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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Sony A99 sample images
« on: September 24, 2012, 12:50:36 AM »
We need to wait for proper samples from production camera on credible sites. Lenstip samples always look crap.
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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: More Analysis of the C100
« on: August 29, 2012, 11:11:47 PM »Some sites say 4.2.2 some say 4.2.0 we will have to wait and see.
ACHD specs are 4.2.0. If it does do, 4.2.2, that would be through HDMI to external recorder
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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: More Analysis of the C100
« on: August 29, 2012, 11:09:24 PM »Because the fs700 is a completely different readout (It doesn't address rolling shutter like the c100 sensor does) and looks like junk in all the samples out there. It's got one trick: high fps.
Does FS700 looks junk in this clip?
http://vimeo.com/groups/fs700/videos/46275632
Hello no ...
And lets not forget FS700 is "4K ready" with future firmware and recorder
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EOS Bodies / Re: CANON 1DC "crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in one fell swoop." LOOK HERE!!!
« on: April 25, 2012, 03:07:48 PM »I just love spec sheet warriors.
Are these just "Spec sheet"? Are you are saying that you will pay $15,000 for a camera that only outputs 8-bits (which by way the limits the dynamic range). Why? Because it has "Canon" plastered on it?
$3,000 BlackMajic does 12-bit raw
F3 (with the S-long) is listed at $13,000 on B&H, cheaper than 1DC, and other than 4K, it's a better camera than 1DC in almost every other way.
Have a look at F3 (10-bit) vs C300 (8-bit) dynamic range test
vimeo.com/40381084
the red epic does bad in the test but the new firmware fixed that
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EOS Bodies / Re: CANON 1DC "crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in one fell swoop." LOOK HERE!!!
« on: April 25, 2012, 06:26:33 AM »
Ok, so the OP was quoting someone who was paid by Canon to make stupid statements. A Canon shill.
There is no chance that 1D-C will have better image quality than the F65 and Alexa. 1D-C output is 8-bit (which is lower than the $3000 Blackmagic 's 12-bit). No XLR socket, no HD-SDI, no ND filters, no focus peaking. 24p only for 4K, 60p max for HD. Despite costing half as much, $8000 FS700 easily beats 1D-C for specs (and the 4K raw from FS700 would be 12-bits, 4:4:4 -- not 8-bits like on 1D-C).
1DC is somewhere around $5000 to $7000 overpriced.
As for the second poster who claims he doesn't know "anyone" who is renting F65, I have heard at least a dozen Hollywood movies that are being shot with F65 right now (including Night Shyamalan's "After Earth", and Tom Cruise's film "Oblivion").
You are going to see several dozen new movies in IMax shot with F65 starting soon. How many movies will be shot with ID-C in the next two years? I will be surprised by even 1, and even then 1DC will be a "B" camera along side a higher end camera
There is no chance that 1D-C will have better image quality than the F65 and Alexa. 1D-C output is 8-bit (which is lower than the $3000 Blackmagic 's 12-bit). No XLR socket, no HD-SDI, no ND filters, no focus peaking. 24p only for 4K, 60p max for HD. Despite costing half as much, $8000 FS700 easily beats 1D-C for specs (and the 4K raw from FS700 would be 12-bits, 4:4:4 -- not 8-bits like on 1D-C).
1DC is somewhere around $5000 to $7000 overpriced.
As for the second poster who claims he doesn't know "anyone" who is renting F65, I have heard at least a dozen Hollywood movies that are being shot with F65 right now (including Night Shyamalan's "After Earth", and Tom Cruise's film "Oblivion").
You are going to see several dozen new movies in IMax shot with F65 starting soon. How many movies will be shot with ID-C in the next two years? I will be surprised by even 1, and even then 1DC will be a "B" camera along side a higher end camera
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon and the Apple in the old days (Dxomark)
« on: April 24, 2012, 03:40:48 PM »question:
for days i have about the disbelief that DXO rated Nikon's 800 so much higher than the 5D3.
how of you use DXO products?
See http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/index_controlled-tests.html
The shadow noise difference between Sony and Canon sensor is clearly present, confirming Dxomark result. Canon even with fullframe sensor can't compete in read noise against APSC sensor that Sony made 5 years ago (12 MP APSC in D300/D90).
I really think this will continue to hurt Canon constantly, if, aside from competing against Nikon in camera specs, they also have to compete against electronic companies in semi-conductor technologies.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon and the Apple in the old days (Dxomark)
« on: April 24, 2012, 09:34:33 AM »
Dxomark results are confirmed by actual samples
http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/index.html
The DR difference is really there.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/index.html
The DR difference is really there.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Canon and the Apple in the old days (Dxomark)
« on: April 24, 2012, 08:54:42 AM »
A few years ago, Apple used to make their own propriety CPUs for Macs. Does anyone remember that? Then they had the "brilliant" idea: "why are we competing against Intel" in CPU technology? That's a losing battle. So they dumped their own CPUs and started using the intel chip in Macs.
