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    PannySVHS got a reaction from hyalinejim in Let's bring back the good, old-fashioned camcorder of the 1990-2000s, but with modern specs.   
    I like the formfactor of the Canon XC10/X15. Give it 10bit and a good codec, 4K60, zoom with F2 at the wide and F2.8 at the long end. Voila! I think their launch video really shown off the mojo that camera had. I like really the motion cadence and the rendering of textures. Mojo. 😊 @hyalinejimhad posted a video of his with beautiful colors achieved in Rec709. Anyway, great launch video and a great concept for a S16 cinema camera.
     
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    PannySVHS reacted to TomTheDP in Is the GX85, G7 and G85 so skilled with dynamic range?   
    Yes I'm talking shooting in 8 bit 709. When I mentioned log I meant 10-12 bit. I was saying even though the master is 709 you can potentially make 10 bit log better looking than a baked in 709 profile. For instance the emotive color lut looks nicer than the 709 profiles out of most cameras straight off the card.
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    PannySVHS reacted to gt3rs in Thoughts on Nikon Z9/Z8 vs. Canon R3/R5(c)?   
    You can't really go wrong with both systems. Today Z8 is probably the best bang for the bucks.

    I shoot with R5 and R5c since the release I'm very happy, you can search my posts here tons of discussion.
    R5 overheating is a thing of the past, this summer I was shooting under the sun 8k 25 RAW with on top an iphone 13 pro max in 4k... and the iphone shut down due to overheating and the R5 kept going...
    Having said this I think we will se a new R5 early next year as is now more than 3.5 years old.... so not the best moment to buy it. I think R1 will also show up in first half but who knows.
    R3 is an amazing camera but I don't want to go back to 24mpix and non 8k video.
    My preferred one is the R5c but once you decide Nikon vs Canon we can go deeper in the differences.

    Canon has some unique zooms that you may find interesting for your job:
    RF 24-105 2.8 (optional power zoom) with one lens you maybe able to cover most of your need.
    RF 28-70 2.0, I love this lens, no more primes to carry around, switching lens, etc. Sold all my primes other than a el cheapo 16 2.8.
    RF 70-200 2.8, some love it some not due that is an extending design, but is super small and light weight, I use mine on gimbal quite a bit.
    RF 100-300 2.8 cost a fortune but is great for sports.

    With two super expensive lenses and a 1 TC you can cover almost everything 24-105 2.8 100-300 2.8

    If you even plan to acquire or rent cinema cameras, canon RF mount lenses may be a better choice than Z lenses as both Canon and RED have, and will have cinema camera with this mount.
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    PannySVHS reacted to Eric Calabros in Nikon buys Red?   
    The reality is if you lift the shadows in both Z9 and A1 "uncompressed" raw images, at base ISO, you get different results. If you do demosaicing on A1 images, and apply temporal NR, you get even more different result. If Nikon ditch the NRAW, its probably related to license costs, not the quality of the codec.
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    PannySVHS reacted to TomTheDP in Nikon buys Red?   
    True latitude tests are the best indicator. With firmware 3.0 the Z9/Z8 does peform incredibly well and like you said bests the Venice 2 which is crazy. The Venice 2 captures 16 bit linear RAW which I would imagine gives you a much beefier file to work with. That said 8.2k 12 bit RAW with that kind of latitude is more than enough for any application. 

    One of the biggest draws of the Z8/Z9 for me is the NRAW, Prores RAW, Prores, and H265 options all in camera. Pretty much can fit to any workflow in any NLE without needing to transcode. 

    If they actually put REDraw that would be awesome for possible compression options. 

    No Opengate square aspect ratio options for anamorphic but hey you can't get everything. I appreciate Nikon's new move of not holding back. Feels like Lumix until recently where they seem to put out the same thing over and over again. 
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    PannySVHS reacted to Danyyyel in Nikon buys Red?   
    The big difference is that when Nikon Nraw came out, their was no real good workflow. Their is actually a big DR difference between Nikon h265 and Nraw, because Nikon has been very conservative in the Nlog  which is quite contrasty. CINED today has a nice set of DR test of the different cameras. And as Nikon featured very low in the Synthetic DR test with Xyla chart and Imatest. It shines in the truer real life latitude test. In their the Z9 is the better than every Sony camera by at least half if not 1 stop better DR. +4 stop above and - 5 stop lower.  Even better than the Venice 2!!! Which is at least 1 stop lower. I think Sony perhaps focused on speed of the sensor, 3 ms. Because their are other Sony cameras that look better. 
    The VV Red Raptor was half to a stop better and this test really show how the Alexa's are better, with at least 1,5 stop higher for the traditional Alexa and at least 3!!! for the Alexa 35. 
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    PannySVHS reacted to TomTheDP in Nikon buys Red?   
    https://www.eoshd.com/news/is-n-raw-real-raw-nikon-z9-under-the-spotlight-at-eoshd/
    Generelly when greatly underexposed RAW looks better than H265. You usually get weird compression artifacts and blotchy looking texture with more compressed codecs. 

