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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART Lens: imposing its own look on your images?
I just picked up the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART lens this morning and had a chance to play around with it a bit this afternoon. When attached to a Metabones Speed Booster XL and mounted on a Lumix GH4 shooting C4K, it becomes a 75mm f/0.95 full-frame equivalent (or thereabouts), making it the fastest lens... Continue Reading →
Panasonic: Shitty Color Science?
I'm tired of reading comments in the forums that Panasonic's color science is crap. I am not a professional colorist, but I find the colors of the GH4 to be quite pleasing. Perhaps if I'd used Filmconvert, the results would have been even more impressive.
Hands-On: Lumix GH4 + Metabones Speed Booster XL + Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8
When I first heard about the Metabones Speed Booster, I was still shooting with the Lumix GH3, and while the idea of using an adaptor that not only increases the speed but also reduces the crop of full frame and APS-C lenses on micro 4/3 cameras appealed to me, there were several factors holding me... Continue Reading →
Lumix GH4 + Metabones Speed Booster XL + Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8
I've been testing the Speed Booster XL 0.64x Canon mount with the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 for the past week or so and resolution is incredible. I might have purchased a Metabones focal reducer back when I had the Lumix GH3, but without focus peaking, it would have been very difficult to use in dim light,... Continue Reading →
Samsung P3 4TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
This is cool sh**. After spending USD $270 for the Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4TB and over USD $400 for the LaCie Rugged Raid 4TB, along comes Samsung with the largest capacity, portable, thin profile external hard drive known to man - the P3. And unbelievably, it also happens to be half the cost of... Continue Reading →
Playing Around
Just what the name implies: having fun with some different LUTs and the special effects in Final Cut Pro. https://youtu.be/nmVByJ_Wnms Free background music from JewelBeat.com
Lumix GH4 + Osiris Jugo LUT
A year ago when I posted a video shot on a Lumix GH3, many viewers expressed an interest in the Osiris Jugo LUT I'd used. So I thought readers might like to see how the same LUT looks when applied to footage from the GH4. The screen grabs below are from the timeline of a... Continue Reading →
Saigon Central Post Office
Though nothing particularly exceptional, this video marks several firsts for me: believing it to be defective, up until now, I have hardly used my wide zoom since picking up the GH4; this is also my very first video with an architectural subject; and it also happens to be the first time I've shot a video... Continue Reading →
Faces III (extended cut)
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Faces III
Another short clip shot with the Lumix GH4 and the Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 lens. Minimal color correction in post and no added sharpening. Settings: ISO 200, Natural, Sharpness -4, Contrast -4, Noise Reduction 0, Saturation -2. http://youtu.be/9n2mjBW_JA4 Free background music from JewelBeat.com
Lumix GH4 Test: Faces II [Updated]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FkpIWS6v5c&feature=youtu.be I wanted to get this up as soon as possible, so I'll be adding more information about the clip at the beginning of next week. Here are the settings used for the test: C4K, Natural Picture Profile, Contrast -4, Sharpness -4, NR 0, Saturation -2, Luminance Level 0-255, ISO 200. Because I was carrying... Continue Reading →
GH4 Test: Faces II
I've been shooting with the Lumix GH4 now for around ten days, and have amassed something like 250 clips, many of which I hope to be able to post in the next week or so. Since my sole interest is street life in Vietnam, the focus of the test will be on how well the... Continue Reading →
The 1st Lumix GH4 in Saigon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxGekOHEPuc&list=UUpPnsOUPkWcukhWUVcTJvnA It's almost a year to the day that I waltzed into a shop in Kuala Lumpur and purchased my very first micro four-thirds camera, the Panasonic Lumix GH3. At the time, I'd been researching for the best video camera for the money and was still struggling between the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera and... Continue Reading →
Saigon Mini-Doc: 30/4 Park
I learned quite a bit while editing this short. For one thing, I encountered a lot of frustrating performance issues with Final Cut Pro X - sluggishness, beach balls and running out of memory - when rendering stuff as basic as subtitles, not to mention applying LUTs. After uploading the project to YouTube, I did... Continue Reading →
30/4 Park Rushes
It's been too long since I've posted any new videos, so here's a peek at the first minute and-a-half of a mini-documentary I'm working on about young people in and around 30/4 Park in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. One thing I discovered is that when converting the ProRes 422 files to QuickTime H.264 using... Continue Reading →
How to Edit FCPX on a Different Computer
I'd begun editing my 'mini-documentary' on my MacBook Pro but since getting a new 27" iMac, naturally I wanted the convenience of being able to edit the project on both machines: on the laptop while at the office (I don't have any classes for seven more weeks) or at the coffee shop after work; and... Continue Reading →
Impressions of Saigon
I’m just trying to get the juices flowing for my next project, a sort of mini-documentary I’ve been working on for the past two months. All of the footage was shot in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, mostly of the young musicians and flatland BMX riders around 30/4 park. I’ve begun to do a... Continue Reading →
Apple Reseller Shutters, Leaving Buyer in the Lurch
Well, not actually, but that's what I thought when I reached the the third floor of Diamond Plaza to make a final payment on the 27" iMac I'd ordered five weeks before, only to find that iCenter had disappeared without a trace. Had they taken off with the $2,000 I'd already put down? Did they... Continue Reading →
4K Storage: How Fast is Fast Enough?
I'm still patiently waiting for DigitalRev to notify me when the Lumix GH4 will be available in Hong Kong. According to 43rumors.com, the only cameras which have shipped have been sold in the U.S. This represents a shift in strategy by Panasonic, which aims to increase its presence in the North American market. To kill... Continue Reading →
