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use your imagination for a second and
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build the craziest camera you could
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possibly think of what would it have for
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me I would definitely wanted to have
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16bit color a crap ton of dynamic range
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at least 15 stops 100 megapixel photos
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and I want it to do 4K raw internal
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recording oh but I also want it to be
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done on the biggest sensor you could
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possibly find bigger than the Alexa 65
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well imagine no more because it already
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exists this is the hosel blot h6d 100c
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and it could be the greatest camera ever
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made not too long ago I was able to
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purchase my dream camera a red weapon
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monstro Red's former Flagship Cinema
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Camera with a ridiculous amount of
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dynamic range a monstrously sized uh
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Vista Vision sensor and when it was
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released it came out for nearly a
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whopping 80 ,000 today though you can
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pick up like me a used kit that costs
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roughly the same as a body only Komodo X
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and this got me wondering are there any
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other insane cameras from the past that
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have depreciated to the point of being
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actually affordable and that led me to
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this the HOSA blad
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h60 100c a camera that when it came out
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8 years ago cost
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$32,000 and that was just for the the
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body it's Flagship feature of course a
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sensor that is bigger than the Alexa
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265 on paper you have what could be the
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most insane camera ever made those specs
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that I read off earlier those are all
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true 100 megapixels 15 stops dynamic
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range 16bit color 4K raw internal
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recording all on a sensor that's about
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the size of my palm in the last 8 years
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there is only one other camera that I
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can think of that even comes close to
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that and that is the new Fuji gfx 100
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Mark I one of the most interesting Parts
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about this camera is well all of its
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parts it's got modularity that's really
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seen outside of the Cinema Camera World
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the hand grip which is also the body is
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removable the
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viewfinder is also removable and uh the
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sensor back is is also removable so all
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of these parts are somewhat exchangeable
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if you don't like the viewfinder that it
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comes with you could exchange it for a
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waste level one if something were to
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happen to this massive sensor well you
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could replace it or replace it with a
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smaller one if you wanted to or if
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you're feeling froggy you could replace
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this with a 645 film back and go to town
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the camera shoots to SD card and cast
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card and whether you're shooting photo
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or video those files are massive on the
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other side of the camera is where we
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have the io and we've got a headphone in
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and a mic in for audio you've got power
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in and out you've got a USBC port for
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tethering your camera to the computer
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which is very handy if you're shooting
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in a studio and then finally we've got a
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mini HDMI port and we'll talk about that
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a little bit later you also get a host
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of buttons around the grip that controls
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the body you've got white balance uh
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autofocus modes your ISO a couple of
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other buttons like playback turning on
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and off the camera plus you have scroll
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wheels on your thumb and behind the
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thumb in the front and the back and
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that's for controlling aperture and
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shutter speed you've also
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got a popup
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flash who cares though right like nobody
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is here watching this video to see me
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talk about the body and the buttons and
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pop-up flash you want to know what it's
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like to shoot on and how good is the
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image well thankfully I live here in
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Utah and I thought a camera like this
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deserves some epic locations to be shot
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at for the next 4 days I took the hosel
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blot h6d 100c to analou Island the moon
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swing arm City and Goblin Valley to see
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if shooting with this massive sensor is
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actually worth it or is the medium
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format look just
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hype the most surprising aspect of this
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camera is not the image it's how
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ridiculous ously fun this camera is to
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shoot two reasons for this number one
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the viewfinder the viewfinder is
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wonderful to use it's so incredibly easy
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to see out of and nail focus with plus
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all of your exposure tools are viewable
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at the bottom of the display the second
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reason and the bigger reason is the
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wonderful sound this thing makes it is
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not subtle the camera has a mirror in it
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and when that mirror slaps up it makes
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this incredible noise
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there's something to be said about the
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feeling you get when you're a part of
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this
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process oh I love that
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shutter this camera is slower but not as
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slow as you would expect it does have
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autofocus and true depth autofocus but I
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never used it I like manually focusing
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more I find on this camera manual focus
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is both faster and more reliable
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because of the massively sized sensor
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you gain a few things a massive amount
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of dynamic range we're talking massive I
