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Not to mention that Museum Of Modern Moiré building.
 

Not to mention that Museum Of Modern Moiré building.
 

I have a new setup and pipeline and I'm really happy with it.
GH7 shooting V-Log in C4K Prores 422 internally, at around 500Mbps 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 lens for daytime, 12-35mm F2.8 for night-time K&F True Colour 1-5 stop vND Pipeline in Resolve: CST to DWG as working colour space Plugin for basic shot adjustments Film Look Creator for overall look (and for taking the digititis out of the image) ARRI709 LUT to get to 709 output I went on a walk on Monday to test the full setup, and it was a crazy hot day (37C/99F) and direct midday sun, so seriously challenging conditions.  Here are a few grabs (be sure to click-through rather than viewing the preview files embedded in the post).










My notes and impressions - while shooting:
Setup was GH7, 14-140mm lens, vND, and a wrist-strap and that's it I used the integrated screen, showing histogram, zebras, and focus-peaking to monitor I used back-button focus to AF before hitting record, so no AF-C going on while shooting (and randomly changing its mind about what to focus on) All shots were 14-140mm at F5.6 for constant exposure The K&F 1-5 stop vND had enough range, when combined with the DR of the GH7, so I never needed to change settings, despite going in and out of shadow (and even inside, which isn't included in the above images) The vND had a much more consistent sky and colour render than my old (crappy) vND, so I'm really happy with it I did ETTR and bring images down in post, but my tests indicated that V-LOG is very linear so there are a good few stops of latitude there The "tripod mode" of IBIS, which locks the frame completely, was very effective (despite me being hot and not having eaten for hours) and I could hand-hold past 70mm without it needing to drift, and even at 140mm (280mm FF equivalent) the shots will be fine with a bit of stabilisation in post (C4K on 1080p timeline) I shot about 18mins of footage in about 1.5 hours, camera was on most of the time with screen at full brightness, and didn't get any notifications about the battery, and didn't look to see how much was left since I have a spare My notes and impressions - in post:
I chose a Film Look Creator preset and then just messed with it for maybe 10 mins, while scrolling back and forth through the footage, and I deliberately pushed the contrast to create a really strong sense of the contrast between the beating sun and the deep shadows Shots had exposure adjusted (obviously, due to ETTR) and some had contrast lowered and a few had slight WB tweaks, but that's it I never felt like I was fighting with the footage, and it didn't feel like work when creating the look..  I've shot with a lot of cheap cameras with tiny sensors and you always feel like you're trying to make gold out of lead, but playing in the FLC was more like choosing between a large range of high-quality options I used another copy of the FLC to adjust exposure etc per shot, with it set to not impart and 'look'.  The advantage of that is that in Resolve there is a mode (Shift-F) that maximises the preview image and gets rid of the GUI except for the vertical toolbar on the right-hand-side where the DCTL and OFX plugins are, so it's a way of getting almost a full-screen view but keeping the controls visible..  very useful if you don't have a control surface or a second monitor handy. I'll talk more about my thought process and how I got to this setup in a later post, and also go into some of the technical stuff (DR, high-ISO, etc) but more importantly than that, I finally feel like the tech has come of age.
What I mean by that is that I now have a setup where:
I can shoot with a conveniently sized setup that doesn't need a rig and is ergonomic to use It has the right usability features, such as histograms, zebras, focus-peaking etc internally The monitor is bright enough The GH7 plus lenses (14-140mm F3.5-5.6 and 12-35mm F2.8) are long enough and fast enough to shoot what I see, without being too large, heavy, or prohibitively expensive It has enough spec that it can deal with almost all the situations that I actually shoot in, with enough DR for the sun, enough ISO for night-time, and fans so it doesn't overheat before I do, etc It shoots internally using a colour space and codec that don't look cheap/amateurish and make me think about upgrading It doesn't fight with me in the colour grade Resolve and the Film Look Creator are able to easily give me the flexibility in post to match images and correct any weaknesses from shooting (e.g. if there's a bit of movement when shooting hand-held at 140mm) Resolve and the Film Look Creator are able to remove the 'digital/video' look and instead give me a range of options that don't look artificial and most importantly, contribute a feeling to the footage without distracting from the content of the images (this is, after all, the entire purpose of what we're doing here.....) For the first time it feels like I'm getting the results I want because of the equipment I have, rather than in spite of it.

