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Cinema5D (Click here) reviewed the new Sony A7sII. They like the camera that much they should rename their website CinemaA7 🙂
This is their conclusion:
The Sony a7S II feels like a matured product. It is truly amazing to see how much technology is packed inside this little thing. As a documentary film shooter, this will become my preferred working tool. I treat those cameras like “a brain” that can be expended or minimise depending on the type of work I do. Additionally, I prefer internal 4K recording over an external device when ever possible or needed, so the Sony a7s II is the perfect working tool for me.
Last but not least, It is also worth mentioning that I did not have any overheating issues with the camera during the long shooting day. All was shot inside at normal room temperature. I would love to hear other user’s experiences and see if they had similar issues as reported with the a7R II.
And here are more brand new A7sII tests:
Sony A7SII vs Sony FS7 – Slog3 S-Gamut3.Cine Test by Creative Grit on Vimeo.
Sony a7S II : 4K Hands On Video (Adorama Pro).
Sony A7S II – Overview | A7S II VS A7R II by Armando Ferreira.
Sony A7S II First Shots: Giant pixels get updated processing to accompany those 14-bit RAW files (Imaging Resource).
Sony a7S II Unboxing and Low Light Test Footage (Digitalrev)
Sony A7sII is now shipping in USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama. And in Europe/Asia at ParkCameras, WexUK, Jessops and Digitalrev.
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Now that Sony entered the UAV market, they should work on a QX1s with the A7sII components.
Johnnie makes this stuff look so easy, very nice piece!
Got mine yesterday, the Gamma Assist is sweet, no need for the external monitor now – I like what I’m seeing so far, a lot! Will be trying out the 120p later today and seeing how it holds up to the RX10ii (which has the best 1080pm in slow-mo than ANY camera short $5K+). Mk2 bodies are matured products, no doubt about it. Time to tell us more about those new FE lenses – what’s up Andrea!?!?!
unfortunately the 120fps is nearly unusable, the 2.2x crop catapults the (already not very beautiful) sony grain into the ages of canon grain. got mine today, did the test, will send back. 4k and 1080/60 all as advertised, but if you plan to use 120fps for 20% or more in your shoots: be careful. noise heavily scaled up in size, not an a7s-like picture at all. all heavy 120fps users unfortunately stuck with gh4 or nx1 sub 8k USD.
RX10ll makes for an awesome B (even specialist) camera alongside the A7Rll & A7Sll.
” I treat those cameras…that can be expended…”? What, you mean you throw it away after use?? Of course, they are ‘artistes’! …lol
If video were my thing. What video filmed with this I’ve seen- all done on Loxia lenses by the way- has looked sublime. Like, truly impressive.
its really nice right ?
Hm, bummer. Well, RX10ii is still on my shelf and was a slow-mo only acquisition for me anyway, so looks like it’ll be staying where it is!
Looking forward to your verdict concering the 120 though – Keep me posted, please!
Interview with head of Zeiss Japan.
https://youtu.be/i9TbnUoNEtw?list=WL
anybody knows the cheapest way to apply LUT to S-LOG2 videos?
You don’t say which editing program you use, so without knowing it, it would be Davinci Resolve 12. As in free.
No, I meant including editing program for somebody that casually records video in S-Log2. The LUT are free so it is only the cost of editing software.
Resolve is a grading program with a great editor, but you need a powerful computer to run even the full free version. I haven’t found anything cheap or free apart of that I’m afraid. I use FCPX and a plugin called LUT utility or Color Finale.
Use the colour grading in Davinci Resolve and don’t use a LUT. If you’re just going to apply a LUT, what’s the point of shooting S-LOG in first place?
Otherwise, if you have Photoshop, it can apply a LUT to a video very easily.
My experience is I could get much more beautiful colours using Davinci Resolve directly than applying a LUT someone else made.
I am not expert in this, so I thought it is only possible by using some LUT. I will try this.
I’m no expert either. When I tried using adobe ps to grade the files using curves etc, it was a disaster without using a lut. Using luts could sometimes give me acceptable results, but then it didn’t give me control over the grading. All it’s doing is then giving me a video same as if I hadn’t shot in slog in the first place.
Then I tried Davinci Resolve – and could then get amazing looking video with full control over the grading. Highly recommend you try this – it’s free! Just make sure you watch some tutorials on it first. I seem to recall a video by wolfcrow on youtube showing how he was grading slog 2 footage and was really helpful,.
If you use FCP X, then it is a one step process:
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial-applying-luts-to-log-footage/
i dont believe you, those test looks rather promising, liek the eoshd said aswell.
I know it looks promising, 90% of the review material is 4k (best possible amount of noise). but the APS-C (1.5 crop) mode in a7s1 already revealed that you “zoom in” on the noise pattern, which makes it pretty blotchy. and the 2.2 crop of the 120fps is even worse. like i said, everything else about the camera is fine/as expected. but the 120fps, though it gained resolution and shaprness over the a7s1… horrible canon-like noise.
Cinema 5D… A pleasure watching your video. Thanks for that!
Can you use this camera with davinci resolve 12? I’ve had issues with audio on my sony nex5r recording in avchd. pls help