Jesus Christ that zoom is amazing 6:08 I dropped my phone on my face lol Also I love your videos never change keep your format. I’m tiered of the copy and paste glossy look of other TH-camrs yours feels real and organic. Keep it up yo.
@ my literal thought process went “I can use this shot …how can I use this shot… I need to rent this lens… I wonder how it would look on my Ronin 4D”. That shot literally made me feel like I was watching “The Substance” (side note: if you haven’t watch please watch it). But seriously keep doing you man, I’m always interested in what you have to say. I appreciate you. From London.
The scene at 6:29 is my absolute favourite. As an european who has never visited the US, this is how I imagine NYC based on movies lol. It looked so strangely familiar, even though I've never been there.
that was truly a magical moment. the best moment ive ever seen on that roof, and I go up there a lot. lasted for just a moment. thankful I was there to witness.
Thanks for the video, Blaine. It's always our lenses and their quality results before the changing bodies that we need to prioritise. Good lenses will always give good results. And they will serve us much longer. Bodies change, but lenses continue to create legends.
238276 is the 500T? This is my initial gut feeling but as I look at it longer it's actually sharper on lashes and hair and the grain is finer. Either way, respect.
6:25 the condo skyline shot, the sky feels like film, the condo feels like digital. something about the detail in the balcony is 'articially' sharp. but thats such a weird thing when it contains the feeling of two different mediums...
Stunning images, as always! This camera ages like fine wine...proud and glad I haven't sold mine. Another method of balancing the image, that has been adapted by a majority of colorists, is mapping your adjustment node to linear colorspace. Cameras also do their processing in a linear CS, before it gets converted into whatever...By mapping the node to linear , the "Gain" color-wheel acts the same as a camera would change WB or colorshifts in general. Also exposure-changes can be made accurately just like in mapped hdr-wheels. The big benefit is, that it's way faster and accurate to shift the image, where you want it to be. Try it out, maybe you'll like the extra freedom...it looks way better and is accurate, unlike the Offset-wheel
hey thank you. love this camera. glad you still have one! and yes, mapping to linear is a nice move. for some reason I just dont do it much. maybe I should revisit it :)
Hey love your videos and been watching for a while. I really wish you would try out the pocket 4k with its 2.6k Super16 mode. I know it’s not as small as the Pocket OG but the bump in dynamic range,Rez, and frame rates is interesting and I consider it one of the most overlooked Super16 digital camera
Hard to find this amount of authenticity in youtube nowadays. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, haha. I usually don't comment, but your stuff just feels fresh. Idk, feels like a warm cup of coffee in a cold morning.
nothin like a coffee in the morning. im honored, thank you. there is not a large difference between how I am on and off TH-cam. I try to consider these videos as logs of data that I can reference later, that will live forever.
Brother! Here's my take on how to get an even "better" and "film-like" image out of the OG. Shoot CinemaDNG, use the Highlight slider and Shadow slider to pull info (you can pull soo much info it's ridonculous) and then use other exposure sliders set your image to a Film-Like curve (Like Dehancer's Black and White points and PRINT exposure settings). Then I usually clean up the grain with a noise reduction node (which will clean up colored noise and shadow noise) Then I add grain back in manually but to different parts of the curve (midtones, highlights) to roll things off even more and get thicker shadows. Which in all, creates the illusion of having more DR, a roll off and a nicer film like grain pattern. And please pray for me that I one day get to play with those Canon S16 zooms on my OG. Thx, P-L
I have to confess.. for all these months, I have been using an old micro SD card, in a card adapter. so I can only shoot a few seconds of DNG 😇 but.. I had 2 of these cameras for many years and shot in raw all the time, and prores. I am quite familiar with the highlight and shadow sliders, they do nice things. i like dehancer too, thank you for the reminders. something about some of this footage yearned to not be pushed too far in post. I made a modified look from F1 of course, put that on the monitor, liked what I saw, and kind of just wanted some of that to live on as is :)
thank you! i use 709a in the project settings (which is basically just a fix to see things a certain way on a Mac). using rec709 as the output is more true to what manufacturer luts look like, as well as what is expected for a rec709 conversion, as well as what things looked like pre color management chaos. but.. you can use 709, 2.4, or 709a and be fine and get the same results. whatever you become very closely tuned in with, is a good thing, then you know its limitations and strengths. but of course.. as tech changes you can adapt. so I always test this stuff deeply. and when not delivering to web, there are other things that need to be done. but even recently I finished a film for the theater. I created the DCPs. I tested thoroughly at a theater. results were proper and as expected using this workflow.