    Noise Reduction can reduce noise but nice texture is usually a sign of a better sensor with more dynamic range. 

    That said there are other reasons to shooting RAW like color information which would be the main draw for me. The Z8/Z9 also have Prores which looks quite nice. 
     
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    PannySVHS reacted to ac6000cw in Nikon buys Red?   
    I agree - Sony will be doing image processing before the H.265 encoding (e.g. noise suppression, de-Bayering, sharpening etc.), whereas you might expect less of that happening with N-RAW - isn't it meant to be raw sensor data, warts and all?
    H.265 is a sophisticated codec, so I'm not that surprised 4:2:2 10-bit 8k video at 500Mbps from the A1 looks really good, especially on a static image like Andrew used in the N-RAW vs H.265 vs CDNG comparison article.
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    PannySVHS reacted to ghostwind in Nikon buys Red?   
    Dunno what tests those were, but I've shot in all formats on my Z9s, and N-RAW is definitely better than H265. More latitude, less/no NR, less/no sharpening, etc. Not to mention, of course, the freedom to change WB and exposure in Resolve in post.
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from Gesmi in World's smallest DSLM that shoots 4k?   
    None. Closest would be a 10bit Shlony apsc. So again, 10bit HLG GX camera with 4K from full sensor and perfect HD quality  for the launch price of the GX85, 799 Usd, 699 Euro. Please 😊
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from Gesmi in World's smallest DSLM that shoots 4k?   
    10bit 150mbit and HLG please @John Matthews😊
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from Danyyyel in Thoughts on Nikon Z9/Z8 vs. Canon R3/R5(c)?   
    From what I read on this forum, Clog flavours on their hybrids lag behind their counterparts C300 II and Mark III even moreso. R5 in Raw does perform same latitude as S1H in its h264 codec in test by German test site slashcam, but less in dynamic range according to Cined tests.
    NRaw has been a bit of a riddle in post to some youtubers due to akward Nlog curve. But an Aces or other adequate workflow should solve that. It has almost the same but even a tiny bit better latitude than a S1H and the same as C70 Raw according to slashcam, bettering also a R5 in that same test.
    Colour fidelity is supposely astonishing.
    Nikon has put out convincing 8bit video hybrids with the Z6/7. Even their HD Dslrs D750 and 850 have been 8bit video marvels, such as their Apsc D5300, 5500, 7500. So they are no newbies regarding convincing image quality in video. @ghostwind
    That is only talking about image quality, not even mentioning full Hdmi, sturdiness, internal Prores besides Nraw.
    Nikon had a few aces in their sleeve during their law case with Red. You could find all about that in the insightful Eoshd thread about that topic. @Jedi Master
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    PannySVHS reacted to newfoundmass in Nikon buys Red?   
    People keep talking about the patent, but I really don't think it is the reason behind the purchase at all.
    Nikon wants to get into the video/cinema market. Their recent releases are evidence of that. They have very little chance though of getting a foothold in the market on their own. Purchasing RED, even though it lags behind ARRI and probably even Sony, makes a lot more sense than creating something on their own from scratch that will likely fail.
    Major blockbusters and shows are filmed using RED cameras. Tons of independent films are shot on RED cameras. It has a loyal user base. Those are reasons enough for any company looking to get into the cinema/video market to purchase them instead of starting from scratch. Will it work? Who knows, but it's a better building block than what they had to work with. Better to own the company whose camera was used to film blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy and Aquaman than to release a cinema camera that will see minimal adoption,
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    PannySVHS reacted to Django in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think if we look at the Komodo which is around the price of a C70, uses RF mount and has AF, it gives us basis to speculate that future entry level RED cams with Nikon tech and Asian manufacturing could venture out of the high-end cine market and compete with Canon & Sony C/FX line.  
    And reverse wise Nikon high-end cams will benefit from Redcode and other ciné savoir-faire like color science, anamorphic support, open gate etc.. it also finally gives Nikon users an upgrade path to a cine line and creates a more viable ecosystem. 
    That is great news for consumers and further increases my desire to switch to Nikon. 
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from mercer in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think I know the reason, why Nikon bought Red. I'm very sure they did it just to piss this guy off. He sounds like someone just cut his mullet off. 😊 I like Mike. But seeing and especially hearing him was hillarious. "I am pissed."😂 He just bought an Epic btw.
     
