I think if Armando wasnt so hung up on not doing the story he wanted and leaned into the lost dog suspense film it could have been even more epic. I actually felt Dylan's film kind of lacked story or substance. Maybe if he included a little more from the beginning of showing that hes a photographer to build up to that moment of taking the sunset shot it would have connnected better and had more continuity. I actually really thought Matt did a great job with his story but yeah - the shoot just fell apart with the time management. Fritz's dog shots were just gorgeous, but the concept was half-baked and it showed. Takes some cajones to just approach some randos and convince them to let you shoot them though. This show is such a fun concept, and even though these are just contrived challenges - i think it really does a good job of showing the thought behind the creative process and how we all approach it different. Armando with emotion, Dylan with logistics and management, Matt with story, and Fritz looking outward and letting that drive the narrative.

This is a very great initiative. I love that Lumix is doing this. Finally Lumix is getting the attention it deserves. Great camera for content creators. Let's shoot

My favorite episode yet LUMIx is the best

loved this episode, love how Dylan thought through it beforehand! definitely paid off🙌🏽

I’m so glad that Lumix chose to do this in Washington state. It’s nice here, but seriously we would like to keep this state to ourselves 😀

this was great!

I'm rather confused about who's filming. Some are using other cinematographers' footage as to what goes into the final work. Maybe the challenges were unrealistic?

@mikefisher608

8 ай бұрын

Agreed, seems like 80% of Dylan's film is someone filming him. When he's walking out of that store, when he gets into the car, when the car races down the road, when he gets out of the car, when he's walking towards the lake the camera is beautifully tracking him on both the profile shot and from behind, when he's skipping the rock, putting on the headlamp, setting up the camera? Seems like the person that filmed Dylan should of got an award for cinematography. I'm not saying Dylan isn't talented, his first video rocked but just seems unfair when Matt and Mondo looked like they shot everything themselves. Even Fritz's footage seemed recycled BTS that we shot from a crew member. They honestly should have been disqualified or got points deducted.

@damalshow

8 ай бұрын

@@mikefisher608 yeah that is true but don't forget he is the only one using a gimbal!

@roscosart1888

8 ай бұрын

@@mikefisher608 Yeah! doesn't seem fair, I thought the rules were solo-only type footage. It definitely made Dylan's video great to watch but it didn't deserve a 9 or 9.5 IMO.

@DylanKatoFilms

8 ай бұрын

@@mikefisher608 Fair point Mike! To clarify, yes I did have my bts camera operator operate the gimbal in a few shots for this challenge. Walking out of the store, the side tracking shot with the sunburst, and the headlamp and tripod setup shots (couldn't film myself using a camera with my own camera). The car driving past shot I wasn't driving, I was filming, and for the rock skip shot, I filmed a static plate of myself out on the point (camera was on top of our car for extra height), and then I filmed a gimbal dolly in shot without me there, then later in After Effects, I composited the two to make it look like I was in the dolly shot. Hope that clarifies a little!

@mondobytes

8 ай бұрын

All of my footage was 100% shot by me, I asked if I could have my BTS shooter help me film some stuff and they told me NO. 🙃 If I would have been able to use my BTS shooter to get dynamic shots like others did I can assure you I would have gotten some epic shots that I had in mind when I was on location. So I did everything myself which was very difficult to do especially when you're hiking a mountain and also changing your whole strategy since the sun was gone when I arrived.

I love it very talented people

Had a blast judging the competition, hope you guys didn't think I was too harsh ;)

@mondobytes

8 ай бұрын

I wish they would have given you guys more context as to what happened, I didn't submit a photo because it was impossible. When I got to location the sun was gone, there was nothing I could have done. So being penalized on something out of my control did sting a little but I appreciate your remarks on my color grade as I do pride myself on that so thank you!

@jonsimo

8 ай бұрын

Couldn't you have taken a slow shutter shot of literally anything? I agree we didn't have context but even a photo of you failing would have been better than nothing, just food for thought!@@mondobytes

@mondobytes

8 ай бұрын

@@jonsimo I did take a photo, and was surprised that it was shown to you guys. It just wasn’t of a sunset so maybe that’s why?

such a start, and you can work for one week without a break, I look at you as missing on the island, cool, maybe there will meet with wolves and not only with dogs,bravo Lumix

How can I join the next one?

@mylesvpolk

8 ай бұрын

Facts

Colors are insane!!

I wish we had something like this in Germany.

Very cool work. The two that rise to the top for me were from Armando and Dylan. Armando came up with something on the fly that worked rather well, despite not being the story he wanted to tell. In both episodes, he seems to get stuck on something that went wrong that might inadvertently be holding him back (the wrong lens, a new theme, etc). He's clearly capable of dealing with bumps in the road so I'm wondering if some of that negativity is inadvertently sabotaging his work. Eg. Why didn't he submit a photo? Dylan tends to have a strong vision from the get-go that comes through in all of his work, which is why I think he's been killin' the competition thus far. He seems to know very quickly what he wants to capture, how to capture it, and when to capture it. Waiting for the right hour for the light to be perfect, storyboarding the scene out, mixing up different kinds of shots (like that rope shot), it's been real nice to watch his process. Fritz can get good shots, but seems to have difficulties with the overall flow / storytelling. And Matt could have had something nice if he left a bit earlier.

@mondobytes

8 ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words, I didn't submit a photo because when I got to location the sun was gone. Unfortunately that was out of my control and got penalized for it, I made a whole video about it on my channel if you want to know more in depth as to what happened.

I have seen episode 1 and 2, and I think that it is a brilliant idea of Panasonic in order to make the people know what the Lumix cameras are capable of. Very interesting to see the videographers/photographers struggling with the tasks and how they try to push their creativity under difficult circumstances. Some of them are really inspiring. It would be very interesting for us, Lumix users, if they would just mention a little but about the specs that they use in certain situations. But maybe the episodes would lose a bit the dinamic vibe...

9/10 episode. Would've been a 10 with matt frazer.

@jonsimo

8 ай бұрын

agreed 😎

from Washington dope

When shooting in 4K at 30 or 50/60 FPS, the autofocus functions seamlessly on my Lumix S5iix. However, when I switch to 1080p at 50 or 60 FPS, the autofocus performance diminishes. Since I prefer using 1080p at 50 FPS for its lack of crop, this issue is quite frustrating. Could you please assist in resolving this issue or make a firmware

@karikaru

8 ай бұрын

Above 30fps, you're going to lose PDAF unfortunately and switch to contrast detect. 1080p apsc mode will have PDAF though at 50/60

@ejaz1175

8 ай бұрын

@@karikaru but we need na that is not okay?

@karikaru

8 ай бұрын

@@ejaz1175 sorry I don't understand:/ I'm not a pro videographer so it doesn't affect me much but I know some guys who are and shoot a lot of 50/60fps buy the sigma 18-50 apsc lens to get the 24-70 equivalent on crop. It's that or manual focus.

He needs to fix his glasses

Who filming Dylan? 🥸 how hi made this 2 shots around shop and river ?