As someone that has used HMI's for decades, yes, they have been the standard for a very long time for shooting outdoors, because of their output and being natively 5600K, but they were never perfect. They have deficiencies in their spectrum, just like everything else that's not tungsten or the sun, that depending on certain factors, could range from virtually unnoticeable to "Yeah, that doesn't look right". Obviously it makes sense to compare the 1200x to a traditional HMI, but to me it seemed like HMI's may have been placed a little too high on the proverbial pedestal with regards to skin tones and color rendition. IMO, LED's, at the very least, tied HMI's in skin tone and color rendition years ago. The only thing HMI's still hold over them, is huge, brute force fixtures, that may still be many, many years off from having LED equals, if ever. But for anything in the owner/op and/or realistically manageable by a single person/small crew realm, LED's like the 600 and 1200 series have mostly supplanted HMI's. I think I've only pulled out my 800's maybe once since getting the original 600d Pro's. And now I have two 1200x's on order. Except for possibly an emergency back-up, I doubt my real HMI's will ever go out on a paying job with me, again.
phew I can't afford this camera, but I was really considering it these last days. This video put my expectations back in check again. Super interesting with the IR pollution
I’m sorry but colour me unimpressed. I really didn’t get much clarity from your music test with the “noise cancellation”. I would absolutely point people in the direction of the hilly land c1 pros or maybe the kommunik8 headsets. The ENC on both of them is brilliant and when you’re in a hectic environment, I garuntee you’ll struggle to hear directions from anyone on these things!
Camera + Lens used in the tests might good to know--did I miss that? I know you've got options generally but I like knowing if someone's results might come across similar with my use case scenarios. Great video, love all the deep diving and comparing to other lights as well as seeing some of your lighting BTS!
Could you tell the difference in movies or cinema? Like to the normal person 100% they won't but even if you're looking for it do you think someone could tell?
@@stuartswindellcampoy8483 IMO it depends on what you’re putting in front of the lens ultimately. Could ask the same question regarding lenses, format, etc
@@robchado true I mean lenses are more obvious as they come with different characters like flairs or micro contrast etc. But yeah that light having that tiny extra on the wavelength I really wonder for real :)
Great video! The 1200x looks like an amazing light fixture. I hope there’s a bit of a trickle down of the tech used in this light to their smaller bi colour light.
@@mitchgross592 I am looking forward to that! Would love to phase out some of my other units! Getting some smaller units with BLAIR will make my package very sought after.
PL style bowens mount. Caleb said the exact same thing when he saw it haha. White light never looked this good... more like Black Shirt never looked so good.
Hello. Excellent explanation of how it works. I have a question for you: many devices with these characteristics only work in P (progressive) did you test if it works in I (interlaced) I need it to work in 1920 x 1080 50 I
@@robchado that’s disappointing. Have you come across any solid remote camera control solutions for the Burano? Sony’s RM-30BP works, but I also don’t want to pay a grand for a glorified TV remote.
Alexa: -4 and +6 barely usable = 10 stops of latitude + beautiful colors Raptor: -6 and +4 barely usable = 10 stops but colors are beautiful only from -4 to +3 which makes it more like 7 stops of latitude if you want equal to Alexa quality. I know according to tests, the dynamic range for both of them is almost the same, but usable image in the scene is much deeper and more pleasant on Alexa