@@BlaineWestropp1 That makes total sense, I had a feeling that your timeline was rec709-a. I have tried to use 2.4 even with a clean feed and I cannot avoid gamma shift on web deliverables. 709-A seems to be the only savior .But I think you are onto something with keeping the gamma at the clip level / CST at plain rec709 so there is less of a tug of war. People really don't realize how technical color is. I have been trying to master it for years and am constantly learning new things. (growing grey hairs)
The gamma shift issue is just wild. I check on computer, laptop, nice screen, two TVs, and phone. I have things dialed in for the look I’m going after and check it out in all different environments when possible. I think that’s the way to do it.
Hey Blaine! Thanks for your videos. You've taught me so much. You introduced me to the term "IR pollution", which sent me down a rabbit hole and made me realize how this was effecting my image quality. I began looking for UV/IR cut filters. Do you have a take on UV cut filters? I'm 100% certain that I'll need an IR cut filter, but don't know if UV cut could inadvertently lower my image quality even more.
Yeah that was unreal, at the risk of sounding hyperbolic - it's the best cityscape I've seen by any cinematographer (disregarding storytelling motivations, but just considering pure visuals). Off the top, maybe a shot or two in Annie Hall comes close, but man.
You should hear the audio from the mic on the camera when that was being captured. I was very audibly amazed. Weather was changing fast. That moment was quick, but magical.
Jesus Christ that zoom is amazing 6:08 I dropped my phone on my face lol
Also I love your videos never change keep your format. I’m tiered of the copy and paste glossy look of other TH-camrs yours feels real and organic.
Keep it up yo.
The zoom is amazing. I love it. Also thank you so much! More to come :)
@ my literal thought process went “I can use this shot …how can I use this shot… I need to rent this lens… I wonder how it would look on my Ronin 4D”. That shot literally made me feel like I was watching “The Substance” (side note: if you haven’t watch please watch it).
But seriously keep doing you man, I’m always interested in what you have to say.
I appreciate you.
From London.
thanks again! i watched the substance, love it. ridiculous film. ill be waiting to see some zooms from your ronin 4D :)
It always feels like hanging out whenever you post.
Love this. I feel similarly about you. We should make it a reality one day soon
The zoom at 6:00 is amazing! So glad Cam Mackey dropped your channel name in his live. Love you channel! You got a new loyal subscriber! ❤
glad you are here. thank you! love that zoom. I think that was the 4th take :)
6:23 my fav shot. so much emotion, such a special camera and lenses. thanks as always blaine
I like it. Thank you Joon ❤️
The scene at 6:29 is my absolute favourite. As an european who has never visited the US, this is how I imagine NYC based on movies lol. It looked so strangely familiar, even though I've never been there.
that was truly a magical moment. the best moment ive ever seen on that roof, and I go up there a lot. lasted for just a moment. thankful I was there to witness.
Always awesome hearing you geek about this stuff and just doing it. Also that zoom is nuts!
Thank you Juan ❤️ love that zoom. Need more zoom!
Thanks for the video, Blaine. It's always our lenses and their quality results before the changing bodies that we need to prioritise. Good lenses will always give good results. And they will serve us much longer. Bodies change, but lenses continue to create legends.
Also, if you agree, I'd like to do a very short video Q&A collaboration.
Hey thank you! Yep lenses are forever pretty much. I enjoy exploring them :)
I could be open to this.
238276 is the 500T? This is my initial gut feeling but as I look at it longer it's actually sharper on lashes and hair and the grain is finer. Either way, respect.
yes this is correct. nice eye! and thank you!
@@BlaineWestropp1 Let's go. That highlight roll off is just amazing.
@@MosesBuckwalter it really is!
