I've tweaked the audio, given the video punchier blacks, used the new comic book effect in Final Cut Pro sparingly, reduced the duration of a couple of clips, added new footage of Phuong shot a couple of days ago and removed the green tint in some of the clips. https://youtu.be/vq6wjan2TqU "Evening Forever" by KieLoKazLicense
Saigon Life
A screen shot from this afternoon's shoot with Phuong at Saigon Life Cafe.
Saigon Life
A screen grab from today’s shoot with Phuong at Saigon Life Cafe. Sony a7 III, 85mm f/1.8.
Final Cut Pro 10.4.4 Comic Book Effect
A new feature in the effects pane allows you to turn your live action video into animation at the click of a mouse. It’s pretty cool!
Sony a7 III: Phuong
We met up yesterday morning and took a taxi to the Fine Arts Museum (formerly a private villa designed by a French architect and constructed in the early 20th century) but because of the heavy traffic, instead of the usual ten minutes, it ate up a precious thirty minutes of the two hours I normally... Continue Reading →
Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM Autofocus Woes
I'm getting superb color rendition as usual with Sony's new 24mm f/1.4 GM lens, but serious AF issues. Even when the subject is framed by the face detect box, the images are blurry. I'm going to compare it to the Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 but whatever the results, I think I'll be returning the prime. I... Continue Reading →
Good News: No More Cats!
At long last, I think I've found a model, so hopefully this will be the last cat screenshot I post for a long, long time. I still need to find some assistants for sound and lighting though. And I'm hoping to be able to try out my newfangled fog machine.
Vlogging in 2018
Since switching over to the Sony a7 III, YCImaging's YouTube channel looks dramatically better. The clean image and excellent detail is achieved by downsampling the 4K image from 6K and there's the wonderful full frame shallow depth-of-field, along with pleasing skin tones. Meanwhile, though I dig his meticulous attention to lighting and the orange and... Continue Reading →
My Brand New Sony 24mm f/1.4 Goes in for Service!
https://youtu.be/BwnCmrgvsBU "War" by Shaolin DubLicense
Character
The online forums are brimming with opinions on what constitutes a good lens. And many of those commenters would have us believe that lens reviews, which consider factors like extraordinary resolution and an absence of aberrations and vignetting to be the hallmarks of good design, as entirely misguided. In sum, they prefer vintage lenses with... Continue Reading →
Veydra Mini Primes: The (Nearly) Complete Collection
Here you can find the most extensive collection online of sample footage of Veydra cinema lenses, including the 16mm, 25mm, 50mm and 85mm T2.2 Mini Primes. https://youtu.be/1fX8j8OIrN0 https://youtu.be/cZfa0dTCby0 https://youtu.be/MtmGevwbwnc https://youtu.be/huWL1aiOBUc https://youtu.be/Bsk-66nGqC4 https://youtu.be/ABUTTlfEGHk https://youtu.be/em3fTcTLK8A https://youtu.be/07UoI4oEC14
Life in Saigon: Two Vignettes
Here are my two favorite clips of life in Saigon, one shot with the Lumix G85, the other with the Fuji X-T2. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/77C-JyHSypg https://youtu.be/pEXdWV-4jyM
The Beautiful Colors of Sony
Sony a7 III, Sony 24mm f/1.4
A Must Watch
Just like I've been sayin' for months... 😂😂😂 Now that superior color science has been debunked, Canon and Nikon fanboys can go on about their cavernous holes. https://youtu.be/EMfCDujQywY
Taking the Film Look to the Next Level
We talked a little bit about the film look in a previous post, but one technique we overlooked was adding atmosphere through the use of haze or fog. Ideally, we'd use a haze machine, but fog machines are much less expensive and easier to come by here in Vietnam, where Karaoke supply shops are just... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 