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Dear Ghosts,
Edit: The reason I didn't opt for the Cine version speedbooster was because of 3 reasons. I don't use follow focus, I just use my hands (i am a weird handheld purist) so i dont need the super tight lock (the normal version locks fine for general use). The non-cine version only requires one hand to change lenses, which is useful for run and gun. Finally, the price and ergonomics. The locking mechanism on the cine version crowds finger space near the grip, making it uncomfortable.
I wanted to test full frame more and film something similar to what I used to do except this time with the metabones speed booster. I think when you use full frame you shouldn’t typically go above f5.6 otherwise it beings to look indistinguishable from s35. It’s risky though, since more shallow aperture means background blur can causes banding issues for RU-vid. It also makes pulling focus much harder but I don’t mind, focusing by hand is so enjoyable with the Otus lens. Actually I think manual focus is the most fun you can have with photography, but that’s for another video. I feel like the whole purpose of full frame is the depth of field and it feels more worthwhile when shooting shallower apertures. Otherwise, for my style of videos I don’t see enough points to fully transition full frame.
I’ve noticed that this speed booster causes some distortion and also some chromatic aberration. But it also exceeded my expectations and gave me so much light, at iso 3200 you get more light than what you can see in real life. Regarding color grading, I converted flog2 files to Arri Log C, which has tremendous dynamic range, but it’s kinda offset by the fact that the xh2s can only go down to 1250 iso. You NEED an ND filter if you want to shot flog2, otherwise you have to shoot at f11 or after sunset. With Arri log C it is tough to get the skin tones right, i think i did ok aside for the consistency. It’s also annoying that there is no native conversion for flog2 yet in Davinci Resolve, I mean Leica’s log profile is already supported. LEICA. Yes, the photo camera with barely any video specs. C'mon, Fujifilm and Davinci! My most recent videos should look a lot better as I only realized recently my color space management was off, causing desaturation when uploaded to youtube. The only problem now is banding, which is difficult to avoid when you shoot shallow apertures.
Overall I love my current setup. I don’t like rigs, as I think it takes the fun out of shooting so I will probably stick with the setup for a while until Blackmagic releases a new camera, hopefully with native EF mount. My mouth waters at the idea of having an even more organic image paired with this lens.
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Love,
CGC
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29 май 2023
