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Hey Sage what do you do to achieve the highlight roll off seen in your lut? Say if I am using adobe premiere? Is it a curve adjustment?

Its making me want to get a Pocket 4k really bad haha, or an URSA mini for that matter.

Definitely noticeable with that crop. Though still an amazing option. I had the chance to use the Pocket 4k today, having a 12:1 option is amazing.

I'd imagine 12 bit is going to be plenty for greenscreen regardless. I don't really get the complaints on sharpness. As long as its not in camera sharpening (aka GH5) which its not, how could it be a bad thing. The complaints I have heard were about noise reduction.

Gotta get a good external battery rig going.

Depends how picky one is as well.

I am assuming he means the original camera which can be found used online for cheap.

So with Black Magic doing away with Cinema DNG on the Pocket 4k, the original Pocket camera is still the smallest camera to do lossless RAW recording. Interesting development. I've heard of detail loss with BM RAW, though with 3:1 compression I am not sure how much of a difference there is. The newer sensor and 4k abilities as well as high speed abilities still brush the OG pocket. Still tho thats not counting the Magic lantern stuff(which is still relevant of course).

That last shot?

Panasonic has a long reputation now of being a camera for video, since the GH2 days. Fuji kind of just jumped into the game with the XT3. It just doesn't have the following Canon, Sony and Panasonic have yet. You can't go wrong with either camera man. Pretty much the Panasonic will win in terms of having no record limit and IBIS. Fuji wins in terms of ISO performance, auto focus, color, resolution, and higher frame rates(better quality higher frame rates). It also comes down to if you have a preference towards M43 or APSC(maybe you have a lot of m43 lenses or simply like the versatility of them).

https://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-managers-qa-canon-is-wrong-full-frame-only-1-3-of-market-x-t3-sold-40-better-than-x-t2-fast-lenses-for-gfx-and-more/?fbclid=IwAR2M1OdZ_BLDxJ3FA9qNpA406_aOhj1pBMjundXezW56nxwc1Q6rJnn3vP8 I hope this means they will continue to focus on innovating their APSC cameras. Still very happy with my XT3 purchase from last fall.

I like how small my Nikon 1.8 is compared the samyang or rokininon 85mm. I had a chance to use some Sigma cine lenses on a shoot today, 14mm 1.8, 24mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4, and 135mm 1.4. Really heavy but beautiful glass.

Looks nice. The 8k sensor should yield a very nice internal 4k image. Wonder what the low light capabilities are.

How long do the grip batteries last?

also what happened?

Log tends to be nosier in general. If you are not feeling the need I don't see a reason to upgrade. You get a bit more dynamic range. Though HLG has the same amount of DR as Vlog. What issues do you have grading it?

I'd say the FS5 is definitely more convenient to shoot with being that it has internal ND's and low bitrate codec. If you don't mind rigging though the Pocket 4k is pretty unbeatable. Higher frame rates in 4k, internal RAW and prores. ISO performance is probably on par or better than an FS5. File sizes will be a lot bigger in 4k.

Yours looks a bit brighter and more saturation in blues.

Good technical advice, certainly encouraging. I do usually use a vectorscope when I think the skin may be off. Though when I want to go creative I feel completely lost. Seems like a good idea. Kye, tried to match to your shot. Let me know how bad I did haha

Sounds like a good workflow. My bigger issue is just not really knowing what proper color looks like to judge skintone or really anything in the shot.

Yeah I'll try that, a lot of colors look grey to my poorly calibrated eyes.

I'd be tempted if they did a MK2 with a GH5S type sensor. Especially if its got 4k 120p 10 bit like the E2. Something in that form factor with built in ND's would be a killer. Plus their color science seems pretty pleasing.

Kye I like that B&W look. Here is my take. Wanted to bloom the highlights, make it warm looking, added some film grain in too. No idea what I am doing really ?

I'd not get a A6400 only A6500. The only reason to get one is for auto focus as the A6400 auto focus is amazing. The choice between X-T3 and GH5 is tough there. I'd say the biggest deciding factor is AF. Do you need or or not. If you do its the X-T3. IBIS on the GH5 is great and for certain applications super useful. XT-3 has the best IQ, high speed options, great color, great high iso performance(for APSC). Auto focus isn't far behind Sony, but the A6400 is ahead. I sold my GH5 for the XT3 and do not regret it. I miss IBIS a little, but rarely. If I was more into run and gun work the GH5 IBIS might be more unreplaceable. Being able to just bring the camera and get stable shots enables really quick shooting with no setup process. Although lenses with IS kind of do the same thing. I love using vintage lenses so IBIS is great for that. The Fuji XT3 plus 18-55m is a great combo. I've used the A7III, its not a bad choice. Throw some vintage lenses on there and its not an expensive setup. Sony zoom lenses are on the heavy bulky side. The IQ out of the Sony is not great, lots of NR artifacts at high ISO's. Though if you aren't a pixel peeper its a really versatile camera. I've heard people getting good results with HLG(less banding) as well as Sony Venice luts.