Hi there, my name is Greg, I'm a UK-based filmmaker, I run a production company called SHAGRAL. This channel is where I share my opinions, tips and reviews on everything related to making images. Feel free to get in touch with me via email address below. Cheers!
This is a story of my life 110%. I mean everything what happened to you happened to me, same thinking, same reasons, same frustration, same decisions, all of it. I am now with Mac mini and do not plan to change. PC has been disconnected and soon to be sold for parts. Amazing video! ⭐
Yea, surprising how little attention has been paid to this video… sure you haven’t pissed off RU-vid by questioning “perfectly and 💯 effective vaccines” 😅😂🤣
And I was looking at spending $$$ on a Hollyland for each of my three Sony cameras… no need for low latency… I just need ONE monitor to set stage and lights and NOT having to check each camera’s rig monitor.
This is a good addition to your video about editing on resolve. Our background is somewhat similar except for that I stopped tinkering with hardware quite a long time ago. So that is an extra point for your argument for getting a macbook for the creative business that is videoediting. Thank you for your thorough exploration of this issue coming from that previously sceptical position. You helped me deciding to get a macbook now for good. So thank you for that. Another question though: since you are doing colorgrading as well and since this will be the first leg of my postproduction career, how accurate do you find the color-representation of the macbook display? This question is only viable if you also use another monitor to reference, like a dell ultrasharp though. Without direct comparison I bet the differences would be relatively hard to spot.
On the not of colorgrading: your videos are a tad dark. You might do good in stretching your footage a bit further across the waveform and can still maintain punchy shadows. Even more so, your shadows could then also have more texture. Just something for you to consider or try. Maybe that macbook display is too bright, haha?
That's the kind of look I like but I'm moving away from it, firstly because it's incredibly hard to get consistent results across a range of devices without a proper monitoring setup (more on that below) and secondly because RU-vid's compression algorithm absolutely destroys shadow details, turning everything below 30 IRE into a mushy mess. Regarding colour on MBP it's a mixed bag but for reasons you might not expect. I had to do a lot of research to understand what's going on. People talk about "Apple gamma shift" but very few understand what's really going on. The screen itself in gorgeous and calibrated very well out of the box, plus it looks virtually the same as my iPad and iPhone, despite them having different display technologies. And unlike PC there is OS-wide colour management and you can simulate a calibrated Rec.709 or sRGB or DCI reference display, for instance. I should be using that more, but then constantly switching profiles for consumption and for creation is a hassle and it's still a workaround, not the fix. The problems start when your content is leaving the Apple land. The core of the problem is that Apple being Apple created their own display standard that doesn't conform to any accepted industry spec (they mixed DCI's P3 colour space with an outdated gamma for Rec.709 - a combo that doesn't exist anywhere else). Which makes it extremely hard to grade for Rec.709 displays while sitting behind an Apple display which is Apple P3 and in case of MBP also with HDR levels of brightness (1600 nits). What you're creating and what you're looking at are apples and oranges at this point. That's why my videos made soon after I got the MBP look too dark. I figured it out since then. The only way to be sure is to bypass Apple's display with a proper external monitoring setup (which I don't currently have) - that is a clean feed out of a VideoAssist into a calibrated Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 display. That is also true for PC for professional colourists, but at least on the PC side you could get away with a single monitor setup because of OS and displays and content ALL living in the Rec.709 world. But if you would grade for cinema delivery, for instance (DCI P3) on a PC you would still require an external monitor calibrated specifically for that. It's hard to fault Apple because 1) display looks gorgeous, P3 is a noticeably better colour space and 1600 nits is great for watching HDR 2) because you should have an external monitor anyway. BUT I really wish they'd use an industry-accepted colour space and gamma combination, like P3 + Gamma 2.4.
@@shagral Man, I was absolutely blown away by this answer. Can't find the time to type an even remotely appropriate response. I'd love to poke you some more for info about being and becominh a post-production professional, since that is my current goal. But the comment section of youtube is certainly not the right medium for that - an interview would be much more suitable for the type of stuff I'd like to pick your brain about. Well anyhow, thanks a ton for the friendly exchange and best of luck and success for all of your endeavours!
This video is underrated in terms of views it got so far. Apparently it hit home with many people, so it did for me as an aspiring editor. Especially the Quality of Life comments nudge me furthet towards considering a fullspec macbook. Especially since this comes from you as an experienced editor and generally PC guy, the commentary you gave is highly valuable to me, since I have never used an apple product. Just one question: the price difference is quite intense at about 2x. Do you think that reallife review would hold up comparing a maximally specced out desktop PC with hardware geared towards this usecase (not gaming) at the same pricepoint? Would such a 5grand PC still have no significant performance benefit over the macbook because of the software compatibility and apple apparently doing a lot of thinga right with how their processing works?
Thanks for the nice words, appreciate it! As for your question, it's hard to answer. Consider the fact that you're still comparing a monster desktop rig and a thin and light laptop. The power / footprint / portability / aesthetics still work out in favour of MBP. Regarding gaming vs editing rig - I don't really see what the difference would be apart from gamer-y RGB crap on the outside. NVIDIA makes Quattro cards but I don't really see anybody using them. Maybe they're more stable? Who knows. Another thing would be a creator-focused Mobo with 10g eth ports, but you can get that as just a PCI-E expansion card also. In short, I have no idea, but I'll tell you this. Months have passed since I made that review and my only regret is that I didn't make the switch sooner. I love this machine. It's rock solid. The 2x price is worth it for me.
