Music video with Epic - X and JSC Optika Optar Super Speeds

[Grzegorz Gill]

Hey Guys,
I wanted to share a music video I shot with Red Epic - X and JSC Optika Optar Super Speeds from Division Camera in Hollywood.
I was really pleased with how these lenses played out, they had a nice softness to them. The 28mm had a vignette, but didn't mind it really. Wide open they looked like a completely different set, super soft all around, almost like a heavy pro mist filter was applied. Stop down about 2 stops and the center sharpness comes back. I loved the bokeh, especially the evening shots on the Santa Monica Pier. Thanks for viewing!

https://vimeo.com/112893580

 

[Timothy Jones]

Charming ! Thanks for sharing Karen

Really like the look. Regular epic but was this Dragon Color?

 

[BRANDON JAMESON]

LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!!

WONDERFUL WORK, MR GILL!

 

[Grzegorz Gill]

Charming ! Thanks for sharing Karen

Really like the look. Regular epic but was this Dragon Color?

Thanks Timothy, glad you enjoyed it. We shot with Red Epic - X using redgamma 4 as a reference. I wasn't around for the grade, so I'm not sure exactly what they did there.

 

[Grzegorz Gill]

LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!!

WONDERFUL WORK, MR GILL!

Thanks Brandon, glad you enjoyed it!

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Gorgeous look, don't let those lenses rest in the dust anytime soon. The image will be even more cinematic on the Dragon (esp. with STH olpf). I beileve it's better to start high-res, raw or at least log, then soften by using smoother looking lenses and / or filters, and massaging film curves and colors in post. Not really a fan of shooting 2K and sharpening the hell out of it to get "sorta" 4K. Proper 35mm neg has more than 2K in there too. It wasn't a problem back then, but for some reason it is now? How 4K without any kind of sharpening applied is "too harsh" is beyond me. For a common multiplex cinema screen it's pretty spot on. Blurry low res projection with dimmed lamps killed the moviegoing experience for me, at least until bright 4K laser projectors will be there in every big city.