Hi Blaine, nice work man. You really know how to work the gear. Great content 🙌🏾
Hey thank you so much!
Best channel on this app
Thank you 😊
You have the best cinematography youtube page. Keep cooking bro.
thank you, I appreciate that. there is so much I want to do here.
6:25 the condo skyline shot, the sky feels like film, the condo feels like digital. something about the detail in the balcony is 'articially' sharp. but thats such a weird thing when it contains the feeling of two different mediums...
It is truly interesting!
Stunning images, as always! This camera ages like fine wine...proud and glad I haven't sold mine.
Another method of balancing the image, that has been adapted by a majority of colorists, is mapping your adjustment node to linear colorspace. Cameras also do their processing in a linear CS, before it gets converted into whatever...By mapping the node to linear , the "Gain" color-wheel acts the same as a camera would change WB or colorshifts in general. Also exposure-changes can be made accurately just like in mapped hdr-wheels. The big benefit is, that it's way faster and accurate to shift the image, where you want it to be. Try it out, maybe you'll like the extra freedom...it looks way better and is accurate, unlike the Offset-wheel
hey thank you. love this camera. glad you still have one! and yes, mapping to linear is a nice move. for some reason I just dont do it much. maybe I should revisit it :)
Quality lenses with character matter so much. Loved this.
Agreed! And thank you :)
also your channel is phenomenal so much value in every video
thank you thank you :)
Hey love your videos and been watching for a while. I really wish you would try out the pocket 4k with its 2.6k Super16 mode. I know it’s not as small as the Pocket OG but the bump in dynamic range,Rez, and frame rates is interesting and I consider it one of the most overlooked Super16 digital camera
Ooo good to know. I’ll try and get ahold of one! Thank you :)
Loved it all. Shot for many years on the BMPCC. Lovely camera. Also, my workflow on resolve tends to be the same. Awesome stuff as usual
hey thank you! love the bmpcc. I do like simplicity!
Zoom looks ace! Colour shift was wierd, what was that?
That mad vignette and super wide reminds me of the film poor things.
Nice lenses 🎉
I love it. there was color shift all over the place in this video due to rapidly changing clouds. I havent seen poor things!
I was in NYC this weekend, and I was thinking about you the whole time tbh
Next time you slide into my DMs
@@BlaineWestropp1 🫡🫡🫡
0:24 was my favourite moment, just after that comes that zooooooooooom at 5:10
2 magical moments. Found that text animation built into resolve, then dirtied it up a bit.
I literally added a davinci built in title like 2 hours ago. Love them 🌽
Haha me too. I like using for slight comedy
Man i just love the way you record and edit your videos 😮🤌
Edit 1: Loooove the images
Edit 1.1: kondor bluuuuu 🤣
Thank you thank you 🙂😎
Hard to find this amount of authenticity in youtube nowadays. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, haha. I usually don't comment, but your stuff just feels fresh. Idk, feels like a warm cup of coffee in a cold morning.
nothin like a coffee in the morning. im honored, thank you. there is not a large difference between how I am on and off TH-cam. I try to consider these videos as logs of data that I can reference later, that will live forever.
A phenomenal video as always
Thank you 😊
was literally just rewatching your original video on the OG, and here you are making another. We eating good tonight
😇☺️
Let's gooooooooo. Lenses on the countertop.
👽
u might've said in video and i missed it but are u using an adapter to mount these lenses?
Yes. Wooden camera PL to m4/3!
what monitor is that ?
sony pvm-a250
Brother!
Here's my take on how to get an even "better" and "film-like" image out of the OG. Shoot CinemaDNG, use the Highlight slider and Shadow slider to pull info (you can pull soo much info it's ridonculous) and then use other exposure sliders set your image to a Film-Like curve (Like Dehancer's Black and White points and PRINT exposure settings). Then I usually clean up the grain with a noise reduction node (which will clean up colored noise and shadow noise) Then I add grain back in manually but to different parts of the curve (midtones, highlights) to roll things off even more and get thicker shadows. Which in all, creates the illusion of having more DR, a roll off and a nicer film like grain pattern.
And please pray for me that I one day get to play with those Canon S16 zooms on my OG.
