G35+DVX tests

macgregor

macgregor

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I made some tests today.

I wanted to evaluate how the betaG35 affected definition, color and composition in the camera.
Here are some "real life" samples of the tests done today. All frames have been graded to look as similar as possible.

dvx.jpg
fx1.jpg


Standard dvx100ae. / Sony FX1 (gamma adjusted)

dvxg35.jpg
fxg35.jpg





DVX+betaG35+50mm f1.8 / FX1+betaG35+50mm f1.8




The most important answer that i got was that after CC, everything looks very similar. :]

Of course with 35mm lenses you get immediate cinematic feeling. The dvx has a cleaner and ligher gamma curve which i like more and looks filmic to me. But edges look videoish.

Still the extra resolution of FX plus a lot more color space makes it better when CC takes place.


So we can get a lot of conclusion by watching these. I was planning in editing a 10 minutes video with with all the tests and conclusions and releasing inside the SIMILO DVD
(if anybody finds it interesting, of course).
 
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Hey macgregor,

Thanks for posting these comparisons, very interesting. I didn't even realize your subject was sitting on a chair until I saw the back of it in the shallow depth of field shots!

Nice work, do you have any full frame video available of this shoot?

 
yeah he's using a beta of the cinemek G35 with the rotating ground glass, I am assuming. looks good. still battling between waiting for the cinemek or going for the M2. Arg, decisions decisions. My Z1U is just sitting over there waiting... waiting... waiting...

I personally think the DVX's stock color curve is much nicer than the FX in these shots. But that is an easy post manipulation. Over all, it's just that depth of field man. It's so good to be so limited! It's amazing to me, for so long we have hear the words 24p ring out like a religious prayer. And while, true, it is important to the filmic environment, macgregor's (and some others too) use of narrow DoF with these new adaptors is what's finally hitting home with me. It just looks incredibly filmic.

Now someone come out with an adaptor that will give digital cameras the same lattitude as 5218 500T :)
 
Mac, it would be amazing if you could include the comparison footage. Are you using the new G35 with the rotating GG?! Somebody here said you were. I always thought you had the static version.
 
yeah the fx1 looks good. I am a fan of the dvx, but now i'm buying the fx1 because the cf25 rocks and the clean image of the fx1. the fx1 should meet the indie mans budget who just wants to go to dvd.
 
From what I've heard the beta G35 is the static version, and the redesign has a vibrating ground glass.

disjecta said:
I didn't even realize your subject was sitting on a chair until I saw the back of it in the shallow depth of field shots!
Click to expand...

Same here...it's amazing that less is more...and you can definately feel the more in this example.

Great post macgregor!
 
Both shots of the DVX look too soft of focus on the eyes ... like the focus plain was more focused on her lips and/or the fabric on her arm ... both of which appear to me as sharper focus than her eyes.
 
Like many I was very impressed with SIMILO but the aclaimed g35 (nude) tests dont seem to be available online. Can someone host Macgregors other work or provide some links to where they are available?
 
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