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Sony's Cine EI - just like ARRI, Canon, Panavision, Blackmagic, RED, Kinefinity and every other cinema camera manufacturer's EI - allows you to prioritize shadows or highlights by allocating more stops of dynamic range, or latitude, above or below middle gray, and letting the photographer preview its effect using monitor LUTs, giving an indication of... Continue Reading →
As a result of massive firmware update 2.00 that enables timecode, Cine EI and a number of other noteworthy improvements, the FX3 has joined the coveted list of Netflix Approved cameras. This is the first time we recall seeing the Ninja V mentioned in connection with a Netflix Production Guide, meaning that recording ProRes RAW... Continue Reading →
Since Sony firmware update 2.00 for the FX3, a bunch of videos have popped up on YouTube trying to explain how Cine EI works but most miss the mark. Alister Chapman has written a virtual encyclopedia on the subject but it will make your eyes glaze over before you lapse into a permanent coma. Hopefully,... Continue Reading →
We've gathered together a bunch of titles of some of the most popular YouTube reviews of the Sony a7s III and the RED Komodo for your reading enjoyment. A suspiciously high number of a7s III reviews include the word 'perfect' while most of the Komodo ones concentrate on price, often vastly exaggerating the true cost... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/k3TWqb6LYTY It doesn’t appear to be getting the attention it deserves, but Sony’s firmware update 2.00 for the FX3, their popular entry-level cinema camera, just rendered the a7s III obsolete. In an effort to better integrate the the FX3 with the rest of their cinema lineup that includes the FX6, FX9 and Sony Venice cameras,... Continue Reading →
The aggressive compression algorithms of streaming platforms destroy grain, which is why we don’t upload videos with grain to YouTube. Instead, we’re offering subscribers the opportunity to download clips, allowing you to view the picture as it was intended. We recommend throwing the movie on the timeline of your favorite NLE, setting the project to... Continue Reading →
The German website Slashcam, currently testing the Venice 2, had nothing but superlatives for its rolling shutter performance, pronouncing it the very lowest they have ever measured for a non-global shutter, leaving the competition in the dust. “When measuring the rolling shutter reading times, Venice pushed us to our limits. Or to the limits of... Continue Reading →
We're not gonna lie - it's great to be able to just hook up the SSD from the Ninja V and start grading the RAW files immediately in Final Cut Pro with no transcoding. Apart from using it to white balance our shots, we've ditched the bad old ColorChecker altogether. Color charts are made for... Continue Reading →
We've written extensively about the benefits of shooting RAW but once you've picked up your Ninja V, you might still be wondering which color space to use. For HDR acquisition, we recommend: Format ProRes RAW HQ or ProRes RAW Quantization 16-bit linear OETF S-Log3 Color Space S-Gamut3 or S-Gamut3.cine Dolby writes, "Where content is going... Continue Reading →
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