captainjman
Well-known member
The camera has a lot of potential - and despite the piping match between the Panasonic "DSLR" - and it not being professional - I side with doug on this one, but thats not to say that a pro shooting with the panasonic DSLR can't shoot better footage than an idiot with the better camera. That said, the Panasonic is stretching to give 4k, which is great for it's price point but it is NOT a pro camera. The DSLR's are great, I shoot with the 7D, 5D2 and 5D3 and I loved it.... but I hated the flash banding and jello of the rolling shutter. I hated that I couldn't get certain shots no matter what I did! - and post is not a good answer to rolling shutter- people keep trying to say it's good but it isn't' That rolling shutter is the biggest reason that people hated digital, the F35 and F55 and the motion mount on the RED's (i think, I haven't played with it) make a professional looking image that looks like film. Thats the key- then you add SLOG and having a color gamut greater than film - sure it won't be film, but wow- just wow!
The DSLR guys have a chip on their shoulder, I know because I was in that world for a while, and the truth is they keep trying to prove that their 3000 dollar camera is just as good as the 100k camera, they start talking about story, and technique which is all true, but those points don't work - because we are not comparing cameras at that point, we are comparing the people - and thats not what gear reviews are really about.... so you have to consider the two cameras in the SAME PERSONS HANDS and then it's clear to see that the F55 blows the DSLR's, ALL OF THEM out of the water.
As for DSLR's or C500 being small, I weighed all sorts of F55 parts on one of my websites here: http://accelerate-go-productions.com/f55-weight.html because I couldn't find the info anywhere online. Lets be fair, if you strip down the F55 to get into small areas, you are talking about just 3 pounds 12 oz for just the brain.. thats not bad!!! The 5D3 for instance, just the body is 2 pounds 2 oz... a different of just 1 pound 10 oz.... thats astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The F55 is a little bigger with a battery on it, but you can supply power via 4pin XLR, so lets say you gotta get into a tight place you can make it happen. So the argument of lightweight and small form factor is not really THAT big a difference.
There will be a day the F55 looks like an old relic, probably sooner than we all think. But global shutters are not common, and they make a huge difference. the color space is amazing, the dynamic range is amazing too - no one can say the F55 isn't one of the great ones right now... it's not bye best, but it's close. (i really want 8k F65)
Doug, I know how you feel man, the DSLR guys have a chip on their shoulder and they try to pick fights... he was being coy.. but it was nice of him to send the link
The DSLR guys have a chip on their shoulder, I know because I was in that world for a while, and the truth is they keep trying to prove that their 3000 dollar camera is just as good as the 100k camera, they start talking about story, and technique which is all true, but those points don't work - because we are not comparing cameras at that point, we are comparing the people - and thats not what gear reviews are really about.... so you have to consider the two cameras in the SAME PERSONS HANDS and then it's clear to see that the F55 blows the DSLR's, ALL OF THEM out of the water.
As for DSLR's or C500 being small, I weighed all sorts of F55 parts on one of my websites here: http://accelerate-go-productions.com/f55-weight.html because I couldn't find the info anywhere online. Lets be fair, if you strip down the F55 to get into small areas, you are talking about just 3 pounds 12 oz for just the brain.. thats not bad!!! The 5D3 for instance, just the body is 2 pounds 2 oz... a different of just 1 pound 10 oz.... thats astonishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The F55 is a little bigger with a battery on it, but you can supply power via 4pin XLR, so lets say you gotta get into a tight place you can make it happen. So the argument of lightweight and small form factor is not really THAT big a difference.
There will be a day the F55 looks like an old relic, probably sooner than we all think. But global shutters are not common, and they make a huge difference. the color space is amazing, the dynamic range is amazing too - no one can say the F55 isn't one of the great ones right now... it's not bye best, but it's close. (i really want 8k F65)
Doug, I know how you feel man, the DSLR guys have a chip on their shoulder and they try to pick fights... he was being coy.. but it was nice of him to send the link