@@shagral Thank you for taking the time to answer in such detail. These are good points. Since I want to use it primarily for resolve studio, the hammer has fallen due to your measured perspective :-)
When we are producing a product for clients on a limited deadline, reliability is far more important than raw speed. It doesn’t matter how fast it may be. If the next time you press a button always comes with a crash looming around the corner, the entire experience would suffer.
Thank you for making this video! I think more people need to hear the hard truth of what film festivals have become. The game has changed and festivals are no longer the best way for us to get our work in front of audiences. A well made and to the point video!
Hi, very nice video n very relatable experience and expectations! Keep it up. I too never expected to be into the Apple ecosystem. Like you, i just want things to work.
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Apple might not have changed but iPhone did change a lot.
MS office works very well on Mac. I can't vouch for Excel, but I use PowerPoint and Word professionally and have no issues. There are tiny differences in menus and functions with PC version but nothing major.
nice video bro. As life time windows user I hate macs. Even when I have to use it for the last 4 years and realise that it just that good and work. I am still hoping there will be a windows laptop that will be better than mac laptop for resolve so I don't have use my Mac anymore. hehehe.
I'm just looking to get an ipad just for this. Do I need a wifi + cellular or can I simply use my phone as router for outside 4 cameras monitoring? Thanks
I've just tried that and yes, you can. You need to check "maximise compatibility" in the Wi-Fi hotspot settings otherwise the camera won't connect. I don't know why I haven't thought of that. Probably because I don't want my phone tied up during the shoot and the cellular connection can be a bit spotty. So if you're getting an iPad specifically for this, I would go for the cellular version. Just my 2 cents.
@@shagral Hi, I'm also considering grabbing an iPad with Wifi and Cellular, do you have to have a SIM card inserted to use the "hotspot part" of the iPad and multicam?
Thank you for a such a brilliant review! Would you recommend this version (16/40 +48Gb RAM) for 4k multicam (3 or 4 cameras with h.264, 60 fps, 120 fps occasionally) or should I go for 64Gb version? For now my m1 pro 8/14 +16RAM is on limits :) So I'm trying to figure it out which option is best bang for a buck (max series netween m1-m2-m3). The only question is amount of RAM
Thanks for watching! For RAM I would say 32gb absolute minimum, I'm fine with 48gb - I'm never RAM starved but it's also pretty close to full. I think it's the sweetspot. 64gb would be optimal for peace of mind if you can swing it. Anything above 64 is an overkill for video.
Phenomenal editing and storytelling my dude. I am 100% in the exact same boat. Using an M1 Max to run my youtube channel with Final Cut Pro and it's NUTS how well it runs. It's quiet and cool and a joy to use. Subscribed!
Yo estoy de acuerdo y no. Actualmente tengo un Mac Studio M2 Ultra y un Pc con una RTX4090. Sinceramente, tengo mas problemas en la linea de tiempo con el Mac Studio que con el PC. Aunque me parece que es debido a un ssd externo que utilizo. No me siento identificado con esos problemas en DR con Pc. De hecho, yo no los tengo. El M2 Ultra es una bestia, pero la RTX 4090 y el Ryzen 9 7950X que tengo, destrozan al Mac Studio en tiempos de renderizacion, exportación, magic mask y scroll en linea de tiempo con archivos RAW LT. Supongo que el PC es suerte o tener actualizados todos los controladores y asegurarse de que todos sean compatibles entre si. De todos modos, el MBP M3 es increiblemente potente, pero no sustituye mi configuración de Windows ni de lejos. Ademas, he visto como mis 2 portatiles que tengo MBP 16" han caido en rendimiento en cuestión de 2 años.
I was a lifelong PC user and Apple hater. In the end of 2021, there was a world wide shortage of video cards, and the ones that were available, were ridiculously overpriced. The new M1 Pro just came out, so I gave it a try, sold my PC, and man... Never turning back to Windows. Just the fact that its so silent worth the price.
I ordered mine within 1 day of announcement back in April 2024. Got mine in late July 2024. It's good but not as good as the latest Sony AF-C in the Sony A1: more like the AF-C from a 2018 Sony Alpha 7III. The focus is too abrupt when it changes focus whereas the Sony moves really fast but just before the final focus, it slows down very smoothly. The focus is not smooth when the subject is coming at you when compared to the Sony AF-C in the Alpha 1.
I'm not an English speaker so I can't understand 100% of your video, but it was worth paying attention about an hour. Of course the conclusion ends with what everybody knows, but it's the thing that everyone can't achieve it. Thx for the great video.
wtf this video has only 220 views. i must have 100 000 + views, this was very informative and i think everyone must be interested remove that shitty grain ( too much ) also better title would be: you've been monitoring exposure incorrectly :O thumbnail is good
Just finished this. Wow man, i'm impressed at the quality of your. No youtube on this entire platform has even discussed all this and to the detail you have. I managed to come to the same conclusions as you did. I use an old canon dslr with a 14 year old sensor and today I came to the most baffling conclusion which is it's dynamic range matches those of modern sensors. At first I couldn't believe it but switching from 14bit mode to 12bit mode made it fully apparent. About half a stop of dynamic range loss sealed the deal. It's actually crazy how similar cameras/video are to microphones and audio systems
29:20 The best part about this is possessing a Canon DSLR body with Digic 5. It records 14bit RAW video but only up to about 3.8MP/2.7K which is half of 4K resolution. It also possesses dual gain but that cuts the resolution in half (about 1.9MP/1080p)
Such an incredible video! Thank you very much! <3 It was really helpfull to hear this, especially on this platform and as a young filmmaker myself. It´s easy to feel overwelmd, but your input setteld my inner debate about what I need to create. :)
