As promised, a comparisons of the RAW and my version of a grade of Leah. The windows aren’t gelled ( a few have asked) and I had a 1.2 K HMI though a window and then through two frames of diffusion on camera right. A bit of negative fill on camera left and then some poly on far camera right.
Leah Ungraded
My graded version of Leah
How hard is it to focus in a Run’N Gun situation with the low contrast RAW image?
The camera has a pretty nice peaking system. I’m told there will be an option to switch the monitoring LUT anyway.
I don’t suppose you could post a Cinema DNG of this image to download could you?
yeah, i want to start tinkering already!
Nope. Not yet.
Excellent! I must say that your grade, in this and the previous videos, seems conservative!
Do you know if you’ll be able to release new clips before the release date? I know you’ve only just added this one, but, I (we — cinema lovers without bottomless pockets) cannot wait!
The plan is to keep on shooting and doing more clips as they improve the camera towards release.
Yes post a DNG instead of a JPEG.
Eventually.
or a tiff from the cinema dng
would be nice
Why was my comment deleted?
nvm
Any sharpening in post, or is this grading-only like the last clips were?
No. Grading only.
Please tell me which lens you chose for this!
50mm Compact prime
So in this case, you must have been pretty far back as it would have been over 100mm on this camera…..?
Look. Everyone’s getting hung up on CROP factors. It’s only 100mm when comparing to Vistavision / Full Frame. I was about 6-8″ from Leah
great!!!
by the way removable olpf would be great …option to remove olpf for landscapes for max resolution and
use olpf for close ups is perfect…can u ask BMD to use that option in their camera …
thanks
Thanks John,
keep up the good work! I think this shot looks very promising..
Would love to see a closeup with a nikkor ais 28mm 2.8 or any other low budget sharp lense..
Do you think you would see much of a difference between the compact prime and the nikkor or any other sharp low budget-prime-lens concerning sharpness? Do you think the canon 100mm macro IS would be too tele for this camera in order to avoid shaky video without sticks ?
I’m a film-student from Germany .. hope the cinema camera is available at July in Europe, too.
Hopefully they allow you to show another video soon!
Hi John. What is the Log curve of the ungraded footage? Meaning, what math can I use to convert to a working colorspace like Rec709?
It’s BMDs version of LOG
What would that be? Does Resolve has it as part of its default conversions?
Their version of a LOG that is specific to THEIR sensor. They have told me they want to make a LOG that isn’t as flat as usual. Resolve will have a preset for the BMD.
Thanks John
Tiff/DNG would be nice, yes.
. Is it from the camera/sensor/camera-mapping, or just result of lighting/wall bounce?
I am mostly interested whether the banding on the neck/shoulder is caused by the jpeg compression or is it a qunatization issue with BMD’s tone/curve mapping.
Also, the subtle greenish/yellow tint in the ungraded version (not so subtle in the graded one
How is the Rolling Shutter? I’m a little anxious about that detail. If it’s reduced like the AF100 or FS100, I think I’m pretty much on board.
Closer to a GH2.
Ouch
I’m very sad to hear about this. I own the GH2 and one of the reason I want to upgrade the camera is the Rolling Shutter.
Rolling shutter is always going to be present no matter what the camera in this price range. It’s just a function of the sensor technology.
Hi John,
you mentioned that you used some Leica R glass on the bondi test footage,
did you use a canon-to-leica adaptor? and if so was it ok/stable?
love to use leica glass on this….
best
Mike
“…Again, using the EF mount “R” series Leica lenses”
Mike, I used a nova flex EF to R adaptor. It works great and the lenses are lovely on the camera.
Sounds good, thanks, can´t wait to put this combo to work.
how do you feel being the first person with this Baby?
tell us your professional experience please (operation,Advantages and disadvantages)
after more test of course.
I would love to step up to this camera from my T3i. Have you tried one of the popular EF-S fast-wide-zooms (17-50mm F2.8)? They would cover the basic angles. Do they (or should they) work properly on the Camera?
What i want to know is cinema dng allows for white balance corrections as wide as dslr raws.. there doesnt seem to have much information on it.
Why does that even matter? Just WB when you shoot, I don’t see why you should ever need to do anything besides minor adjustments.
Yeah, this density is a lot of fun to grade.
http://postimage.org/image/ds7w1lbpx/
Did you shoot this with the 25mm Compact Prime like the recent picture you uploaded? I’ve heard a lot of people griping about the sensor size. I myself, have some reservations about it. My main concern is getting those wide establishing shots I like to get. What’s the widest lens you have used with this camera? I love shooting with my 28mm Canon prime right now, would a 16mm lens be able to get close to that length?
From memory I think it was the 50mm, not the 25mm.
jb
Actually, neither the question wether you used gels on the windows nor the informacion about the lamps you used to light her face are very useful in regard to the dynamic behaviour of the camera. I would like to see measurements of the higher and lower ends of brightness in the image (wall or tree outside the windows, lit side of her face, dark dress) with a spotmeter. That would give true information about the dynamic range shown in the image above and how the camera from Blackmagic deals with it. That would be my wish for hopefully more cool footage:)