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say that word a lot depth of field is
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wildly shallow at F4 you're looking at
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what feels like an f1.2 equivalent on a
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full-frame lens you're also getting a
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much wider field of view speaking of
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lenses the kit that I purchased from
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picture line here in Salt Lake City came
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with these five lenses it came with the
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120 m macro the 880
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f2.8 this is the only orange dot lens of
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the group The 100 Mil
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f2.2 the
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34.5 and finally the only zoom out of
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the bunch the 50 to
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110 if you are thinking about getting
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into the system I would highly
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recommend acquiring the orange dots and
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there are two big reasons why first of
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all uh lifespan H blood uses to leave
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shutter lenses so the shutter is in the
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lens so there is a moving mechanism in
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the lens but when they went to an orange
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dot you got a million actuations it is
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not uncommon to go onto a place like
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mpb and look for lenses like these and
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see them with you know 20,000 30,000
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40,000 shutter actuations and if you
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know that they're they are capable of a
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million well you know that's pittens
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like that's nothing to this lens the
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second reason that you would want to get
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the orange dot is because the non orange
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dot lenses are limited to 1 1800th of a
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second on the shutter speed whereas with
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the orange dots they updated that to
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12,000th of a second you know hosel blad
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made a really famous camera called the
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xan cam if you're watching this might be
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the digital X pan that you're looking
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for uh with this size of a sensor this
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is probably the closest you're get into
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it but this one of course can do the xan
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crop ratio and if you put it into live
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view then it's really easy to see that
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composition my favorite lens out of the
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bunch was this 100 mm f2.2 followed by
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the 50 to 110 zooming out to 50 is
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incredibly wide it feels more like a 15
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mm and it renders beautifully the color
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hustel blad's natural color science
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deserves its praise this is the best
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color straight out of camera that I've
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ever worked with let's be honest the
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prospect of being Roger deacons and
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shooting on a camera with a a65 size
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sensor is very intriguing and a major
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contributing factor as to why I bought
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this camera someone on threads when I
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posted that I was making a video about
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the video capabilities of this camera
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said it can't really be as
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straightforward as just hitting the
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record button can it
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and it is it's wild but it's also not
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let's discuss shooting video is very
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straight forward go into modes and
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select video then hit record that's it
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but I'd suggest taking advantage of the
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mini HDMI port and pair this with a
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monitor like this atam Mo Shinobi there
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is no way of getting a proper exposure
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without one you do have in camera though
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Focus peing which is nice also the
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camera only shoots in 24p but more on
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that later and it doesn't have shutter
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angle just shutter speed and no option
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for 1 over 48 so you'll have to go with
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50 once you finished with a clip you can
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hit play and get playback on your
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monitor once again the image quality is
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fantastic and the colors are incredible
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straight out of camera but it's not
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perfect and these weird imperfections
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only come out in post a couple of the
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statements people made were one you
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can't do video and two it's not raw
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because you can't change ISO and white
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balance and you can't change ISO in in
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this version or the most current version
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however you could change white balance
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you just come in here make an adjustment
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and in the most current version you
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would see the adjustment taking place in
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real time it was actually really cool
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and more so than other RWS even like red
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code raw where you can change the white
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balance and the iso you can change
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everything that you could change on a
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photo do you want to change uh the
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shadow fill the Highlight recovery
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Clarity detail sharpness do you want to
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add film grain do you need to get rid of
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dust you could do all of that to this
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which was so huge I don't know what
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happened I wish I could show you I'm
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sorry let's talk about the weird though
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because while it is easy to record video
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there are some serious quirks you're
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going to have to work around the first
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being shooting indoors versus shooting
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outdoors and let me be the first to say
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I I don't know why this is happening
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like the technical reasons over my head
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I'm not that guy but for for whatever
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reason when you're shooting indoors you
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can see visible light waves so I've kind
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of either boiled it down to the LED
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Source or the leaf shutter I'm not sure
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but it's not something that you'll see
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Outdoors a very common concern when
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trying to shoot on medium or large
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format is rolling shutter and obviously
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this is no different when I was hand uh
