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Discovery Channel shoot - Atlas Japan

Amazing work, Paul! :-)
 
Excellent work. The first image your posted of the deer is incredible!

I am a professional photographer, and I already have a full set of Canon L lenses. The only problem I have with Canon lenses and shooting with the future Red Scarlet is the potential for breathing during rack focusing. It looks terrible. My plan is to buy a RED s35 50mm prime along with my Scarlet s35; any rack focusing shots I can use that lens, and everything else will utilize the Canon L lenses. To me this is the only practical way of getting around the breathing problem. Anyone here believe there will be noticeable difference between an s35 RED prime and a Canon L?
 
Hi all,

I've been away shooting but am now back in Tokyo for a little while so I can finally post some 4KHD images you've all been asking for. Bear in mind these are the RAW images pulled directly from RedCine-X - there's no colour correction or sharpening done to them compared to the 1920x1080 versions I posted previously. Feel free to push and pull them in any direction and post your results (1920x1080 would be great)! I'm curious to see what people can do with them.

Full 16bit 3840x2160 TIFF file links (48MB each image) below each thumbnail image (right click on TIFF links to download directly to your computer):

A012_C027_0724NH.0000395s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A012_C027_0724NH.0000395.tif (shot with Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM zoom lens)



A012_C023_0724BQ.0001568s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A012_C023_0724BQ.0001568.tif (shot with Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L MkII USM prime lens)



A012_C008_0724W7.0001256s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A012_C008_0724W7.0001256.tif (shot with Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM prime lens)



A011_C045_0722JT.0000152s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A011_C045_0722JT.0000152.tif (shot with Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM zoom lens)



A003_C012_0712QK.0000000s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A003_C012_0712QK.0000000.tif (shot with Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM prime lens)



A004_C042_07131X.0001078s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A004_C042_07131X.0001078.tif (shot with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM zoom lens)



A004_C025_07130T.0000016s_1.jpg


http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A004_C025_07130T.0000016.tif (shot with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM zoom lens)



Cheers for all the feedback, it's much appreciated!

Paul
 
To answer your questions, most shots ran with at least a 1/100th second shutter or higher along with C-PL and ND filters on exterior shots. I mostly use my Canon EF50mm f/1.2L USM and Canon EF24mm f/1.4L MkII USM primes stopped down to around f2.8 or f4 for pin sharpness and for my zooms I usually stop down to f4 or f5.6 to get optimal sharpness. Each lens has its sweet spot so with Mysterium-X giving such high sensitivity I try to use that to advantage whilst being able to be creative with my T-stop to choose the level of bokeh I want for each shot (like the samurai swordplay in the forest shot where I think I was at T4 or T5.6 to hold all the tree details around him).

I've been using the new Kenko Zeta series of screw-in filters and love them for lightweight work like this (I have a full set of IRND Formatt 4"x5.65" filters for regular cinema work to go with our RedRock Matte Box). The Kenko Zeta UV41 clear filters basically live on each lens, then I add Zeta ND8 and/or Zeta C-PL filters as needed. I haven't found any IR contamination or image degradation using the new Mysterium-X OLPF with this combination. (NOTE: The swordfight apparent reflection on the samurai's pants is from before when I put a Zeta filter on that particular lens and is probably due to the standard Canon Protect filter I had on at that time).

I ran as high as 1/400th second shutter for some of the motion stuff with swords to give that sense of immediacy (the "Saving Ryan's Privates" hyper-real look) whereas the more conventional shots I stayed closer to 1/60th or 1/120th whilst using ND to compensate more.

As far as lens breathing during a rack focus goes, I'm quite happy with my L primes and zoom. Actually even when there is breathing I don't find it objectionable, as I find a little bit helps one intuitively refocus one's eyes as a rack focus occurs. The total lack of breathing in cinema lenses sometimes bothers me more, as the focus shifts before I can sense it shifting and all of a sudden I find the image I was looking at in focus, has shifted focal point to elsewhere in the image with no visual cues (the breathing) to help prepare my eyes to shift to a new point.

