Why Ikonoskop, two years after.
It took me almost 2 years to appreciate the camera that I had in my hands since its purchase.
I came very close selling the camera due to the cinemaDNG files incompatibility in pre 8.02 Resolve color finishing software (many of you remember the magenta issue in crashed highlights).
BMCC came along and Black magic design finally started working on cinemaDNG format in depth (lucky us) because of the up coming release of the 2.5k cinema camera.
Then suddenly everything changed, cinemaDNG, the heart and soul of Ikonoskop’s
d-II (same format as Black magic’s camera) along with the amazing capabilities of RAW image process in post production, turned the Lilliput camera into a monster, a total metamorphosis!
Resolve V9.1 was released soon after and ACES color space (Academy Color Encoding Specification) did the trick, fast and reliable base to start working on, one-light dailies was easy and fast to create. Jesses Barkowski “how to” video explained everything you needed to know when working with the ACES helped a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B7DqtW7LB7g
Now back to the camera it’s self. 8 reasons not selling my camera ever again:
1. The viewfinder (no clumsy EVF add-ons) we are talking about the real thing.
2. A real hand held camera with No mambo jumbo accessories surrounding the camera body.
3. Only 2.440g with Zeiss mk3 lens, LMB3 matte box, battery and card.
4. Mount versatility, you can mount any 16mm vintage glass like c-mount lenses and of course high end glass like the Zeiss ultra 16 primes as well as the legendary canon 8-64mm zoom lens.
5. Global shutter.
6. Amazing skin tones.
7. 12bit RAW
8. The new 1.28 firmware, REC709 out, false color, complete data details on side monitor, stability and many more. (rec/stop trigger for devices like samurai/sound devices still missing).
Ikonokops Announcement
The d-II camera finally came into fruition and people started realizing the virtues of the camera. But the timing is bad. Ikonoskop announced the postponement of the production (temporarily I hope) and many potential buyers are now pushed back.
If you are looking to buy a used one I think is the right time to buy one…
Stay tuned for the next tutorial: setting color temperature in Davinci resolve using a color meter during principal photography.
