A bit quiet in here. How many are still rocking the F35?

SJX

SJX

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How many are still using the awesome F35? I know I am! Have newer cameras too but keep going back to F35. Nothing touches it still. Nothing looks like 35mm film as F35. Maybe Venice but I don't have one. Passed on a cheap old alexa as tests didn't show it was worth over F35 and it is much harder to use/heavier and more power hungry. Somebody offered full F65 kit for 4 grand and I also passed. F35 is king and for when I need video look I have newer 4K cameras. How many here are still rocking the F35 going into 2022?
 
some fun stuff going on in the head scroll group. It's a lot easier to upload media to their site.264279516_231473035766867_6302515773480451875_n.jpg 265480819_232478132333024_4749065200542456180_n.jpg ...
 
SJX said:
Oh yeah? Hmm, what group? Haven't heard yet. Link please?
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I was trying to get more younger people onboard as well, so I migrated to Facebook to keep community awake, as well as Instagram.

Also I think that is the social network Yachacha was hinting at ;)

But yeah, I am with Evan building some custom stuff and going into shooting more and more with my F35!!

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I’m thinking of getting back into the hunt for a f35. Anyone know where to snag one? I used to own one a while back. Itching to get back in.
 
Hey, proud owner of a F35 since a couple of months. Love the image but dang what a journey to get everything set up and running smoothly.
 
rbirnbaum said:
Still rocking mine. Just shot a short scene with it last week. Still looks great.

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Looks amazing! Could you give me a little insight into your settings / grade? I haven’t been able to figure out a good workflow yet and my slog footage has an odd pink tint to it
 
Colin, if you can identify it, that's half the battle. Why not pull the magenta out?

I will have to dig to find this out, but I have been using Printer Lights in Resolve a lot recently. From memory I usually do Slog => CST => Arri LogC => Rec709. I've talked about this method before. Then I dial in particular colors to taste. I do agree with you, the F35 is a little more magenta. Using Printer Lights helps me adjust it quickly. I'll do a quick grade example on this frame and post it on YouTube.
 
If anyone's interested, I have a really nice Alexa Classic for sale (PM me). Just mentioning here because this would be the bunch that would definitely use it well.

Unbelievable camera.
 
I second the slight magenta cast. It's easy to correct though. I use either the mentioned printer lights or the HDR color wheel. You can also save a lens offset profile inside the F35 to correct within the camera. It can be used in Cine-EI mode too.
 
Picked up an F35 a few months back. Owned a few Red MX cameras and currently a Mavo LF owner which I love for its slow-motion and LF look. But the F35 is the most enjoyable. I’m still learning its quirks daily (BMDVA vs Odyssey 7Q vs Multiplexers, Faux 60p, etc). I was eyeing up an Alexa XT before I decided on the lighter-weight F35 for half the price. Just wanted to revive this great F35 forum a little and see if others have moved on to something comparable or better; maybe Alexa Mini or Venice? I’ve been posting a ton of F35 Nikkor footage on my YT channel https://www.youtube.com/@edwardenciu/videos
 
Just wondering, what's the deal with the 50p and that camera? (Going by the note on your video.)

I never followed the F35's technical abilities, but it's not real 50p?

I always liked the look of the F35 a lot, but the Alexa is on another level, IMO. Besides the 444 and 60p/120p, the color and dynamic range are just something else.
 
NorBro said:
Just wondering, what's the deal with the 50p and that camera? (Going by the note on your video.)

I never followed the F35's technical abilities, but it's not real 50p?

I always liked the look of the F35 a lot, but the Alexa is on another level, IMO. Besides the 444 and 60p/120p, the color and dynamic range are just something else.
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The 50p is real - the 60p on-cam setting gives us 50p but with a repeating frame every 6th or so frame I believe. I haven't actually counted the frames myself, just read about it here. That's interesting to hear about your preference for Alexa. I saw something special & unique in the F35 footage. IMO Alexa footage looks great but I feel BM and Kinefinity cameras can replicate 'that look' somewhat closely. With the F35 I felt I hadn't seen anything like it since film.

I watched 2 films recently and I could've sworn they were shot on the F35, but it turns out they were both shot on film.
Possum and Apostasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5jaqmQyAJw&ab_channel=DarkSkyFilms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ubd7Je-d6U&ab_channel=GravitasFREEMovies
They both have a look that I prefer to see in narratives, and that I'm sure Alexas can replicate, but the F35 just delivers it right away.
 
That's what I actually really LOVE about the ARRI, how it delivers right away. The cameras are known for very minimal effort to get the images to look so nice.

With that said, I think most of these cameras (great old ones, great new ones) could be thrown in a timeline and if you mix them up enough you'll start to forget which one is which.

But when you start stressing them with real dynamic range zones and working the over/under in post, that ARRI is really like nothing else. The flexibility is just silly.
 
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