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  1. This is an upcoming Indian film called Theri. I just love the color palette and the overall feel of the images.

    I was curious what cameras were used on this, so I looked up the cinematographer on twitter. Turns out most of it is filmed with an Arri Alexa, parts of it with a Alexa Mini, and at least some part (probably some action sequences) using a Red Epic on a strange gimbal where the camera is above the handles (I've at least never seen anything like that before for such a heavy camera) and some drone shots.

    How do I get my short films to look the way this does? Right now, I shoot with a T3i, but I'm planning to either upgrade to the NX1 or a6300. Of course, a lot of this has to do with lighting, makeup, lens selection, and color grading. But the best tips and tools you have would be great!

     

    Thanks, Vaga

  2. Interesting that the number of bits per 25 still 4k frames is less than the amount vasile has been able to unlock for 1 second of HEVC. Does the bitrate of the video include the audio track as well?

    How is the gradeablility of those JPEGs?

  3. Wow that looks really nice! I think the video must have been shot in 1080p itself, because there are basically no rolling shutter artifacts when the car is driving through the frame.  Many of the scenes look definitely beautiful. I think the cinematographer must have been using the Video IS feature (or perhaps tried to stabilize some shots in post) because there a few shots in the car where you can see that there is some visible jitter in the frame.

    How did you come to discover that this documentary was shot on the NX1?

  4. I would like to see a video zoom function similar to Sony's clear image zoom. Basically, the zoom would be available from the full oversampled frame of the sensor down to the cropped 4k 1:1 readout of the NX500.

    The idea is that you should be able to digitally zoom to anywhere in that range without losing resolution.

     

    Obviously it is more intensive to implement this versus increasing the bitrate but it is a feature that I think others have also asked for.

  5. @SMGJohn I've seen your video before :). I like the look a lot. What's with the blockiness on the shot of the helicopter alone in the sky?

    Even back when NoamKroll reviewed the NX1, it was pretty obvious that the camera could have some good information if you protected the highlights and underexposed slightly. That's a camera characteristic that should be independent of the codec. 

    While you could raise shadows before and see some detail, you'd see a lot of smearing because of the coding trees. Now that the bitrate is higher, from what I understand, HEVC will dynamically end up making smaller coding trees to produce more data without the smearing. (I hate that it's now inaccurate to say macroblocking!). Thus the information is now less blocky and more deliverable.

  6. I was planning to buy the 80-200 too! Lots of god deals on Amazon.

    Can someone clear up a few doubts I had? I see that Contax has a Contax G line that has autofocus (I am assuming from pictures of the mount that the 80-200 doesn't have any pins to interface with the camera in the first place). Is there any smart Contax to Canon EF-S or Contax to Samsung NX adapter that can carry the autofocus signal to this lens? What other differences are there between the Contax C/Y mount and Contax G?

  7. There are still some blown out highlights, but looks like an awesome amount of shadow detail can now be recovered without macroblocking, so that is good. So I guess protect the highlights and then pull up the blacks in post.

    NX1 Edit 4.png

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