Pocket Camera

[JimmyC]

Ok, so...

engineering delays for the One and all...

Hows about we have a little more info on the pocket cam!

Jim

[Chris Nuzzaco]

I would have to agree.

Please!!!!

I'm on the fence camera wise... I'm holding out on buying an Andromeda DVX100 till I hear more about this pocket red.

[Phillip Hudson]

A little teaser info would be great.

Give it up!

[Obin Olson]

I am really having a hard time using the hvx as of late....really really shitty image. I am sick and tired of the shitty images I am forced to shoot with "video"

[JimmyC]

Have you tried using a 35mm adapter?

Try as i might, i just cant get the sums to add up as justification on buying a Red One - not yet anyway!

So unless the pocket cam comes good with some sweet DOF and the option to use primes, it looks like I will be bolting an adapter to a canon A1!

Jim

[Michael Ragen]

I hear ya about the HVX. It's not bad for the money, but I get so depressed looking at shots from the HVX next to Canon 30d production stills from the same shoot. Any one have any drugs that will make me sleep for the next 3 months? Nothing coma inducing please. Can't wait to hear about the Pocket Red.

[Michael Ragen]

The adapters are great if you have fast lenses and don't mind the light loss. Of course focusing on a shitty lcd is terrible.

[Alex Boothby]

So unless the pocket cam comes good with some sweet DOF and the option to use primes..

Not many primes fit in your pocket. I'd expect the pocket cam to have a smaller chip (hense no 35mm DOF.) That's what Red One is for.

Just a guess.

[JimmyC]

Well i guess what I am really looking for is a pocket size price!!

somthing that will compete on bones with a DVX... but with the Red way of doing things... modular!! And if i can stick on my 35mm lenses and get sweet bokeh i will be stoked!

Jimbo

[Chris Nuzzaco]

I am really having a hard time using the hvx as of late....really really shitty image. I am sick and tired of the shitty images I am forced to shoot with "video"

Shoot something at:

1080 24PA
Pedestal +7
detail level 0
V detail level 0
detail coring 0
chroma level +7
chroma phase 0
color temp 0
gama cinelike D (yes, the light washed out one...)
matrix cine-like
skin tone detail 0ff
operation Film Cam
180 degree shutter
24 FPS

Make sure you "expose to the right" (don't burn out any highlights of course), and also make sure that your scene's reflectance isn't greater than about 4.5 stops at most... color correct in something like After Effects at 1080, then when its all done, down res to 720p. Looks much better than all of those "scene files" I see floating around, lower noise too.

Just a quick note, this is really an approach that requires careful lighting for the full effect to be seen.

As for HVX noise, well, thats why I'm so seriously looking at Andromeda DVX, also has better latitude.