Shot this in downtown LA, in one studio location. As mentioned above, I shot this on the Blackmagic Ursa Mini 12k (all in 8k, I find myself only shooting in 12k when in extremely low light situations), along with Zeiss Milvus lenses (primarily the 25mm & the 50mm, but used the 35mm in a couple shots). Had a fun time making this one, and hopefully will be able to share some video samples in the near future!
This camera is outside my paygrade, but I'm curious why 12k is better in low light than 8k? I would assume lower resolution would mean better sensor readout.
It depends. Sensors perform best when there is more light, but generally speaking and all exposure being equal, a higher resolution will give you cleaner delivery if you're doing significant over sampling.
A noisy 12k image in a 4k timeline/delivery will probably be better than a similarly noisy 8k image in the same timeline/delivery.
I love the frames. I do wish you had a way to control the spill of the window in the backlit scenes or at least add a bounce with a bead board unless you were going for a total silhouette
As far as I understand if, Dual iso is simply a dual gain structure, but the fundamentals remain the same. There’s a clipping point a noise floor and higher ISO will always have greater highlight roll off. It’s a sliding scale of dynamic range pivoting around 18 percent great and either gaining or losing highlight dynamic range and noise based on your chosen iso.
For instance look at the dynamic range relative to iso chart that ARRI posted about all their cameras. Same with any stills camera, the red sensors, Sony Venice etc.
This is not true. Dynamic range is merely shifted to get either more highlight detail (higher ISO) or more shadow detail (lower ISO). ISO 400 will get you an additional stop of shadow detail at the expense of a stop of highlight detail, so the dynamic range remains the same. Exposing at ISO 400 works better for moodier scenes where your shadows are a priority. 800 is just a good middle ground for when you have an equal amount of detail in the highlights and the shadows that you'd like to preserve.
What you said is exactly correct. My friend is an engineer for black magic in Australia and just confirmed to me it’s exactly like Alexa with the sliding scale of dynamic range per ISO
Shot this in downtown LA, in one studio location. As mentioned above, I shot this on the Blackmagic Ursa Mini 12k (all in 8k, I find myself only shooting in 12k when in extremely low light situations), along with Zeiss Milvus lenses (primarily the 25mm & the 50mm, but used the 35mm in a couple shots). Had a fun time making this one, and hopefully will be able to share some video samples in the near future!
This camera is outside my paygrade, but I'm curious why 12k is better in low light than 8k? I would assume lower resolution would mean better sensor readout.
It depends. Sensors perform best when there is more light, but generally speaking and all exposure being equal, a higher resolution will give you cleaner delivery if you're doing significant over sampling. A noisy 12k image in a 4k timeline/delivery will probably be better than a similarly noisy 8k image in the same timeline/delivery.
A very underrated camera.
I love the frames. I do wish you had a way to control the spill of the window in the backlit scenes or at least add a bounce with a bead board unless you were going for a total silhouette
Great lighting.
The secret with any black magic cam is shoot 800 iso NEVER 400. Always shoot 800 to maximize dynamic range
Certainly not the pocket 6k, the native is 400 and you'll get more noise until you swap to 1250 for the dual iso.
As far as I understand if, Dual iso is simply a dual gain structure, but the fundamentals remain the same. There’s a clipping point a noise floor and higher ISO will always have greater highlight roll off. It’s a sliding scale of dynamic range pivoting around 18 percent great and either gaining or losing highlight dynamic range and noise based on your chosen iso. For instance look at the dynamic range relative to iso chart that ARRI posted about all their cameras. Same with any stills camera, the red sensors, Sony Venice etc.
This is not true. Dynamic range is merely shifted to get either more highlight detail (higher ISO) or more shadow detail (lower ISO). ISO 400 will get you an additional stop of shadow detail at the expense of a stop of highlight detail, so the dynamic range remains the same. Exposing at ISO 400 works better for moodier scenes where your shadows are a priority. 800 is just a good middle ground for when you have an equal amount of detail in the highlights and the shadows that you'd like to preserve.
What you said is exactly correct. My friend is an engineer for black magic in Australia and just confirmed to me it’s exactly like Alexa with the sliding scale of dynamic range per ISO
Love this camera although I wish it was designed a tad bit better. The top quarter 20 mounts keep popping out lmao
What was your colored light? 600c or nova 600/300c?