Almost, but not quite, pleased

[Matt Gottshalk]

You have to keep in mind, my clients are used to seeing a massive beautiful camera on set (varicam and HPX500's) fully loaded... so to go from that to a camera that looks like someone took an hvx200 and broke off the lens... well thats a no no. There is a mental thing that goes along with cameras and the way they look. Clients DO care about that. Its why so many people run out to buy matte boxes... lets be real, a lot of us like to just keep it on there because it looks better, even if we're not using it to put a filter in, or really control much light. For the client, big nice matte box = professional look on their set/shoot.

So do what everyone with DSLRs has been doing for the last 2 years: add a big ass mattebox, big lens, and big on camera external LCD.

 

[Barry_Green]

I do not expect a dramatic "blowing away" of the 5D, when the 5D is in its "butter zone" -- shallow-DOF head shots. Where the AF100 will blow away the 5D is in areas where the 5D falls apart -- wide-angle deep-focus shots.

I expect we'll see many comparisons just like the 5D vs. Red comparisons, where people show a whole bunch of shallow-DOF headshots and say "see, the 5D is just as good as the Red One." If people shoot AF100 vs. 5D/7D and they limit themselves to those kinds of shots, then they'll probably look quite comparable and there won't be any "blowing away" going on. Where the AF100 will be hugely superior is in wide-angle deep focus shots, in terms of actual resolved detail, and in features and usability.

 

[John Caballero]

Originally Posted by Giuseppe Pugliese

You have to keep in mind, my clients are used to seeing a massive beautiful camera on set (varicam and HPX500's) fully loaded... so to go from that to a camera that looks like someone took an hvx200 and broke off the lens... well thats a no no. There is a mental thing that goes along with cameras and the way they look. Clients DO care about that. Its why so many people run out to buy matte boxes... lets be real, a lot of us like to just keep it on there because it looks better, even if we're not using it to put a filter in, or really control much light. For the client, big nice matte box = professional look on their set/shoot.

That is great for you. It means that you don't have to buy this camera. That is so easy. For those who will benefit from all its features is a no brainer, it will be the camera to buy.

 

[Mark Smith]

I do not expect a dramatic "blowing away" of the 5D, when the 5D is in its "butter zone" -- shallow-DOF head shots. Where the AF100 will blow away the 5D is in areas where the 5D falls apart -- wide-angle deep-focus shots.

I expect we'll see many comparisons just like the 5D vs. Red comparisons, where people show a whole bunch of shallow-DOF headshots and say "see, the 5D is just as good as the Red One." If people shoot AF100 vs. 5D/7D and they limit themselves to those kinds of shots, then they'll probably look quite comparable and there won't be any "blowing away" going on. Where the AF100 will be hugely superior is in wide-angle deep focus shots, in terms of actual resolved detail, and in features and usability.

Of course there will be some blowing away when it comes to shooting in situations where the 5 D or 7D would be aliasing like crazy and the AF 100 won't alias or where the Canon cameras would be deep in the jello zone and the AF 100 won't.