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Can you spot the Dragon?

After Pixel Peeping #3 looks the most like REDCode. But it's reallly hard to discern compression algorithms through the haze of JPG so I'll just chalk that up to the H264 weirdness. I'm sticking with #2.
 
Theyre all in the showreel and stated to be captured 4K+, dragons didnt start shipping till late 2013 and not many, I'd say all epic, maybe some f65.
 
Jean Maurizio said:
Yes, but so we enter in troll territory.

I hope no, i don't see the point.
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to me it is not troll...


As I know that given the right circumstaces, all these shots could be done on epic.

They are not particularily technically challenging....
 
The Dragon image is PHOTO #4.... oh, wait, there is no Photo #4.

Maybe 1 then.
 
Hope it's #2 cause its looks the best...
Answer..?
 
I'm sorry, did someone say something about cameras....:biggrin:
 
#3 looks the best, and is most pleasing to my eye.

I'd say #2 is dragon though. The skin seems to have the minor fluctuations of green and magenta tint that I see as a characteristic of red footage. Also it's more crisp.

Has anyone entered their email for the answer?
 
Niko Pueringer said:
#3 looks the best, and is most pleasing to my eye.

I'd say #2 is dragon though. The skin seems to have the minor fluctuations of green and magenta tint that I see as a characteristic of red footage. Also it's more crisp.

Has anyone entered their email for the answer?
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I did... Still no answer....
 
Thanks folks for sending your votes, judging by the initial results we can tell that you know your camera's very well. We are not going to release the results for another week or so to get a wider range of answers from users. Feel free to forward the link to anyone outside of this forum who isn't as technically astute as you. And I can assure you the shots are definitely from the 3 camera's mentioned. To have a look behind the scenes of the Red Dragon test shoot check out this video: https://vimeo.com/83607194. Thanks again!
 
I've said this before but the whole "this camera doesn't do skin tones well" kinda drives me nuts. Skin is tricky to grade properly, particularly when you are going for that creamy, rosy, look, sometimes make up screws it up too. I think more often than not folks look at improperly graded skin and blame the camera. I've seen good skin with lots of cameras, including all the Red models, and I've seen lots of bad skin tones too. That said, its true that older "video" cameras really had a hard time with skin.
 
This test doesn't have much value on several levels. Can't say any of the three images really pull me in or grab my attention. Technical there soft, artistically we've seen much better already, poor lighting and little use of effective diffusion and some sloppy post color work.

#1 Though this image is soft, looks to be pushing the highlights and seems to have a power window lighting the eyes.

#2 Looks the worst IMO because of it's focus on the mid chest area of skin which has no real value. The colors don't jump out at me and even feel
desaturated. This is also because lighting choice.

#3 Has model with much different skin tone, feels harsh.

A better test would be all three images, shot at the same place with all three cameras on the same subject. I'd guess NONE of these are Dragon footage.

Where you going for this in the shoots? Did you shoot these images?

Mark Andersen said:
when you are going for that creamy, rosy, look
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Thank you so much for playing Spot The Dragon (k: http://www.mytherapy.tv/newsletter/welcome-to-2014-2/). We have had over 2100 votes so far. The correct answer to our question was image 2 and 60% of voters picked this image as the one with the best looking skin tone. This is fantastic proof that we are not the only ones who are seeing an improvement in skin tone rendering from this camera against its competitors. We can conclude that the camera sensor plays a crucial role in the quality of skin tone capture.

We will be giving a detailed presentation on the subject of Skin Tone and Digital Film Cameras at the BSC Expo on January 24th and 25th. You can register for the show at the BSC website: http://www.bscexpo.com/
 
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