Just got a new camera - Sony F35

Dispite the DR specs on this camera, it has some nice highlights. I was watching the trailer for Contagion, and was seeing how fragile the whites and blown out lights looked (Red MX). Of course, I would like a little more gentleness in the highlights still, but this camera does work its limits gracefully. I would say it looks like organic electronics.

Do you have a pic of someone holding/operating in a minimalist documentary style setup? Difficult to get a sense of size with the pics on line since most are spec'd out for cinema and penis size comparing.

This kind of shows how small the core camera can be, if you use the imagination to remove the SR recorder and swap out a smaller lens.Sony F35 by sharisent, on Flickr

Looks like a block that was the C300 before the C300 was carved into a more ergonomic shape.
 
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Despite the DR specs...? The specs show it's quite a step ahead the red MX sensor.
There are pics of the camera without the SR deck if you go back in this thread. And I'm also working on making it smaller by removing the XLR inputs module. That would reduce its size by an extra 20%. :D
 
macgregor said:
Despite the DR specs...? The specs show it's quite a step ahead the red MX sensor.
There are pics of the camera without the SR deck if you go back in this thread. And I'm also working on making it smaller by removing the XLR inputs module. That would reduce its size by an extra 20%. :D
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Sorry, perhaps I read these out of context, and considering that it is based on the Genesis, I see why the highlights are so nice. Naturally, I never much paid attention to the f35 when it was a $200k camera.

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If I´m not mistaken, that´s the same test used for this chart, right?

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This kind of illustrates my point. It´s not how much DR you have, it´s where you have it (I still take these tests with caution, there are too many things I didn't agree with when I watched them).
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Barry_Green said:
According to the SCCE, the F35 clocked in at 11.3 stops of dynamic range, and the F3 (withOUT S-Log) clocked in at 11.2. So I would expect that you're right, the SLog'd F3 would definitely have more DR than the F35.


As compared to an F3, the F35 is definitely quite a bit higher res; the SCCE clocked it at 680 lines, the F3 at 540. But nowhere near what the Red MX showed, which was 1080 lines.

Numbers and comparisons taken from this article.
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When I say 'despite the DR', I mean it is not drastically different in strict DR numbers from a Red MX, but is better from what I see in your footage than the Red one MX, when it comes to capturing tonality on white objects. I totally agree with the way the engineers distributed the DR on the f35/Genesis.


Another 20% smaller would be nice! =)
 
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Yeah well, some film stock is not much wider in terms of DR than RED MX, but heck it looks so much better, doesn't it? It's the combination of where the DR is, the tone curve, and the colorimetry.
 
macgregor said:
Yeah well, some film stock is not much wider in terms of DR than RED MX, but heck it looks so much better, doesn't it? It's the combination of where the DR is, the tone curve, and the colorimetry.
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Yes, absolutely! =)
 
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Here you go: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13362047/panama.mp4


Some specs:
- shot with a toking 11-16 and a nikon 35-70 ais. So no fancy glass here.
- the interior of the rainforest is very very dark, and the shots of the leaves were easily underexposed by 1 or 2 stops
- these clips were slightly graded on davinci. Basically what I do is apply a custom LUT that I created to get the gamma right from Slog footage. It also works in Sony Vegas. If I have time one of these days I'll post the LUTs and explain how they work.

I'll post more stuff soon.
 
Here you go, some more footage. I couldn't avoid the Thin red line soundtrack... :cheesy:

Note: content warning - extremely boring video. Watch with caution.

 
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