Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera vs Sony RX100 III – guess which is which from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.
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New Metz flash with multi-function hotshoe! Metz.de.
Jean: “After a friends question about my 3 month experience with the A7, I decided to write a long article on it and on impressions with E-Mount and 3rd Party Lenses. The article is in French but can easily be translated by Google Translate. I includes many photo samples and photos of the A7 with lenses mounted and weight of the lenses.
Après des questions d’un ami sur mes 3 mois d’expérience avec le Sony A7, j’ai décidé d’écrire un long article avec mes impressions sur les objectifs en monture E et aussi des objectifs tiers. L’article est illustré de nombreuses photos exemples et de l’appareil avec les objectifs ainsi que leurs poids
http://www.jlrichter.fr/2014/06/28/photo-le-sony-a7-et-ses-objectifs/”
Patrick: “Another potential post for your site: https://vimeo.com/94010638
After a long still photography career of shooting only Canon and Nikon, the facial recognition AF of the Sony A99V drew me onto a new world of making large sensor video focus pulls easier than I ever dreamed possible.
Last week I did a shoot for a law school where I got pretty much free reign of the place to make eye candy type clips for a one-minute admissions video project. It’s great when a client engages you and then sets you free to do what you know is best for them, rather than attending endless meetings where they can tend to put you in a box and stifle your creativity.
As I packed up for this assignment, I realized the power of Sony’s entire lineup of cameras. I brought with me and used four different Sony products which included the A7, A6000, RX10, and the only strictly video camera was the Sony FS100. I also used a GoPro for some POV on my motorcycle but that footage doesn’t hold up to the Sony stuff.
The great thing about the variety of cameras they are producing right now for video use is that the three sensor sizes really make it easy to always have the correct look for the image you want to make. What do I mean by this?
If I need to tell the larger story of a scene in which there are a lot of people that are all important to the clip, I can choose the RX10 with its 1” chip. It will do a slightly better job at still showing the background, which helps establishing shots where the entire feel and scope of a place is needed.
For more intimate footage where you want to isolate a subject for an interview, the A7’s full frame sensor rocks the house, especially when paired up with fast primes to really knock the crap out of the background and go for the eyes only in terms of focus.
The A6000 makes the most of all of the great Sony glass with OSS, like the 10-18 which I use a lot, the 50mm f/1.8, and even the kit lens (18-55) which I have found to be very capable. The ability for the A6000 to just nail focus even in low light AS THE CAMERA AND SUBJECT ARE BOTH MOVING is astounding to me. I sometimes shoot something with the A6000, play it back, and just laugh. The AF is scary good on the A6000 and it is fast becoming a favorite of mine even though it just showed up recently.
In all honesty, this entire shoot could have been done exclusively with the RX10 as it offers the most flexibility, especially to anyone that is just getting into video and wants to enjoy success immediately with a minimum of work and learning curve. I always feel better having the RX10 close, as it is so versatile and capable. Having said that, the ability to jump up to the larger sensors offered in the A6000 and especially the A7 just give the Sony system a huge leg up on everyone else right now.
I love the 55mm f/1.8 but I wish it had OSS. I need more fast Zeiss glass, and soon, for the AF system to really help me. My dream lens list? I’m glad you asked. For full fame, I’m wanting a 135mm f/1.8 Zeiss, 35mm f/1.8 Zeiss, and a Sony G 100mm f/2.8 macro. On the APS-C sensor side of things, more fast lenses WITH OSS please. And the replacement for the RX10? 4K would be really nice, leave the lens alone, but give us the AF system in the A6000… please!“
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Further proof that Andred Reid is a charlatan idiot posing as a filmmaker.
What the (d)uck is that?
Shows little, says nothing, proves nothing, certainly is nothing.
My opinion.
Great write up Patrick! Sony has definitely delivered a punchy line-up – it’ll be very interesting to see what comes next.
Let’s not get unnecessarily excited about the BMPCC vs RX100 III piece above.
Before you say “wow! they both look almost identical!!” just know that video is not addressing absolutely anything!
To really judge video, you need to see a fair amount of motion, a fair amount of situations from dark to bright to dull and then you want to see how the codecs stack up. Since the BMPCC can do ProRes and RAW, Sony’s amateur XAVC-s won’t be anywhere near as flexible and, depending on who handles the camera, motion may be idiotically choppy compared to the 180* shutter of the BMPCC.
Granted…the RX100 costs less and comes with a lens…but that video wants to say that the RX100 is amazing because it can be compared to a BMPCC in IQ but no, I don’t think it can’t.
SONY shows us, how they play on our noses round.
hm..
ONE 14 megapix R7 for 799,- that would it be. and no other hose-experiment.
Not in this days…
The movie shows us only that both cameras did work.
Would i also go with my F5… it s for nothing.
the consumer foools shrink die
on the other side with pansonic fs 1000 and sony rx 100 you can make your
rebell movie–think taht the rebells in the ealy 1990ties..would have had done that.
Today folks are to much electrificed to go all day long with y-tube-testst.
verrry verry creative…. tip. make your own camerablog… alwas some idiots will
fall in the hole…
WTF are you saying?
The one with the narrower DoF is clearly the black magic camera.
Also, I agree with those who say this video doesn’t really show us anything. It doesn’t show anything abotu low-light capabilities, motion, color (only greens), and not a whole lot of dynamic range.
Reminds me of that old pro-iPhone video comparing an iPhone video to a 7D video, which looked identical. Except that the video was of a brightly-lit parking space with little color, motion, and with everything in focus. It’s a ridiculous tactic that’s aimed at people who seek confirmation for their bias.
Not sure which is which but the first sequence has much better quality than the second sequence.
Canon has just published an interesting new lens patent.
A 400mm f2.9 with buit in 1.4x teleconverter.
The lens has 2 fluorite elements.
The teleconverter is 5 elements in 4 groups and one is aspherical.
This may be a reaction to the popularity of the new Tamron 150-600mm and I imagine this will be a very high quality very expensive lens.
Canon earlier patented some sort of rotating disk device with multiple lense..15 on one disc and 9 on the other..
This may indicate a that Canon will be trending towards single prime leneses with multiple focal lengths..all prime…instead of traditional zoom lenses.
Apparently this rumor has proven to be incorrect and the patent is just for a new 1.4x teleconverter, not for a 400mmlens too.