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It takes more than a few people to sustain an industry, but I *do* think it's important to support the art and artists (and services) you want to see survive. Criterion, MUBI, and a few others are doing what they can to continue keeping movies alive as an art form. I enjoy a big, dumb...

I think that appears to be the biggest difference, at least based on what I'm seeing and hearing from others (I didn't get into video production until the mid 2010s). While most people weren't becoming fabulously wealthy working in the TV/film industry there was the possibility of making a...

Staffmeup.com is another option for all sorts of production work, although its usefulness really varies depending on your location. I've landed a few jobs from the site (including a repeat client) but it's a trickle, at least in my area.

I'd agree 100% that there is still great cinema being made, especially (although not exclusively) outside of the US. Some of my favorite movies have been from the past 5-10 years. Having said that, my sense is that it's getting increasingly difficult to make a living from making films. At least...

I think the difference is that linear TV expected and even needed (due to advertising or subscribers) their filler shows to have a reasonable audience. The Netflix model seems to assume zero or very little audience for much of their stuff.

I recently came across this essay on Netflix and the rise of content for "casual viewing" (among other topics discussed): https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/ I'd be curious to hear others' thoughts on the essay. I know some people here have worked for or with Netflix, as...

Very nice work, Abe. I think the plugins work pretty seamlessly here and fit the overall vibe and edit really well. Also what a cool collection and story!

Yes, I experienced this as well. And like you it also started at least a few months ago, if not earlier. It's quite annoying as it can send you into a panic thinking you've somehow gotten your audio out of sync. Like you I've just had to cope by pausing and re-starting playback.

Okay I'm definitely not going to try defending Jar Jar Binks :LOL: I did a rewatch of the prequels a few years ago, thinking they were due for a reevaluation before the latest batch of sequels came out (so this was like 2015 or so). I do not find them particularly enjoyable, although I know...

Have you seen Lucas's earliest films? I think the prequels make a fair bit more sense in the context of his filmography if you look at something like THX 1138. Or if you go back further and watch his student films (some of which are on YouTube). No doubt he's changed over the years, but there...

Isn't a 2-stop minimum pretty standard for internal NDs? (on mid-tier cameras, at least) Perhaps that's why they went with it, or part of the reason. In any event, yes, I'd love if 1-stop were the minimum. That said, the FX6 is so clean that often I'm fine with bumping the gain/ISO by a stop...

I think A.I. is an underappreciated masterpiece but I'd agree that otherwise I haven't been interested in anything he's made since the 90s. Although once you've made films as good as Jaws or Jurassic Park I can see why as a director you might want to try different things. He's already shown he...

I think there can be some truth to most of what people are saying, and that these perspectives aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. To me it seems less like people are afraid to tell him "no" or that he's out of practice (he's directed several films in the 2000s) and more like he's less...

Who here has seen Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis? (Judging by the unfortunate box office numbers I'm guessing not many of you...) I saw it last week, going in almost totally blind (I don't think I'd even seen stills, let alone a trailer, before watching the film). Curious to see what...

I'm enjoying this discussion, and just wanted to mention a (perhaps) apt comparison from the world of sculpture. A few years ago I was in Carrara, Italy, visiting a stone carving studio and the quarries (for those unfamiliar: Carrara is famous for its marble, and has been so since antiquity)...

That said, a base ISO of 1600 is really more like 800 (or 640) if you're exposing it in such a way that you get a clean image (at least if it's comparable to earlier FS cameras and camcorders). The original base ISO for the FS5 was 3200 (eventually lowered to 2000 in firmware). But I don't think...

Overall I'd say the footage looks pretty good. The one caveat is this was S-Cinetone: in the past, noise has been more of an issue with Sony cameras when shooting in slog2/3 (at least in my experience). The Z90/NX80 was remarkably noisy when shooting in slog unless you were consistently...

I recently picked up an a6700 for personal use and found that the old 18-105 is perfect for an all-purpose walk around lens. On my FS5 the lens was way less useful than a manual focusing Canon 24-105 with a speedbooster, but—as you note—with Sony's fantastic autofocus and high ISO performance...

Given that the FX6 could be generously described as having 13 or 14 stops of dynamic range I'd be surprised if the Z200 had more than 11 or 12. That said, the camera is appealing on a number of fronts. Like you I'm very much looking forward to Doug's insights.

I tend not to follow the high-end camera market too closely, but it seems to me that all these models top out at 12-13 actual stops of DR when measured "objectively"—except the ARRI cameras, which routinely hit 14 or more stops. I know these tests aren't everything, but I have a sense that 11-13...