EPIC MX + Pictor Zoom 20-55 T2.8 -

[PatrickWebb]

Here are some frame grabs from a small infomercial I shot for a studio in Trondheim. Nothing here is graded, just with the standard lut in Red Cine-X – completely unadulterated. I used the Red Epic MX and the DZOFilm Pictor Zoom 20-55mm T2.8 PL and I had a Nisi Polarizer filter slid into the mattebox. The lights were a single Nanlite 60c with a softbox and grid and 3 pavo tubes in the background and the B7c aperture bulbs in the down lights for fun with colour. Super easy and fun.

 

[Les Hillis]

Looks good Patrick.

I find it interesting to a imagine how the MX sensor would be received nowadays if new, compared to how it actually was at the time. With the subsequent advances in lighting technology and grading software and general aesthetics that have happened since, I think there would be more people making the MX sensor look good than there were when it first came out, as can be seen in your examples above.

It definitely has its own 'character' to it regardless, but it can still hang with the more modern sensors imo.

 

[PatrickWebb]

Looks good Patrick.

I find it interesting to a imagine how the MX sensor would be received nowadays if new, compared to how it actually was at the time. With the subsequent advances in lighting technology and grading software and general aesthetics that have happened since, I think there would be more people making the MX sensor look good than there were when it first came out, as can be seen in your examples above.

It definitely has its own 'character' to it regardless, but it can still hang with the more modern sensors imo.

Thanks Les,

I do like the look of the MX sensor – it has of course it's limitations. However, if you can compensate for those limitations and know how to push and pull the sensor's abilities, then it is as good as any other camera on the market ... still. I also work with the new sensors like Helium and Dragon as well as Sony FX sensors – but, as the Epic MX is my personal camera, I use it when and where I can and it works very well. It also has a lot to do with the lenses and filters that I combine it with. When outside, I must have my IRND filter to clean up the blacks and general magenta shift. Of course, when you spend a little bit of cash on anything you can get a good image...

Thanks again, Les – have a nice afternoon!

 

[Tyler Besh]

Was just looking at these lenses for my next project. I too still shoot on the MX and love how the sensor is unlike any other on the market right now.

 

[PatrickWebb]

I still use the EPIC-X MX. I also use the EPIC-W and the Raven. Love all these cameras. They do all provide a different feel and that is great for my creative choices. For example, I shot the EPIC-MX 5K with the Sigma Cine primes and the DZO Pictor Zoom the other day and the image was sooooo smooth. Then the other day I shot with the Epic-W 8K with the Zeiss Primes and so sharp and cropping in is next level. Then I used the raven with Voigtlander primes and the effect was S16 love. It is great to have it all.

We are all spoiled for choice these days.