It was missing a question mark as I was looking for confirmation if it was or wasn’t 😀
I don’t disagree but by the same token, the S5 has garnered the reputation as being a much nicer image than it’s successor the S5ii from people who own both bur I only have personal experience with the latter so I have no idea.
Keeping the resolution of the camera in all names means It has a whiff of the file naming abyss you fall down with “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion.mov” that quickly becomes “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion_v2.mov”
 

It was missing a question mark as I was looking for confirmation if it was or wasn’t 😀
I don’t disagree but by the same token, the S5 has garnered the reputation as being a much nicer image than it’s successor the S5ii from people who own both bur I only have personal experience with the latter so I have no idea.
Keeping the resolution of the camera in all names means It has a whiff of the file naming abyss you fall down with “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion.mov” that quickly becomes “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion_v2.mov”
 

Dr. No Clue
Blofortune
Scaramaga 

It was missing a question mark as I was looking for confirmation if it was or wasn’t 😀
I don’t disagree but by the same token, the S5 has garnered the reputation as being a much nicer image than it’s successor the S5ii from people who own both bur I only have personal experience with the latter so I have no idea.
Keeping the resolution of the camera in all names means It has a whiff of the file naming abyss you fall down with “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion.mov” that quickly becomes “FinalEditUltimateRevisionDeliveryVersion_v2.mov”
 

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

It doesn't have a full HDMI, SDI or proper timecode.
FAIL.
For me, it doesn't look as good as my 5Diii, no internal storage and it doesn't have IBIS.
WTF...
Why didn't anybody tell me this?
Haha, but I'd still argue that BM neutered everything that was cool about the OG Pocket's image for those other things, without adding the better battery life... but I guess that's debatable because there are so many different low end, +K BM Pocket models that it's hard to differentiate which one does what or all of those things.
"If you want better battery... well then you have to upgrade to the 6K... better screen and internal NDs... you my friend will need the 6K Pro. If you just need 4K and a better screen, then the 4K will work for you... but just a warning it is in no way pocketable, but by pocket we always meant it had a built in hand grip and was shaped kinda like a regular camera not that it could actually fit into a pocket. Also the image just isn't as cool as the original pocket... but with the included software you can just do it in post."
"Ok... cool. But I shoot events and YouTube content"
"Then you will want one of our various switchers. We sell them too"
Blackmagic Design, your all stop shop for things you don't need that end up being a lot more complicated than Premiere and FCPX.
 

Dr. No Clue
Blofortune
Scaramaga 

I think the elephant in the room is that Nikon is clearing space in their lineup. I assume they want to get a little bit more out of the Komodo before it's discontinued for their lower end cinema camera. A bunch of good news here. If somebody is in the market for a low end cinema camera, can you do much better? Pyxis vs Komodo? Other than FF fanatics, the choice is pretty clear. other good news... it's possible this pricing is a sign that Nikon may be replacing it with a similar priced camera in the future.
As far as cinema camera popularity, it's hard to judge from this site or even from YouTube. How many times have we seen/heard people want a cinema camera... the P4K was a great example, but after the, BM Overlords are demigods for giving us soooo much, talk subsides then you see a lot of BM cameras for sale on eBay. How many times do you hear (myself included) if the FP was just everything that it wasn't designed to be, then I'd love it.  Or the C200 shoots internal 4K raw... that's fucking amazing... what a fail though because they didn't offer an internal 10bit codec...
Cinema cameras are a pain in the ass to use and aren't for most shooters, especially the people who frequent this site. Some offer better IQ than most mirrorless cameras, but mirrorless cameras are easier and a lot of times, more fun to operate...
But that Redcode...

