David Speace
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I have only used the EX1R with the Sony F3 camera. And it’s been awhile since I have used these combinations. We would shoot tests before hand! I don’t really remember what settings I used. Lately I use the FS5 with the X70 camera… X70 is set to PP6 which is a cinema color print look. FS5 gamma is set to cine1, color mode cine settings. We use Lumetri in Premiere CC. Usually not hard to match. Always need to lower/adjust the saturation settings.
Dave Speace
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I too still have an EX1R and yes, it’s a great camera. I have an FS5 and I really like it. The kit lens works for me, especially for run and gun shooting! There is most definitely a learning curve and there are certain issues that can crop up. I would suggest that you go to the FS5 groups on Facebook. There are a lot of daily posts that could help you in deciding if this is a go to camera! The camera’s light weight is amazing! I also have the F3 camera and the X70. The X70, for me, is a great B-camera! Hope this helps a little. I haven’t been on these forums lately.
Dave Speace
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OK, thanks.
Dave Speace
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Thanks. I will have to go to CC. I have Catalyst, but I can’t convert files with it. Not sure why it doesn’t work.
Dave Speace
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Having the same problem. I am using CS6. Guess I have to update to CC! Also, I tried using Catalyst Browser, but it did not work. Tried to convert mxf to mp4. Not sure if I am using it properly?
Dave Speace
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Thanks, for the quick reply. How hard would it be for the PMW-F3 manual to say that the shutter speed is 1/30 when the shutter button is off?!
Dave Speace
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You could take audio out of your earphone monitor out!
Dave Speace
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You could do a workflow like this…which I have done in CS6. Do your sequence setting as dv ntsc… 4/3 standard def. Import your HD footage (16×9). When you put the HD footage on the timeline it will more than fill the frame! If you right click the timeline there is a setting you can check… Scale to Frame Size… this will letterbox the HD video in the SD frame size. But, you don’t want it to be letter boxed. Select the clip on the timeline and then go to the effects controls and select the Motion drop down box. You will see a scale setting. Make sure “Motion” is selected… this puts a bounding box around the video in the program screen. Now change the scale to 133 and the video will now be the “4×3” center of the 16×9 HD footage!
You could also do a full HD edit and then scale the video to a center-cut when you render it out in Media Encoder.
Probably there is a similar workflow in Final Cut.
Dave Speace
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The pictures look great! Would like to see the windows a little more in focus and possibly see that the back wall is made of red bricks!
Dave Speace
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This is what I would do… forget about trying to wrap light and reflectors around the cars, but instead go with images that reflect and highlight the setting itself… this old train engine workshop (photos that you have provided look tremendous as a setting) and any car that would be sitting there would look tremendous to me… kind of like a total contrast of 21st century and 19th century! So what I would do is take all the hmi’s that you have and put them outside and blow the artificial daylight through the existing windows (assuming that this is on the ground floor), then I would use as much fog as you could generate making sure that the fog is fairly well diffused in the space where the cars are sitting. Put the camera on a jib or dolly and create some nice moves so that the space is as much a part of the image as the cars…wide angle lenses, seeing the reflections of the camera moves on the car surfaces, crew in silhouette, etc. I think that you will have some really interesting and unexpected looking imagery. Maybe this is what they mean when they say… thinking outside of the box! I would love to do a shoot like this!
Dave Speace
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