Low End vs. Super High End Camera Showdown
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this video we test a $4,000 camera against a $90,000 camera to see if you can tell which is which and determine the differences between the two.
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Lighting and lenses are more important than the sensor. Option 1 looks way better. Seeing that 18-55 on the Alexa made me want to die
Haha I know, it hurts 😆
Bruh the alexa looking like Iphone 12 lol
Even at a disadvantage, the Alexa holds up
I’m actually kind of excited about this channel. I just discovered today. I look forward to your next video.
Much appreciated my friend!
You almost got me. That second cam was to sharp and that is what gave it away for me.
ayyyy good eye 🙏
lol I immediately was wondering why one camera had a much deeper DoF. It looks like you also spent more time on the color grade for the FX3 bringing out some of the subtle variations in skin tones.
Good eye ;) As far as the grade, that actually wasn't the case, but that's interesting feedback to hear that that's how it was received. I basically generally matched the RGB Parade for both of the wide shots and then did some slight adjusting by eye after that.
Not gonna lie you got us in the first half
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It's a bit odd because I guessed your Arri shot because of its inherent sharpness. But it's a logical sharpness for that Arri camera, even with that Canon kit lens! I do also feel that lenses, as digital sensors are improved, lesser their importance on the overall image quality: They obviously condition the focal distance on the image, but don't compromise that much an incredible sensor's image (added character overcomplicates a bit my statement, with for example an old fisheye lens with an extreme image). I can discuss at a degree the ugliness of chromatic aberration on bokeh, but i feel it's not that subjective what a perfect lens can show of the actual sensor's dynamic range and codecs.
P.D: It would have been awesome to pair the FX3 with the Ninja V (the famous "The Creator" rig) to match the 12bits mark and data rate on each camera. Also great video, btw! 👌
Love the feedback and thank you so much!!
I guessed right as I just assumed the shallow DOF of the first cam was from a Full frame sensor, which was likely your cheaper camera. I assumed the higher end camera was likely an Alexa mini hence less DOF.
Other thing I noticed immediately was the sharpness of the second image.
I think texture is often a giveaway between an Alexa and lower end camera but that doesn't show up on UA-cam at least not at 1080p.
I think art/location budget should come before camera budget, though I do love the look of ARRI cameras. A pro colorist makes up for a lot though.
I also think the Alexa 35 look out of camera isn't that nice. The Alev3 sensor just gives this more filmic saturated look with just the conversion LUT. The ARRI 35 is so neutral its almost boring. It collects such a huge range of color and dynamic range and is really meant for pro post treatment I believe.
bro no way you started playing New Drank by Lucki 😭😭
Lmao 😂😂 just trying to show I’m a camera nerd guy but also know about my boy Tune
I thought number one looked better. I believe that even with an $2400 camera you can create beautiful images if you know how to light your shoots.
Lucki instrumental on point though 👌🏽
Ayyy good ear!
The Dynamic Range on the Alexa 👌🏻the fastest way to recognize
it was the sony blue that gave it away for me
Great comparison! Camera tech has come a long way🤘
AYYY Thank you homie!
As tech keeps getting better I wonder what the motivations are behind shooting on pricier equipment.
The Sony looked so good. but the Fact that. the ax35 with a kit lens looked just as good is crazy. what filter you use?
It was a Cavsion diffusion filter. I think it's called soft mist or something like that (essentially off brand BPM)
@@Brendan_Babs thanks The look you get is amazing. I wish I could afford those lenses too. love how you get your skin tone to pop they have a smooth butter feel.
@@highlycreativedigital5472 wow thank you man I appreciate that🙏
For me personally second setup looked more movie-like, because of depth of field. One thing which we lose on this wide aperture hype UA-cam train is that although it looks pleasant to the eye, that goes in a different direction of what a movie is trying to achieve. By consciously bringing depth in to the frame we add context and meaning to the scene. I guess that’s also one of the reason these cameras are hard to compare due to sensor size differences.
That was a great test for the eye, like that ❤
“gear doesn’t matter”
proceeds to use a lens that costs 6 times as much as the body 💀
A slight misquote of my video but I feel you ;) haha
FX3 looked far better.. especially in low light which is very surprising
Bm6kpro vs alexa! thats a tough one. the bm with dehanser gets a crazy close image. just the rolling shutter gives it away.
Bruh include a shoot with the same lens and diffusion at the end. We get your point but we also want to see the ground truth.
Hey thanks for the advice man! Appreciate the watch
Both look awful but scene 2 looks worse. We should go back to film.
It was obvious to tell the difference between 10 bit and 12 bit color. Next time you should throw in the Blackmagic CC 6K for 12 bit against 12 bit.
That's such a great idea...."low end" 12-bit vs. "high-end" 12-bit
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there is no way you would be able to tell the difference between 10-bit footage and 12-bit footage by just looking at two already graded scenes. especially not when the video is on youtube.
you can see it when you are grading and doing some extreme stuff, but it has to be ridiculously extreme to be able to see 10-bit footage break apart.
@@Bcutter- It may have been the grade but, I definitely noticed a difference between the two shots. Maybe another test using the same lens on each camera?
@@chrisjenkins9978 i don't doubt you can tell the difference or that there are people that could pretty much consistently know which one was the Alexa (or actually maybe I doubt that haha), but it is not because one is 10-bit and one is 12-bit. You will only see that difference when you start doing some serious color grading. even 8-bit and 10-bit can be hard to notice the difference in SDR unless you start doing extreme stuff. to notice the difference between 10-bit and 12-bit even when grading you probably have to work with HDR footage. and when i mean "when grading" i don't mean "after someone else has graded". i mean while you are grading, you can achieve some results that look horrible in 8-bit if you do the right things, but no grader would ever publish a video like that, so as long as the grader didn't screw up, you would actually never even be able to tell the difference between 8-bit and 12-bit. the bit depth only decides how much freedom and flexibility you have to completely change the hues and lights of an image without it falling apart.
$4000 is a low-end camera? Maybe this channel isn’t for me. 😂
hahaha I'm sensationalizing a bit
it is tho. even a $2400 dollars camera is expensive for me, but they are really low end. you have Reds, Venices and Arris for times that amount
Dear Brendan, hope this finds you well. Please export and upload in 4K next time, thanks! - Best Rugrats, Association of 4K Monitor Owners of America
Hahaha my man, thank you for the feedback - I promise you the next one will be in 4K
@@Brendan_Babs you got my sub 🎬🙌🏼
Yep, #1 looke better.
Sony looked better tho lol
Yeah did you watch the video on why?
did finish
@@Bledder
Not really a good test unless you have identical glass on the bodies imo. Good glass on a budget sensor will always look better than bad glass on a cinema sensor. If you put shitty tires on a Ferrari it won’t drive well.
It’s a good video about how important lens choice is, but without being precise in the test about sensor comparison this feels a bit click-baity.
Hey thanks for taking the time to offer this advice, thanks for watching!