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Monthly Archives: June 2012
How important is raw?
One of the key benefits of a raw workflow is that normally you will be working at a higher bit depth, at least 12 bit if not 14 bit or 16 bit. This in turn allows the use of linear … Continue reading
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XDCAM Firmware and software updates.
Sony USA has compiled a single web page with all the latest XDCAM firmware updates for you including the F3 V1.4 firmware. Here’s the link.
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Zacuto Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout.
I spent some time today in Soho, London watching the latest Zacuto camera shootout. It was really interesting and quite enlightening. I don’t want to go into to many details here as it may spoil it for those of you … Continue reading
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Single Sensor Cameras: Pixel count is not the same as resolution!
Oh I get fed up with this. Just came across a product manager claiming that the resolution of his bayer sensor equipped camera was the same as the horizontal pixel count. Come on guys, know your products, know what your … Continue reading
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Bottoms Up! New Base Plate Assembly for the PMW-F3 from Transvideo.
A package arrived in the mail from Transvideo the other day. In it was one of their rather nice base plates for the PMW-F3. This plate isn’t simply a plate that it is attached to the bottom of the camera. … Continue reading
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Tagged Base, botom, mount, Plate, PMW-F3, transvideo, tripod
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S-Log, Latitude, Dynamic Range and EI S-log. Or how to modify your exposure range with EI S-Log
The big issue most people have when working with log and exposing mid grey at 38 is that when you look at it on a standard monitor without any lookup tables it looks underexposed. The assumption therefore is that it … Continue reading
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Tagged dynamic, EI, exposure, gamma, latitude, range, S-Log, technique
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PMW-F3 in the hands of a true pro.
Here’s a link to 14 short comedy sketches shot by cinematographer Charles Papert. Shot using S-Log with a PMW-F3. Really, really good stuff and gives an amazing insight into the range of looks that can created with the F3. https://vimeo.com/channels/311011/
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Setting Exposure with Standard Gammas – Use your judgement!
First take a long look at the image to the left. look at the 3 small grey boxes. What do you see? Is the middle of the three grey boxes brighter than the others? Does the bottom small grey box … Continue reading
Alphatron EVF-035W Video Review.
Below is my video review of the new Alphatron EVF-035W. It really is a great viewfinder with a much better LCD panel than pervious 3rd party EVF’s. The video is best viewed by clicking through to youtube and watching in … Continue reading