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    Alpicat got a reaction from ntblowz in Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)   
    That looks very nice. I recently used the S5IIx with Dehancer in a tutorial video I made. Was shooting this with the Lumix 24-105mm f4, 4k log long gop. This is just a tutorial but the end of the video has some longer sample footage. I was struggling quite a bit with autofocus, but the end results were fine - couldn't get the camera to detect her face the majority of the time, it would just track the body most of the time which is ok but not ideal. I don't know if I was doing something wrong but need to test AF again
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from 92F in Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)   
    That looks very nice. I recently used the S5IIx with Dehancer in a tutorial video I made. Was shooting this with the Lumix 24-105mm f4, 4k log long gop. This is just a tutorial but the end of the video has some longer sample footage. I was struggling quite a bit with autofocus, but the end results were fine - couldn't get the camera to detect her face the majority of the time, it would just track the body most of the time which is ok but not ideal. I don't know if I was doing something wrong but need to test AF again
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from seanzzxx in Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)   
    That looks very nice. I recently used the S5IIx with Dehancer in a tutorial video I made. Was shooting this with the Lumix 24-105mm f4, 4k log long gop. This is just a tutorial but the end of the video has some longer sample footage. I was struggling quite a bit with autofocus, but the end results were fine - couldn't get the camera to detect her face the majority of the time, it would just track the body most of the time which is ok but not ideal. I don't know if I was doing something wrong but need to test AF again
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from kye in Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)   
    That looks very nice. I recently used the S5IIx with Dehancer in a tutorial video I made. Was shooting this with the Lumix 24-105mm f4, 4k log long gop. This is just a tutorial but the end of the video has some longer sample footage. I was struggling quite a bit with autofocus, but the end results were fine - couldn't get the camera to detect her face the majority of the time, it would just track the body most of the time which is ok but not ideal. I don't know if I was doing something wrong but need to test AF again
     
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    Alpicat reacted to MrSMW in Leica SL3 / S2H and current S1H bargains   
    They didn't make much profit on it then!
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    Alpicat reacted to kye in Panasonic S5 II (What does Panasonic have up their sleeve?)   
    More sample footage from S5iiX and Sirui 150mm anamorphic lens.  Nothing wrong with these images...
     
