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    bamigoreng got a reaction from Chris Oh in I'm thinking of getting the Fuji X-T2 for stills and a bit of video - advice?   
    EOS M5: 
    1920 x 1080 @ 60p / 35 Mbps, MP4, H.264, AAC
    1920 x 1080 @ 30p / 24 Mbps, MP4, H.264, AAC
    1920 x 1080 @ 24p / 24 Mbps, MP4, H.264, AAC
    1280 x 720 @ 60p / 16 Mbps, MP4, H.264, AAC
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    bamigoreng reacted to Inazuma in I'm thinking of getting the Fuji X-T2 for stills and a bit of video - advice?   
    I have had the 23mm f1.4 for about two months now (using it on the X-T10). Really beautiful images from it. I've yet to actually process any raws on my computer - the jpegs are that good. I did have the XT2 briefly before that but decided to return it until it became cheaper. I was hoping for better AF performance/usability in video. 
    Before the 23mm I used the 35mm f1.4. The image from this lens is also really nice and it produces a wonderful rainbow flare. But the AF on it is very poor by today's standards. 
    The 18-55mm f2.8-4 is also a nice lens. Good images, AF, stabilisation. 
    Having said all that im currently eyeing up an EOS M5. You might want to consider it as well since you have lots of EF lenses. No 4k and even the 1080p is mediocre but seems like the usability will be much better that the XT2 due to the body shape and touch screen. Also it has digital stabilisation like the NX1 did. Not ideal but better than nothing (maybe).  
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    bamigoreng reacted to mercer in Nikon Flat Profile Question...   
    Just messing around with some clips...
     



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    bamigoreng reacted to Cinegain in Nikon Flat Profile Question...   
    Hear ye, hear ye! I love the sensoric results of the D5300... but man, I come from an interchangeable lens background that started with the GH2. I just don't get OVFs and I like to work in liveview. That makes the D5300 just a horrid experience to be quite honest. That slapping around of the mirror. Geez. I mean, especially when shooting stills in liveview; I like the spirit, applauding yourself and all, but just 'no'... atleast the higher-end bodies have some tripod mode or something, that only uses contrast based AF detection and keep the mirror from slapping around.
    And indeed, with EVFs and liveview you get that what-you-see-is-what-you-get experience and all the aids that we're used to from all these mirrorless cameras making shooting a breeze. Why can't they include that? Why do DSLRs remain to be so traditional? Ideally, I'd be shooting a mirrorless D5500, because that 24MP APS-C sensor and those colors right off the bat... ooh la la. That's where it's at. I don't need fullframe. Big bodies, big lenses. No chance of keeping things small and light. But APS-C... a great combination of compact and performance (& price). And closest to S35. Yet, when needed with mirrorless systems, you could boost it towards fullframe if so desired. With a mirrorless APS-C Nikon, finally people would give fighting over the Samsung NX1 a rest already.
    I've been wanting to go mirrorless APS-C from the M4/3 system now... but Sony's not going to be it. Fujifilm is kinda close, but things like no vari-angle display and no sensor stabilization, still put some of the M4/3 cameras in front for me personally. Samsung NX1 and EOS M5 are not going to work for me. It would just be great if Nikon made some efforts there. Tell you what, they could give Sony and Panasonic a real challenge, 'cause I'd be all over it like *finger snap* that. But you know... it is what it is. Purely based on quality of the results... it's pretty spectacular; I guess that's why we just put up with quirks like that...
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from Dimitris Stasinos in Sony a6500 limited record time   
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    bamigoreng reacted to Cinegain in Sony Will Announce the A6500   
    Yeah, I was so stoked for the A6300 when it was announced. Went and got the conversion kit to E-mount for the Veydras. And then... Sony happened. They always deliver on paper... and then in practice... grmpf. Between the overheating, rolling shutter, color channel clipping and out of camera colors and lack of fully articulated touchscreen and headphone jack... maybe meh-ish batterylife... Why don't they indeed take the A7-body style and just throw in an APS-C sensor?
    The thing that's really going to make the difference is the lenses you're going to throw in front anyways, so why not up the body in terms of ergonomics, features and have solid heat disappation, room for a bigger battery, proper audio interface, maybe even dual card slot, vari-angle touchscreen... yeah, basically more like an APS-C Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II what I'm concerned! Actually, exactly that! If it wasn't for the up in sensor performance (mostly noise profile), better selection of wide angle lenses/easier to get shallow depth of field (and being close to S35 right of the bat) and the possibility to boost towards fullframe... I would've happily kept true to the M4/3 format. But I would like to dial in 3200 ISO without worrying too much, use lenses and have less of a crop factor and the ability to boost towards fullframe (that is why I don't need fullframe cameras, which are chunky and expensive cameras (some with 4K crop!) and the beauty of APS-C is that you can also use some more compact APS-C lenses, although Sony hasn't done enough with that themselves I think).
    Neways. Probably not a good idea to get your hopes up for this one... but maybe, just maybe, they've learned something over the course of this year? I'll stay tuned!
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    bamigoreng reacted to Lintelfilm in Canon XC10 4K camcorder   
    No doubt. The C100 image is beautiful. But the extra sharpness, cleanness and higher bit rate of the 80D - combined with shallow DOF, a log-like profile and some nice glass - is going to look a great deal closer to a pro image than a Rebel ever could. Personally I still like the 5DIII's native H264 image quite a bit (esp for shooting people). The 80D is arguably better in some regards. I'd be interested to know what kind of DR can be coaxed from video on an 80D with the EOSHD c-log profile, as the sensor is rated at over 13 stops for RAW stills (much better than the 5D3).
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from Герман Полозов in Shortfilm thriller 5DMKIII (ML RAW)   
    Really well done.
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    bamigoreng reacted to IronFilm in Life vs Film   
    His dentistry friends who he tagged:
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002625780591
    https://www.facebook.com/ghader.moustafamanah
    https://www.facebook.com/Nism.nougat
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004619610557
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004469431009
     
