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Ultimate “film look” for EX-3
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I prefer to shoot to my satisfaction and not for someone else in post. I have some picture profiles that I have fine tuned to my liking and if I’m given the responsibility as DP I will record a look that is my signiture to the project.
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Michael,
You are a very experienced professional.
You know very well your camera and how to get what you want.
When things are not like that, is better to let some room to mend mistakes.
rafael -
Glad to help. That’s why the creative cow is so good. We are all here to learn and help each other.
Enjoy your new toy. I’d also recommend the Canon 5D if you are really going to get into independent film making. You’ll see all kind of cool films on Vimeo and YouTube using this camera.
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.netSony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
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Or if you’re on a budget the Canon 60D is good. The sensor is the same size as the 7D (a little smaller than the 5D). The flip out LCD is a major convenience and you can focus on building up a good lens collection which you should be able to use if you move to large sensor video camera.
If you’re looking for a lens adaptor for EX it seems the leading ones are the Letus Ultimate and the Red Rock Micro M3. Given their cost it might make more sense to get a Canon 60D.
The alternative might be to get the Sony F3 but it’s not a run and gun camera so it’s not really a replacement for the EX3.
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But don’t forget to have a look to the PANA AF-100.
That’s what I’ve got in mind.
rafael -
Sony is working on an NXCAM solution which should be close to the AF100 and whereas the the latter is 4/3 the former should be APS-C (super 35ish). Of course the AF100 is available now and NXCAM is months away. The F3 is coming in a few weeks I hear but I have issues with it (which some would argue with me over).
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EXCAM VBR 35/MBPS is it showing that it is HDTV 1920x1080i, at 29.97fps, so if I change the frame-rate to 24fps, will that also make it pure 24fps, or will FCP do the convert back to 29.97 like it sometimes does? When 24fps, imports in to FCP, does FCP keep it at 24fps? And is it 1080i or 1080p, or can you do that inside the camera? Do you have to dial that in as well, whether it is 1080i or 1080p? Sorry for the added questions.
Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Salt Lake City, UT
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When working to high broadcast standards (eg. BBC) then it is vital to get exposure very accurate and no clipping of whites or blacks. When recording in 8-bit codecs like the EX1 onboard recorder is there is very little latitude to adjust it later in post without creating noise. The picture profile, particularly the gamma curve, can help with this enormously. For instance with the old 8-bit Varicam we generally used up to 3 picture profiles all the time on a sequence – different profiles for high, medium and low contrast lighting/scenes – in order to use the full range of the recording codec as much as possible. With the new Varicam it is a 10-bit codec so now we generally can use only one profile for nearly all scenes. This is a very dull boring-looking picture but maximises the camera’s dynamic range.
Like Rafael recommends – be very careful about making a strong look in the camera. It depends on the assigment of course but for all my shoots over the last 20 years (mostly wildlife TV series) I would have been fired for deliberately producing any type of ‘look’ in camera.
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