GaryinCalifornia
Veteran
Still trying to figure it out... a colorist friend send me and another friend... two emails... here's the first one...
Since you've both asked about it, I figured I'd let you guys know that I've managed to get my hands on some F55 RAW footage. Haven't had a chance to dump it into Resolve yet, but I've been playing around with it in Premiere to get a feeling for performance.
Thoughts so far:
1) Playback - I'm getting real-time playback at half-resolution (2K/1080) with no hitches whatsoever. (Mac Pro, 12x2.66, 12GB, Internal RAID0) While there's a render going on in the background no less.
2) Control - As near as I can tell there aren't any RAW settings for the footage in Premiere, so you're limited to the camera settings. Not a huge deal, as long as the settings are set right.
I'll get back to you on image quality and such once I've had a chance to poke at it in more depth.
The second email...
Threw the footage into Resolve to play a bit. Didn't really do anything super in depth, but the results thus far are EXTREMELY promising. Dynamic range is incredible. Noise floor is basically non-existent. Pushed it around to see if I could make the image break up and I couldn't. (I mean, I *can*, but only by doing things that you'd never do in a real grade)
I'll keep you posted as I do more experimentation, but so far it's looking like a really promising choice.
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once he lets me know more I'll pass it on...
Since you've both asked about it, I figured I'd let you guys know that I've managed to get my hands on some F55 RAW footage. Haven't had a chance to dump it into Resolve yet, but I've been playing around with it in Premiere to get a feeling for performance.
Thoughts so far:
1) Playback - I'm getting real-time playback at half-resolution (2K/1080) with no hitches whatsoever. (Mac Pro, 12x2.66, 12GB, Internal RAID0) While there's a render going on in the background no less.
2) Control - As near as I can tell there aren't any RAW settings for the footage in Premiere, so you're limited to the camera settings. Not a huge deal, as long as the settings are set right.
I'll get back to you on image quality and such once I've had a chance to poke at it in more depth.
The second email...
Threw the footage into Resolve to play a bit. Didn't really do anything super in depth, but the results thus far are EXTREMELY promising. Dynamic range is incredible. Noise floor is basically non-existent. Pushed it around to see if I could make the image break up and I couldn't. (I mean, I *can*, but only by doing things that you'd never do in a real grade)
I'll keep you posted as I do more experimentation, but so far it's looking like a really promising choice.
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once he lets me know more I'll pass it on...
