I have my Camera

Steven Thomas · November 26th, 2007, 10:22 AM

They obviously have higher numbers.
Phil's was 3 and he just received his today.
There are higher numbers that received them last week.
I guess this all goes without saying.... LOL

Eric Pascarelli · November 26th, 2007, 10:41 AM

Yes, of course - but the rumor was that they were getting the first cameras. Oh well.

Mine is shipping today - should have it tomorrow.

Phil Bloom · November 26th, 2007, 11:21 AM

Serial numbers 1 and 2 are owned by Sony and are demo units.

I will do some vignette tests tonight and hopefully get some footage shot as soon as possible. Just got work getting in the way. But I was going to shoot 3 shorts on my f350 next week. Am now going to use the ex1 instead. Be an interesting test.

Steven Thomas · November 26th, 2007, 11:32 AM

Wow, Phil
So technically you own the first production model!

Great, let us know how your vignette test and your shorts go.

Phil Bloom · November 26th, 2007, 02:03 PM

no sign of vignette problem at all so far.

Initial thoughts. All lovely, but will need some firmware updates. Would like to assign OIS to a hard button but I can't. You can on the z1.

For some reason my macbook pro can't seem to play 1080p 25 at full frame rate full screen. Weird!

Adam Palomer · November 26th, 2007, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Pascarelli

Serial number 3 - cool.

Whatever happened to the "hundreds" of cameras supposedly bought by CNN et. al?

He's in the UK so I'm going to assume he purchased a PAL version. I believe CNN will be purchasing the NTSC version.

Daniel Weber · November 26th, 2007, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Palomer

He's in the UK so I'm going to assume he purchased a PAL version. I believe CNN will be purchasing the NTSC version.

the cameras do both PAL and NTSC, so the versions are basically the same.

Daniel Weber

Phil Bloom · November 26th, 2007, 05:54 PM

Oh dear...how did this happen? How could Sony do this to me?

Bigger is better right!? Form factor, picture quality etc. No handheld will ever feel as good as a pimped up beast on my shoulder but Sony have gone and screwed it all up for me!

Yes it has better picture quality than many full size cameras but it's so little. I feel like less of a man. Perhaps the only way my relationship with my EX1 can flourish is by going to couple's therapy. After all I do love it!

Seriously though, it's very very impressive. I bought a miller solo ds20 to go with it. What a great combo. A really stable, lovely fluid head and light tripod coupled with a stunning HD camera. For the first time ever I feel I could actually take this on public transport and still be pretty lightweight and not kill myself. First time I have felt confident in doing so. I don't feel there are any compromises made now.

Congratulations to Sony on a revolutionary camera. This really is going to change everything. It's just I am going to pull a lot less chicks with this in my palm than my F350 on my shoulder! Damn you Sony!! Perhaps I just need to get a Ferrari as a crew vehicle to make up for it!

Steven Thomas · November 26th, 2007, 06:06 PM

Phil, I'm confused, you start off saying it's not going to work for you, then continue with it's great?

Maybe I'm tired and slow today, but are you keeping it?

After all, you knew it was not a shoulder mount cam when you bought it.

Maybe, I need to reread your post... LOL

Phil Bloom · November 26th, 2007, 06:08 PM

Sorry Stephen,

My English sense of humour.

It's brilliant but I was talking about how I am going to miss using my big camera as this little beast seems to do it all so well! Have rewritten my earlier post to make myself clearer!

Steven Thomas · November 26th, 2007, 06:09 PM

I'm hearing you now Phil!

I thought you own an F350?
I guess it would be a lot like a minature F350!

Christopher Witz · November 26th, 2007, 06:13 PM

good ole British sarcasm....

Phil Bloom · November 26th, 2007, 06:21 PM

It's like I put my F350 in the washing machine on boil, then tumble dried it and it shrunk but also came out smarter!

As I have said earlier I am going to see how well it works as an F350 replacement, not just a B camera on a 5 day shoot across Britain next week. Lots of flying so it's ideal.

Steven Thomas · November 26th, 2007, 06:25 PM

Excellent Phil.
This is actually one of the reason I wanted this camera.

As much as I like the full shoulder mount, it can be a real pain lugging it around all day.

