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Thanks Matt!

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I might do a short comparing the output on both…

Basically that’s it, a lot of Blackmagic cameras have leaned towards having an IR cut filter that lets through more Infrared than a lot of other manufacturers cameras. But trust me running it with no IR cut at all is wayyyy more intense 😅

Absolutely! So at 16:38 I mention the one I’m using. You have a choice when modding as you could fit a filter for visible light back over the sensor. I opted not to as you can also just put one on the lens. This allows you to choose which filtration you want to use / experiment more easily as there are many different ‘sensitivities’ of filtration measured in nanometers.

Thanks ☺️

Doh! 😅 It is a 27.5mm diameter piece of glass 1.5mm thickness FLAT

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I’m going to call it my abyss room from now on 😅 TBH this is just the smallest room painted dark grey, but granted having the ‘spare’ room to do that is something I’m grateful for.

@@Dale_Campbell I'm a college student so things are tight, on a more related Note do you have a tutorial for the cannon 4000D? I got a good deal on a used one.

Glad to help 🙌

Would love to see the results if you do 👌

Decided to make a follow up video to discuss / show results as everything was getting quite long 😅 But will be aiming for this time next week 👍🏼

@@Dale_Campbell thanks :)

@@Dale_Campbell Awesome, will be looking forward to it

Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying them!

Hey, not sure I understand correctly, this was the G300. Did you mean the B500?

Maybe it has 👋

It would be fascinating to see a version in colour, just for comparisons sake!

@@Dale_Campbell you read my mind! In fact I’ve planned a test shoot tomorrow to play with B&W and colour versions. That said I like the choice of B&W for this series, albeit its lack of texture and grain, and the highlights are sometimes very white.

Another comment - It felt like an homage to film noir, almost as if the director thought of that genre as the best quality and wanted to emulate it. Certainly, B&W requires expert lighting. And the fact that there weren't digital effects and such brought out the story so much more.

Hmmm I don’t think any previous Blackmagic cameras have, so I’d be inclined to say not…

@@Dale_Campbell Many people requested it from them so i thought they would consider it in their flagship camera. Nothing on the website mentions it. Hopefully with a firmware update it might be possible. That would make it a camera from heaven for wildlife filmmakers!

I haven’t yet… will try this afternoon and report back…. I fear it may be too tall…

@@Dale_Campbell Thank you

Thanks 🙌 got another one ready to go live 😁

@@Dale_Campbell lovely!

I wonder if they will leave it at this, or try and adapt the later Ripley books…

@@Dale_Campbell Our sense of sight wants more!

I agree. Only a genius could make a film like this in the digital age.

You profess the know the thoughts and feelings of Stanley Kubrick....?? Not only arrogant, and presumptive, but desperately trying to sound clever and knowledgeable by dropping the well known name Kubrick. Perhaps Toland would've enjoyed the homage, but there's zero Kubrick influence here....Your comment is frankly moronic.

Fair! When I first started doing the analysis I was only using shots from the trailer to avoid spoilers etc. I did expand that out but didn’t go looking comprehensively on this topic as I’d already recorded this episode.

What kinds of shoot are you doing mostly?

@@Dale_Campbell mostly commercial, documentary and corporate. I would absolutely love something in the 500-600w range that can overpower the sun or fake a sunny day, but it's not a problem I have often to justify buying instead of renting. Also I love putting these lights on Super Clamps.

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I was planning one more on black and white cinematography, but a Caravaggio analysis is a great idea 🤔

I’ve shot a lot of scenarios like this and competing with direct sun is brutal. I’d say you need at least 600w of output and although this can get close the max mode does spin the fans up. They did announce a new ‘B’ series of lights which may be more suitable but I haven’t used them yet.

🙌 thanks glad you liked it!

You can, but I imagine as with other bi-colour lights the intensity marginally drops as you move away from the ideal range where it is using all of the emitters. But this is to be expected. It does however still feel ‘boosted’ so anecdotally I don’t feel I’m loosing much.

@@Dale_Campbell tyvm for your response! very insterested in this one for the form factor!

I believe it's only 4300 in the max mode .

I had a similar feeling, I suppose I’m used to black & white be played for texture, grain and imperfections a lot of the time. This did have a feel of hyped sharp high resolution photography. My wife thought that maybe it was meant to represent more of how the world feels from Ridley’s perspective, (she didn’t like it). Overall I did find I was too aware of the cinematography in all the different ways I’m looking at in this series of videos to be fully immersed. The last one will be a look at Black & White and a discussion around it.

@@Dale_Campbell It’s like they had a card catalog of classic set-piece compositions from early 20th century European cinema and they tried to shoehorn as many homage versions into the filming as possible. Anyway, always good to know I’m not the only one distracted by the look. Have a fabulous day!

I haven’t done a stress test in a controlled way yet. I ran the two lights for over an hour, but I was dancing the levels up and down. At the end it was 50-54% full

Do you need the rgb colour mode?

@@Dale_Campbell I don’t rely on it, I guess it could come in handy but not a necessity

@@DeluxSkater all other things being equal I’d usually opt for more output

Thanks! I haven’t encountered that issue, on this shoot I started everything fresh, Bluetooth reset all the fixtures and then added them all together. I also renamed them to help me quickly work out what was what when needing to adjust levels. Mixing the X60 and G300 in the app didn’t seem to be a problem… was this with the current build of the app? The singer was performing the Queen of the Night aria, as I understand it the character is basically cursing her husband out in the most extreme terms! Telling her daughter to kill him… So thats the ‘intent’ 😮

@@Dale_Campbell I just was able to do a fw update on the G200 and it seems to be operating well on the app now. Just received the G300 and WOW! My travel kit is now those 2 lights plus 2 x100s and 2 Fiveray M20s. All fit in the space of a single 300w type light from Aputure. I do use a ton of Aputure fixtures in the studio or local locations though!

@@wiezyckifamily awesome 🙌 Just working out a packing solution for all of the lights at the moment, what are you using?

@@Dale_Campbell I've been carrying on a Lowepro ProTactic backpack for camera bodies, lenses, laptop, etc. (under the seat) then the PortaBrace rolling carry-on case (overhead) holds batteries, a few lights, gimbal and/or drone (mini pro 3). Then I check a Briggs and Riley Torq 28-inch medium trunk suitcase with lightstands, tripod w/head removed, power bricks for lights, light modifiers and then my clothes go into the top lid portion. If I'm careful I can get it under 50lbs because the suitcase itself is only like 9.5lbs. As far as the actual packing of the lights themselves I've just sorta stacked them together in a couple of the velcro dividers in the PortaBrace. Just FYI I do have to pop the wheels off of that case to fit in the overhead and sometimes it's a bit tight and flight attendants look at me with 'that look.'

Thanks Matt! Glad to hear the approach was useful for you!

The baby pin receiver and articulating mount are metal. The Bowens mount seems to be tough plastic

Bummer they didn't change the plastic bits...can you ask them why?​@@Dale_Campbell

@@kenyakking I’ll try, If I had to guess I’d say that at this price point and in the interest of keeping weight down. It does feel solid though.

They should be shipping now!

There should be a link in the description (it is an affiliate link FYI).

No worries 🙌 It’s pretty enticing at this price isn’t it 😉

Thanks! Second time shooting in this one, the first time I could have done with more small lights to sort the deep background like this. What I really want to do is get 4 of the G300s outside pushing in through the windows and haze it up 😅🤔

That would look amazing!

@@gwartmedia just need a few more 😬