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bhdfield

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After my first two shoots with the AF100 the last two days, I am overall very impressed. It performed very well in difficult environmental conditions, from 70 degrees to 20 degrees in blowing snow and wind. And I have the settings and lens combinations that really work well for a film look. Take a look at a couple frame grabs here.

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Shooter said:
Nice. Both grabs display a "cinematic look"

Are they part of a production or just tests?
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Thanks. They are part of a corporate shoot. The subway shot was only with available light. The shot in the restaurant was a combination of available light and a couple 150's, with a 1K Chimera way back for some fill. Less is more when it comes to light with this camera, using a low noise setting, and high iso, to allow the impact of subtle lighting cues. I also find that the old Nikon primes have a certain softness that works well with the AF100's inherent digital hyper-sharpness. That, and detail and V-detail turned way down also help avoid the harsh video look.
 
bhdfield said:
That, and detail and V-detail turned way down also help avoid the harsh video look.
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Excellent "full" look. My first impression was that you did slightly under-expose. Right? Wrong? May also have helped the really "cinematic feel" of the pics, imho. Great.
 
tipota said:
Excellent "full" look. My first impression was that you did slightly under-expose. Right? Wrong? May also have helped the really "cinematic feel" of the pics, imho. Great.
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I find the CineD that the best way to get a good look is to go on the slight lower end of exposure. That's just me though.
 
Well one thing I have been doing is generally trying to avoid flat lighting. I would much prefer enphasis on edge and cheek bone, etc, than flat full lighting from the front. That's another part of the feel of depth. I think turning the detail down to -5, and v detail down to -7, using the good Nikon glass with aperture very wide also contributes a great deal to the film feel. I like to think framing and composition are big players as well :-)
 
You are talking about "modelling" the subject with light and raming and composition are "big players".

A quick test about whether a shot is "cinematic"or not is.... where does your eye go to in the first instance. (ie what interests the eye / brain)

When you analyse why... it will be all of the above plus DOF ...which is important becaues it separates the subject from the BG. ( Our eyes work in a very similar fashion and do have DOF as well)

Well controlled DOF is required because BG / FG is an important part of the story as well.

Your samples above are a very good example.
 
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