The ghost of squig

3 minutes ago, Adam Kuźniar said:

Yeah sure cause taped up connectors sure do look professional. While we are at it, why bother with cages, tripod plates, rigs and magic arms? You can just gaff it all up! 

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2 hours ago, Mattias Burling said:

Will be interesting to see how they compare. 

These videos looked great, the first one was my favorite. Gorgeous grade. And man does a shoulder rig beat gimbals imo..

Does ML work with an external monitor, any restrictions?

Thanks. ML works fine with external monitors, I have a smallHD 501 and AC7, but in this case I was using a Zacuto Z-Finder, the extra point of contact with my face helps with stabilization.I left the Ronin-M at home, didn't need it, and doing up to 19 hour days I had no time for it.

25 minutes ago, Emanuel said:

Lovely footage, Anthony, you made that combo sing! In a documentary style of your very own no doubts on there ; ) You could apply with that material to any doc competition indeed and let us to enjoy all that together, think on it ; -)

1080p? Upscaled to 4K? WTH that finely proves there are no pixels to matter but talent to make them shine!

 

Glad you're here again alive and kickin'! (E : -)

Thanks. Yeah, the 5D Mk3 raw looks good upscaled to 4K, I have no complaints about the resolution, the 35 Leica is 70s vintage and not the sharpest lens either. As always, it's all about the story.

3 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Try doing a 10hr day on set with half a dozen of these and all kinds of unpredictable actions by actors. 
You'll be wishing for the less hassle of a locking connector pretty soon. 

 

That's why God gave us gaff.

16 hours ago, mercer said:

@The ghost of squig welcome aboard, I think you’ll find this place very hospitable...

I just started using the 14bit Lossless from the experimental build and am pretty floored by it. It’s breathing new life into the camera. While others are jumping ship, I feel reenergized by the camera. Do you know if it’s available in the Nightlies too? I found the 3.5K to be too buggy and the 3K has too much of a crop, so I don’t really need to run an experimental build if the 14bit Lossless is stable on a nightly. 

Hehe.

No lossless in the nightlies. I only shoot 1080p, the rolling shutter in 3k is horrendous. 1080p raw upscaled to 4K looks solid. I just bought an X-T3 and a Pocket 4K, I'll be testing them both up against the Mk3 raw and posting the results when I have time. I love the look of the Mk3 raw, but the 11.7 stop dynamic range is a big limitation.

10 hours ago, Emanuel said:

Nice to see you around! (E : -)

Thanks. You too.

I just did a few jobs for independent candidates running for parliament. Besides some gopro adventure footage at the beginning of the first film, it's all 5D MK3 14bit lossless. 99% shot with an old Leica 35mm summicron-r, a few shots with the 90mm summicron and 135mm elmarit-r. Almost all of it shot from the shoulder. Also used a B+W Käsemann polariser and a cheap Hoya ND. Cut and graded in Resolve 16 with filmconvert and http://www.colorghear.com/ , upscaled to UHD.

On 4/9/2019 at 8:12 PM, IronFilm said:

^THIS

x100,000,000

I picked up one yesterday to test and the non-locking doesn't really bother me. The mic jack fit is snug, plus you can run it without a lav. It sounds best running it at it's lowest gain setting into a mixpre-d, it would be the opposite running into noisy DSLR mic inputs of course. It sounds even better with a Sennheiser lav as tested in this vid, but in a noisier or live room I don't think non audiophiles would notice any difference. I just bought 4 or them, and I'm thinking of getting 2 or 3 more. People have had issues with the dead cats falling off, but mine fit well. Rode said they were working on a fix, I may have picked up one of the new ones, Rode HQ is about 20min drive from my house. No sponsorship deal as yet, but I've been using Rode mics for 10 years and these babies should complement my NTG-3 well. I do prefer the sound and the XLR receivers on the Sennheiser XSW system, but the 4 things that swayed me to the wireless go were: 8 unit operation vs 5, 3 gain settings vs 1, optional lav vs lav, and $250 vs $600.