FilmMan Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Quick BM info from John Brawley's tweets. I may have to order tomorrow...we'll see. Baby Alexa ;) http://twitter.com/brawlster/status/217821370246111233/photo/1 External Battery http://twitter.com/brawlster/status/218127635107160065/photo/1 Looking Awesome http://twitter.com/brawlster/statuses/217968592728244224 SSD using http://twitter.com/brawlster/status/218131001845628928 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmMan Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Going Head to Head with the C300? Footage coming soon? http://twitter.com/brawlster/status/219310461001285633/photo/1/large http://twitter.com/brawlster/status/219322421361127424/photo/1/large Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmMan Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Bitrate when recording in ProResHQ: ProRes 422 HQ “target†data rates (VBR): 1080p24 @ 176 megabits/sec. 1080p25 @ 184 mbs. 1080p30 @ 220 mbs. [i]June 28, 2012 John Brawley quotes: The ProRes is actually very good. If you shoot in “film†mode, then there seems to be little cost to the DR of the camera. I’m shooting all the time with it, but there are still some things to be resolved. I can’t say when exactly i’ll be able to show you footage, but it should be soon. It will be DNG and ProRes too.[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted July 3, 2012 Administrators Share Posted July 3, 2012 [quote author=FilmMan link=topic=908.msg6750#msg6750 date=1341285697] Bitrate when recording in ProResHQ: ProRes 422 HQ “target†data rates (VBR): 1080p24 @ 176 megabits/sec. 1080p25 @ 184 mbs. 1080p30 @ 220 mbs. [i]June 28, 2012 John Brawley quotes: The ProRes is actually very good. If you shoot in “film†mode, then there seems to be little cost to the DR of the camera. I’m shooting all the time with it, but there are still some things to be resolved. I can’t say when exactly i’ll be able to show you footage, but it should be soon. It will be DNG and ProRes too.[/i] [/quote] Good news about ProRes. Saves me the hassle of raw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garypayton Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Is he saying there is a dynamic range drop when shooting DNG? I hope not, I know 99,9999999999999999999% of us will use the camera for non cinematographic projects (I include myself in this 999999999999999999999999) but still It makes you feel good to have a camera that will let you take the last step to cinema (isn't it called CInema camera?) if you have an opportunity. Really waiting to know what this camera real potential is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmMan Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Saying the BM has amazing DR? ::) John Brawley quote: http://johnbrawley.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/puberty-blues-first-promo/ In early pre we tested the C300 and the Alexa pretty heavily. In the end we decided to use the C300 sparingly, mainly because the DR didn’t match as well and we found that there wasn’t as much “bending†room in the grade, mostly because of the codec with the canon being still fairly compressed. Our conditions were going to be tough in terms of contrast. Australian sun and beach isn’t very forgiving. We decided to try and use the C300 wholly within a scene if we decided it was the right camera for that scene. So if we used it, it wouldn’t be so much for intercutting with Alexa, but for sequences where it would be the only camera. That way, you’re not trying to match it to something. Setup director Gelndyn Ivin and I decided to try and use it sparingly. It did mean however, that we could simply give a camera to our second unit / surf director, and he often could shoot little sequences by himself, without having to wrangle an Alexa. That would have required him to have an operator and probably an assistant. [i][color=red][b]The BMCC was used more and more towards the end of the shoot as the easy version didn’t even shoot 25 FPS. I haven’t done the same kind of “direct†testing, but so far, it intercuts with the Alexa footage really nicely. We’ve used it within Alexa shot scenes as a third camera. I’d often get my focus puller to operate it while I flew solo for hand held shots. More often than not the so called third camera bonus shot is getting used.[/b][/color][/i] jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amband Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 bugger the beach. Try Taronga Park for movement and contrasting colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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