Choosing the best codec for Sony A7S III, FX3, FX30, A6700, ZV-E1

[@cinematools]

Watch in 4k to see the difference between the clips.

[@ShannonVisuals]

You are doing the Lords work. Thank you.

[@cinematools]

Glad you found it useful.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Good video. At 0:55 you could see the pink artifacts in the 8-bit footage. Nice demonstration. I'm saving this to demonstrate to others the differences you can see between 8-bit, 10-bit, and the various codecs.

[@cinematools]

Thanks for watching!

[@cosmocalisse]

Not sure I would say XAVC-HS needs proxies - My macbook M1 with 16gb of ram eats it for breakfast, and that's not a particularly powerful macbook by today's standards

[@cinematools]

Thanks for pointing this out. I forgot about the hardware decoder on Apple silicon. I will include it in the blog.

[@nightdonutstudio]

Intel 13th 14th gen cpu all have h265 decoding. Super smooth even without expensive gpu.

[@cinematools]

@@nightdonutstudio have you used it? I'm on 12th gen, so I cannot test it. I think proxies will still be better once you apply LUTs, effects, NR, etc.

[@hersh_yt]

great video man

[@cinematools]

Thanks for watching.

[@nickkyriakidis]

interesting. I found Xavc-s Is better than Xavc-hs On my fx30 :)

[@cinematools]

It is but it's quite subtle.