This document has been prepared independently of Sony. It is based on my own findings having used the camera and tested various exposure levels and methods. LUT’s to accompany this article can be found here. If you find this useful please consider buying me a coffee or a beer. I’m not paid to write these … Continue reading Exposing and Using S-Log2 on the Sony A7s. Part One: Gamma and Exposure.
Initial Thoughts. As the owner of a Sony AX100, which is a really great little 4K and HD camcorder I wasn’t really all that excited when I saw the first prototype of the X70 at Broadcast Asia back in June. You see in the past Sony have done this many times, taken a high end … Continue reading The Sony PXW-X70. Sometimes good things come in small packages!
Here’s a short clip to keep you going until later in the week when I will upload the full length version of my video “Dancers on the line” shot with the new Sony PXW-X70 camcorder. As well as the film there will be a behind the scenes video with some insight into what the camera … Continue reading PXW-X70 Teaser Video.
At last weeks Broadcast Asia trade show in Singapore, Sony revealed that they are working on a new highly compact XDCAM camcorder. They showed a prototype camera that was under a glass cover (which was a working unit). Very few details are available at this time. The camera shown appears to be based on either … Continue reading New compact XDCAM camcorder in development.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to spend a lot of time walking the floor at NAB. If you haven’t been, the venue and the event are huge. It would take days to go around and see everything. I was at NAB shooting some video’s for Sony Europe and that kept me busy, so I only got … Continue reading Alister’s NAB Round Up.
First of all let me say that DaVinci Resolve is a great piece of software. Very capable, very powerful and great quality. BUT there is a hidden “Gotcha” that not many are aware of and even more are totally confused by (including me for a time). This has taken me days of research, fiddling, googling … Continue reading Are You Screwing Up Your Footage In Resolve?
In a very welcome announcement today, Sony have stated as part of their on-going commitment to making the F5 and F55 cameras as versatile and flexible as possible and following customer feedback there will be a hardware upgrade option for both cameras that will allow you to add the popular ProRes and DNxHD codecs to … Continue reading Sony PMW-F5 and F55 to get ProRes and DNxHD codecs.
So, I’m happily shooting lots of 4K with my Sony F5/R5. I really love this camera and get beautiful results time and time again. It amazingly versatile thanks to it wide range of recording options and interchangeable lens mount, but…. it’s quite a big camera, definitely more tripod/shoulder mount than handheld. For many of the … Continue reading Go big but go small! 4K in a compact package.
Well I’ve been away on a shoot the last couple of weeks shooting the Northern Lights in real time 4K. A full write up will follow. While I was away Sony Japan made an announcement about some new AXS cards for recording raw in the R5 recorder. The new cards are the same size as … Continue reading New AXS cards for Sony raw.
CES is underway in the USA, this is the biggest consumer electronics show in the world. If anyone has any doubts that 4k isn’t real and that 4k isn’t coming down on us like a steam roller then CES is where you need to take a look as 4k is one of the big features … Continue reading Sony launches 4K Handycam and new Action Cam.