Ben Affleck & Salvatore Totino ASC, AIC take the Sony BURANO for a spin around LA

Doug Jensen said:
I don't want to watch somebody else's 24 minute video. Please summarize the reasons why YOU posted that the Burano sucks. Bullet points will be fine, but if you'd care to elaborate on any particular point, that would be most helpful. Thanks in advance.

PS. And don't forget to tell us which other cameras you think are better at that price point, or even lower?
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Doug, I apologize if my attitude seemed too aggressive. I merely was trying to speak conversationally. I was saying I heard it's bad not that I think it's bad. Do the adjectives seem to be clearer than the antecedents? The example I gave was from a source that said it was bad. Other Youtubers have said it's bad. I merely have not owned the camera yet to make a clear judgement. I am not a camera collector as well, so if I gave a camera suggestion it would be bad advice.
 
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I had an interesting interchange with a working photographer who posted on Instagram about a lighting technique he uses. There were three photos highlighted in the clip, with the rest BTS on the technique. Unfortunately one of the three images was notably overexposed. When I asked why he didn't edit the image to better illustrate the effusive description he gave in the post, he of course begged off by saying it was a quickly made post but more tellingly, he added that having something controversial in the post encourages interaction and thus engagement. This is where we are at now: it's more important for an image-making pro to post a poor representation of their work to increase social media engagement and up their view count and followers, than it is to actually show good work. What a sad time.
 
I doubt it but maybe society will come full circle and appreciate results again after BTS fatigue.

Are you saying sony planned the car controversy!?
 
CharlesPapert said:
I had an interesting interchange with a working photographer who posted on Instagram about a lighting technique he uses. There were three photos highlighted in the clip, with the rest BTS on the technique. Unfortunately one of the three images was notably overexposed. When I asked why he didn't edit the image to better illustrate the effusive description he gave in the post, he of course begged off by saying it was a quickly made post but more tellingly, he added that having something controversial in the post encourages interaction and thus engagement. This is where we are at now: it's more important for an image-making pro to post a poor representation of their work to increase social media engagement and up their view count and followers, than it is to actually show good work. What a sad time.
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Yes, a sad time. Spectacle has trumped substance and professional aesthetics in many corners.
 
CharlesPapert said:
I had an interesting interchange with a working photographer who posted on Instagram about a lighting technique he uses. There were three photos highlighted in the clip, with the rest BTS on the technique. Unfortunately one of the three images was notably overexposed. When I asked why he didn't edit the image to better illustrate the effusive description he gave in the post, he of course begged off by saying it was a quickly made post but more tellingly, he added that having something controversial in the post encourages interaction and thus engagement. This is where we are at now: it's more important for an image-making pro to post a poor representation of their work to increase social media engagement and up their view count and followers, than it is to actually show good work. What a sad time.
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Threads (Meta) started recently paying people for posting (I think invite-only for now), and over the last 1-2 months people have gone crazy over there.

Hundreds of thousands are posting controversial information, asking silly questions ("Guys, is drinking water really good for you?"), or simply lying in broad daylight about anything and everything - and the interactions and engagements pile in and are higher than ever (and that's how you get paid).

It's still the best and most entertaining social ever (one big world chat room), but it wasn't until last summer when Threads came out when I realized how old I am.

Like ------- ancient.

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CharlesPapert said:
I had an interesting interchange with a working photographer who posted on Instagram about a lighting technique he uses. There were three photos highlighted in the clip, with the rest BTS on the technique. Unfortunately one of the three images was notably overexposed. When I asked why he didn't edit the image to better illustrate the effusive description he gave in the post, he of course begged off by saying it was a quickly made post but more tellingly, he added that having something controversial in the post encourages interaction and thus engagement. This is where we are at now: it's more important for an image-making pro to post a poor representation of their work to increase social media engagement and up their view count and followers, than it is to actually show good work. What a sad time.
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This. A million times, this. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to extrapolate how throwing AI into this mix will go...
Algorithm's that increase engagement / time already rule the net...
Throwing away your integrity - for a few clicks and likes... just brilliant.
 
I don't really care what social-media "influencers" think of a camera like the Burano. And I guess in this instance, that includes Affleck. But I'd also guess that a key reason comments were turned off on the YouTube video is because it came out the same day that his wife filed for divorce. I'm not throwing shade on him for that; it's gotta be tough. But I could see the comments on YouTube quickly getting out of control.

As for the Burano, operating a camera of that class is above my pay grade, but they're popular at the two main rental houses around here and the people I know who've used them like it enough to rent it again.
 
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Watching this clip also reminded me of this little ditty my friend Dave Chameides coordinated for the Local 600 Safety Committee, after I mentioned to him my concerns about free driving and the complications of disabling air bags before doing handheld work in the passenger seat.
 
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