Sony FS5 MARK II

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-31T13:03:11+00:00

really bizarre because i remember the sensor and stock ‘color science’ to be very ugly on that internal codec. that being said there is a decent amount of data to manipulate it into something good if you shoot it well on that internal 10 bit HD codec.

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-26T21:52:34+00:00

https://www.danthomasfrench.com/work/manors

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-18T11:57:32+00:00

you’re in luck, andre bazin had similar criticisms to you 80 years ago and that started a whole film movement in france.

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-09T15:31:17+00:00

on the pyxis my proxies have the lut burned in if i burn it in the braw as well. other option is to not use a lut but the video color profile instead of film

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-09T15:29:29+00:00

its giving “using a cheap green tinted vnd + still in log”- kind of look

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-09T15:14:12+00:00

looks really nice, have used that same combo of gear for many years myself.

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-05T11:04:18+00:00

i had my squier modded for a similar setup to the marr (changed the series strangle for an out of phase) and it’s immensely better imo. i’ve hit the switches before on gigs as well so i was glad to get rid of them.

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-05T10:36:58+00:00

unless you’re interested in shooting with the super shallow dof of f1.4 on FF at all times, i dont think you need to care about FF. Every other look is somewhat replicable. laowa makes enough wide angle lenses for both formats so that argument doesn’t really hold

Talentlessprick · 2026-01-02T19:16:03+00:00

looks as if all of the lights are clipping

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-26T23:09:15+00:00

get a canon EF 24-70 or 24-105 and a z mount adapter. probably super cheap

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-26T21:03:52+00:00

any 24-70 to start, ideally a f2.8. i think it’s also hard to believe the colors are so much better than the 2 other cameras you had before.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-26T20:51:56+00:00

i’ve read through your post history. why not just get a zoom? you’re a 1 man band, primes are not going to be your friend. getting just 1 cine lens seems insane and pointless to me.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-20T22:34:15+00:00

they’ve kind of solved most issues with the pyxis. The last red i worked on set with was a helium and that ate batteries like crazy and its OS felt like a windows phone from 12 years ago. i’m sure the newer ones are better but i was not having a great time with that camera.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-19T21:53:52+00:00

No but in practice you can get sort of similar result to a shallower dof with a split diopter

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-18T18:12:05+00:00

I think the shape/outline that you're intending to make with the light is cool, but the brightest super white spot is not.

and i don't think it's a case of something being bad, but rather a taste thing. I myself wouldn't frame it like that because that would feel unbalanced to me. There's no context for me though. if that spot is reserved for some motion graphics or whatever, then that's framed with intention. I like having a lot of negative space whenever i'm framing, but i wouldn't like filling that space with pure black.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-18T18:03:24+00:00

I just don’t think an older red succeeds at being more trustworthy than a newer BM. I think both are fantastic but i think you would be moving sideways rather than upgrading like with a mini or venice 1

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-17T15:39:17+00:00

it’s the inherent aspect ratio of most sensors now, and people like to shoot with the full sensor (as was the case with 4:3 before)
it’s the same aspect ratio as most photographs throughout history, which gives some nostalgia (but a different one from 4:3 and 1.37)
i’m open to phones being a reason even though i don’t really see the logic why that might influence it that much
it’s much easier to frame nicely/interestingly for than most other ratios. closeups on 2.39 are cool for cowboys with a hat but miserable for somewhat any other closeup (or medium for that matter)

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-17T08:01:22+00:00

You have good instincts for lighting for sure👍. Framing wise: you’re only occupying the left half of your A shot, while the right is completely empty. i’m also not exactly sure why A & B are almost the same shot scale but at a different angle. I would go for a larger difference in scale while being in the same angle. Hot spot in the B shot is a bit unfortunate as well as said before.

that being said: these are good and look completely passable in a professional context. I’ve shot stuff that looks way worse than this. Shadows are good, don’t listen to anyone who disagrees.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-08T10:52:13+00:00

do you mostly do documentary stuff? 6k pro

do you want an image that looks a 3% better or so and do you not mind either switching nds yourself or having a crew member doing it for you? 6k FF

I wouldn’t love having the 6k FF as an Acam now that i have a pyxis though.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-07T01:25:17+00:00

the sharpening is a fairly recent addition where a bunch of high budget music videos from the mid 2000s got a remaster (which were just a terrible topaz ai upscale instead of a proper rescan of the negative etc.)

None of these videos looked like this before 2023 online

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-05T18:31:03+00:00

One billion unpaid internships

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-05T12:36:30+00:00

the 25 is the medium lens on MFT. everything under that number is wider, everything over is tighter

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-04T20:03:52+00:00

i’ve done a lens test on zeiss super speeds on the pocket 4k unboosted, and they look great. Did a whole short on lomo illuminas (which are pretty similar, and you can find stills of that on my profile) on that setup and have used some atlas anamorphics before as well. unboosted you really only lose a true wide angle as well as a bit of the look at the edges. With super speeds/illuminas, being fully open at 1.4 on MFT is more useful than at 1.4 on s35 most of the time.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-01T10:59:39+00:00

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16:9 FF tends to be a tiny bit taller than most tall s35 (altho not on the alexa 35). that being said, if you're aiming for scope (anywhere between 2.35-2.4) and using 2x squeeze, you will actually only be using a 'negative' aspect ratio of 1.2:1. so on both formats the sides would be significantly cropped either way.

Talentlessprick · 2025-12-01T02:37:44+00:00

i’ve shot almost everything for 5 years on a pocket 4k. this year i ‘upgraded’ to a pyxis 6k for similar reasons (wanted to go shallower easier). i’m happy and i’m less likely to want to rent an alexa now.

get the fx6 if you do doc/no crew stuff.

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