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Lok Cheung, in his review of the GH5, perpetuates the false idea that CineLike D somehow gives awful color straight out of the camera, and that even after grading, the footage looks unnatural. Which is why I'm still at work on my next vlog about CineLike D, the best picture profile for most users. Also,... Continue Reading →
Sorry everyone for making you wait so long for my next vlog. It'll cover CineLike D, the X-Rite ColorChecker Video Passport, Color Finale, the RodeLink Filmmaker Kit and more. So stay tuned. https://youtu.be/aX31fF2ZWTQ
Lumix G85, CineLike D, ISO 800, f/1.4. Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4, SOOC. I still haven't seen any footage from the Leica 12-60mm f/2.8-4 that touches the Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4 at any aperture. This despite assertions by some reviewers that it's just at the edges of the frame that we begin to see the... Continue Reading →
Lumix G85, ISO 400, f/2.2, Sharpening -3, NR -5. Leica DG Summilux 12mm f/1.4. Straight out of the camera.
Here are a few shots of my Lumix G85 rocking a Saramonic SR-AX100 mixer and two RodeLink receivers.
It's going to take a while before I'm finished editing my piece on the X-Rite ColorChecker and Color Finale, so I thought I'd share this clip with everybody. White balanced using custom white balance. No color correction or sharpening added in post. https://youtu.be/mbHUBY_gei8
The first image is a grab from a GX80 using its Standard profile. The second image is a grab from a GX80 that is definitely not using the Standard profile....... So begins EOSHD forum member BTM_Pix's post entitled, Would You Perhaps Be Interested In A Different GX80/85 Colour Profile??? For those who love the style,... Continue Reading →
Go from this to this in just a couple clicks of the mouse. Practically every single serious filmmaking site scoffs at AWB and strongly encourages manually white balancing. But it takes me as long as a minute to manually white balance a shot, and even then, after all my efforts, my colors are still off. I'm wondering... Continue Reading →
The following were taken with the Lumix G85 with sharpening set at -3, noise reduction at -5. Cinelike D Standard Natural
On a side note, there's a crapload of misinformation out there about Cinelike D, and from poring over the forums the past several years, it appears that Lumix users mostly choose to go with either Natural or Standard photo styles, or Vlog if they've got the GH4 or GH5. I myself had avoided Cinelike D because... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/1C7iIbSPVX4 Additional thoughts: I think by now that everyone is already aware of my aversion to slow, variable aperture universal zooms, and it was disheartening to see just how many who picked up the Lumix GH5 decided to go with one of the slow zooms being peddled by Panasonic reps rather than picking up a... Continue Reading →
A new series of informal talk about cameras with my buddy Jarek. Hope you enjoy. https://youtu.be/idGM0FG9vOw
Forum member OliKMIA in the forums over at OESHD, responding to my statement that the Leica 12mm f/1.4 is worth every penny, writes: I don't know, is it really ? The Pana 12mm f1.4 is almost 50% pricier than the Sigma Art 24mm f1.4 which is outstanding. I really have hard time buying M43 lens... Continue Reading →
I discuss the difficulties I had uploading my last video to YouTube and how I solved the problem. https://youtu.be/tzcOcwuLhJ4
It took days to finally get this one to upload, hope it was worth the wait. The Sigma 30mm is around a 65mm full-frame equivalent and the Olympus 25mm about 55mm full frame equivalent when shooting 4K with the Lumix G85, so it seemed natural to want to compare these two lenses. Aside from their... Continue Reading →
I'm just wrapping up my comparison between the Olympus 25mm f/1.2 and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 and just can't get over how ridiculous the Leica 12mm f/1.4 is.
The Daejeon Chronicles 