I had a shoot yesterday where I was recording ProRes RAW HQ using the 135mm GM and the look’s nothing less than incredible, as you can imagine, the only problem being, with this combination the camera had to be mounted on a tripod. Which is why I’m looking into one of the new DJI gimbals… Read More
a7s III Too Popular – Even Atomos Can’t Get One!
Those ProRes RAW HQ files are incredible. Far from the most photogenic human bean on earth, but when shooting with the a7 III, my skin always looked splotchy. a7s III skin tones are a ginormous improvement. Meanwhile, I’m still awaiting answers to a couple of questions about the Ninja V, in particular about the zebras… Read More
Atomos Ninja V Broken? Follow-Up
Update [26.10.2020] I realized this afternoon that the a7s III can be changed to S-Gamut3 in camera and the Ninja V makes the change automatically too. That may only affect the display and not the actual metadata, but hardly anyone is shooting RAW so there’s very little info available. Atomos says it only affects the… Read More
How to Work With ProRes RAW HQ In FCP X
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.… Read More