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I hope everyone has/had a Merry Christmas.  All the best in the New Year too! http://www.thesuperficial.com/photos/the-courtney-stodden-bikini-humping-santa-pics-we-saved-for-last#the-courtney-stodden-bikini-humping-santa-pics-we-saved-for-last/courtney-stodden-bikini-santa-1223-08?&_suid=1356458871626020255518910645098 Cheers

here's a bit of an update on the shigascope,....   i have been shooting tonnes of stills and since the redstan clamps came in, i'm never going to shoot spherical ever ever again!   unless threatened with castration,... and even then,... maybe,...   so here are some stills i've taken over the past couple of months, most with some post work done. i post more on flickr and me facebook if you like what you see.   [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8306085973/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8306085973/]Tak the writer, still chatting,...[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/57711921@N05/]nanntonaku[/url], on Flickr   [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8236683402/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8236683402/]Simonさん[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/57711921@N05/]nanntonaku[/url], on Flickr   [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8177991354/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8177991354/]paying respects[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/57711921@N05/]nanntonaku[/url], on Flickr   [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8287634022/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8287634022/]Down at the Y 3[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/57711921@N05/]nanntonaku[/url], on Flickr   [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8302631709/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/57711921@N05/8302631709/]hoodie-ed[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/57711921@N05/]nanntonaku[/url], on Flickr   you guys really need to get your hands on one of these,... had I an extra one i'd be happy to send it to more capable hands to see what can be done by a pro. unfortunately, these dont seem that common.    some footage should be up early next year.   merry christmas and happy new year guys, you've more than made my year by sharing your knowledge here!  

  @Jens, thanks for that tip.  I never thought of doing an external, outside the mac mini for graphics solution.  In fact, I did not such solutions even existed.  I will look into this as a viable option.  I just don't want to 'buy in' to Apple's Mac Pro.  (never did).  Apple pays too little attention to machine.  And besides,  they are exorbitantly over-priced.    But, I think the Nvidia Cuda is being recommended as the (only?) solution for dealing with Resolve and raw video.  But, if one is not concerned about raw video and just doing ordinary video editting in FCP-X, I imagine the MacMini configuration I specified earlier on up in this thread should suffice to do efficient production.

Please don't confuse the i7 processors with the Xeon processors found in MacPros   i7 which are "desktop" http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processor-comparison/compare-intel-processors.html?select=desktop Xeon which are "server" class processors http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processor-comparison/compare-intel-processors.html?select=server   You really haven't built a MacPro. You're closer to a 2011 iMac (Sandy Bridge i7) with some modifications. Granted the MacPros haven't had a processor upgrade since 2010 (except for a minor speed bump). I'd expect the 2013 MacPro replacement will be using at lease Sandy Bridge Xeons. Xeons tend to be 1 generation behind. Current i7 is Ivy Bridge. Current Xeon is Sandy Bridge.   You might find this article interesting http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2157358/intel-xeon-e5-2670-vs-core-i7-3960x-review   If you look at PCs with Xeon comparable Xeon processors, they are comparable to MacPro (when they were comparable in 2010) and my hunch will be in 2013 when MacPros get replaced.