Tagged with d - Personal View Talks

GH4 White balance Cine D

nobbystylus — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 07:43:24 +0000

I was doing some filming of my kids in the garden this morning and was playing around with the kelvins. I noticed something when looking back at the footage. Generally if I'm outside and its a bright day I dial in 5600k. Skin tones always looks a little bit too orangey - its been mentioned before in numerous posts. Today I tried swapping between 4400 and 5600k and noticed that 4400 looks absolutely perfect colour wise, skin tones wise, everything, which 5600 looks very orange.

My cine D settings are 0, -5, -5, -5, 0. Everything else is default.

From now onwards - I'm using 4400k for daylight shooting

D Mount Cine Lenses--Can they be adapted for use with modern cameras?

Fujinonner — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:53:11 +0000

Hello,

So I know C mount lenses can be used for different modern/digital cameras with varying sensor sizes, as long as you have the right adapter. Can D mount lenses be used in a similar way? Or are they simply too small? Also, was wondering about M mount (Kodak Cine) lenses--can they be adapted for use with newer cameras?

Thanks for any insights!

GH4 Manual focus being over riden??

AlanEHoward — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:30:09 +0000

Hi all.. the clip below shows several issues I've been facing with the GH4 but mostly focus... Having seen some online tutorials it seems manual focus isn't as simple as you've expect ... The following clip had the camera set up for manual focus but, as you'll see approx 40 secs in it starts to hunt for focus (but only then!)..... am I missing something in the menu? I can't explain this ... I've checked and the button at the back was set to MF, although in the menu AFS/AFF is set to AFS and continuous AF is set to on (surely MF on the back overrides all this??)...... as the video shows the subject hardly moved and I never touched the focus ring ... re audio on the video, I'm waiting for the musician to supply a clean audio track!

Also I'd love some input from others on colours and noise ... This was shot using a cinelike D mode with everything set to 0 and edited in Prem Pro 2014 , If memory serves I was on 800 ASA which is high but I expected better results for the noise ... The "black" bars are not the same black as the black surrounding them on my monitor... I output the clip using the factory preset for Vimeo which presumably is RGB as opposed to 709, so surely the black bars should match the black on my screen?? (the bars are a shade lighter)

Aside from the focus issue I'd be very grateful for comments / advice / guidance on noise especially in the blacks which are always a bit crappy ..

Thanks

Alan

GX1 w/LVF2 for $399 delivered & m43 related lenses & gear

shungyiu — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:49:03 +0000

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Description Doing a clear-out of my rarely use m43 gears, so unless stated otherwise, these items have only been used once or at most, twice and that's it, stayed in my cupboard since, and without scratches or blemishes or dents or signs of use whatsoever.

Panasonic Lumix GX1(silver, original packaging & accessories, shutter count no more than 10, only took videos twice for extremely short period) w/14-42mm kit lens, electronic viewfinder LVF2(never used, brand new), genuine Panasonic batteries x 2 - $399
LCDVF - $75
Panasonic D Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 Aspherical Mega O.I.S Lens - $525
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S. Micro Four Thirds Lens - $200 (This is brand new, never used other than testing once)
Zacuto 3x Z-finder - $200
Zacuto iPhone 4 & 4s bracket - $35

more gears and photos to follow.

Shutter Count Issue

EYESOUL — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:01:14 +0000

I recently purchased a new Nikon D5300 and after checking the shutter count it already has 700 actuations..Would you consider this normal for a so-called new camera?I have barley shot anything with it yet..My issue is the thought of being sold a used or a floor model camera at a new price,do you think I should be concerned?