    Amused somewhat by his latest FB update:
     
    Oh FFS, he recently got a PS4:
     
    Yet cries he is too broke and poor to repay those who he robbed??? 
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from Ed_David in Life vs Film   
    Canon Rumors forum is his playground. August 26, http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30595.msg618057#msg618057 
    @Ebrahim Saadawi, somebody might inform dean and stuff at Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine of Delta University http://deltauniv.edu.eg/new/dentistry/?page_id=1593 and Hospital Manager http://deltauniv.edu.eg/new/dentistry/?page_id=1163 
    Be rational. I'm sure you don't want to get kicked out of school. 
     
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    bamigoreng reacted to Hans Punk in Sony A7SII colors suck!!!   
    Here's one way to get the camera close to a realistic skin tone.
     

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    bamigoreng got a reaction from mercer in An adventure into the Panasonic GX85/80 begins - and a look at the Leica Nocticron for Micro Four Thirds   
    Olympus LS-5: https://www.audiotranskription.de/Olympus-LS-5
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from jase in An adventure into the Panasonic GX85/80 begins - and a look at the Leica Nocticron for Micro Four Thirds   
    Olympus LS-5: https://www.audiotranskription.de/Olympus-LS-5
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    bamigoreng reacted to sanveer in Cannot post. Ebrahim Saadawi.   
    You're making it amusing. I believe that is unfair to the victims as well as encouraging an international con artist.
    Also this is definitely not a One Off. He is a pathological liar and fraud. 
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    bamigoreng reacted to tweak in 5DIV full spec and full image leak   
    I also have GH4 and compared to 7D raw I notice a big difference in motion as well. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but all I can say is it looks kind of fake and electronic (if that makes any sense), like using a super high frame and shutter rate and then playing at 100% speed.
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    bamigoreng reacted to mercer in 5DIV full spec and full image leak   
    I think the best hope for Canon stills cameras to have the video features that everyone wants will be with their mirrorless line. Think about it, their consumer eos-m3 has focus peaking, but their flag ship full frame model does not... that has to tell you something. Canon's DSLR market is primarily for stills. With the rumored, but practically confirmed, release of a Canon FF mirrorless coming out in late Fall, I believe a lot of these desired features will be included in that camera.
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from feanorfinwe in Sony A6300 review (rolling) - Striking image but nagging issues   
    https://community.sony.com/t5/Join-the-Inspiration/Sony-a6300-suggestions-Improve-1080p-raise-temperature-limit-and/idi-p/567358
     
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    bamigoreng reacted to Nikkor in 5DIV full spec and full image leak   
    There are also external recorders. Internal codecs have this tendency to give crappy motion cadence (nikon's codec for example).I believe MJPEG doesn't have this problem.
    Anyway, if canon made this camera in less bulky mirrorless body I wouldn't hesitate.
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    bamigoreng reacted to Ed_David in My wife was almost scammed seling a camera for $1500 on ebay   
    Ha I didn't wire him anything
    I was just seeing how much ES thought he was smarter than everyone and the extent of lack of morality.  For a second I did think he was a confused lost soul who wanted friendship from me, but even then I doubted it.
    He's just another young kid who's read too much Dostoyevsky and thinks he's smarter than everyone else. 
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from IronFilm in My wife was almost scammed seling a camera for $1500 on ebay   
    Ebrahim is active on http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?348423-BE-CAREFUL-Sadly-Ebrahim-Saadawi-or-another-people-using-his-account-is-a-scammer/page3
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    bamigoreng reacted to KrisAK in Has anyone seen this... It could quite possibly be the best indie film ever made...   
    Thanks for the thread. I'd been meaning to dig up and watch the following film, the tone of which is fascinating. (It made the rounds as an Internet meme a few years back, which I somehow missed.)
    Anyway, if you ever forget the title, just Google "cardboard MRI..."
     
