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tuananhsym

Yesterday I took a quick test with Moon trial 4. Everything works perfectly except the Ex-tele mode. There are flickers in the clouds in video with Ex-tele mode.

Manu4Vendetta

This is veri interesting, was made with Moon and Angenieux 12-120mm C Mount .

Mariella

After i spend some time playing with 'Moon trial 4', here are my thoughts: 'Moon 3' is for me the best setting Nick has ever released ! But... i'm really smitten by the sharpness of 'Moon 4' - it's awesome ! So my suggestion is to merge 'Moon 3' with 'Moon 4' and combine it with the lowest QP as possible. This would be an unbeatable setting for the GH2 !!

danielvy

Just installed and tested "moon 4". Amazin! The sharpness is very nice, grain looks very good. Grading is insane, no traces of the use of grading, just beautiful. The only thing that wasnt so good, was in the unlighted zones, some shadows had huge blocks of different colors: that can be quickly removed with a little of contrast. It´s a huge upgrade from "C7 sharp 2" mostly in the grading performance. THANKS!

BurnetRhoades

@sicovdplas Yes, hard lighting on actors tends to completely betray any cinematic aspirations with these digital cameras. Hopefully the grading session "takes the curse off".

kellar42

@lmackreath off and off!

@driftwood thank you for the confirmation on trial 3 24p and can't wait to try 5.

Serious filming since early this morning and Moon 3 continues to really hold up in tough, tough conditions with Panasonic lenses, no less. Now the only problem is I just bought more memory but I think I need even more...four 32GB Extreme Pros are absolutely full and I could have used about half of another card and it was only a half day. Scared to bring my laptop out there for offloading.

matt_gh2

@Bressonftw Was just thinking the Voightlanders would look good with Moon last night. Glad you proved it for me. Thanks for posting. Looks very nice. Would love to see finished product.

pinger007

Scratch that... Voigtlander 25mm... Should have reread your post. :)

pinger007

@sicovdplas

perhaps they didn't want high-key lighting. Hard lights and a high lighting ratio may be a better fit for the scene/film. There are such things as creative choices.

@bressonftw

I look forward to seeing the shots graded. I particularly enjoy the framing of #1 and #2. What lenses did you use for these three setups?

sicovdplas

Looks nice, just try to avoid hard lights in interiors/medium closeups (still #1 #3)

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Some stills from a short fiction project I worked on as a DoP. Shot with Moon trial 3, all using the voigtlander 25 mm. Really like this, can't wait to learn about grading.

brudney

Yes, +1 to trial3 matrix.

lmackreath

@kellar42 what seettings do you have for I.dynamic range and I.resolution on your gh2?

GravitateMediaGroup

@b3guy I don't think they are designed with any profile in mind. I think it comes down to personal pref. or whatever works best for what you are shooting. There are a few topics where people talk about which profiles perform best "in their opinion" but there are a few that have tried to put a little science behind their theory's, as far as what works best with grading, and B&W has less noise and so on.

cjdincer

++ for moon trial 3 matrix ;-)

B3Guy

@Driftwood

Maybe this is an unanswerable question/one with many answers, but what picture profile settings are your patches designed to be used with? I never have been able to find a thread with consensus on what the best picture profile and settings are for a flat gradable GH2 image. If you have a couple suggested setups, perhaps you could stick them at the beginning of your topics along with the patch descriptions.

GravitateMediaGroup

@jclmedia Just wait for trial 5 or stick with FM. You said you are happy with the results FM has given you.

jclmedia

any other settings you guys rec. for 16gb sdxc 95mbps?

vicharris

@driftwood BTW, don't know if you got a chance to check it out but I shot a resort promo in Key West with IV2 if you missed it. Clients loved it! Thanks sir!!

WhiteRabbit

@driftwood, the balanced sharpness, noted. A lot of the talk about what you do 'under the hood' is a little above my pay grade. I gather bits of information, however, sometimes I say to myself as I read, "woosh". Thanks again, off to work now.

driftwood

@vicharris I shouldn't reply after going out on the piss! ;-) Yep, if it works for you/ your kid, stay with it. Film.

vicharris

@driftwood Huh? The what and the what?

I was talking about your response to my HVX200 comment! I don't get involved with all that smart stuff you do. Too much for my brain to handle. I ask an 11 year old what looks better and go with that one! :)

driftwood

@vicharris GOP Related method of balancing has been done since the start - its NOT unique.

My theory has changed since analysing the GH3.

@kellar42 Im inclined to agree with you - for me Trial 3 is the best 1080p24 so far. I like the flatter look for grading despite people's requests for a sharper looking 'in camera' image. LOL at your name suggestion.

driftwood

@WhiteRabbit A balanced spread :-) Did you know the 5DmkIII doesnt use scaling matrices at all. Quite common actually. You can do everything using a decent QP setting along with supporting bitrate. We have a tad more control with the GH2-GH3.

vicharris

@driftwood Not sure that's a compliment or not? hahaha

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