Pearl Beach: Atomos Shogun and Sony a7S 4K test by Matt Allard from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
Newsshooter shared that video and on the full 4K video can be downloaded on their Vimeo page:
As far as the image is concerned the a7S does seem to exhibit more noise in 4K mode versus it’s output in HD. This is most likely the camera and sensor that are doing this – all the recorder is doing is capturing the output from the HDMI as it receives it. At super high ISOs the noise it quite obvious before any kind of post noise reduction is applied. It would also appear that the crop mode is noiser than the full frame – as you would expect. You can download the video above for yourself from Vimeo if you want to make your own judgements.
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The Shogun looks ridiculous mounted on a camera body.
I couldn’t think of anything more cumbersome to have hanging off the camera.
Surely the IQ difference between a Panasonic GH4/FZ1000 (with internal 4k) and a Sony A7s with Shogun, ain’t worth the inconvenience of the Shogun’s external mount/addon???
I bought the FZ1000, and it’s a perfect all in one camera.
J
Lot more to the Shogun than just being an external recorder. Can also be used with the GH4 or any camera with clean HDMI out. A lot of “pro” rigs have so much stuff hanging on them the Shogun is just a small part of the extras. Of course for typical consumers a all-in-one system may make more sense. You can get this from Sony if you buy their camcorders but not yet with the more still oriented cameras.
That’s a pretty small setup as far as video cameras go.. May not be a fit for every situation, but that’s hardly an inconvenience.
The Image quality difference is actually pretty huge past 1600 up till about 25600/51200. Which is basically unusable on the GH4.
My Galaxy S5 also has internal 4K recording. This alone says nothing.
With the Shogun you can nail the focus without switching to magnification, the false color mode is a very helpful exposure support and the recorded 4:2:2 color information is much more sturdy for grading.
Think in terms of Cinema and Video Production. Sure for light work and internal 4K recording GH4 is great, but Sony A7s is a different kind of beat when rigged up to be used professionally.
Quite common to find at a minimum 2-3 monitors hanging off of a camera while doing video production.
Matt Allard’s videos, and all the other ENG Vimeo heroes, are so damn boring and ugly. And another thing, regarding the FS7 videos going around especially – Sony needs to stop letting these ENG “cinematographers” promote their gear – their videos just turn people off.