Recent content by mmm

I have a few clients who are very interested in the F5 but have an established XDCAM HD workflow from cameras like the C300 and PMW500. Is anyone else shooting to XDCAM HD? If so, what settings do you find work best? I've tried some SLOG2/S-Gamut tests and it appeared to grade without issue...

Hi all, Does anyone know of an EVF port protector for the F5/55 which doesn't require an additional top plate? I don't need or want the weight and expense of the top plate and just need to protect the ridiculously weak EVF port. The Arri, ET, Gekko and Solid Camera solutions all appear to...

I know the technical differences between the F5 anf F55 but has anyone compared subjective image quality? Nothing technical (4K, Colour Gamut, global shutter), just how good the images look. I may buy an F5 tomorrow, just want to make sure it isn't streets behind the F55. Thanks!!

Which shoulder mount do people recommend for the F5/55? I'm just putting a kit together with my dealer. There is obviously the Sony rig, Arri make one which I'm sure is excellent but what are the other options? Cost is a consideration but I primarily want quality and don't like to buy twice. I...

Shame about the headphones and VF port. The rest of the camera is well considered... I would have like a 4 stage ND wheel too!

I've just been doing a quick comparison of the PMW 350 and 5D mk2. Including low light, resolution etc. The PMW350 is definitely sharper than the Canon and I was also surprised how well it compared to the Canon in low light. The test was half inspired by an ongoing thought about whether the...

I'm upgrading to a larger rig so I'm selling the V25. It's been a brilliant system and very flexible - you can basically fly any video or S16 camera on it. I haven't tried but it should handle a Red One without too many tons of accessories. The sled and arm come in a large Storm flight case...

Firstly, I finally got around to buying one today! So that makes me biased as I must justify my purchase to myself. But anyway: IMO there is far too much nitpicky, bitch fighting on these sites about irrelevant figures and "this camera has 10 lines more res than this one." Looking at the...

So, I was just wondering, what are people's ambitions? Hollywood or just getting some positive feedback on the Sci-Fi Fest?

I'd love to see a high quality (better that Digital Cinema Desktop) realtime HD playback from the timeline that can be outputed to DVI (or the HD SDI I/O that the G6 will have.:thumbsup:) to an external HD monitor. It would have to be good enough for CC and critical monitoring. A feature like...

Okay guys, I have finished my extensive testing now, and the surprise winner was the Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Pixelvision. Bet you all feel silly for arguing over HVXs and XLH1s:laugh:

Everyone seems to have forgotten about the lowly Z1 but it is still an awesome camera. Check this link out! Everyone should stop fussing and get on with filmmaking:laugh: (myself included)

Okay, I know it is only a website, but there really doesn't seem to be much difference. Am I missing something here? Check it out!

With the variable framerates on the HVX now avliable, I can just see slow-mo becoming the new indie-filmmaking obsession. It'll be great for music videos, but I bet it becomes really over-used in narrative stuff. So my plea to anyone thinking of shooting in slow-mo is, please don't do it just...

So the HVX is basically a portable computer with a lens on the front... right? ...and HDV is just a codec recorded to MiniDV. ... The HVX can receive firmware updates from SD cards... right? So, could someone write a little program to implant HDV's codec into the HVX and record it to either...