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  Checking out a used FS100

  Posted by David Grantham on September 10, 2012 at 5:28 pm

  Need to test out a used FS100 (arriving in a couple of days) before the trial period is over. I’ll rent a new one and compare the two. Any suggestions about what to check for? Any thoughts about what might be a common vulnerability? My own thoughts are below:

  1) resolution/backfocus
  2) autofocus accuracy and speed (with kit lens from test camera – waiting for the power zoom version for myself)
  3) 4:2:2 out image quality and gradability
  4) custom gamma profiles
  5) low-light performance
  6) Autoexposure accuracy
  7) In-camera manual metering/exposure setting with third-party lenses (adapting it to a set of leica-R lenses)
  8) dead pixels
  9) uniform sensitivity across sensor
  10)uniform contrast across viewfinder
  11) condition of handle attachment screw
  12) codec gradability

  The method of testing in most cases seems like a straightforward comparison of image, but any tips anyone feels necessary in that regard would be appreciated. (I suppose there’s no guarantee that a rented FS100 is in optimal condition, come to think of it…)

  thankyou
  David

  system: Media Composer 6, HP Z400 Single Six Core, 3.33 GHz, 6GB, Windows 7 64 bit, NVIDIA Quadro 2000,(configured by AVID) G-SPEED ES PRO 8TB HIGH SPEED SAS RAID ARRAY, ATTO R680 RAID controller, Matrox IO Breakout Monitoring MXO2MINI, PCIE/ADP desktop adapter card (configured by enterprise vendor)

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