Robbie Carman
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well you can’t shoot 2 hours continuous even if you wanted too. Canon DSLRs have a current limit of 12min or 4GB per file. So over a 2 hour event you have to stop recording and the start again. But this stop start can go very fast (as fast as you can push the button) All the camera needs is a small second of break.
As Rich said though if you’re thinking that you’re going to be doing a lot of event work a traditional HD video camera might be a better option
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stills not video? Just need burst mode?
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MPEG Stream Clip or Cineform Neo
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awesome! Thanks for sharing this Ryan!
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[Una Real] “This may be taking you too literally, but if you’re talking in truly cinematic terms the GH1 only has a crop factor of about 1.35x vs a 35mm Motion Picture camera. When you read an article on the shooting of a feature film, and you read the DP talking about a 50mm lens, the GH1 is only 1.35x cropped from what he’s talking about, not 2x, which is what it would be in reference to full-frame still photography. So a 40mm lens on the GH1 would actually be closer to a cinematic 50mm than a 25mm.”
I totally get crop factor and how it works I was comparing the GH1 and quoting crop factor of photographic 35mm frame/vista vision (not a Super 35mm frame which is quite a bit smaller) in my comparison the micro four thirds sensor that the GH1 uses is smaller than APS-C which has a crop factor of 1.6 or APS-H which is 1.3 so Micro four thirds does indeed have a crop factor of 2x.
I haven’t done the math compared to a Super 35mm frame size (which is something like 25mm x 19mm) but I suspect your numbers are correct
Just for reference check out this good article on micro four thirds and specifically the bit about crop factor.
https://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Micro_Four-Thirds
Where I screwed up in that post was suggesting that the Canon lens would work with the micro four thirds sensor, I don’t believe this is possible, I think you can only adapt a four thirds lens.
As far as the AVCHD and FCP you are indeed correct – I should have clarified this what I meant by native is that you can mount a card shot with the GH1, open log and transfer in FCP and transcode to ProRes. Opposed to current Canon workflow of transcoding outside of FCP with Compressor or MPEG Stream clip (although they guys a Glue Tools are working on a Log and Transfer plugin)
Thanks for catching me on these things and sorry for not being more clear in my original posts
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Rick
Zactuo stuff is comfortable simply because its so adjustable. As far as the flip out LCD on the GH1 its nice. But at the end of the day having an external monitor is a great choice. The Small HD DP 1 is fantastic and right now they’re running a deal with a free hood. for like$900 with free shipping.
As far as comparison for with EX1 EX3 there are lot of shotouts on the web, but think about this one thing. Those cameras cannot compare with the DOF and varity of lens choice that are possible with DSLR systems
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Hey Rick
My personal feeling is to stay away from the GH1 for heavy cinematic use for a couple reasons.
1. Crop factor the micro four thirds sensor will extend your lens reach by a factor of almost 2 compared to 0 for the 5DMKII and 1.6 for the 7D. So that 16-35 L will become a whole lot longer on the GH1 and not be nearly as wide or long as expected.
2. Personally I’m not sold on low bit rate AVCHD. I believe (please don’t quote me on this) GH1 is a bit rate of 35 Mb/s @ 1080p24 where 7D for example is around 50 Mb/s
Only real advantage of the GH1 in IMHO is that files can be used natively in FCP and other supported apps.
Your right lots of different support rigs. We’ve been using the Zacuto Marksmen and Precision Shooter these are pricy rigs but include follow focus, counter weights etc. They’re very balance and comfortable.
The other thing you’ll want to consider is the Zacuto Z-Finder. Which makes focusing a lot easier. And no I don’t work for Zacuto they just make great stuff!
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While we can hope for this if history is an indicator (with the 5D MKII) I wouldn’t count on it but I’d love to be proved wrong.
What you might be referring to is the Magic Lantern firmware that is in development of the 7D to provide a ton of features including manually audio.
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[Nick 2746] “Beachteck make an audio gadget that controls the behaviour of the audio AGC”
It does in fact override the AGC on the camera, but really not your best choice I think in terms of audio preamps. I have one of the Beachteck’s (somewhere) and the preamps are really really noisey. I mean really noisy. I would check out the JuicedLink family of preamps.
The H4N which I’ve used a bunch is an awesome recorder, while not fixing the whole sync issue will get you much higher quality audio (bit depth and sample rate) than the built in audio or when using a preamp. Just make sure you bring a slate along, then even if you don’t use plural eyes things can be synced manually
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for sure interesting, focus part I get but not sure if I’d like the screen to adjust shutter and aperture
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