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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Stills from motion...

Liana said:
It's a still, not a frame selected from a video. At least that's how I understand it.

If this is from a framegrab from a video, all other camera companies might as well shut down their operations.
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lol
 
Chris Kennedy said:
Wow, looks great!

Just wondering, would I be able to mount my wireless flash transmitter on an epic, so I could use my strobes?
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I believe the side handle controls support flash sync like any still camera.

T4 on a 300mm lens= very shallow depth of field so some of the softness may be due to that.

Beautiful work.
 
Liana said:
It's a still, not a frame selected from a video. At least that's how I understand it.

If this is from a framegrab from a video, all other camera companies might as well shut down their operations.
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That's exactly the point Liana ;)

We can pull astonishing stills from motion footage on our CURRENT cameras, let alone how easy it's going to be with Epic's small size, weight and dedicated stills mode:

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(in Japan a deer is called a shika, ironic after Jim's tiger post where the tiger's NAME was Schika!)

Further full resolution samples in my Discovery Channel thread here.

I'm massively excited to soon have a 5K, 120fps, HDR capable digital cinema camera I can hold in my hand and attach existing Canon, Nikon, Cooke, Zeiss, Leica or any other lens type to and shoot beautiful imagery with, in stills AND motion!

Cheers from Tokyo,

Paul
 
Jarred Land said:
lol
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From the title "Stills from motion..." and Jannard's post I got the impression that these are stills taken from a camera primarily meant to shoot motion.

Seriously, that's a framegrab? If that's true: inc-red-ible.


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We had a still photographer (Robert Alvarado) shoot EPIC for stills and motion
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I still think it is a still!
 
Ah i see how Liana got her confusion..

But you forget to emphasize the motion :) the still photographer (Robert Alvarado) also shoot in motion :) and the title says Stills from motion...
 
Liana said:
From the title "Stills from motion..." and Jannard's post I got the impression that these are stills taken from a camera primarily meant to shoot motion.

Seriously, that's a framegrab? If that's true: inc-red-ible.


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I still think it is a still!
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It is a still... taken from a 24fps motion stream. Just think really high frame rate DSLR. :-)

Jim
 
Jannard said:
It is a still... taken from a 24fps motion stream. Just think really high frame rate DSLR. :-)

Jim
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Sounds like the point here is that stills and motion are no longer distinguishable as far as single frames are concerned. (at least in regards to quality)
 
Jannard said:
I wish I was there... :-)

Point is... EPIC for stills.

Jim
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Epic for stills is like using a rocket launcher to go hunting, it gets the job done but its a little overkill and unnecessary.

Having worked along side photographers for a few years now in the sports industry, I highly doubt I will ever see any of them don an epic for their needs. It's nifty that it can do that but I don't see a practical use.
 
Amazing!

But I'm wondering if it will also work like a traditional stills camera. For example: say I want to freeze rapid motion in wildlife or sports. Will there be an interface where I can put it in shutter priority 1/1000 sec and shoot a burst at the maximum possible rate? This would look bad for video motion, but it's what a lot of people would need for stills. Also, I assume that maximum possible rate would blow away any stills camera that exists today - any estimate?

And would there be an HDR mode that would work in this fast shutter situation? Normal bracketing wouldn't work, but maybe "magic motion" in a special "second curtain" mode as requested by Adam Wilt. Imagine sports and wildlife action stills with just a touch (or more) of trailing (actually leading) "comic book" blur, plus extended DR.

Finally, would there be a traditional bracketing mode (e.g 3-5 shots spaced 2 stops apart) say for HDR landscapes? Or do you think it will even be necessary?
 
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Charlie Anderson said:
Epic for stills is like using a rocket launcher to go hunting, it gets the job done but its a little overkill and unnecessary.

Having worked along side photographers for a few years now in the sports industry, I highly doubt I will ever see any of them don an epic for their needs. It's nifty that it can do that but I don't see a practical use.
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I am willing to bet against...
 
Charlie Anderson said:
Oh I will :) don't get me wrong, I love shooting with red, I just see it a bit silly to spend over 50k just to shoot stills but I could be wrong on all accounts
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Hehe, well I'm spending 50k on a still MF camera, so be no concerned that we spend the same and more on Still gear then on Motion, int he case of Red's offerings.

Further more I see Epic braking a HUGE speed barrier in the Photography world, especially when it will be time for the Epic 645, and I mean HUGE!!

Trust me you will see plenty of Photographers form al specialities shooting Epic for stills.

I also see Epic's offering for in Studio and or on Locations Monitoring possibilities for extremely precise Photography like no other camera can.
 
KETCH ROSSI said:
Hehe, well I'm spending 50k on a still MF camera, so be no concerned that we spend the same and more on Still gear then on Motion, int he case of Red's offerings.
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I actually shot red along side of a MF still camera with under armour in the past, was a by taken back that the body costs about the same as a red. So perhaps there is an additional market for epic, just wasn't aware of it. I guess one never knows unless one posts :)
 
I wonder...does the side handle have the ability to burst or be trigger activated. It might be handy to set it to 10fps and only captures when you push the button.
 
Charlie Anderson said:
I actually shot red along side of a MF still camera with under armour in the past, was a by taken back that the body costs about the same as a red. So perhaps there is an additional market for epic, just wasn't aware of it. I guess one never knows unless one posts :)
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Hehe, true, on one of my Photography forums, were we discuss the MF future, and now with the new Leaf DB with 80MP, ( 34K for DB and Body Only) still lucking many futures that at that price range should have become standard, instead still a tiny LCD with not in off resolution, super slow shooting at 1.5 FRAME Per Second, and so on, were Epic will offer the possibility to use any size monitor to Better Frame and put in Focus any Subject, capacity of shooting very MANY Frames per Second, and NOt Seconds per Frame, and the list goes on, so yes, I believe that Epic will definitely be Bought in to it by many Photographers, and when the Epic 645 will be out, I see tone of MF Photographers doing the Switch form Hasselblad, Leaf, Mamiya, Phase ONe and son on which all this cameras in the MP range of 56 to 80MP cost more then the Epic with accessories.
 
Still from Still, can we see one?

Still from Still, can we see one?

Jannard said:
It is a still... taken from a 24fps motion stream. Just think really high frame rate DSLR. :-)

Jim
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The examples shown here are interesting enough, but is it at all possible to see a still generated from the still's mode from the Epic? Unless I am mistaken, I don't believe there has been an example posted.

If someone can point me to a thread where I can take a look I would be most grateful.


RG
 
Not every stills shooter will need an Epic, that's for sure, but there are an awful lot of photographers out there that will see the advantages of this camera. I would guess that the sports photogs you work next to, Charlie, would be a shoe in for an Epic. Fashion. Documentary. Reportage. Wildlife. Heck, maybe even fine art: I have a couple of very decent Solo exhibitions set for next year, nothing would give me more pleasure than to make RED a part of that. (;
 
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