zlfan

r means red?

looking my previous footage, i still like ml raw the best, no matter from 5d3 or crop mood cams, like m.

if the camera is too small, the heat will affect the footage. this is why the footage of the alexa classic is better than those of later alexa mini etc.

all true hands on experience. the cmos battery dying is no big deal. get a cheap sd card, save the settings on this sd card, load the settings when needed.

i feel c300 og is more cinematic than c100 2. maybe the olpf on c300 og is better.

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c300 og has very good low light, according to my test. have not tested c100 2 yet. c300 og noise pattern is organic, not disturbing. can go iso 25600 if the in camera denoise is maxed. can go iso 6400 if the denoise is standard.

i think c100 2 may be one of the best ergonomic cinema camera. i use it without the top handle. it is just like dslr with angled evf and swivel lcd and all hard buttons. with efs 18-135 or efs 10-18 stm is, handheld can have good enough stable footage, auto focus is good enough for general street scenes.

for human faces and skins, it is true wide dr is great. rarely need post cc. also 60p 1080p means you can do quick pan and tilt without blurring the footage.

resolution is enough with my mba m4, especially, those takes on wide angle rocky mountains. some shots missed the focus on the talent faces. if focusing right, the faces will be clear too. color is great. how much the latest crop can improve more on this 10 year old clip, not sure.

10 bit is more robust for color grading, from my hands on experience. however, c300 og and c100 mk ii have very good presets in camera. the need for post is minimal. if you use clog instead of baked in presets, then do minor cc is ok, dont expect heavy cc. but sensor wise, c cinema cameras have much better sensor operational ranges than mirrorless, even high end mirrorless.

those photogs are veterans with 30+ years experience, all have best nikon, canon, pentax, etc lenses. been there. ml raw on 5d3 can do 10 bit uhd raw. ml raw at 10 bit and above especially at 14 bit, is vert different from typical mirrorless raw or 10 bit preres h.265. been there. 14 bit raw itself is unparalleled even now.

i doubt r50 has better video quality than 5d3 ml raw.

I remember a story I learned from a famous photo forum. A group of veteran photogs prepare a set of chosen photos for Leica photo exhibition. Only photos taken from Leica lenses are allowed. Some smarties think they can trick Leica Reps by using best lenses from other brands. They intentionally put these best photos of theirs into the chosen set, yet all are sieved out by Leica Reps. They then believe that Leica taste exists.

I always suspect that the current crop of high dr sensors tuned for high dr but sacrificed other aspects. Using OM1 as an example, it is very nice in 60p photo mode, especially the dr is impressive. Yet, when I use some vintage lens on 5d3 with ml raw, something just looks different, scientifically not explainable, yet it is there. Aesthetically, I really like this subtlety.

I have one e500. Small, coupled with oly 43 25 f2.8. Good for travel. The lens has some distortion. The camera is not good at night. Other than that, it is good to use. Color is good at iso 100. At iso 400, it starts to smear. I brought it to DC once as my sole traveling gig. I like it except limited use at night.

This lens breathing is what I experienced, at F8 or F5.6, even at F4. I will try MF. Thanks a lot for the input.

i used +1. will try 0 for moving.

120p photo is still the best in terms of sharpness. colorwise, although good enough, neither art filter 1 nor hlg 10 bit is as good as the 14 bit ml raw or f3.

The Oly 25mm f1.8 is good at mid range, not as good as zf at infinity.

At 25mm the IBIS is very stable, but jerky when panning or tilting. The color can be very good. The dr is still good when pushing the sat and the contrast. Again, two thumbs up to the OM1. A hidden gem.

Just did OM1 Oly 25mm F1.8. I am very impressed by the dr. The sharpness is good enough. I think the generic focal reducer caused the lacking of sharpness in previous shots. The Oly 25mm F1.8 sometimes pulses in continuous AF in video mode.

From your screen shots, I feel that OM1 has better dr than GH7. I use art filter 1, which is a high sat high contr filter. On EM5, the dr is too narrow, although I like the color and the contrast, I kind of don't not like the whole pictures. On OM1, it is very usable, I get good contrast, good color, and relative good dr, at least the dr does not distract my eyes.

i like high contrast high saturation style too. for landscape, i push as much as i can. really pushing the sensor and the dsp to their limits.

finally, you take the gh7 bite. a very good choice.