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I've been eyeing the DVX200 for a little while now, and I'm wondering how it might hold up for greenscreen shooting. On paper, it should be dynamite: Real 4k resolution. Sharp lens without much CA to speak of. 10-bit 4:2:2 output. Etc. However, I'm a bit concerned by the reports of image...

He looks like Big G to me: Much closer than the Roland Emmerich 'Zilla IMHO.

Hmmm..... Here's a shot from a quick test floating the RX10 on the Flycam. There was a lot of detail in the frame, namely trees and fallen leaves. Camera motion was pretty smooth. The shadows were lifted slightly and a pinch of sharpening applied. Unfortunately, I was only recording...

I decided to run one more comparison in order to verify that the HDMI output is indeed 4:2:2 as advertised. I set up a shot of a red and blue color pattern and again recorded the scene with the Hypdereck and internal AVCHD simultaneously. I picked matching frames from each and compaired them...

Something that has been mentioned by more than one reviewer online, is that the RX10's internal codec is a bit weak. Fortunately, with the clean HDMI output, an external recorder could be a workaround. I didn't see any direct side-by-side comparisons so I decided to actually test this out...

We just wrapped a new, very small project. A friend of mine wanted a simple video to show off his handmade Mt. Rushmore puppet and this is what we came up with. Best viewed in 1080p, if you can: My personal involvement on this one was limited to just camera work, editing, and a little...

I shot this as a quick gag a few months ago, and for various reasons only recently got around to editing it together. Nothing fancy, but I thought I'd share. Link: Toy Gun Fun, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Second Amendment. Be sure to watch at 1080p, if only for the one shot...

That's true, and that's what happened when I tried it. Fortunately, nobody ever noticed the artifacts, but YMMV. This seems like the way to go.

We went through something similar when shooting a puppet in front of a green screen. First piece of advice, don't bother with the fishing line. Been there, done that. It might hurt the dog, too. We got the best results from using wooden rods painted green to move the puppet's arms, but...

Does anyone know if the focus rings on the Samyang/Rokinon Cine lenses in Nikon mount work like those on cinema lenses for other mounts, or do they turn in reverse like most Nikon stills lenses? Thanks.

I too recently bought a Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. Although I plan to mainly use it with an HMC40, I decided to dust off my old HV20 to see if it makes that cam viable again. Inspired by the Bolex, here's the rig: Unfortunately, some personal circumstances have limited my time as of late, so I...

Perhaps someone can satisfy my curiosity. Does anyone know how many stops of DR the XF100 has? I've been Googling around but have been unable to find any actual numbers.

I'm considering the purchase of an external HDMI recorder (probably a Ninja 2 but other recorders are not ruled out) for my HMC40 to squeeze a bit more life out of the camera. Mainly, I'm looking for more flexibility in post with grading, and 4:2:2 chroma for the occasional green screen shot...

I'm thinking about investing in a reasonably future proof collection of lenses. Going with Nikon mount lenses is appealing due to the fact that they can be adapted to almost any camera body that might come down the road later. However, I understand that the direction one turns the focus rings...

After more than a year of off-and-on work, I have just (well, a few weeks ago anyway) completed my second music video and the first major project with my HMC40. It turns out to be a very good budget camera for green screen work. See what you think.