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I’m pretty sure raising highlight sensitivity raises the noise as well. I don’t have the technical explanation for this but the basic idea is that the dynamic range stays the same the whole time, so changing the sensitivity just affects where the midpoint will be.

The only times I’ve changed highlight sensitivity were when I had a shot with a lot…[Read more]

Great post and love the enthusiasm! The E mount for Kine cameras is analog, unfortunately so I don’t think Sony lens control is coming soon. Please post the Apple piece when it’s ready, though 🙂

Thanks for the update, Matt. I haven’t upgraded my firmware yet but will look out for this if I get the same issue.

Hi Martin, I haven’t tried this but am curious myself. I’ve had a couple timecode issues in the past and resorted to manual syncing but TC would be faster. I hope someone has the right recipe for this.

That’s an interesting question. I’d photograph the back of the lenses and send them to Kinefinity camera service to ask. I had some Leica R lenses that had small bits that protruded from the back of the lens – they weren’t compatible with the KineHancer. But I’d never thought of CN-E lenses. My guess is that they are compatible but it’s best to…[Read more]

Hi Gordon – on Facebook there’s a private group called Kinefinity Camera Service. I’d recommend posting there as the company can respond directly. I haven’t faced this issue myself. Hope this helps.

@koba please share when the KineEVF gets in. I had the Zacuto Gratical. Really dug it but battery life was an issue. Looks like the Kameleon has better resolution so would like to try that one out as well

Hi Calvin – here’s the article I wrote about the lenses last year. I’d say everything I predicted int he article is true. They’re an excellent value and handily outperform other cine lenses in their price bracket. I shot the short Re/Connections on them, and much of this documentary:

Hi Lawrence, have you reached out to OriginCine in Burbank? They’re the US service center. I will say that there is FPN at higher ISOs especially at an s16 crop where you’re essentially enlarging the size of the noise. Can’t tell if what you’re experiencing is an actual problem with the camera or an inherent limitation of it.

Hi Andy, I usually use the Kinefinity LUT as a starting point, or the ARRI one, which is a little less contrasty. From there I start stacking on corrections: usually Color Wheels and Curves if I’m in FCP or Lumetri if I’m in Premiere. For most shots I will add some sort of masking/window to focus the eye on a certain part of the frame. By the tim…[Read more]

Hi Fabian,

There are a lot of questions in this post so I’ll try to answer a couple of them simply and maybe some other people can fill in. First off: Reliability. I will say that the cameras have had some issues with stability in the past but that KineOS 6.2 is much more reliable. I took both the Terra and the Mavo LF for four weeks on this…[Read more]

Hi Gianfranco – I had a set of Leica-R lenses and got them adapted to EF mount. Initially I started with the Fotodiox adapters, which are pretty cheap, but after awhile I ordered the ones from Leitax, which are more expensive but much better. The Leitax mounts are hard mounts meaning you take off the original Leica mount and install these instead.…[Read more]

I haven’t tested that configuration. But if the PL adapter works it should be good, no?

Hi Steven. I’m sorry this is happening. I haven’t experienced this. Can you provide a little more info about what codec you’re shooting/editing in?

Hi Calvin, If you don’t record sound in camera I’d consider the KineBack lite which still gives you the v-mount battery connection.

Hi William. Yes, you’ve got it correct. If you’re in FF mode it offers several resolutions from 6016×3172 all the way down to something in the 3k range. The 3k version is still using the full sensor but downsampling internally.

If you set the camera to S35, MFT, or S16 modes, you’re windowing the sensor and not using its full size. Within those…[Read more]

Hi Daniel – I haven’t tried audio straight into the 3.5mm jack yet. Will let you know if I can test that. It’s funny, I have the KineBack, but more than half the time I end up going with dual-system audio and syncing the footage in post. Would probably save time to go into the camera but I’m always trying to have less wires going into the body.

Yes I would say the color rendering is very similar on the two cameras. Not identical, though. You can’t use the Mavo LUT on the Terra footage and get the exact same result. However, the KineNeut4k LUT and the KineNeutM LUT (which is designed for the Mavo series) makes the two cameras match on the timeline. The LF has about a stop more dynamic r…[Read more]