Thx,
P-L
I have to confess.. for all these months, I have been using an old micro SD card, in a card adapter. so I can only shoot a few seconds of DNG 😇 but.. I had 2 of these cameras for many years and shot in raw all the time, and prores. I am quite familiar with the highlight and shadow sliders, they do nice things. i like dehancer too, thank you for the reminders. something about some of this footage yearned to not be pushed too far in post. I made a modified look from F1 of course, put that on the monitor, liked what I saw, and kind of just wanted some of that to live on as is :)
also.. the s16 zooms aren't as far away as you think. make some calls, you can make it happen!
Please never catch me selling my pocket og
You can’t!
been thinking of selling my bmpcc og but now i might just get some other lenses instead. thanks for the video man, great stuff as always.
Thank you. I think that is one camera I may not let go. For now at least. I was also browsing B&H for m4/3 lenses and there are some cool options.
@@BlaineWestropp1 do you have any recommendations? Or maybe some sort of c-mount lens?
This is great man. Just curious, why do you keep your gamma at rec709 and not 2.4 / rec709-A? What is your timeline / export gamma at?
thank you! i use 709a in the project settings (which is basically just a fix to see things a certain way on a Mac). using rec709 as the output is more true to what manufacturer luts look like, as well as what is expected for a rec709 conversion, as well as what things looked like pre color management chaos. but.. you can use 709, 2.4, or 709a and be fine and get the same results. whatever you become very closely tuned in with, is a good thing, then you know its limitations and strengths. but of course.. as tech changes you can adapt. so I always test this stuff deeply. and when not delivering to web, there are other things that need to be done. but even recently I finished a film for the theater. I created the DCPs. I tested thoroughly at a theater. results were proper and as expected using this workflow.
@@BlaineWestropp1 That makes total sense, I had a feeling that your timeline was rec709-a. I have tried to use 2.4 even with a clean feed and I cannot avoid gamma shift on web deliverables. 709-A seems to be the only savior .But I think you are onto something with keeping the gamma at the clip level / CST at plain rec709 so there is less of a tug of war. People really don't realize how technical color is. I have been trying to master it for years and am constantly learning new things. (growing grey hairs)
The gamma shift issue is just wild. I check on computer, laptop, nice screen, two TVs, and phone. I have things dialed in for the look I’m going after and check it out in all different environments when possible. I think that’s the way to do it.
You could’ve kept going on that zoom and found life on other planets bro
I shall zoom further very soon 👽
Keep it coming!
Oh I will papi ❤️
omg that zoom
I love it. I want to go even further.
Hey Blaine! Thanks for your videos. You've taught me so much. You introduced me to the term "IR pollution", which sent me down a rabbit hole and made me realize how this was effecting my image quality. I began looking for UV/IR cut filters. Do you have a take on UV cut filters? I'm 100% certain that I'll need an IR cut filter, but don't know if UV cut could inadvertently lower my image quality even more.
Just a wonderful video :)
Thank you Matt!
6:30 wow
Likely the best shot I’ve captured on that roof in my year or so of capturing on that roof.
Yeah that was unreal, at the risk of sounding hyperbolic - it's the best cityscape I've seen by any cinematographer (disregarding storytelling motivations, but just considering pure visuals). Off the top, maybe a shot or two in Annie Hall comes close, but man.
You should hear the audio from the mic on the camera when that was being captured. I was very audibly amazed. Weather was changing fast. That moment was quick, but magical.
also, thank you.. screenshotted that one for the memories :)
(self-correction - I meant "Manhattan" not "Annie Hall")
whats the zoom lens you used at 5:58
The canon 10.6-180 :)
All those lenses attached to BMPCC OG ?
Yes. PL adapter!
@ I use exactly same way too PL to m4/3 adapter 😊👍🏻
Awesome!
Lenses and Dogs🥰
they go together nicely
Friggen sweet dude… but we must go even further.
Thank you. And I assure you, we will go further.
goodstuff.
Thank you :)
❤️🔥
❤️😎
Aced it as per ushj
thank you, but it was really all you tying it all together in the middle.
8s ago gang
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i farted on sensor.
poo-mist!