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    Alpicat reacted to Andrew Reid in Leica SL3 / S2H and current S1H bargains   
    I had a tip off by a man who should know, that a certain Leica SL3 is coming in March next year, which will be a huge updated based on Panasonic's latest tech, which means we should see an S2H or S1H II whatever it will be called before then, perhaps even this year. The S1 and S1R will get an update too, so not long to wait for some excitement in Panasonic land.
    By the way I just noticed that WEX in the UK have an S1H for £1399, which is simply ridiculous.
    This was a 4 grand camera when it came out and is Netflix standard!!
    It is amazing how the market punishes Panasonic for such a high quality piece of kit.
    In fact I felt sorry for it and bought it. Autofocus be damned.
    The S2H is sure to have PDAF but will it be an 8K overkill monster and lose some of the low light creaminess that the S1H is well known for? That is the question.
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    Alpicat got a reaction from kye in RAW Video on a Smartphone   
    I bought a 2nd hand Oneplus 8 Pro (Android phone from 2020) to try shooting raw video with the motioncam app - the app is pretty stable overall with that phone. Below is a quick video I shot yesterday with it on the Emirates Air Line cable car in London. Worth watching on a large screen and set the video to 5K.
    The phone has 3 lenses (ultrawide, wide, 3x tele). They all work fine at 4k up to 60fps (limited record time at that frame rate). This video was shot at a resolution of 4000x3000 (full sensor area) at 24fps using the RAW10 mode (which I guess means 10 bit raw?). The data rate is about 12.5gb per minute of footage. I exported it as cDNG uncompressed raw files, and edited it in Davinci Resolve.
    The individual DNG photos from the video look very nice with lots of details. It's incredible what these phone sensors are capable of without any processing.
    The rolling shutter is a bit of an issue - but I was on a cable car which was moving around quite a bit. I stabilised the footage in Resolve but that occasionally introduces some wobble in the image. The shutter speed was high on this as I didn't use an ND filter. 
    I later found out you can record video straight to an external Samsung T5 SSD drive, which makes things much quicker since you can completely bypass the phone's internal memory. 
    I made the music in the video on a Sequential Prophet 12 synthesizer.
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from PannySVHS in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    @projectwoofer Yes prices for those synths have risen - let's see if they continue to do so in future or go down again! Video Enhance AI can be good, though it does make things look a bit plastic - but you can add grain to make it a bit more natural looking.
    @PannySVHS Thanks so much for checking the Fuji XT4 video! That's actually my brother's video - I share the channel with him. He has the Fuji and a Canon 30D. I have a Panasonic S1H, Canon EOS M and the Sony point and shoot cameras.
    I'm not used to writing in forums in general - but good to know it might be better to use the main forum for this kind of stuff! 
    @kye they should add these high frame rate modes on larger sensor cameras, but maybe it's too complex to do for reasons we don't know? Or at least they could make an interchangeable lens version of the ZV-1, keeping the same 1" sensor. It's true though that in the smartphone examples linked above the quality looks better than what you get on the RX100 / ZV-1. 
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    Alpicat got a reaction from webrunner5 in RAW Video on a Smartphone   
    I bought a 2nd hand Oneplus 8 Pro (Android phone from 2020) to try shooting raw video with the motioncam app - the app is pretty stable overall with that phone. Below is a quick video I shot yesterday with it on the Emirates Air Line cable car in London. Worth watching on a large screen and set the video to 5K.
    The phone has 3 lenses (ultrawide, wide, 3x tele). They all work fine at 4k up to 60fps (limited record time at that frame rate). This video was shot at a resolution of 4000x3000 (full sensor area) at 24fps using the RAW10 mode (which I guess means 10 bit raw?). The data rate is about 12.5gb per minute of footage. I exported it as cDNG uncompressed raw files, and edited it in Davinci Resolve.
    The individual DNG photos from the video look very nice with lots of details. It's incredible what these phone sensors are capable of without any processing.
    The rolling shutter is a bit of an issue - but I was on a cable car which was moving around quite a bit. I stabilised the footage in Resolve but that occasionally introduces some wobble in the image. The shutter speed was high on this as I didn't use an ND filter. 
    I later found out you can record video straight to an external Samsung T5 SSD drive, which makes things much quicker since you can completely bypass the phone's internal memory. 
    I made the music in the video on a Sequential Prophet 12 synthesizer.
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from Thomas Hill in RAW Video on a Smartphone   
    I bought a 2nd hand Oneplus 8 Pro (Android phone from 2020) to try shooting raw video with the motioncam app - the app is pretty stable overall with that phone. Below is a quick video I shot yesterday with it on the Emirates Air Line cable car in London. Worth watching on a large screen and set the video to 5K.
    The phone has 3 lenses (ultrawide, wide, 3x tele). They all work fine at 4k up to 60fps (limited record time at that frame rate). This video was shot at a resolution of 4000x3000 (full sensor area) at 24fps using the RAW10 mode (which I guess means 10 bit raw?). The data rate is about 12.5gb per minute of footage. I exported it as cDNG uncompressed raw files, and edited it in Davinci Resolve.
    The individual DNG photos from the video look very nice with lots of details. It's incredible what these phone sensors are capable of without any processing.
    The rolling shutter is a bit of an issue - but I was on a cable car which was moving around quite a bit. I stabilised the footage in Resolve but that occasionally introduces some wobble in the image. The shutter speed was high on this as I didn't use an ND filter. 
    I later found out you can record video straight to an external Samsung T5 SSD drive, which makes things much quicker since you can completely bypass the phone's internal memory. 
    I made the music in the video on a Sequential Prophet 12 synthesizer.
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from mercer in RAW Video on a Smartphone   
    I bought a 2nd hand Oneplus 8 Pro (Android phone from 2020) to try shooting raw video with the motioncam app - the app is pretty stable overall with that phone. Below is a quick video I shot yesterday with it on the Emirates Air Line cable car in London. Worth watching on a large screen and set the video to 5K.
    The phone has 3 lenses (ultrawide, wide, 3x tele). They all work fine at 4k up to 60fps (limited record time at that frame rate). This video was shot at a resolution of 4000x3000 (full sensor area) at 24fps using the RAW10 mode (which I guess means 10 bit raw?). The data rate is about 12.5gb per minute of footage. I exported it as cDNG uncompressed raw files, and edited it in Davinci Resolve.
    The individual DNG photos from the video look very nice with lots of details. It's incredible what these phone sensors are capable of without any processing.
    The rolling shutter is a bit of an issue - but I was on a cable car which was moving around quite a bit. I stabilised the footage in Resolve but that occasionally introduces some wobble in the image. The shutter speed was high on this as I didn't use an ND filter. 
    I later found out you can record video straight to an external Samsung T5 SSD drive, which makes things much quicker since you can completely bypass the phone's internal memory. 
    I made the music in the video on a Sequential Prophet 12 synthesizer.
     
