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This is my first test footage on the BMCC i just received . YouTube obviously doesn't do justice or any compression for that matter. I shot this in low light with a Canon 24-105mm in RAW to ProRes. I still noticed, moire and some aliasing but the crushed grain looks great. I did a mild grade but most of the color was from gels and a Arri 1k. I really love this camera.

That looks pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

Kholi wrote:That looks pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

Thanks Kholi, Im having fun so far.

Nice work. Colours look good.

Love working with this camera and see what others are doing.

adamroberts wrote:Nice work. Colours look good.

Love working with this camera and see what others are doing.

Thanks man, yea I've been so used to my canons, that once i started to mess with this footage thats what stood out, is how good it looks. I hate saying the word "filmic" but it looks filmic. I think my Canons are extremely bitter at me now.

Looks great! Is it just me or is the BMCC great at capturing flares and peripheral light, different to other cameras somehow? I wonder why that is. I guess the massive dynamic range and 12-bit RAW doesn't hurt. 8-bit cameras would make a mess of the gradients.

PS: I'd love to see some DNG files from your shoot

So jealous I dont have my Camera yet lol. The wait is so nerve wrecking! Great footage!

Christian Schmeer wrote:Looks great! Is it just me or is the BMCC great at capturing flares and peripheral light, different to other cameras somehow? I wonder why that is. I guess the massive dynamic range and 12-bit RAW doesn't hurt. 8-bit cameras would make a mess of the gradients.

PS: I'd love to see some DNG files from your shoot

Thanks Christian! Yes your right about the flares, on my old Takumars its flare nation! I'll try to post some DNG's.

Very nice! What's your technique for diffusion? Super effective.

nice work and edits

which 24-105? new or old?

I dont seem to have as much fun with the older one at f4

Great for daytime not so much for low light.

Paul Stephen Edwards wrote:Very nice! What's your technique for diffusion? Super effective.

thanks Paul, i think we just used a piece of Rosco Cinegel White Diffusion and of course a smoke machine.

Eric Santiago wrote:nice work and edits

which 24-105? new or old?

I dont seem to have as much fun with the older one at f4

Great for daytime not so much for low light.

Thanks Eric, i bought the lens last year at f4. I specifically wanted to see what it would do with low light. Even though the lenses are stuck wide open the grain looks pretty good to me. I definitely will shoot with something faster but i thought with just one light, it held up pretty well. Youtube doesn't do justice to the footage, its a lot cleaner and on my flat screen looks amazing.

Joe Gonzalez wrote:Thanks Eric, i bought the lens last year at f4. I specifically wanted to see what it would do with low light. Even though the lenses are stuck wide open the grain looks pretty good to me. I definitely will shoot with something faster but i thought with just one light, it held up pretty well. Youtube doesn't do justice to the footage, its a lot cleaner and on my flat screen looks amazing.

What settings did you shoot with? F/4.0 and 180 degree shutter angle? I'm pretty amazed at what you got out of the lens in low light, too.

Christian Schmeer wrote:

Joe Gonzalez wrote:Thanks Eric, i bought the lens last year at f4. I specifically wanted to see what it would do with low light. Even though the lenses are stuck wide open the grain looks pretty good to me. I definitely will shoot with something faster but i thought with just one light, it held up pretty well. Youtube doesn't do justice to the footage, its a lot cleaner and on my flat screen looks amazing.

What settings did you shoot with? F/4.0 and 180 degree shutter angle? I'm pretty amazed at what you got out of the lens in low light, too.

Yes Christian wide open at 180 degree shutter zooming at 24mm and 35mm and 50mm, and a Arri 1k with diffusion and red medium rosco gel.

Joe Gonzalez wrote:This is my first test footage on the BMCC i just received . YouTube obviously doesn't do justice or any compression for that matter. I shot this in low light with a Canon 24-105mm in RAW to ProRes. I still noticed, moire and some aliasing but the crushed grain looks great. I did a mild grade but most of the color was from gels and a Arri 1k. I really love this camera.

Tried to view in from my iPad (my best quality monitor) but it denied me saying it was not authorized to be viewed on mobile! The iPad is 2048x1536 so would be a great way to view it if you can update the mobile setting. Thanks and congratulations.

Rick Lang
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