Recent content by pythonman

Still using my FS700/O7Q+ virtually every week, continue to love it! Only reason to change would be size, but I have a couple of other smaller cameras for when I need to be more portable. This was me with it last week shooting at a track day.

I asked this on the Facebook group, so apologies for repeating this if you've seen it already, but there's meant to be a skip frames option in playback of 50/60p recordings on the Odyssey, so they appear to playback in realtime rather than 50% slower. But I cannot for the life of me find this...

I have a Kinotehnik EVF, bought it at the same time I purchased the FS700 over 3 years ago (at the time it had a good balance of image quality and price). I'm still happy with it. Yes it has a small latency, but I have got used to that, even with dialogue. I've also got the optional USB...

OK, well this is not a scientific test by any stretch of the imagination. But on Friday I did a shopping-channel-style shoot for a client, where I shot about 200 small baby clothing items being demonstrated. I had my FS700/O7Q+ shooting close-ups of the set, whilst just sat in front and...

Hi, With my Odyssey 7Q+ (attached to my FS700) I've been using the supplied LUTs from Convergent Design, namely either the "SONY_EE_SL2_L709A-1" or "SONY_EE_SL2_L709A-2" (depending on exposure levels). I apply the LUT in Premiere in the new Lumetri panel. I then will manually adjust for each...

I hadn't got around to updating the latest patch firmware update (1098), until Monday 2 day's ago. I made the silly mistake of doing this just before a shoot yesterday, without testing first. When I was setting up for the shoot yesterday morning, unfortunately if I selected the FS700 '4K...

The way I see most people configure/rig the FS700/Odyssey combo I think you have a point, it can easily turn into a frankenstein arrangement. But it is possible to rig the combo pretty compact (relatively) and at works like an ENG camera - at least the way I have configured it. I use mine for...

Ha ha, true that! I do shoot corporate events a few times a year, so there are times when I record a few hours in one go, so you never know! Having 4K will give me options, but the storage space will be a consideration for sure! Anyway, 10.5 hours is the limit for 4K. See below photo showing...

Received my 2 x Samsung 850 EVO 1TB drives today (by the way they are definitely labeled as 1TB, not 1000GB - both on the box and the drives themselves, but to be fair it shows as 1000GB on the 7Q+). Screwed on the CD SSD handles and tested them in the 7Q+. They work absolutely fine - just...

Hi All, I thought I'd share with you my latest rig. I've got it into a place where I'm very happy, to the point where I no longer look at the FS7 with envy! I made the decision to bolster my FS700 with the O7Q+ rather than sell my FS700 and replace with the FS7 (an option I nearly went for)...

Hi, I've just purchased the 7q+ and I have used it for the first time on my FS700 on a paid gig this week. Love it in the main, for its screen and prores recording capabilities in particular. But a few things are bugging me. Firstly it takes what feels like an eternity to boot up, especially...

I'm no expert on tripods, but I bought this Vinten Vision 8 secondhand last year for my FS700, moving up from a Vinten Pro 5 (which I'd had for 12 years). The counterbalance is very good, it will hold a big rig in position (without tipping) at any angle even without using any drag control or...

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As the title says, is it possible to simultaneously record HD 50P recordings internally in AVCHD at the same time as record 4K (or UHD) ProRes at 25P on the 7Q+? I don't yet own the 7Q+ (I'm close to getting one soon), but I notice in the FS700's menu you can output raw at 4K 50P as well as...

The recently announced Tamron 15-30 2.8 VC looks like a great super-wide lens for handheld or gimbal use. If this will work with the speedbooster we're talking a F2.0 15mm (full frame size!) lens with image stabilisation! Here's about the only useful video review I could find, although no...