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Yeah I had to transcode and downscale to 1080p Prores. It was a quick conversion with EditReady.

Dang it... my monitor must be messed. It looked fine on my computer but now her face looks too orange on my phone... in my narrative, Neumann's wife just went to a tanning salon before her walk in the woods...

Took another try using Mojo 2 and added a little grain...

Doubt it would work, but did you try a camera reset?

Are you unclicking create optimized media on import?

D500 and a6500 Two cameras. Both shoot good video and stills.

Okay, I thought maybe the aluminum on the camera side may be tweaked a little. So it doesn't work with the Sigma 18-35mm and speedbooster either?

So no discernible difference between 20mm 1.7 version 1 or 2 as far as AF is concerned? BTW happy New Year Panny... sorry about my lack of manners.

Does the mount look bent? Camera side.

Does the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 not work well with AF in video?

D750?

Are you getting the snow that just went through Jersey? If so, I'd love to see some NYC snow falling footage with your set up. Are you going to trade up to the GH5 when it's released? @kidzrevil Oh yeah, what's the secret lens you were talking about... 58mm 1.2?

Yeah, both cameras look great. I have the GX85 and I noticed a slight tweak in color with it from the G7. If I didn't need the high bitrate 60p, I probably would have gone with the G85 instead of the GH4. The GH5 looks amazing, but again I am only interested in the high bitrate 1080p right now and since the 10bit 4:22 won't be released until April or the summer, I'll probably hold off a while. As soon as I am done this film I am working on, I am moving onto a BMPCC... I'll have the 10 bit 4:22 1080p... but that ibis does sound appealing. I loved it with the GX85... but one project at a time. But yeah... to answer your question... the footage coming out of the GH5 is insane. Really impressive. I dug your last video with the G85... how does it compare to the NX1 and XC10?

And he's a waaaay better colorist than I am, so he can stretch footage a little further than I can. I'll probably end up splitting the difference with saturation but I have to do some further testing. With the FZ2500, his numbers worked nicely for me, but we'll see.

I really like Noam Kroll's cinelikeD settings. Contrast 0 Sharpness -5 NR -5 Saturation -5. With cineV he flipped the Contrast to -5 and Saturation to 0. I exclusively have been using cineD with saturation at -5 as Kroll suggested. I do my post with a MacBook Air and the monitor does not calibrate well so since saturation in Panasonic cameras seems to be so robust, as you mentioned, I prefer to record less in camera. But I just got my GH4 this morning and only did a quick cat test in the 200mbps all-i... so we'll see when I get some further testing in.

So, you only work with the RGB curves and not the Master Curve? Or do you use only curves and correct your exposure with the master curve?

I toned down the saturation a touch... but with the limited controls in the Lightroom app, I lost some of the cold, rosiness to her cheeks.

Nice color. You did a nice job getting out the pink in her skin, yet keeping the colors muted yet vibrant. I do think her jacket is a dark blue, you can tell by comparing the strap from her backpack (which is black) but I agree with your point about the greens... I like the dark hue you pulled out of it. Also, great frame to show.

That's right you shoot FF... hmm that's a tough one.

The Veydra lenses are supposed to be real nice. I think Noam Kroll may have done a comparison with the Veydra vs the Rokinon lenses... and I think the Veydra lenses won handily. I am also intrigued by the Tokina Cine 11-16mm. It's supposed to be completely parfocal and built like a tank.

Messed around with a screengrab in Lightroom on my phone... pretty fun footage to tweak.

Fredrik, that is perfect and it looks great! Thanks, man!!! I watched the handheld one first and thought... yeah that's perfectly usable and then the FCPX stabilized version is as if it was shot on a tripod. It looks like I'll definitely be able to go handheld. And yeah, it's my first camera of '17. Now I just need to pick up the Pocket cam next month and I'll be done!!! Hopefully. Lol.

Good to know, thanks. Do you need to have a battery in the camera for it to work? If so, have you ever experienced swelling issues? Also, is it really big... it looks kinda small and unobtrusive but I don't think Amazon has the actual dimensions.

I was thinking about picking up one of those Krasnogorsk shoulder stocks for added stabilization. I have no problem using a monopod, but handheld does sound appealing. I don't use a follow focus, at most I'll use a focus lever, but usually I'll focus with my left hand underneath the lens. For that reason, I have specifically chosen lenses that have short focus throws for this reason... ai-s lenses instead of non-ai or ai, MD lenses instead of MC lenses, and my Tokina RMC 17mm and AT-X 24-40mm have short throws as well. Most of the work I'll be doing is no-budget, narrative shorts. I have a decent amount of actors available and willing to help but rather than for hire, they've agreed to be on loan, which in my circumstance equates to a few hours here and there. So to keep things simple for time and production reasons, I want to go as light as possible. Changing batteries isn't the most time consuming of issues and since I'll be shooting on average between 2 and 4 hours a day, I'll most likely go with multiple batteries. But I was looking at this... https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01EFSUK98/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A22PRX6WI8E2K6&psc=1 But, then again, with the run and gun, guerilla nature of my projects, the smallest possible footprint will be the best. The one thing I did learn from using the 12-35mm is that the focus button, mixed with peaking, on the BMPCC is very useful and accurate. I am surprised more filmmakers aren't using it as a point and shoot cinema camera.

Yeah, I am getting out of the testing every camera I can get my hands on phase. I did recently pick up a GH4 for a very specific project where I need the specs. But after that the BMPCC will be my main camera. I've already collected a camtree cage, a Metabones Nikon to BMPCC adapter and am looking at a Small Rig battery adapter that I may pick up. When I had my lemon Pocket back in October I used the Panasonic 12-35mm... It's not the most interesting of lenses, but with the OIS, I could go handheld with it. Obviously battery life is annoying, but they're cheap and with focus peaking, the LCD isn't nearly as bad as everybody makes it sound.