Here's a 5 minute rant video shot in RAW. Shot with the Panny 14-42, and got burned a few times by the focus resetting... I'm shooting my next one on a Switar. For a "one man show" I can't be constantly worried if the focus is going to do something unintentional.

As for the video itself, every singer in the world is going to hate me for this. :)

@Captainhook What a coincidence! Just downloaded the LUT today and can't seem to figure how to get it to show up in Resolve? Running Windows 8.

@CaptainHook This is a sacred place.

@The Captain, hell you're a bit of a local hero in these parts....

@Kholi

Funny you mention the CRT thing. I've noticed it too. I've yet to see an LCD monitor look as good as my archaic 19inch NEC CRT. I was shocked at how good my Panasonic HMC150 stuff looked on it back in 2010.... and I damn near had a panic attack when I saw the same footage on different lcd monitors.

I'm not sure if this is the right topic, but here's a question.

I'm planning to shoot a feature film for theatrical release. I have a choice of two cameras: the Sony VG20, or the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera. The lenses are Rokinons, with a LA7200 anamorphic adaptor and various diopters.

Which camera is likely to give better results? What special considerations do I need to take into account if I'm planning for a 2.35:1 aspect ratio?

Naturally, I will be running some tests during pre-production, but would love to hear what others think.

@matt_gh2

When anything moves with the FS100/Sony Cameras, it's like part of the Sony look outside of the F35 and F65. F55 also looks better.

You can see it on large or small screen.

Also no worries, I'm a rookie as well and just learning. I haven't shot anything major haha.

@kholi Rookie here, so I may have misunderstood. Are you saying when actors or other objects in the frame move too quickly that it looks bad on the big screen? What makes for good motion on a big screen and what makes for bad motion on big screen? I thank you for your patince with this rookie. We just finished shooting feature and are about to start editing, so any tips are much appreciated and will be imolemented.

Maybe that's got something to do with digital projectors that almost all theatres have nowadays. Film projectors used to project each image twice, and this coupled with the light flicker/pulse, makes for a very pleasing motion on the big screen.

@kholi Very interesting stuff. In terms of motion, do you mean that overly quick camera panning looks even worse on big screen? Thanks for sharing your experience. Very cool stuff.

@matt_gh2

I can't say what it is, but outside of motion, everything else seems to level out really well in a theatrical setting. The first time I experienced this was at a film festival: our entries screened at the Kodak Theater (now called the Dolby Theater) which has a 60 foot screen... I'm not one hundred percent on this, but I think the Oscars were held here one year?

This was in like 2007 or something, I DP'd a music video for Missy Higgins (you might know her if you're Australian) on the HVX200A + Redrock ADapter (it may have been Letus), Nikon lenses, shot "1080" and 720... and, if you owned an HVX200A then you know the 1080 was kind of pushing the line on what you could call 1080, then you add a Redrock adapter (crazy light loss and image softening) to the mix...

It was crazy how great it looked so massive, even with the macro-blocky/noisey image of the HVX. Totally acceptable quality for a theatrical picture on a lower budget, or more than passable. Hell I think there's a DVXuser post floating around from the night I got home. Haha. So green.

So I think it's the overall theatrical environment where you're focused on what's going on, the great lighting and sound, then the screen adding texture to the image that may not have been there originally. I've since seen various cameras on a large screen right down to GoPros and for the most part, as long as the motion of the camera's okay, it looks good.

The FS100, for example.... I've run some of my footage to a 30 foot screen from a 2K Christie and the motion was just off. It kills the experience if there's any heavy movement, but other than it too looked pretty solid.

Sorry for the essay.

@Jochua_Cadmium

I tested it in tungsten as well and it is still completely unusable. Tiffen even admits it. I have no idea how they were able to get those results without serious CC which in my eyes, defeats the purpose of the test. But it's a mute point now. On to the Hoyas.