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when I was doing some handheld work it
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didn't look that great how
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when I put it on my tripod and panned
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pretty fast side to side it wasn't bad
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at all finally the biggest Quirk is the
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noise listen to this
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thing it sounds like a film camera so
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you better be prepared to film
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externally if you want audio we hear all
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the time that large and medium format
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have a look and they do but it's not a
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look that you can't replicate to some
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degree now I'm not the technical Sant
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here to explain this subject properly if
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you're looking for that I would
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definitely check out media divisions
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videos that they've done on this subject
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they were excellent they actually built
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a larger than IMAX 200 megapixel camera
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to kind of prove this also there is a
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really great current video by a channel
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called shagr I'm sorry if I butchered
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that name I do have some examples though
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maybe the most compelling of which are
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are these here are two clips one shot
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with the h6d and one shot with the red
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Komodo X there is a massive difference
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in sensor size here but can you actually
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tell a difference can you actually tell
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which is which it really comes down to
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math and again I'm not the math guy if
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like me you struggle with figuring out
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the necessary crop factors to achieve a
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relative fi of view in a relative uh
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depth of field at a certain f- stop from
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a smaller sensor to a bigger sensor
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might I suggest using Phil Holland's uh
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website and his tool format compare if
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you don't know who Phil Holland is Phil
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is widely known for his incredible
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breadth of knowledge and this format
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compare tool which is free along with a
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ton of other uh tools that he offers is
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it was incredibly helpful for me making
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this video thank you so much Phil your
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website is amazing what it boils down to
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though is if you find a lens that is
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both wide enough and fast enough you can
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replicate the look of large or medium
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format with a smaller sized sensor
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however in my personal opinion there are
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a few things that are much more
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difficult to replicate that would be
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tonality that would be color and there
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are very few cameras out there with
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smaller sensors that could also achieve
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the same amount of dynamic range going
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back to these clips the top is the h60
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there were a lot of of people that got
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this wrong when I posted a poll on my
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Instagram and threads what is most
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impressive to me is the color it's bang
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on despite it not having log straight
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out of camera the color is insane so is
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this then a viable
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affordable way to do large format video
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capture no not really and it's not
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really because of the sensor size I mean
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it is but in a roundabout way you see
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it's the lens selection to find a lens
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that actually covers an image this big
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an image Circle this big is very
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difficult hosel bl's own HC lenses uh
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the lens selection is very small and if
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you find a different company that makes
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a lens that can fit this image Circle
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adapting it to this system is not very
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straightforward I'd say right now your
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only option to shoot medium format photo
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and video is Fuji's gfx 100 Mark I yes I
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shot it but barely uh I know this is
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going to piss some people off I don't
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care uh while the files and photos and
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the video are are good not as good as
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the
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h6d ah that is the most lifeless camera
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I have ever used pushing the buttons
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felt like I imagine it would feel like
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to poke a dead body with a stick this
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camera despite it being a ticking Time
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Bomb you see they don't even support the
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H system anymore and unfortunately this
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camera does have to go back for repair
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it's got a sensor issue it needs to be
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recalibrated and hell it didn't even
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work half the time because of the cold
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it's finally starting to warm up which
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is nice but it's still too cold to
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really use this I'll fire off a photo
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maybe two and then it has an error it
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reads that there is no card it tells me
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to save the logs remove the battery and
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try it again I would choose it nearly
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every single time over the gfx because
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it is that much fun and the files are so
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good before I finish I just want to say
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a massive thank you to picture line here
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in Salt Lake you know they heard my idea
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for this video and they did not have a
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camera somehow they allocated one in a
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kit with all those lenses batteries you
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name it and got it to me for an insane
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deal if you're in Salt Lake and you're
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not using picture line you're shooting
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yourself in the foot if you've got any
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questions at all on the hos blot h6d or
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any of the photos or the video you saw
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please let me know down in the comments
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below and while you're down there do me
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thanks again for watching I'll catch you
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on the next one peace
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