Re: [FCP-L] Re: Sony EX1R Post Workflow

I'll weigh in here as an EX-1 owner. Caveat: I'm not as technically savvy as
others that I've read on the list. I am a producer and come from the old
school SD world (can you say 90's?) and have just gotten back into shooting
and editing.

First off, it's HD so any comparison to SD capture time is silly to me.
Transfer time from card to disk is about 4:1. I transferred a full card shot
at 720P (28 minutes) in 7 minutes yesterday (same transfer time for 1080
because it's just data, right?) Conversion time inside FCP for the same 28
minutes was maybe another 4 or 5 minutes. So I'm still at least 2:1 for
ingest. And it's HD. So, I have 2:1 ingest for much hogher quality than SD,
so no comparison there.

I have never had a video consumer watching on screen or online say anything
but "wow!" The online stuff I upload looks much better than what I see
currently on ANY cable channel. By the time they get your material and
re-compress it looks like a bad VHS dub. I totally get the technical
discuussion. I have one thing to say to that: Step away from the spec sheet
and test equipment. YOU may know that the picture quality could be better
coming from another camera but the video consumer doesn't care. To them if
it looks good it is good.

My sequences are all ProRes and for what I do (corporate typically going
online) the material edits well and looks good. And it's HD.

Attached lens? A cost/benefit tradeoff. I actually haven't taken advantage
of all the set up the camera offers. I don't use undercrank/overcrank so I
can't comment.

It's too small and not massy enough to hand hold well like an old timey Ike
or Sony. For critical hand holding I use a Spider Brace. I have a set of
rails but haven't invetsed in a matte box, handles, etc. I have no need for
something like a Letus adapter. This is not a TV camera. It's an HD video
camera in a form factor more like a smaller Arriflex. I think of it like a
film camera.

I have shot with the JVC GY-HM100, little brother to the 700. It looks like
a consumer camera. It's easy to handhold and you look like a tourist.
Granted the 700 has a removable lense but so does the EX-3. The "just drag
and drop the files" claim from JVC is not without it's set up. Without the
right QT components it's a pain. And it's still an MPG inside the MOV file.

And there's a the price. For an HD camera. That shoots and looks like a film
camera. I wouldn't shoot features with it. I don't how it blows up to a
large screen. That seems like a function of the digital projector. I don't
care whether the chips are full frame or not. It's HD. For less than good SD
or HDV was 5 years ago.

Unless you're into the whole Sony/Panasonic/JVC/... holy war I would
recommend the EX-1 or EX-1R or EX-3 (R coming soon?) to anyone trying to
"navigate the fast-moving waters of pro and prosumer cameras."

Cheers!

Todd O'Neill
Managing Director
DoingMedia LLC
www.doingmedia.net
San Antonio, TX

LinkedIn: toddoneill | FaceBook: Todd O'Neill | Twitter: doingmedia |
doingmedia.blip.tv

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Rupert Watson <rupert@root6.com> wrote:

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