Working with ProRes RAW in FCP X couldn't be simpler. Pretty much every clip I've shot with the a7s III, whether internally or externally to the Ninja V, skin tones have been falling directly on the skin tone line in the vectorscope, something that I couldn't be certain of when shooting with the a7 III.... Continue Reading →
Real Journalism
"I don't want to hear any of that rubbish." 🔥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5a2Cc5KtI
More HDR Tests
I shot S-log3 XAVC S-I this afternoon, making sure to ETTR, with zebras set to 94%. After pulling down highlights and boosting saturation a smidgen, I think I'm seeing some banding in the wall to the right behind me (over my left shoulder). Aside from that, I'm very pleased at how the image turned out:... Continue Reading →
Things Are Shaping Up
The a7s III has lots going for it: superb eye detect autofocus in video at up to 120 fps, an articulating touch screen LCD, indisputably the best EVF of any mirrorless camera, edit-friendly codecs with tiny file sizes, the red frame that surrounds the image in the LCD when you're recording video, a full size... Continue Reading →
a7s III ProRes RAW HQ HDR Grade Reveal
In FCP X, I set the library to Wide Gamut HDR, the project to Rec. 2020 PQ, RAW to log conversion and Camera LUT to Sony S-log3/S-Gamut3.Cine, pulled down the highlights (from 2K nits to 400 nits) and shadows with the color wheels, added noise reduction (high) and sent to Compressor. I uploaded to YouTube... Continue Reading →
a7s III: Fix Audio Sync When Recording Externally
Thanks to Gerald Undone for this tip! In order to sync audio when recording to a Ninja V from the a7s III, follow these steps.
Response to a DPReview Troll (yes, another one!)
An intellectually bereft commenter in the forums over at DPR claimed that the video I shared the other day wasn't HDR, saying: It just looks insanely grey and bland. In fact I think there's something wrong with the video. Even the sun is not bright at all. Other HDR videos on YouTube look fine. That... Continue Reading →
a7s III: Insanely Beautiful 4K HDR!
This video takes us for a leisurely early morning stroll around the Bund, a waterfront area and protected historical district in central Shanghai. It was shot in HLG3, 4K 60p with the Sony 20mm f/1.8 G lens and audio was captured with the Sony ECM-B1M shotgun microphone. To the best of my knowledge, this is... Continue Reading →
Riccardo Fasoli & the a7s III
Wedding filmmaker Riccardo Fasoli talks about whether the a7s III will add value to your films. What struck me was the beautiful color he's able to obtain shooting with the lowly a6600 (and all the alpha cameras he's shot with, for that matter!). His channel is definitely worth checking out. https://youtu.be/ML3ObQulSJ0
a7 III vs. a7s III: Massive Improvement in Color!
Caleb Pike compares the a7 III to the a7s III and is stupefied! hehe https://youtu.be/UhY0ce-OfKc
a7s III: Hands-On
I had a chance to play with the a7s III a little bit this morning and to be honest, I'm not overly fond of the new ergonomics: the locking mode and exposure compensation dials are a nuisance; the doors that cover the ports and the rear LCD could have larger indentations or something more substantial... Continue Reading →
Series of Fashion Films By Brazilian Photographer Thiago Palia
If I didn't tell you that Thiago Palia's exquisite fashion shoots weren't made with a cinema camera, would you be able to tell? Palia's Sony a7 III videos could easily be mistaken for those taken with cameras costing tens of thousands of dollars more. For many of his clips, he uses the relatively inexpensive Zeiss... Continue Reading →
a7s III: Fashion Shoot + Workflow
In one of my favorite a7s III videos yet, Dale Sood takes us through his workflow for the fashion short ALUAD. Remarkably, after watching Brandon Li's "Crossroads" video and testing out the camera's profiles to see how the model’s skin tones responded to each of them, he decided to shoot in Standard rather than the more... Continue Reading →
Rant: 16-Bit RAW
I’ve already made my aversion to external recording solutions known in plenty of previous posts: they add bulk, require additional power solutions, cables, SSDs, magic arms and a cage - unless you’re one of the cool guys willing to gamble on mounting one directly to the hot shoe of the camera! Firmware updates to older... Continue Reading →
a7s III: Why No 16-Bit RAW?
Atomos explains: Now, when it comes to some cameras, why do we record 12-bit log from them? Isn't 16-bit linear better? Well, not really. The distribution of stops in code values is fairly inefficient with linear data. Log data makes much better use of the available code values and distributes the stops evenly across the... Continue Reading →
Atomos Ninja V Update: ProRes RAW for a7s III
First, the good news - Atomos has issued a firmware update for the Ninja V allowing ProRes RAW recording via HDMI. Here are the details: Available functions: ProRes RAW Recording: - 4.2k • Uncropped metadata mode 4264 x 2408 at 23.98p, 25p, 29.97p, 50p, 59.94p • Cropped metadata mode 4240 x 2385 at 23.98p, 25p,... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 