Canon is in a very similar situation right now. Nikon buys the best sensor from whereever they can find (Sony, Aptina, Renesas) and uses them in their own cameras, concentrating instead on the other aspects of a making a good camera (something that is Nikon's speciality).
Canon, on other hand, (just like Apple was against Intel), is stuck with "competing" in semiconductor technology against electronic companies like Sony (D800 sensor) Renesas (D3s sensor) and Aptina (Nikon 1 sensor). Good luck with that.
This is 100% guranteed a losing battle.
Canon should seriopusly consider this: when upgrading 7D, put the best sensor in it, even if you have to buy it from a third party.
Or stay at the bottom of dxomark for the next several decades ... What's the probability Canon will start beating Sony (who makes 30 million sensors a month) in semiconductor technology? Nill. I actually predict the gap would get even bigger in future.
Canon is in a very similar situation right now. Nikon buys the best sensor from whereever they can find (Sony, Aptina, Renesas) and uses them in their own cameras, concentrating instead on the other aspects of a making a good camera (something that is Nikon's speciality).
Canon, on other hand, (just like Apple was against Intel), is stuck with "competing" in semiconductor technology against electronic companies like Sony (D800 sensor) Renesas (D3s sensor) and Aptina (Nikon 1 sensor). Good luck with that.
This is 100% guranteed a losing battle.
Canon should seriopusly consider this: when upgrading 7D, put the best sensor in it, even if you have to buy it from a third party.
Or stay at the bottom of dxomark for the next several decades ... What's the probability Canon will start beating Sony (who makes 30 million sensors a month) in semiconductor technology? Nill. I actually predict the gap would get even bigger in future.
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EOS Bodies / Re: CANON 1DC "crushes the F65, Epic, Alexa in one fell swoop." LOOK HERE!!!
« on: April 23, 2012, 08:01:54 AM »
Crushes F65 and Alexa? LOL. Only in your wild dreams.
F65 output is 16-bit RAW (from 1 to 120 fps) ... just think about it for a second. Even still cameras have at best 14-bit RAW .. some medium format still cameras have 16-bit RAW but frame rate is like 1 or 2.
F65 does 120 fps at 16-bit RAW!
Plus there are tons of other features on these higher end cameras, aside from image quality, that makes them superior cameras.
Even if the video image quality was equal (and I am 100% sure 1DC IQ is inferior), that's like saying T2i crushes 7D because both have the same sensor and IQ.
Here is a very long lecture on F65 ...
Watch it .. you will see it's a completely different class of camera.
if the link doesn't work, it's vimeo.com/3576391
F65 output is 16-bit RAW (from 1 to 120 fps) ... just think about it for a second. Even still cameras have at best 14-bit RAW .. some medium format still cameras have 16-bit RAW but frame rate is like 1 or 2.
F65 does 120 fps at 16-bit RAW!
Plus there are tons of other features on these higher end cameras, aside from image quality, that makes them superior cameras.
Even if the video image quality was equal (and I am 100% sure 1DC IQ is inferior), that's like saying T2i crushes 7D because both have the same sensor and IQ.
Here is a very long lecture on F65 ...
| SONY F65 Learning Lab on 1.25.12 | Small | Large |
Watch it .. you will see it's a completely different class of camera.
if the link doesn't work, it's vimeo.com/3576391
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Canon EF to Sony NEX Adaptor with Electronic Aperture Control
« on: January 18, 2012, 12:06:10 AM »
I picked up an EF to m43 adapter with a built in aperture some time ago. It works reasonably well, I don't notice any vignetting with the lenses that I use it with. I've yet to test how much extra dof I get from it. Controlling the aperture of the lens directly would be nice, but with a price tag in the hundreds, I could pick up some Canon FD lenses (mechanical aperture) and adapt those instead.
Apart from changing the aperture, the lens image stabilization also works with this adapter. Plus exif data reports corrects focal length and aperture setting.
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Canon EF to Sony NEX Adaptor with Electronic Aperture Control
« on: January 17, 2012, 03:55:43 PM ». On the other hand it's possible it degrades IQ too much (the adapter) or that the electronics don't work reliably.
It's not possible to degrade IQ with this adapter. There is no lens element in the adapter. It's just empty hole. That's the advantage of smaller flange distance of mirrorless system. You can adapt any lens ever made without any cost to the original optical performance of the lens.
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EOS Bodies / Re: New DSLR on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. [CR3]
« on: October 13, 2011, 12:51:32 AM »More than 9 fps on FF seems impossible with a moving mirror. A77 got a fixed one...
nope... if nikon can do it canon sure can.
ok nikon 3Ds does it only in DX mode but that is more a processing problem then a mirror problem.
D3s can't AF-C in 10 fps mode. A77 can
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EOS Bodies / Re: Opinion - What EOS Will Look Like by Photokina
« on: September 24, 2011, 07:36:10 AM »Quote
"If the 5D3 moves up the latter in performance and price, a $2000 full frame camera at launch would be an industry first and a massive seller. Canon was the first company to break the $1000 price barrier with a DSLR, no reason they can’t do it again."
What the heck? A850 was full frame and under $2000 at launch date.
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