Revenge Of The Great Camera Shoot Out 2012

 

Revenge of the Great Camera Shoot Out 2012

Kudos to Steve Weiss and Jens Bogehegn for Revenge Of The Great Camera Shoot Out 2012. A brilliant documentary and important piece of filmmaking history. What more can I say?  It MUST be seen.

Revenge Of The Great Camera Shoot Out 2011

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Large Sensor Cameras

 

 

 

 

Great Camera Shootout Pt 2

The Great Camera Shootout part2, the Zacuto cosponsored testing of large sensor video cameras, is posted. Comparing the cameras side by side naturally you see a difference, but in the real world, depending on the desired look, or circumstances, budget etc. all of the tested cameras delivered a very usable image. The Arri Alexa, which is at the top of the list, in quality and price, looked incredible. With 14 stops of latitude, the color, highlight and shadow detail is amazing. Farther down the list and much lower in price is the Sony F3, which continues to warm my heart, and with the S-Log upgrade brings the quality very close to Alexa but at 1/4 of the price. And at an even lower price point the Panasonic AF100 performed very well and delivered an outstanding image. All of the DSLRs didn’t perform quite as well, they’re all at the bottom of the quality list, but they are also the least expensive large sensor cameras.

Check out the full Part 2 Test:

http://www.zacuto.com/the-great-camera-shootout-2011/episode-two

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Expectations

The first upgrade to FCP X is expected in a couple of weeks and some of the missing pro features are expected to be included. Multicam, is one of those features that is expected in this upgrade. As anticipated Apple is leaving XML, OMF, AAF, EDL and other exchange formats to be implemented by 3rd party developers. Automatic Duck is offering the first FCP X export utility, Pro Export FCP 5.0, which allows you to send audio from FCP X to Pro Tools.  http://automaticduck.com/products/pefcp/

Camera manufacturers are updating their plug-ins to work with the new 64-bit architecture to convert your video for use in FCP X. You can find a list of supported cameras at  http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/cameras/en/

Sony offers an XDCAM Transfer app that converts XDCAM video into FCP X without transcoding.  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4724

Using the free RED software REDCINE-X you can transcode RED RAW video into ProRes for editing in FCP X. https://www.red.com/support/all/downloads

In an upgrade coming this summer, you will be able to assign audio tracks by type for export using metadata tags.

Additional customization of export settings beyond the ones currently in FCP X will be done in Compressor 4.

Connecting a second computer monitor to your Mac gives you the option to display the interface across multiple monitors. But, like in previous versions Apple is relying on 3rd party developers to create drivers for external video monitors. AJA has already posted beta drivers for their Kona card. http://www.aja.com/support/konaNEW/kona-3g.php

3rd party plug-ins are being updated to work with the new 64-bit architecture and should be shipping by late summer or early fall. Noise Industries is currently shipping the first plug-ins for FCP X & Motion 5. http://www.noiseindustries.com/

Motion graphics effects, titles, transitions, and generators can be built in Motion 5 as templates for use directly in FCP X.

Singular Software announces a Cross Grade Promotion – 50% off PluralEyes for existing users switching NLEs.  http://www.singularsoftware.com/crossgrade.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text_get_code&utm_campaign=pe_crossgrade

Although not a timeline or list of release dates Apple appears to be responding to some of our questions and requests.

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