Mmmbeats

I see that with the DR Boost enabled, but not without, which seems to validate CineD. Underexposing is going to be tricky at ISO 2000.

I hear you. Funny enough he's not the only one doing it. I've seen someone else promoting their own live dissection of the event online too. Not official though, I think they've just taken it upon themselves. It's a very meta world now don't you know? You might just have to get used to it 😉.

Why's it odd? Not my cup of tea, but i imagine some people might find the official launch a bit dry and impenetrable, so he's thrust in front to make it a bit more lively and palatable. Makes sense to me.

Actually... I'm just catching up on the rest of the thread that discusses things in more detail...

Is it not possible that Panasonic are also using a hardware solution based on the existing Dual ISO technology they have already used in the GH5S?

I think the ARRI / Canon method is basically a frame blend too. They've just done a much, much better job of marketing it!

Yes, I was just looking it up myself. I had C4K 30p at 943 mbps, so I guess the figure given is feasible. Strewth!

It's a leak / rumour / planted item. Do people think this data rate is correct - 5.7K 30p Apple ProRes 422 HQ 1.9Gbps - seems awful high!

Isn't this extremely similar to how Canon DGO (or Arri equivalent) works?

I imagine it sold pretty much as expected as it was designed to sell into an existing and identifiable market - people like me, who were interested in buying a new GH5 despite the imminent launch of the GH6.

This seems to be becoming a bit of a strategy - utilising some of the excellent shadow rendition to make up for a perceived weakness in highlight roll-off. Underexposing to retain the highlight data.

I think the point is, if you've invested in a tool for everyday delivery, can you pull out the same device (with associated lenses, accessories, etc.) when you need to jump up in quality? I appreciate your point, but not every project allows for a body hire like that.

Rumoured:

So RAW recording rumoured to be announced soon. Do people think this will be a significant upgrade? Any experience of C300iii RAW?

I think you might have some difficulty getting them to turn around their corporate policy on that basis. But you can give it a go. You just have to find the other seven people around the world that feel strongly about that particular facility.

I don't know enough about that to comment.

Ah, I see. You need at least 2 hard drives and preferably 4 (or more). The minimum recommended setup is: Drive 1 - OS and NLE Drive 2 - Project files, Scratch, & Media Cache Drive 3 - Export and Storage Some people further separate Project files and Scratch, etc.

GPU usage in Premiere is quite selective. It can help with effects, render and export, but I don't think its going to impact your playback issues much (if at all). CPU, multiple drive setup, and overall system balance are the top considerations for Premiere. Also, you will very often arrive at problems with h.264 and h.265 cut natively. Much better to proxy or transcode to an editing format such as ProRes. Even your proxies should be ProRes (or something similar like CineForm).

I'm not an expert in this, but one thing i have been gleaning from pro Canon users is that the official LUTs are not very good for some reason, and that highlight rendition is a particular area of concern. Many people are using third party LUTs for input.

Sounds like a complete waste of time. Within seconds you'd be monitoring stuff that happened (in real life) seconds ago. How would you even know where to point the camera? Am I missing something here?

Shot on vintage glass I think, and likely with filtration too. Available on Vimeo too by the way.

Ah - now that you mention it, both the hire lenses I was using had IS engaged! I'd forgotten that because I generally own manual, non-stabilised glass, so I had mis-remembered the setup. Apologies!

The weight is a good thing in my view. I had to do some off-the-cuff hand-held shots with no rig. No micro-judder! None! I decided to build some more handheld into my project. Built like a mirrorless, but really handles like a camcorder. eta: I was using the A60 (or whatever the larger battery is called) though.

Yikes! I'm going to be using that same combo on a shoot soon. Do I need to get that baseplate or will the standard RS2 one work?

Shadow integrity is phenomenal on the camera. Would make using the (otherwise excellent) previous gen cameras like the C300 mkii, and the C200, a bit of a pain now. Agree about the official Canon LUTs - they are a disaster. Not quite sure how they've allowed that to happen. I actually genuinely believe some of my early concerns, re: highlight rendition, etc. may have been down to how people have been applying the official LUT! 😲 Would recommend trying out CLOG2 over CLOG3, as the latter is really designed to protect shadow in a way that isn't really necessary with DGO.