jimhare
Second Officer
Flight distance : 239035 ft
Australia
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Hey SkyDen.
The answer is simple - Quality!
But quality also requires experience about how to get the most out of it.
It isn't just bitrate, it's also the ability to shoot RAW. This is extremely important.
Here's what I mean:
When you shoot on the X3 or X5 you are creating a look (saturation, contrast, color and so on) and "baking" it into the image. Think of this as clay that has hardened. Its shape is determined and if you try to change it afterwards it will most likely fall apart. This is what happens when you try to modify the look of X3/X5 footage back in the studio after shooting it. This, combined with the relatively low bitrate, which introduces LOTS of artifacts in complex images, can be very limiting.
So now we have the X5R. Massive bitrate and shoots RAW.
So our artifact issue (will hopefully) go away plus when we get back to the studio we can bend the image back and forth, reset the ISO and color temperature anywhere we want, and perfect the image like never before.
But, as I said above, to harness this power requires the user has experience with color grading and a good idea of the look they are going for or there is a good chance your final image will look worst than an X3, not better. This is because there are far more ways to ruin an image then there are to improve it.
So in a nutshell, that's why the X5R is worth the extra money.
Hope this helps.
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