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Bassman2003 said:
That does not seem very 'run & gun' friendly to me.
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I think there are quite a few people, myself included, who have concerns about monitoring, in my case on the GH4, alone. On immediate release, not sure I would use it in situations where I wasn't completely confident of what I was seeing using the the available exposure tools. Perhaps we will all become adapt at using it unplugged after a while.
 
Seems like it is a chicken and egg thing. If the V-log can come up with better images, why aren't they baked into a scene profile in-camera? Does it really need the post addition of a LUT to squeeze everything out of the image?
 
Bassman2003 said:
Seems like it is a chicken and egg thing. If the V-log can come up with better images, why aren't they baked into a scene profile in-camera? Does it really need the post addition of a LUT to squeeze everything out of the image?
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Who says it isn't? Who says it doesn't? Who says it does? Nobody knows anything yet... speculation based off speculation is bound to lead nowhere good. More will be known about it as time passes, so there's no reason to panic over unsubstantiated speculation...
 
No panic :) I was wondering this about all Log type recording after watching The Camera Store's video about the GH4 getting V-log.
 
Bassman2003 said:
Hey Thanks. That does not seem very 'run & gun' friendly to me.
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imo V-log isn't run n gun friendly no matter what camera you're on. For solo operator work I go with burnt in every time and make sure I expose correctly in camera. Not teaching you to suck eggs, just sayin'
 
I agree. Maybe Panasonic will include some V-log profiles with LUTs already applied. Sort of like turning on DRS in their existing cameras.
 
philiplipetz said:
Pannie says the new sensor is about 3/4 of a stop better.

Also, the down sampled HD image will have significantly less noise.
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That's still not so much, given that a M4/3 sensor is about two stops slower than FF and one stop below S35. We have cameras like the Sony Alpha7S and Canon C100 as a reference. A dedicated video sensor in M4/3 should reach very useable ISO 6400 at least.

With a lens which aperture is arounf f/4, ISO 6400 is kind of a necessity IMO.
 
Does anyone know if the lens on this camera is a par-focal design?

I haven't been able to find anything in the literature
 
True North said:
Does anyone know if the lens on this camera is a par-focal design?

I haven't been able to find anything in the literature
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This was discussed as a mere speculation: Probably there is a kind of electronic compensation, so the lens should behave like a parfocal one, without being it.
 
joe 1008 said:
This was discussed as a mere speculation: Probably there is a kind of electronic compensation, so the lens should behave like a parfocal one, without being it.
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Hey Joe - I think you might be confused with auto-gain compensation to make up for the fact that the lens on the DVX200 is not a constant aperture lens. Panny successfully implemented an auto gain compensation function in the AG-AC90 and I would guess that they would be implementing something similar on the DVX200....but at this point, you are correct in stating that it is only speculation

A Par-Focal lens is one that retains it's focus throughout the entire focal range of the lens.
 
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True North said:
Hey Joe - I think you might be confused with auto-gain compensation to make up for the fact that the lens on the DVX200 is not a constant aperture lens. Panny successfully implemented an auto gain compensation function in the AG-AC90 and I would guess that they would be implementing something similar on the DVX200....but at this point, you are correct in stating that it is only speculation

A Par-Focal lens is one that retains it's focus throughout the entire focal range of the lens.
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Totally clear about that. If you know the focal derivation of a lens at any given focal length you can also compensate for that - with the AF motors for example. A true parfocal lens would probably be too expensive. I was also speculating about the above mentioned auto gain function when the first threads of the DVX200 appeared here on the forum. If everything is well applied the DVX200 could deliver an almost perfect but electronically tweaked high end image. That's one of the advantages of a fixed lens design.
 
I guess we still don't have a price yet? There's a place called AVAlive that lists it at 4995 if you google "DVX200 price", other than that, don't really see anything.
 
Well one will need a preview lut applied if v-log-l is enabled - to be able to see a rec709 picture. The Blackmagic Pocket seems to do that simila. Otherwise the user will not be able to adjust the video really. The Shogun has such a preview lut and support also v-log, so that combination of the Shogun and the DVX200 would make sense together with 10bit 422 (without 10bit v-log will add limied value only. But that is no run and fun combination anymore).
 
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