FS7: Any new f7 footage ?

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ryaninoz

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Does anyone know of any new links to see some f7 footage. I've seen the Sony sample but not much else.
 
The camera is not out until later in October, so there is slim pickings right now I'm afraid. Any footage online would likely be from a preproduction cameras as well so need to factor that in.
 
Some interesting insigths (also preproduction model) and some footage here:

http://www.xdcam-user.com/2014/09/sonys-new-pxw-fs7-first-impressions/

All in all, there no footage out, that allows us to see how the FS7 performs. Most
of it is graded or only in web resolution and heavily compressed for streaming.

I will have the camera in hands in late october, when Sony introduces the FS7
at my local dealer here in germany.

Hopefully I'm able to get my own memory card and record some footage.
 
Allistair Chapman's review (above) was very encouraging as he is an F5 owner with very experienced eyes. He said that the FS7 looked identical to him. What more can you want.
 
He also says Alexa and F55 produce the same image and would not back down when challenged on it, so I'd be careful to take anything written by anyone online with a grain of salt.

:S
 
Liam Hall said:
I'm convinced this camera can do better... ...I've ordered one, so it better...
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This is where I stand also and I also have one on order (I think I am #1 at my local Toronto dealer). All of these examples they dropped the camera off to someone for an hour of shooting. No wonder we aren't seeing the best results. Great footage isn't shot that way.
 
Liam Hall said:
Here's another one:

https://vimeo.com/groups/sonyfs7usergroup/videos/107420890

Again, not great, it's got that video look, but I'm convinced this camera can do better... ...I've ordered one, so it better...
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So far this camera looks great on paper. It in every way beats a C100/ninja and C300...on paper. So far....as far as real video examples go...I have yet to see any FS7 image come close to Cinema EOS.

Am I the only one who thinks this...or are others feeling the same?
 
ReelWorksMedia said:
So far this camera looks great on paper. It in every way beats a C100/ninja and C300...on paper. So far....as far as real video examples go...I have yet to see any FS7 image come close to Cinema EOS.

Am I the only one who thinks this...or are others feeling the same?
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Lets give the camera the proper chance to be used under proper shooting conditions. People said the same about the F5 and FS700 and yet I have seen a lot of great looking footage shot with both.

I will give the C series that canons colours seem to be received better out of the box. Of course I have also had people ask me to shoot EOS std because it "looks more like the 5D" which they liked but I find it a terrible picture profile. i have always liked the Sony colours though so maybe I'm the weirdo. lol

I'm buying a FS7 after a year of rending C300. Anything I didn't like about the footage examples of the FS7 to me come down to personal taste and methods of the operator.
 
RatLabProductions said:
Lets give the camera the proper chance to be used under proper shooting conditions. People said the same about the F5 and FS700 and yet I have seen a lot of great looking footage shot with both.

I will give the C series that canons colours seem to be received better out of the box. Of course I have also had people ask me to shoot EOS std because it "looks more like the 5D" which they liked but I find it a terrible picture profile. i have always liked the Sony colours though so maybe I'm the weirdo. lol

I'm buying a FS7 after a year of rending C300. Anything I didn't like about the footage examples of the FS7 to me come down to personal taste and methods of the operator.
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Totally fair. The FS7 still remains on my list of near future purchases. It will most likely happen if it gets into good hands and the potentials of this camera are, in fact, what they are cracked up to be.
 
ReelWorksMedia said:
Totally fair. The FS7 still remains on my list of near future purchases. It will most likely happen if it gets into good hands and the potentials of this camera are, in fact, what they are cracked up to be.
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For a while I wanted to buy an FS700 but hated the form factor. Sony fixed that (also had love hate with C300 ergos) I imagine the footage off of the FS7 won't be any worse than FS700 and more in line with the F5.

I personally don't expect Canon to bring out anything till maybe next year. Maybe they will tease at NAB but I doubt it. The C300 is still selling well.
 
starcentral said:
Canon is always last. And only first when they don't know they are.
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Very true but they were first with 24P in a small consumer camcorder. HV20 if I remember correctly. Then again they were using 24F/30F in their prosumer line. I'm itching to get the call from Abel to pay the balance off and get delivery shortly there after. See what is possible with the FS7.
 
starcentral said:
Canon is always last. And only first when they don't know they are.
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Hahaha...I love the image the C100/300/500 make...but you are so right. They have a specialty in being the last one to the party...unless they got the date wrong and accidentally arrived a day early.

I heard that with Laforet first shot with the 5D2 and created his first video example...it was actually news to Canon that he would do this. Apparently they did not intended the video function to be used like that. They actually told him not to do it....but it was already released. Then it changed the landscape for the next few years. Could be a rumor.
 
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RatLabProductions said:
All of these examples they dropped the camera off to someone for an hour of shooting. No wonder we aren't seeing the best results. Great footage isn't shot that way.
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I tend to agree - look at the new Varicam 35 demo for a contrast - jaw-dropping! Well......to me anyway.....that's the thing, a lot of it will be personal preference, in look and the way it was set up. I'm sure most cameras these days can do anything from a Beta SP to a film look (well, nearly!) with the right settings, operator and grading.

Steve
 
RatLabProductions said:
For a while I wanted to buy an FS700 but hated the form factor. Sony fixed that (also had love hate with C300 ergos) I imagine the footage off of the FS7 won't be any worse than FS700 and more in line with the F5.
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This is pretty much where I'm at, too. If all the FS7 is is just an FS700 that can record XAVC 4k 10-bit 4:2:2 internally, with a good(or better) form factor, at the same price, and there was NOTHING else better about it, it's still a deal. If it's closer to an F5, great, but frankly, I don't care that much.

The same money buys you more capability now than it did literally just one month ago. Not quite overnight advancements, but damn, that's good.
 
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