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Yeah reflections are death. You lose 3D.

Phillip Bloom was and is big on 360 stuff and he said years ago it would take 8k or more for good 3D and here they are with a new camera still doing 6k. What the hell. There is just not enough data to make it really work yet.

Ergo, it's the story dummy. In this day and age you could shoot a movie with an EOS M and get the job done with a great script and good actors. The playing field is a Lot leveler in this day and age cameras wise. Iti s probably harder to get sound right now than camera work right. And I would much rather sit though bad camera work than bad sound.

Wow I always wanted a Contax G1. That was a Very special camera with even more special lenses for it. You can't go wrong with one of those.

I can take the same iPhone 6s picture put it in Lightroom and make it look like it came from an old camera if I want. This stuff is not magic anymore.

Well, The Canon is a 1d mk III not a Canon 1DX III. As to smartphone shots and videos yeah, I do like them for the convenience of having it with me all the time and not a lot of need to do anything with them in post. My friends and relatives seem to like them more than any other camera pictures or videos I show. I see what people post on here and YouTube etc. and I am not that impressed with most of that output also. It is only the 12, 14 bit Raw stuff that stands out to me, and that is really pretty damn impactable to use data wise for the average person. If I take a Long video with my Canon 1DC or even my OG BMPCC it is going to take up tons of storage. What the heck on average do I need all that data for. I am not making a full feature movie. Sure it looks better, but how good has it got to be. Filmic, Cinematic has went out the door a long time ago. All these modern cameras are clean as a whistle output wise. I can darken a lot of my footage and get a look like the Sigma FP has, Is it going to look just like it no, but it probably is not a ton off. HDR, HLG stuff adds a lot to these new cameras DR wise. My 1DC works well if it is spot on otherwise it is no beauty, OG BMPCC same way, it is even worse if off if not perfect exposure wise. I am into what I saw these days not trying to pretend it was different. I want memories not something that pretends to be what I saw. I have thought about buying a Sigma FP but after seeing a ton of videos on them and the length of the thread on here about it, nah it is too big of a pain in the butt, and if you rig it like you need to get the best out of it, it is like the OG BMPCC, a huge rig by the time you are done. The PK4 is looking better now with the stabilization but not worth crap for photos. And I am not a super fan of BRAW to be honest compared to the original DNG's. Sony F3 really nice but big and no 4k. I just find less is better in my life anymore. And really don't have the money anymore for the lenses that I would need. I am going to start thinning out the herd, and not sure what to keep.

Trouble is with Fuji glass it only works on a Fuji. It is a tempting system but an expensive experiment no doubt.

First one is the Canon with a cheap 70-300, second one is the iPhone 6s Plus. Not sure what else you can ask for OOC. Not my best shots but an example.

I think we over think the hell out of all of this. When I was going through my 1,000's of pictures, hundreds of videos one camera kept popping up over and over again, well 2 actually. My Apple 6s Plus and my old Canon 1dx mk III with a 70-200 on it, an old 70-200, a black one not a white one In today's world neither would be at the top of the must have list. But they keep coming to the top of mine. Neither one of them is something to write home to mother about in this day and age specs wise. But they both have something special. They are both fairly accurate while not being overbearing. Pretty much their output was as I remembered. And that is pretty much what you are looking for, at least that is what I like to see. And this is straight OOC stuff I am talking about. I can always add to it, but hard to take away stuff. So, the takeaway is I don't think we have hardly progressed at all to be honest. And these are cheap ass cameras to buy in this day. Even the video out of the iPhone 6s Plus is pretty dan impressive, first iPhone to have 4k, first iPhone to have a 12mp sensor, same as today yet. Like I said we really have not progressed much at all. I think I paid 250 dollars for the Canon body and 100 for the iPhone.

He said this so it doesn't look like you can do both?

Oh come on, they have the worse AF of Any camera manufacturer out here. That is not something you want on your tombstone. I got rid of my GH5 because I do birding and you can sure as hell forget that with that F ing camera. And I thought the color science was not so hot either. I will Never buy another newer Panasonic camera until they come up with phase detect AF. And I sure as heck am not alone. They risk going belly up, I think the L alliance was a dumb ass move also. Leica played them like a fiddle. Leica took but didn't give.

Even though the original BM PK4 is large it is surprisingly light. Never held a Pro one.

I think IMCE stated it well in the above video I posted. They can use the same assembly line and just leave the ND's out. That is a dream come true for a company.

Damn impressive results. Thanks for the footage. That is getting into Steadicam territory.

Best looking GH4 video I ever saw.

Sadly, most cameras that have a lot of DR are out of the reach of most people or even if they are cheap they are probably a Huge camera. But looking back at thousands of pictures I have taken, hundreds of videos the better looking of both photo and video were cameras with a lot more DR to them. Sure, color science adds to it but without a good spread of light to dark they are not very interesting unless it is a total stand out shoot. Not quite sure what the answer is other than stealing TomTheDP's Arri, but I am rethinking all I have or had. Surprisingly the newer Smartphones are better at DR than some of the older stuff, especially M4/3 cameras not surprisingly. The one trouble with better DR cameras are that they are a pain in the butt on average to get the best out of them. No auto anything on most of them, and the better the lens the better the output. So not a cheap option for sure. Decisions, Decisions. The bigger the sensor helps no doubt. So, FF cameras are sort of the answer.

I am not sure how Nikon stays in business anymore. Who buys them? The Z9 seems great but you can't even get it for a year, and it is Way out of most people's budget.

I guess you could use TomTheDP's Arri in it and look like you are 8 months pregnant with triplets!

This thing is a Cine camera, you can't expect it to fit in your front pocket shooting 6K.

Well don't buy it.

They have a battery grip for it.

The Canon 5D3 is the most stable of all the Magic Lantern cameras. So, it ought to work pretty well. Isn't a bad photo shooter either. 😄

Isn't that sort of what a GoPro uses?

Yeah, you just take one frame and drag it on the timeline and it brings all of them all in. Magic stuff. Resolve is crazy powerful anymore.

It has been my observation that they get better by the month. So, using the latest one is probably the way to go, but, and a big but if you use the higher end modes they are pretty unreliable, but if you stick to say 1080p that works almost non stop anymore on the newer builds. ML is a crap shoot. Zeek seems to have it down pretty well, but I try it and I end up with pink spots and 5 second footage, Ugg it drives me crazy LOL, but damn you want to make it work so bad. When it does work wow impressive stuff. Crazy as it seems the EOS M has the most potential.