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    Alpicat reacted to PannySVHS in SOOC color - 1/2 Cameras ? Xt4 vs r6   
    To get back on topic. Here some Fuji Jpeg glory from our friend @Alpicat, which I found when browsing his youtube channel a few days ago.
     
     
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    Alpicat reacted to PannySVHS in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    @Alpicat Just zapped through your Fuji film simulation video for the Fuji XT4. Awesome stuff! I remember your vintage style add with VHS emulated look, which you posted here some time ago. Very kewl! I think it is that special kinda posts, creative output and some BTS info, encouraging discussion, inspiration and exchange of thoughts and support. Stuff like this needs the exposure of the main forum imo.
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    Alpicat reacted to projectwoofer in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    Just checked on theBay: prices are crazy! 1200-1300€ for the 990 and 300-400€ for the vintage synth expansion. That’s nuts. I paid 500€ shipped plus 100€ for the expansion but I guess that was a long time ago…my D-550 cost me 250€ at the time. Crazy!
     
    VEAI is very good, I’m using it to upscale FHD 120 and 150fps footage from the S5 to 4K. My favorite model is Proteus 2, it can make close and mid shots look almost indistinguishable from real 4K. 
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    Alpicat got a reaction from PannySVHS in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    Thanks so much for all your comments and for reposting @PannySVHS! 
    The colour that comes straight out of camera on the Sony RX100 VII and ZV-1 cameras is great using standard colour profile. Haven't really tried the s-log formats as couldn't work out how to colour correct. Standard profile has terrible dynamic range but the colours look absolutely fine - good enough for me.  
    1000 fps on these cameras isn't good though, and it's cumbersome to use. You have to set focus, focal length and exposure in advance, and lock those settings before you can shoot. Then if you want to change the settings, you have to get out of locked down mode. 
    @Owlgreen You have a 1 second record time with the ZV-1 and a 3 second record time on the RX100 VII in quality priority mode at 1000 fps. You can double those times if you select "Shoot Time Priority", but I'm guessing that halves the quality. I haven't tried that mode - the "quality priority mode" is bad enough as it is. 
    After you record, you have to wait a long time for the camera to save the footage. For example if you shoot for 1 second, you then have to wait for 40 seconds for the camera to save the clip (i.e. if shooting at 1000 fps and saving to a playback speed of 25 fps, that's 40x slow-mo).
    Don't think there are any affordable interchangeable cameras that shoot at such a high speed? It would be nice if mirrorless cameras had such an option, even if cropping into the sensor a lot. 
    @projectwoofer the Roland JD-990 is nice, you're lucky to have one! Was looking into get one but they're quite expensive nowadays. I've recently ended up with a Roland D-550 rack though which sounds very impressive too.
    Below are two more 1000 fps videos I did, without using the vhs filter this time. I did use however use Topaz Video Enhance AI on these videos... otherwise the quality is awful, especially in lower light. 
    This video was a 3 second or so clip of a plane landing at Stansted airport using the RX100 VII, which turns into 2.5 mins of footage when played at 1000 fps:
     
    And this one is combination of normal speed and slow motion, again with the RX100 VII: 
     
