"When you find me" - C300 short by Ron Howard. Watch before the 19th!

David G. Smith said:
Holy cow, the F3 with S-LOG kicked butt!
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I don't think this Vimeo comparison tells the whole story. It was probably not intentional, but the testing seems to be slanted towards the F3. My understanding is the S-Log doubles the ISO numbers, or something like that. Using the db standard instead of ISO, the highest db tested was 24db on the C300, while it can go all the way to 30db. Why didn't he show any of the looks beyond 24db? Clearly the C300 picture was improving dramatically as gain was increased in this setting. Near the end of the piece, check the 9db S-Log shot, against the 18db C300. I think that is a fairer test - at this point one can chose if they like the sharper but possibly noisier background and more video-like F3 look, or the softer, more organic/analog look of the C300. They both certainly look great.
 
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jw2700 said:
...at this point one can chose if they like the sharper but possibly noisier background and more video-like F3 look, or the softer, more organic/analog look of the C300. They both certainly look great.
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The C300 has a very pleasing, filmic look. At least with the lenses we saw so far. The F3 is capable of that look when using the right lenses. The F3 will be cleaner, while the F3 seems to have an edge on highlight-rolloff to my eyes.

But judging the noise they get away with in this clip, they didn´t look at that at all. Was it the wrong ISO setting? probably. But the big guys don´t care about technical perfection as much as some of us. They use what works for the story and not the shot that pleases the pro-audience. Watch Super8- Tons of out of focus. But still a good movie, because you get lost in the storytelling.
 
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