FS7: An FS7 Christmas

mainstreetprod

mainstreetprod

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Took delivery of my FS7 yesterday, put it in UHD mode and shot a bit of the town square and a neighbor's slightly over decorated home. I tried to upload in 4k but it was going to take 4 hours! So this is 1080P.

 
Congratulations, still waiting for mine. When did you order?

I'm in Norway so it's different batches anyway. I had the first one ordered, but i didn't have the money ready until a week later and had to pass. I've been waiting for 5 weekd
 
mainstreetprod said:
Took delivery of my FS7 yesterday, put it in UHD mode and shot a bit of the town square and a neighbor's slightly over decorated home. I tried to upload in 4k but it was going to take 4 hours! So this is 1080P.

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Looks great.

The night shots of the lights look really clean even with STD5 Gamma
 
Videvo said:
Your neighbor is nuts!

Everyone needs a hobby I guess. This one just happens to be really expensive...


Any observations on the camera?


Definitely slow to boot , moving through the menus isn't too bad... most comprehensive menu of any camera I've ever owned. Still trying to figure out how to set up the S & Q button, the FS700 was a lot easier. For those of you who don't yet have the camera, I would suggest a minimum of 3 days setting it up and getting used to it before going on an important shoot.

As you can see in the first shot of the courthouse, the magenta cast is definitely there, but in my opinion not that bad. A little tweaking of the fine WB settings (and there are lots) should clear it up. Had I taken the time, I could have gotten rid of it in post in a few seconds (the footage is ungraded). Resolution in UHD is great, but my 2013 Imac can't play it back in QT without stuttering (the Premiere CC timeline seemed to handle it just fine). In the next few days I'll be shooting tests of UHD reduced to 1080 compared to footage shot at 1080 to see whether I want to shoot the next feature in 4K or not. It basically comes down to three questions:

1) Is there a big improvement in "gradeability" of 4K originated footage due to the extra bits and bytes?

2) Will I use the 4k often to improve the framing, stabilize the footage or change a wide shot to a medium?

3) Will my project ever see the big screen, where a 4K master would be a distinct advantage?


I think we all know what the chances are of theater distribution at this level- yet we all also have that dream and stranger things have happened. We consider our films "direct to DVD" and send them out to those distributors only. But there's always that slim chance...(like God's Not Dead, a faith based low budget now around 50M gross) and, we generally do a limited release to a number of small town theaters who screen movies of our genre to church groups. The next project, "Providence", is a love story spanning 40 years about a couple that meets as kids and ends up together at mid life. It's more of a mass market film than previous ones, so I want to have "big screen worthy" footage in case the impossible happens.

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