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    Alpicat reacted to kye in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    Nice!
    Anything is usable as long as it's aligned to the creative aesthetic.  Footage from any camera can also be a disaster, regardless of how technically good it is, if it's not a good fit for the aesthetic.
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    Alpicat reacted to projectwoofer in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    The VHS filter is a nice touch @Alpicat! Fellow musician here, I also use the JD-990 with the vintage synth expansion. Thanks @PannySVHS for shining a bit of light on this!
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    Alpicat reacted to PannySVHS in SPIFFY, 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    Our friend @Alpicat has posted his spiffy 8bit lowres material from a 1000fps super slo mo parade.
    Just, it was posted in the footage section. For ever hidden not to be seen nor heard. But I love the colours, vibe, music and approach. So I am the gallerist of the minute and pull this gem infront of us, the image lovin, nerdy admirerers of some 8bit goodness. Just like @kye he shows us there is more than just 10bit overkill to please the eye. Here is Alpicats original post:
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    1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII
    I've been making some creative videos for the synth music I compose, mostly recording them with the Sony ZV-1 and Sony RX100 VII at the moment. I've been trying out recording high frame rate 1000 fps on those cameras - it looks awful but it's a nice feature to have! 
    Here's a video I recorded entirely at 1000 fps on the ZV-1 (40x slo mo), since it looked so bad I added a VHS filter on Davinci Resolve to fully embrace the retro style.
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    Alpicat got a reaction from projectwoofer in 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    I've been making some creative videos for the synth music I compose, mostly recording them with the Sony ZV-1 and Sony RX100 VII at the moment. I've been trying out recording high frame rate 1000 fps on those cameras - it looks awful but it's a nice feature to have! 
    Here's a video I recorded entirely at 1000 fps on the ZV-1 (40x slo mo), since it looked so bad I added a VHS filter on Davinci Resolve to fully embrace the retro style.
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from PannySVHS in 1000fps with the Sony ZV-1 and RX100 VII   
    I've been making some creative videos for the synth music I compose, mostly recording them with the Sony ZV-1 and Sony RX100 VII at the moment. I've been trying out recording high frame rate 1000 fps on those cameras - it looks awful but it's a nice feature to have! 
    Here's a video I recorded entirely at 1000 fps on the ZV-1 (40x slo mo), since it looked so bad I added a VHS filter on Davinci Resolve to fully embrace the retro style.
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from ntblowz in Making a retro style factual program with Panasonic S1H   
    I've started working on a new series of slightly light-hearted youtube videos which parody old British factual / educational TV programmes (i.e. inspired by Tomorrow's World, Look Around You etc...) - complete with a classic continuity announcement after the end credits. I'd been doing synth music demo videos and simple camera tests on this youtube channel for years, but wanted to try something different and hopefully a bit more creative, and also to be able to collaborate with friends.
    Here's the first video. It's not perfect but was a helpful exercise to see what I can potentially improve on in future. Let me know your thoughts!
    I used the S1H - shooting in 6K. Shame I added the retro filter as it looks amazing without it, but I thought it went well with the video's style - won't be using it on every video in future though. I'm also using stock footage for b-roll from a website I'm subscribed to, which hopefully fits the style of the video.
    The text was written by a friend many years ago for a university radio show. Maybe we could have revised it a bit to make it work better for the screen - will keep that in mind in future.
    My channel's main topic is synths so I've kept that theme in this video, having composed the background music with one specific synth.
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    Alpicat got a reaction from tupp in Sony Product Announcement - 26/01/21   
    The 8K is 10-bit 4:2:0 (XAVC HS) according to the Sony website
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from TheRenaissanceMan in Highly contradictory reviews on EOS R6 overheating limitation   
    Johnnie provides some info about how long he was filming for in his comments:
    "Looking at my interview timeline, the max i could record was around 9 minutes. Saying that, I guess the camera “gathered heat” while filming some short clips before and when left on “standby” in order to arrange my framing and light."
    "I did’t get near the 40 minutes benchmark Canon measured. I guess what they did, is taking a camera “out of the box” and let it run up until it overheats. In reality, we work a bit differently. We film short clips. We leave the camera “on” in standby mode for composing the shot and take care of other (Little) issues like lighting and sound. All this is building a certain heat inside the camera body, so it can be that by the time you need to film your main interview, the camera will shut off much earlier than the claimed 40 minutes."
     
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    Alpicat got a reaction from dslnc in Highly contradictory reviews on EOS R6 overheating limitation   
    Johnnie provides some info about how long he was filming for in his comments:
    "Looking at my interview timeline, the max i could record was around 9 minutes. Saying that, I guess the camera “gathered heat” while filming some short clips before and when left on “standby” in order to arrange my framing and light."
    "I did’t get near the 40 minutes benchmark Canon measured. I guess what they did, is taking a camera “out of the box” and let it run up until it overheats. In reality, we work a bit differently. We film short clips. We leave the camera “on” in standby mode for composing the shot and take care of other (Little) issues like lighting and sound. All this is building a certain heat inside the camera body, so it can be that by the time you need to film your main interview, the camera will shut off much earlier than the claimed 40 minutes."
     
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