic choice, but my latest favorite film is "The Lunchbox," and a lot of that film looks as if it's shot on a Hi-8 camcorder... 
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    BenEricson reacted to Tim Sewell in Are people going back? ....to S16 ....to MF ....to limitations ....to older cameras?   
    In fact for me, the ideal camera would basically be my C100 mk1 with the only changes being a bit of HFR and external 'real' 4:2:2 10 bit up to 60fps.
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    BenEricson reacted to hijodeibn in Canon ignoring 1DX Markiii?   
    The main issue is the RS, and for the final price you can get something more suitable for you needs
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    BenEricson reacted to docmoore in Canon ignoring 1DX Markiii?   
    Sweet camera .... add an external EVF and you smoke the C200/C300II

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    BenEricson reacted to Geoff CB in Sony PMW-F3 with 2500 hours on it. Should I buy it?   
    Beach food shoot. Both with Nikon 24-70


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    BenEricson reacted to Savannah Miller in Blackmagic casually announces 12K URSA Mini Pro Camera   
    That's because there's two ways to handle IR Pollution. Hard IR cut or gentle. Gentle gives you an more accurate color at the expense of needing to use IRND filters.  ARRI uses gentle IR cut and so did RED up until their newer cameras. Blackmagic used gentle IR cut but it's a little too weak so you sometimes may see IR cut without even using ND filters.  Blackmagic is either lazy or for whatever reason they haven't bothered to source a better IR filter. Because blackmagic uses a softer IR cut you end up having to screw on your own which defeats the purpose of using smooth IR cut in the first place. A lot of blackmagic's early camera choices were inferior copies of what ARRI was doing and a few of them have stuck throughout all their cameras.
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    BenEricson reacted to TheRenaissanceMan in Blackmagic casually announces 12K URSA Mini Pro Camera   
    I wasn't saying you should fix IR in post as a rule--just that this specific instance didn't seem to lose much. 
    My experience with Canon has been mostly good, especially in regards to pleasing color.  However, the extended ND settings on the C200 invariably needed an IR cut to decontaminate the shadows. On the 2 commercial projects I've shot with newer Canons, I've run into issues with cycs lit by blue LEDs turning purple. Turns out I'm not the only one--there's a whole topic about it on DVX User (the answer from Canon: "the camera is operating within spec" lmao). And while rather pleasing at first glance, the color isn't what you'd call accurate. It took a ton of secondary work in post to get the company colors dead on without fucking up everything else. 
    All I'm really driving at is that every camera (and brand) has its issues to mitigate, be it form factor, color accuracy, IR, codec, sensitivity, etc. In the scheme of things, considering what the 12K offers, remembering to use some IR cut is pretty damn manageable.
     
    At least for my kind of work. Ymmv.
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    BenEricson got a reaction from hijodeibn in Blackmagic casually announces 12K URSA Mini Pro Camera   
    That's not how IR pollution works though. Raw might help you slightly, but you'll spend hours applying masks to the effected areas. 
    I'm not sure BM ever even officially announced the IR pollution issues with the bmpcc or bmmcc, even though the camera is basically unusable without one.
    For what it's worth, I use the C300 Mk2s constantly and have never seen a trace of IR pollution. The baked in color profiles on a Canon C series camera are pretty damn close to "perfect color out of the box." 
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    BenEricson reacted to Savannah Miller in Blackmagic casually announces 12K URSA Mini Pro Camera   
    Blackmagic's IR pollution is not a color science issue and it's not a complicated issue at all. The IR filter they use over the sensor (it is the same one in all models) does not do a strong IR cutoff so that you get more "pure" color. As you add ND filter and use full spectrum IRND ones, in theory you shouldn't get IR pollution.

    The reason you get some is IRND are not perfect and the blackmagic IR cut filter is a touch too weak. Also in most scenarios without ND the IR pollution is fine but under strong hot lighting like tungsten, IR can show up even without ND.  Blackmagic is very stubborn on this issue and it's something you have to accept. They won't change.

    One other issue is that the speedbooster manufacturers and others have claimed that the glass that blackmagic uses for their IR cut is too thin and creates focusing and Chromatic aberration problems as well. That's why ever blackmagic camera with a speedbooster has always had to have a custom designed one.

    A lot of BM users rock IR cut for every shot or even use internal IR cut replacements like the rawlite OLPF.
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    BenEricson reacted to Oliver Daniel in Canon delivery   
    I’m excited - got my camera cage sorted and ready to go! 
     

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    BenEricson reacted to Andrew Reid in Canon delivery   
    More amazing shots...
     

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    BenEricson got a reaction from PannySVHS in the BM 12K for S16. Is this the new S16 cam we all need   
    Yikes. So much for that nice Canon color and soft highlights. What happened?
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