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    PannySVHS reacted to Davide DB in Leica SL3... the Panasonic S1R mk2 is coming soon?   
    Well I hope these are not the features of the future Lumix FF flagship.
    The specifications for the video look very basic. 8K@30p 10 bit but only 4:2:0 internally.
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from John Matthews in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think I know the reason, why Nikon bought Red. I'm very sure they did it just to piss this guy off. He sounds like someone just cut his mullet off. 😊 I like Mike. But seeing and especially hearing him was hillarious. "I am pissed."😂 He just bought an Epic btw.
     
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from eatstoomuchjam in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think I know the reason, why Nikon bought Red. I'm very sure they did it just to piss this guy off. He sounds like someone just cut his mullet off. 😊 I like Mike. But seeing and especially hearing him was hillarious. "I am pissed."😂 He just bought an Epic btw.
     
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from sanveer in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think I know the reason, why Nikon bought Red. I'm very sure they did it just to piss this guy off. He sounds like someone just cut his mullet off. 😊 I like Mike. But seeing and especially hearing him was hillarious. "I am pissed."😂 He just bought an Epic btw.
     
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from IronFilm in Nikon buys Red?   
    I think I know the reason, why Nikon bought Red. I'm very sure they did it just to piss this guy off. He sounds like someone just cut his mullet off. 😊 I like Mike. But seeing and especially hearing him was hillarious. "I am pissed."😂 He just bought an Epic btw.
     
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    PannySVHS got a reaction from kye in Let's bring back the good, old-fashioned camcorder of the 1990-2000s, but with modern specs.   
    I like the formfactor of the Canon XC10/X15. Give it 10bit and a good codec, 4K60, zoom with F2 at the wide and F2.8 at the long end. Voila! I think their launch video really shown off the mojo that camera had. I like really the motion cadence and the rendering of textures. Mojo. 😊 @hyalinejimhad posted a video of his with beautiful colors achieved in Rec709. Anyway, great launch video and a great concept for a S16 cinema camera.
     
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    PannySVHS reacted to IronFilm in Nikon buys Red?   
    Over on Nikon Rumors, a commentator posted this summary:
    http://disq.us/p/2y0773n 
     
    Doubt it, that would be a big waste of the $$$$ they spent to buy RED. 
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    PannySVHS reacted to mercer in Nikon buys Red?   
    Well, I don't need any because I'm not a customer at any point in the near future, but if I was considering buying into the Red ecosystem, I'd like a bit more information from Nikon or "Red" before I made such a big purchase... another press release... a new Red camera with a Nikon badge on it... something to let me know that they're not just going to ingest the IP and scale back their new cinema division.
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    PannySVHS reacted to kye in Nikon buys Red?   
    It's definitely cute, but I think it's probably not good.
    I couldn't find any reviews or sample images, so I suspect it might even be a low-res sensor that just upscales to 44M in software.  It's probably the same sensor and firmware as those first generation 40+MP smartphones.  If retro is in, then a bit of blur is part of the style, not a failure of lens design or MTF curves!
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    PannySVHS reacted to Al Dolega in Let's bring back the good, old-fashioned camcorder of the 1990-2000s, but with modern specs.   
    Oh, I've imagined all kinds of things for it, but in the spirit of this type of camera itself (i.e. practicality), I don't expect to ever see them realized. I don't think they sell enough units to have multiple models in this space, so I doubt the XF400/XF405 will ever get direct similar-size replacement; the XF605 seems to be the replacement for both the XF405 and the bigger XF705.
    Raw and global shutter would probably land flat on their face in terms of attracting the buyers of these types of cameras, who probably would be more interested in better battery life, better stabe, a longer and wider focal range, streaming and broadcast hookups, etc.
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