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Platto reacted to kye in Sony a7S III ... for a cinematic look/feel? Or look elsewhere?
I'm going to disagree with all the sentiments in this thread and recommend something different.
Go rent an Alexa.
For practical purposes, maybe an Alexa Mini. Talk to your local rental houses and see if there's a timeframe you can rent one and get a big discount, often rental houses are happy to give you a discount if you're renting it when the camera wouldn't be rented by anyone else so have a chat with them.
Shoot with it a lot. Shoot as much as you can and in as many situations as you can. Just get one lens with it then take it out and shoot. Shoot in the various modes it has, shoot into the sun and away from it. Shoot indoors. Shoot high-key and shoot low key.
Then take the camera back and grade the footage.
I suspect you won't do this. It's expensive and a cinema camera like an Alexa is a PITA unless you have used one before. So I'll skip to the end with what I think you'll find. The footage won't look great. The footage will remind you of footage from lesser cameras. You will wonder what happened and if you're processing the footage correctly.
I have never shot with an Alexa, but I am told by many pros that if you don't know what you're doing, Alexa footage will look just as much like a home video as from almost any other camera.
Cinematic is a word that doesn't even really have any meaning in this context. It really just means 'of the cinema' and there's probably been enough films shot and shown in cinemas on iPhones that now an iPhone technically qualifies as being 'cinematic'. Yes, i'm being slightly tongue-in-cheek here, but the point remains that the word doesn't have any useful meaning here. Yes, images that are shown in the cinema typically look spectacular. Most of this is location choice, set design, hair, costume, makeup, lighting, haze, blocking, and the many other things that go into creating the light that goes through the lens and into the camera.
That doesn't mean that the camera doesn't matter. We all have tastes, looks we like and looks we don't, it's just that the word 'cinematic' is about as useful as the word 'lovely' - we all know it when we see it but we don't all agree on when that is.
By far the more useful is to work out what aspects of image quality you are looking for:
Do you like the look of film? If so, which film stocks? What resolution? Some people suggest that 1080p is the most cinematic, whereas some argue that film was much higher resolution than 4K or even 8K. What about colour? The Alexa has spectacular colour, so does RED. But neither one will give you good colour easily, and neither will give you great colour - great colour requires great production design, great lighting, great camera colour science, and great colour grading. By the way - Canon also has great colour, so does Nikon, and other brands too. You don't hear photographers wishing their 5D or D800 had colour science like in the movies. What lenses do you like? Sharp? Softer? High-contrast? Low contrast? What about chromatic aberation? and what about the corners - do you like a bit of vignetting or softness or field curvature? Bokeh shape? dare I mention anamorphics? But there is an alternative - it doesn't require learning what you like and how to get it, it doesn't require the careful weighting of priorities, and it's a safer option. Buy an ARRI Alexa LF and full set of Zeiss Master Primes. That way you will know that you have the most cinematic camera money can buy, and no-one would argue based on their preferences.
You still wouldn't get the images you're after because the cinematic look requires an enormous team and hundreds of thousands of dollars (think about it - why would people pay for these things if they could get those images without all these people?) but there will be no doubt that you have the most cinematic camera that money can buy.
I'd suggest Panavision, but they're the best cameras that money can't buy.
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in S1H ProRes Raw Samples
If am not mistaken mate raw doesnt add extra dr , all it does gives you no noise reduction.
But the good part is you get to play with iso and wb.
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Platto got a reaction from Rinad Amir in Sony A7S III
is that bad? i mean Sony has improved its color science since a7s ii also take look at footage that Mr Jacques Crafford has provided
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Platto reacted to Vision in Nikkor 35mm 1.4 - a long, near useless review... with pictures
The creamyness of the image and bokeh i like it
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Platto reacted to gt3rs in 1D X III vs EOS R5 and R6
All the 1Dxiii frame rates are 4:2:2 h265 10bit if LOG is ON if LOG is OFF they are 4:2:0 H264.....
Did you check the metadata with a tool ?
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in 1D X III vs EOS R5 and R6
Hmm...must be a bug! Canon 1DX Markiii films everything in 10bit 4:2:2 regardless of resolution from hd to 4k (Log must be enabled) in mov container H265.
Maybe the files you got are 8bit 4:2:0 Is the image flat looking? I cannot test it as i cancelled my adobe sub, dm me i will send u some clips of 120p 4:2:2 😊
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Platto reacted to Andrew Reid in 1D X III vs EOS R5 and R6
The entire Premiere architecture probably needs dumping in the bin like Apple did with Final Cut Pro.
Going to be painful days ahead for Adobe if they can't get performance on par with Resolve for modern formats.
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in 1D X III vs EOS R5 and R6
How do you know this have you tried R5 yet?
Have you compaired them both in action?
I bought my 1DXmiii last year before R5 was announced and i do 90% video main selling point for me was no fans best af on market and internal 5.5k raw
As for calling people stupid.... knowing your reputation on this forum says alot.
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in Correcting the Panasonic S1 MAGENTA Vlog cast
Ive used Nice709 alot
Even wirh 1dx miii works like charm
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Platto reacted to Vision in What REALLY prompted Canon suddenly to get their act together with video?
How can you use viewfinder while the mirror is locked up during recording.
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in What REALLY prompted Canon suddenly to get their act together with video?
No i cant use viewfinder in liveview its off .
What reaserch you talking about? It works in 24p 4k but it doesnt work in 60p 4k its clearly bug! the ninja v worked flawlessly with my old gh5 gh5s s1h so its clearly not atomos here.
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in Canon EOS 1D MKIII specs revealed
Mine has arrived finally ❤
Also got 24mm 1.4 mark ii along with 70-200mark iii 😁
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Platto reacted to Vision in Addicted to Gear ....is this normal?
Id turn off internet leave your room and just go film 😂
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in Addicted to Gear ....is this normal?
Its good to know am not alone 😂
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in Addicted to Gear ....is this normal?
So where to start i recently noticed this fkin crazy habit while surfing on Youtube or Vimeo
Id click on some video and if the first couple frames gets my attention id pause it click on info to see what lenses ^camera was used etc and if more ad scroll through comments to find the answer ,and then continue watching 😪 so id ignore the story just for sake what gear was used in video
This is completly wrong attitude and i need cure! Em i alone?
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Platto reacted to Rinad Amir in Canon EOS R5 - 8K30p 4K120p
I could be wrong but i think having more dynamic range is way better than having 6k or 8k no? I mean S1H shoots 6k but honestly i shoot in 1080p in 10bit and that suits my ssds.
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Platto reacted to Vision in GH5 12mm beauty of lens
24mm equv on this bad boy and your pretty much sorted with strap on neck for good oul steady ready ? ⁸
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Platto reacted to matthere in Panasonic GH5S 4K / 240fps low light monster
New autofocus guide for GH5/s/G9 - Link
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Platto reacted to DBounce in Panasonic GH5S 4K / 240fps low light monster
The GH5S may well be the best video camera in this format available for run and gun. It’s a great little camera.