IMG_4611s2.jpg


Cheers from Japan,

Paul
 
A few new images from my most recent portion of the shoot in Shimane Prefecture. Click on the images for 1920x1080 versions or click on the TIFF links below each image for the full, uncorrected 4KHD RAW exports from RedCine-X (48MB each):



http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A013_C097_07297J.0000000.tif (Shot with Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM zoom lens)





http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A014_C033_07304F.0002228.tif (Shot with Canon EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM zoom lens)





http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A014_C050_0730RX.0000166.tif (Shot with Canon EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM zoom lens)





http://www.visceralpsyche.com/misc/web_images/A014_C135_073011.0001211.tif (Shot with Canon EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM zoom lens)



Enjoy!

Paul
 
Haha, merci boucoup Vincent! Which one is your new wallpaper? I'll upload the full resolution version for you to use :)

Cheers,

Paul
 
Hey Paul Great Work!

Hey Paul Great Work!

Paul Leeming said:
That shot was using my Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM at around T5.6 and 3 stops of ND. ISO800 on camera.

Cheers!

Paul
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Wow Paul, your shots look great! I was wondering if you are using the Birger mount to adapt to the Canon EF70-200mm lens? I am seeing a lot of questions on Reduser pop up regarding ND filters vs. IRND filters with MX. Are you using IRND filters? We have noticed a harshness creeping up on some of our footage, but cannot nail where it is coming from. We have been shooting outside at 320 and this may be some of our problem. Do you generally stay at 800ISO?
 
lonny dill said:
Wow Paul, your shots look great! I was wondering if you are using the Birger mount to adapt to the Canon EF70-200mm lens? I am seeing a lot of questions on Reduser pop up regarding ND filters vs. IRND filters with MX. Are you using IRND filters? We have noticed a harshness creeping up on some of our footage, but cannot nail where it is coming from. We have been shooting outside at 320 and this may be some of our problem. Do you generally stay at 800ISO?
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Hi Lonny,

yes I use the Birger mount, it basically lives on the camera unless someone wants to shoot with PL lenses for bigger productions.

I have a set of IRND filters but actually most of the time I forego them in favour of screw-in photo camera filters which (to my knowledge) don't block IR particularly. That said, I've been frequently using an ND8 (ND0.9 in film terms) screw-in filter with circular polariser with my M-X and haven't noticed any colour degradation. Red really have made a great new OLPF!

I always rate the camera at ISO800 but with RAW metering and the new red overexposure RAW overlay, it's easy to make sure you are not overexposed. That said, M-X has such a low noise floor that you can stay a little bit underexposed and it will actually keep your highlights rolled off even more smoothly.

HTH

Paul
 
Jeff Kieffer said:
Very nice!!! Good work on all of these shots.
Please post a link when the series are finished to get a feeling for the motion. ;)
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Will do Jeff.

I think I maybe mentioned it before, but I lived for seven years in Luxembourg as a child (in Senningerberg). Great to know there's a Red there :)

Cheers,

Paul
 
no evf?

no evf?

Paul:
Looking at picture of yourself and Red set up on location I don't see evf. Are you focusing with monitor?
Using Canon lenses, how is focusing? Is it difficult?
 
Hi Shin,

yes I'm focusing just with the monitor. It's no problem. I'm using the Birger mount with Viewfactor follow focus so pulling focus is simple and repeatable. I just put marks on the disc as with a regular follow focus.

One thing that helps is putting the LCD in maximised mode so the screen resolution matches that of the EVF in pixel terms of the viewable image (though you have to hide the data during a take of course).

HTH

Paul
 
touch screen and focus

touch screen and focus

Jannard has announced touch screen focus system for Epic.
Using Canon might be very easy using that system. Good news is Jarred says Canon mount is ready. I assume Red is trying to supply enough Epic as soon as it get released.
It is getting exciting.
 
Ok so the program is finished and has an air date here in Japan (Discovery Channel Asia). Mark your calendars for 20th August at 1900 to watch the premiere.

本番組は、まず「スカチャン」というチャンネルで放送されます。
(スカパー！、スカパー！e2、スカパー！光、ケーブルテレビ等で視聴できます）
初回は８月２０日（金）１９：００～です。

再放送、視聴方法につきましては、以下、URLでご確認ください。

http://www.sukachan.com/music_entame/SJ0000019423/ (link is in Japanese)

Here's one more graded still capture from the footage (noise added in post for effect). Click on it for 1080p version:



Comments, criticism and feedback welcome on the show once you've watched it!

Otsukaresama!!

Paul :)
 
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