I really believe these cams are going to make awesome event cams.
I can't wait to do a multicam live concert shoots with a couple EX1 cams!

I multitrack live using the old Yamaha O2R with a 24 track Alesis HD24, works great.

Ali Husain · November 26th, 2007, 08:22 PM

i'm doing a multicam concert this weekend with a rented ex1 as the long, wide shot.

November 26th, 2007, 11:21 AM	#48
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Serial numbers 1 and 2 are owned by Sony and are demo units. I will do some vignette tests tonight and hopefully get some footage shot as soon as possible. Just got work getting in the way. But I was going to shoot 3 shorts on my f350 next week. Am now going to use the ex1 instead. Be an interesting test. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 26th, 2007, 02:03 PM	#50
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	no sign of vignette problem at all so far. Initial thoughts. All lovely, but will need some firmware updates. Would like to assign OIS to a hard button but I can't. You can on the z1. For some reason my macbook pro can't seem to play 1080p 25 at full frame rate full screen. Weird! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 26th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#53
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Oh dear...how did this happen? How could Sony do this to me? Bigger is better right!? Form factor, picture quality etc. No handheld will ever feel as good as a pimped up beast on my shoulder but Sony have gone and screwed it all up for me! Yes it has better picture quality than many full size cameras but it's so little. I feel like less of a man. Perhaps the only way my relationship with my EX1 can flourish is by going to couple's therapy. After all I do love it! Seriously though, it's very very impressive. I bought a miller solo ds20 to go with it. What a great combo. A really stable, lovely fluid head and light tripod coupled with a stunning HD camera. For the first time ever I feel I could actually take this on public transport and still be pretty lightweight and not kill myself. First time I have felt confident in doing so. I don't feel there are any compromises made now. Congratulations to Sony on a revolutionary camera. This really is going to change everything. It's just I am going to pull a lot less chicks with this in my palm than my F350 on my shoulder! Damn you Sony!! Perhaps I just need to get a Ferrari as a crew vehicle to make up for it! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net Last edited by Phil Bloom; November 26th, 2007 at 06:13 PM. Reason: my humour was too dry!

November 26th, 2007, 06:08 PM	#55
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Sorry Stephen, My English sense of humour. It's brilliant but I was talking about how I am going to miss using my big camera as this little beast seems to do it all so well! Have rewritten my earlier post to make myself clearer! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 26th, 2007, 06:21 PM	#58
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	It's like I put my F350 in the washing machine on boil, then tumble dried it and it shrunk but also came out smarter! As I have said earlier I am going to see how well it works as an F350 replacement, not just a B camera on a 5 day shoot across Britain next week. Lots of flying so it's ideal. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 26th, 2007, 10:22 AM	#46
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	They obviously have higher numbers. Phil's was 3 and he just received his today. There are higher numbers that received them last week. I guess this all goes without saying.... LOL

November 26th, 2007, 10:41 AM	#47
Eric Pascarelli Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 498	Yes, of course - but the rumor was that they were getting the first cameras. Oh well. Mine is shipping today - should have it tomorrow.

November 26th, 2007, 11:32 AM	#49
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Wow, Phil So technically you own the first production model! Great, let us know how your vignette test and your shorts go.

November 26th, 2007, 06:06 PM	#54
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Phil, I'm confused, you start off saying it's not going to work for you, then continue with it's great? Maybe I'm tired and slow today, but are you keeping it? After all, you knew it was not a shoulder mount cam when you bought it. Maybe, I need to reread your post... LOL

November 26th, 2007, 06:09 PM	#56
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	I'm hearing you now Phil! I thought you own an F350? I guess it would be a lot like a minature F350!

November 26th, 2007, 06:13 PM	#57
Christopher Witz Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 591	good ole British sarcasm....

November 26th, 2007, 06:25 PM	#59
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Excellent Phil. This is actually one of the reason I wanted this camera. As much as I like the full shoulder mount, it can be a real pain lugging it around all day. I really believe these cams are going to make awesome event cams. I can't wait to do a multicam live concert shoots with a couple EX1 cams! I multitrack live using the old Yamaha O2R with a 24 track Alesis HD24, works great.

November 26th, 2007, 08:22 PM	#60
Ali Husain Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 141	i'm doing a multicam concert this weekend with a rented ex1 as the long, wide shot.