     
     
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from iamoui in EOS M official   
    Jr.?
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from iamoui in Sony A6300 review (rolling) - Striking image but nagging issues   
    The new video from Kendy (A6300, Sigma 30mm f/1.4, Beholder DS1, M31 LUT by VC + curves in AE)
     
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    bamigoreng got a reaction from Miki de la Rosa in An adventure into the Panasonic GX85/80 begins - and a look at the Leica Nocticron for Micro Four Thirds   
    52mm UC filter + step up ring? Link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=tiffen+ultra+contrast&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
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    bamigoreng reacted to mercer in An adventure into the Panasonic GX85/80 begins - and a look at the Leica Nocticron for Micro Four Thirds   
    Well, let me start by saying, I really liked the G7... but so far, I love the XC10... but I miss interchangeable lenses. But this is a long story for me... and it may be boring for you...
    Last year around this time I had just my eos-m, then the lure of 4K and a ridiculously cheap price tag brought me to pick up an NX500. I had a love hate relationship with the camera. By the time I started finding it's sweet spot, the G7 went on sale. Since I had a small collection of c-mount lenses, and the bundle came with a Rode VideoMic Pro I jumped on it. The NX500 was a little sharper and shot in Cinema 4K, but the ease of use and external mic plug in led me to use the G7 way more than the NX500... so I sold the Samsung.
    Shortly after that I decided to pick up the FZ300 for family stuff and I liked a lot of the features... I loved that camera. Without a doubt it was the most fun camera to go out and shoot with, but the IQ just wasn't there.
    Still happy with my G7, and my lenses, I just went on writing some shorts and planning some shoots. One of the shorts I wrote required some slow motion. I had read that the Nikon D5500 had really nice and clean 1080p both in 24p and 60p... all of the videos I saw online confirmed that. And since I had a small collection of Nikkor lenses, i thought it would be the perfect option... it was out for over a year and I figured the price would be well below $500 for a body only... even if it was grey market. Well it wasn't... the cheapest I could find at the time was refurbished for $600... which was a little more than I wanted to spend for a camera I would probably only use for one short and then I realized the BMMCC had come out and was getting glowing reviews for it's 60p...
    Once again I was lured in by the promise of natively shooting ProRes and Raw, so I sold a few things and bought one. For the first month I loved the camera... I was able to use old Kern Paillard lenses and the Raw image is just stunning... as is the ProRes... but it is literally the most unenjoyable camera to shoot with. I prefer to shoot handheld or with a monopod and the form factor of the BMMCC is not suited for handheld once you rig the camera up with even just the bare essentials. And the battery life is simply horrible. You cannot leave a battery attached to the camera, because it will drain almost as fast with the camera off as it does with the camera on in standby and the batteries take 2+ hours to charge, so you really have to prep your kit the morning before a shoot, so you can charge half a dozen batteries...
    But the image is just damn gorgeous.
    After a while I just got burnt out using it. It wasn't any fun rigging it up every time I went out to shoot... or break it down if I was moving to a different location. Since I consider myself a run and gun shooter, all spontaneity ran out the door because it was such a hassle to quickly reset shots... for me. Other shooters who are more used to rigs and the proper way of shooting narratives are probably fine with it... but for me... it's just not an option any more.
    Then one day I was reading eos hd and I came upon Andrew's review of the XC10. Now mind you, I was in love with this camera when it was released... I may have been the only one. Over time, every negative I had about the camera faded away as more and more footage emerged. 
    Basically my buying and selling of cameras and lenses over the past year put me in a unique position to afford the XC10 this year. So, after a little more research, I jumped in head first last week. I have only shot with it for a couple hours, but I enjoyed every second of it. I have been mostly shooting with the 1080p C-Log, but the couple test shots I did do in 4K... I was pretty impressed. Now I just have to learn how to expose C-Log properly... I'm starting to get the hang of it and how to grade it properly... I'll probably never get the hang of it.
    Finally, I originally intended to keep the micro and use it for really small, contained shorts. I have a few short film ideas that are only a couple minutes long. But after using the XC10, I don't think I could go back to the Micro, I think I would feel stifled. This leaves me without an interchangeable lens camera... Hmm? I love my lenses and I know eventually I will want to use them again. If I had to purchase another camera today... which I won't... I am leaning towards either the GX85 or maybe I'll stay with the Canon family and pick up a used C100... I actually bid on one the day after I used C-Log for the first time, but I didn't win it... maybe next time.
    Sorry for the long post. Basically, 5-axis ibis and IQ trumps the G7... even with the ability to change lenses. I also think the internal 4k to 1080 downscale, of the XC10 is better, to my eyes, than the internal 4K of the G7, with post downscale to 1080p. The G7 wins in the shallow depth category and with that in the lowlight category.
    The GX85 seems to have a better image than the G7 and it has 5-axis... but no mic input. It seems like there is no perfect camera out there, but the XC10 is the closest i have come to thus far. It seems like the GX80/85 owners feel the same about that camera... if it had the mic input, I may have chosen that over the XC10.
    Again sorry for the long, and boring, post but these things are so subjective, I wanted to give the history of how I got here... which may help people understand why I inevitably chose the XC10 over the G7, GX85 and BMMCC.
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