I think the new price might give many people looking to buy a PYXIS some pause for thought.
Although from what I can see on here at least, the lack of discussion about the PYXIS seems to indicate that there has been a lot of pausing about buying one even before this.
Everyone wants a box camera until it comes time to buy one.

So its not the X version and its not the new Z mount version but still its a lot for a lot less.
https://www.red.com/stories/komodo-price-drop

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

Was catching up with my new favourite magazine The Atlantic today
They have some neat AI articles
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/
Like this one about the kind of scale of piracy the tech giants are doing in order to train some of their mainstream AI models.
There's a link to a tool called LibGen, where you can put in an author name and see if his work has been harvested up by Meta and used to train their large language models.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Sure enough I put "Andrew Reid" into it and up comes the GH4 guide.
So we can confidently say the Meta's Llama 3 knows all about shooting 4K with a certain 2014 Lumix camera.
When do I get paid and how much?

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

To save you bothering to watch that video (as pretty as the visuals are) here is what it ended up being about.

After being in a pretty heavy accident on Saturday that has written my car off, my new favourite art camera is the Ring Doorbell camera.
My car was hit at a 90 degree angle from the side by some clown who sped out of their driveway and across an empty bus lane flipping my car round and causing the rear tyre to blow.
The art that the Ring Doorbell camera produced was in two parts.
The first being a beautiful record of my hitherto unknown stunt car driving prowess to correct the induced swerving to avoid the trees on the pavement side and then the oncoming traffic in the other lane and bring the wreck to a controlled stop.
The second and best bit was when the homeowner of the Ring Doorbell came outside and showed the footage to myself and the other driver who had thus far ludicrously been somehow claiming it was my fault.
Upon which the other driver, faced with the reality did their own rendition of the Larry David fake fainting.
As the Ring Doorbell was still active, it caught that too 🙂 

After being in a pretty heavy accident on Saturday that has written my car off, my new favourite art camera is the Ring Doorbell camera.
My car was hit at a 90 degree angle from the side by some clown who sped out of their driveway and across an empty bus lane flipping my car round and causing the rear tyre to blow.
The art that the Ring Doorbell camera produced was in two parts.
The first being a beautiful record of my hitherto unknown stunt car driving prowess to correct the induced swerving to avoid the trees on the pavement side and then the oncoming traffic in the other lane and bring the wreck to a controlled stop.
The second and best bit was when the homeowner of the Ring Doorbell came outside and showed the footage to myself and the other driver who had thus far ludicrously been somehow claiming it was my fault.
Upon which the other driver, faced with the reality did their own rendition of the Larry David fake fainting.
As the Ring Doorbell was still active, it caught that too 🙂 

Thank goodness you're okay! 

Bonkers. Sounds like you've had a worse weekend than Liam Lawson.
Hope you are alright and no lasting damage other than the car!

After being in a pretty heavy accident on Saturday that has written my car off, my new favourite art camera is the Ring Doorbell camera.
My car was hit at a 90 degree angle from the side by some clown who sped out of their driveway and across an empty bus lane flipping my car round and causing the rear tyre to blow.
The art that the Ring Doorbell camera produced was in two parts.
The first being a beautiful record of my hitherto unknown stunt car driving prowess to correct the induced swerving to avoid the trees on the pavement side and then the oncoming traffic in the other lane and bring the wreck to a controlled stop.
The second and best bit was when the homeowner of the Ring Doorbell came outside and showed the footage to myself and the other driver who had thus far ludicrously been somehow claiming it was my fault.
Upon which the other driver, faced with the reality did their own rendition of the Larry David fake fainting.
As the Ring Doorbell was still active, it caught that too 🙂