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All the Epic/Dragon Vs. Alexa/Sony threads are belong to us...

I was just speaking on the shot in those examples. I am sure there are times hat the 6k would obliterate 3k. Numbers alone dictate that. I guess I'm just looking at things in a most shooting situations kinda scenario. In my testing of 4k vs 3k. Most situations it's very difficult to tell the difference when viewed in 4k.
 
Any test about rolling shutter. Dragon vs MX vs Alexa?
 
Alexandros Tsoupras said:
Any test about rolling shutter. Dragon vs MX vs Alexa?
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If I remember correctly, Dragon has twice the refresh rate of MX, so pans are looking even better! Add in Motion Mount w/ global shutter, and people should be quite happy.
 
Nick Morrison said:
If I remember correctly, Dragon has twice the refresh rate of MX, so pans are looking even better! Add in Motion Mount w/ global shutter, and people should be quite happy.
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I know that half of the rolling shutter is what Jim stated about the Dragon, but i would like to see images so i can saw them to my clients.
 
I know that this will sound aggressive but it's not meant to be...
This test is meaningless as seen here, mpeg4 compression kills any major differences and you're looking at a very low contrast image V a higher contrast image.
Low contrast images ALWAYS look softer.
It's the old low res + high contrast V high res + low contrast, or time machine back to the 60's and Nikon V Leica
Nothing changes....
 
This morning I went and had my morning espresso. I like about 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in mine. I stood there and watched the guy beside me put four teaspoons of sugar in his espresso.

Neither of us was right because we were each dealing with preferences. I prefer it less sweet. He prefers it (obviously) sweeter that I do.

Some people just prefer Alexa, they see it as sharper, as better colour, as softer, maybe something more familiar that they might be more used too.

I'm convinced Color literacy is a very real thing. People "see" fuji colours as right or correct and Kodak as "wrong".

Sometimes, most times, these things very much come down to preference and comfort level. Things like resolution, perceived or otherwise can be tested, but in the end people want what feels best for them.

And that is OK. There is plenty of room for everyone.


Battistella
 
geoffboyle said:
I know that this will sound aggressive but it's not meant to be...
This test is meaningless as seen here, mpeg4 compression kills any major differences and you're looking at a very low contrast image V a higher contrast image.
Low contrast images ALWAYS look softer.
It's the old low res + high contrast V high res + low contrast, or time machine back to the 60's and Nikon V Leica
Nothing changes....
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While I agree with your observation, the tests we did in Bristol (with raw files available) showed quite a bit of the real resolution difference between different systems.
But a lot of things come into play as to whether that resolution is used and what difference it would make for a particular image.

It is rather visible on a 18mm nature shot on masterprimes at T11.
Not so much on a closeup of an actor, even with a 65mm masterprime at T.3.

But I do agree that the mp4 compression does away with a lot of the useful info.
 
geoffboyle said:
I know that this will sound aggressive but it's not meant to be...
This test is meaningless as seen here, mpeg4 compression kills any major differences and you're looking at a very low contrast image V a higher contrast image.
Low contrast images ALWAYS look softer.
It's the old low res + high contrast V high res + low contrast, or time machine back to the 60's and Nikon V Leica
Nothing changes....
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prores 422 HQ..
https://copy.com/ZXPOBPGL6mpYchL7
:)
tomorrow you would request raw files after complaining about how bad Prores HQ is..
 
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