Other: Demo Footage from PXW-Z750

Looks great Doug! I have shot a bit with the Z450. I understand that this is a 3 chip 4K camera. Can you give any feedback on your experience with the camera? I saw in your description that the slow mo stuff is 60. Does this one do 120? The Z450 was supposed to but I don’t believe they’ve added it.
 
Thanks for the compliment.

Yes, the Z750 can do 120 fps but only in HD, which I didn't have any interest in. I was using this opportunity to shoot some stock footage, and it would have been a waste of time to shoot any of this subject matter in HD.

To be honest, I couldn't tell the difference between the Z750 and the Z450. Technically the Z750 is an upgrade, with 3 sensors, global shutter, and better low-light capability but I felt exactly like I was shooting with a Z450. If I do decide to invest in an ENG camera next spring I'm going to try to get both cameras in the same place at the same time before I choose the one that seems the best value. Yeah, the Z750 is better, but how much better for the differences in price? And before anyone asks, I do not know what the street price of the Z750 will be or how much the price of the Z450 may drop when the new camera starts shipping. But the bottom line is that I was, once again, reminded how much I love shooting with an ENG camera over a cinema camera. I miss having and ENG camera with a 22x lens as my main weapon of choice.
 
Doug Jensen said:
Thanks for the compliment.

Yes, the Z750 can do 120 fps but only in HD, which I didn't have any interest in. I was using this opportunity to shoot some stock footage, and it would have been a waste of time to shoot any of this subject matter in HD.

To be honest, I couldn't tell the difference between the Z750 and the Z450. Technically the Z750 is an upgrade, with 3 sensors, global shutter, and better low-light capability but I felt exactly like I was shooting with a Z450. If I do decide to invest in an ENG camera next spring I'm going to try to get both cameras in the same place at the same time before I choose the one that seems the best value. Yeah, the Z750 is better, but how much better for the differences in price? And before anyone asks, I do not know what the street price of the Z750 will be or how much the price of the Z450 may drop when the new camera starts shipping. But the bottom line is that I was, once again, reminded how much I love shooting with an ENG camera over a cinema camera. I miss having and ENG camera with a 22x lens as my main weapon of choice.
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Good looking stuff, Doug. A couple of shots looked like there was some slight halation going on. Was this actually happening or maybe the way a few of the shots were graded?

Yep. You can get so many different shots, so much more quickly with an ENG camera and lens. Even with my F55 and 17-120, I still don't feel like I can operate as efficiently(and happily) as I can with an ENG camera/lens. Speed and efficiency are what they're designed for. So much of what we do would be better served by this camera than "cinema" cameras.
 
Run&Gun said:
A couple of shots looked like there was some slight halation going on. Was this actually happening or maybe the way a few of the shots were graded?
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Well, I was moving pretty fast through the grading so it is possible I pushed something too far. Obviously I was going for a stylized look because I know those types of clips sell better as stock. If you could point out any of the shots that you think have issues I'd really appreciate it. I'll go back to the raw footage and take a closer look to find where the root problem(s) lies and maybe even post some graded vs. ungraded.
 
Great footage Doug,

I like the shot at 55 sec, tells me get in the harbor. Fully agree with ENG over Cine for my work, glad I am going back.
 
Doug Jensen said:
Ha, that's funny. Yeah, I guess a sailor would look at that sky in a completely different way. And the weather did suck after that for days.
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When I was in the Navy and we were at sea we had a saying: "Red sky in morning sailor take warning. Red sky at night sailor's delight." That is how we predicted the weather.
 
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