FCPX or R15?

[Bill Davis]

[Herb Sevush] “Time is an aspect of “availability.” “

I’d argue you have that backwards.

Availability is an aspect of time.

Time is the FIXED constant. We all have the exact same supply and are losing it at the exact same pace.

Availability is a variable you have at least SOME control over.

FWIW.

Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery.

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “I’d argue you have that backwards.

Availability is an aspect of time.”

Don’t get all metaphysical on me Bill, I’m just arguing for using the best gear you can get your hands on.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Dominic Deacon]

Just to bring it back from the theoretical to the practical for a moment, shouldn’t you be offering the client the best possible product you can given time/budget etc? If, as a pro, the best you can offer is an iphone (not even a Google Pixel for the best image on a cmaera phone) are you trying hard enough?

[Charlie Austin]

[Neil Goodman] “if there were a trailer/promo section I feel like Id be the only one it, lol .”

I’d be there with ya Neil. 😉

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[Tony West]

[Andrew Kimery] “Why doesn’t every project shoot on 70mm IMAX? Because it’s overkill for 99.9% “

If the client is paying you to shoot that way then you do it.

Many clients in broadcast tell YOU what they want it shot with. Other clients are trusting that you will do what’s best for them. If they are a small business and you bring in something that’s too much for their needs and charge them for it you are taking advantage of them.

“good enough” Can become a moral question sometimes.

[Tom Sefton]

I can’t get away from the thought that if its about light and quick and easy, on a limited budget, and the delivery is for web, wouldn’t you use a blackmagic pocket camera and have 1080p ProRes at 10bit quality?

Co-owner at Pollen Studio
http://www.pollenstudio.co.uk

[Scott Witthaus]

[Tom Sefton] “wouldn’t you use a blackmagic pocket camera and have 1080p ProRes at 10bit quality?”

If I had one, I probably would.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Visual Storyteller
https://vimeo.com/channels/1322525
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Shawn Miller]

[Tom Sefton] “I can’t get away from the thought that if its about light and quick and easy, on a limited budget, and the delivery is for web, wouldn’t you use a blackmagic pocket camera and have 1080p ProRes at 10bit quality?”

A lot of people prefer 8 bit 4:2:0 @ 4k in .mp4 over most anything shot in 1080p at 10 or 12 bit. Personally, I like the image from the current Pocket better (than 4k MPEG 4)… but I suspect I’m in the minority. I imagine the Pocket 4k will be really popular, but probably because it captures in 4k, more than its (presumably) great 1080p image.

Shawn

[James Culbertson]

[greg janza] “Advocating for consumer technology to be increasingly adapted into professional environments is really advocating for a complete disruption of the industry as a whole. These advancements are a boon for guerilla style production done on shoestring budgets but it doesn’t necessarily help the overall industry.”

I’m getting a deja-vu feeling. I don’t really want to use an iPhone professionally, but anytime I hear a bunch of professionals talking like this I know that the technology will be the next thing to be used in a professional way. May take a few years to get there, but this kind of thinking has repeated so often it is odd nobody realizes they are doing it. Today it is iPhones, but we could pick dozens of technologies that have been in a similar position in years past. …non-proprietary desktop editing / Premiere in 1993-4 was the first one I experienced, but also After Effects, scanned photos (edited with Photoshop), the original FCP, Hi-8, mini-DV, web video (compared to DVD-Video, then Blu-Ray), digital intermediates, digital cameras instead of film, people would never watch films on their laptops or smartphones… I know I am missing a lot of others.

Anyway, one thing smart phones are really good at is getting candid people interactions in crowded locations. I just helped a friend edit a promotional video that was shot on an iPhone of him interacting (in a wandering performance way) with country fair attendees. A couple of hours of this stuff, and not a single person looked at, or ever seemed to notice, the “camera person.” That’s pretty unusual in my experience. Sure, the video footage is kind of mediocre overall, but the content is compelling for what he needs. One small example of where a nicer camera would not be better. FWIW.