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Blackmagic View Assist 4K records 4K ProRes to SD card for just $895
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
mirrorless with internal 10bit? too hot? How about a Blackmagic pocket cinema camera. Internal raw. Yes it does get hot but it stays working for hours and hours of continuous recording here. I'm using a 1100eur+sales tax Atomos Ninja Assassin for 4K, Samurai Blade and now also a cheap Ninja 2 for BMPCC. Basically to not have to swap Dozent of SD cards while running a recording all the time. oh it is a competition for all the people who don't need sdi. There is no cheaper version without SDI after all. Most DSLM/DSLR cameras have no SDI to use. -
Blackmagic View Assist 4K records 4K ProRes to SD card for just $895
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
so it's a direct competition to the Atomos Ninja Assassin and Shogun (the cheaper, non HDR, calibrated 8bit versions). * worse recording medium. more expensive, smaller, slower and I have to copy all data over instead of plugging that drive in and starting working. Labeling SD cards is a nightmare. * no LUT on display, Hdmi-output or sdi output * can it even downscale? * how to calibrate that panel? BM is all about color. * can I add delay to the audio inputs to stay in sync? * what about start/stop trigger via Hdmi timecode and sdi? * are there any advantaged in scopes or metadata? (Atomos only tags regions, I want to tag clips) * advantages in power solution like an xlr/d-tap power output or dual np-f battery slots? * is it capable of recording raw on non-blackmagic cameras? (no Blackmagic camera can yet output raw on sdi) -
Zacuto shrink the EVF - Gratical Eye available soon for $1950
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
To see if you nailed the focus on that 4K shot of cause. FullHD would have been good, so you can se at least every 4th pixel. The panel size could well have been larger without sacrificing functionality if that was the price of higher resolution. We're talking about the same price as an Atomos Shogun Flame but without the ability to actually record, play back, SDI, HDR, 10-bit or calibration. -
Zacuto shrink the EVF - Gratical Eye available soon for $1950
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
D-Tap and BNC power.... so I can't run it from an Atomos Power Station that runs the GH4R. -
Panasonic GH5 to come at Photokina 2016, shoots 6K video and 4K 60p?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
4) they just did with Depth From Defocus 5) they just did with the GH4R 7) How? To be good it would have to be outside the camera. They just gave good preamps with phantom powered XLR on the YAGH with the ability to sync timecode to a slate. -
Panasonic GH5 to come at Photokina 2016, shoots 6K video and 4K 60p?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
We're doing FullHD 12bit raw with the old UHS1 95MB/s Sandisk Extreme pro. So 4K 10bit ProRes/DNxHD should not be a problem on the current UHS2 284MB/s cards. -
Panasonic GH5 to come at Photokina 2016, shoots 6K video and 4K 60p?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
What about an HDMI-output that doesn't block the articulated screen? -
Panasonic GH5 to come at Photokina 2016, shoots 6K video and 4K 60p?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
10bit 4:2:2 internally would be great. As would CinemaDNG storage (to start an ACES workflow to match cameras) -
Okay....aparently you can't run OS X on non-apple hardware and thus VMware doesn't have accelerated drivers and thus FCPX won't work in a VMware. On the other hand a P50/P70 hackingtosh requires drivers for the large NVidia cards, TB3 ports, USB3 ports, Intel Chipset,.... all extremely new and not seen in any Macbook yet.
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I'm planning on the P70 but instead of an unstable Hackingtosh, run MacOs inside a VMWare. However I don't know yet if I can forward Thunderbolt devices to the virtual machine yet. Resolve, Openoffice, Firefox, Thunderbird,... run natively on Windows and FCPX/Motion5/Compressor inside the VMWare then. Could this work? Intel still has major problems with the Skylake drivers on all platforms. My guess it that that's what Apple is waiting for to present Thunderbolt 3. And only when Apple has released them will there be Adapters to us existing Thunderbolt 2 devices on the Thunderbilt 3 ports.
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The EOSHD Panasonic GH4 Shooter's Guide - Now Available
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
The Shooters Guide was before the GH4R and the V-Log update for existing GH4. Will the section regarding the 3 EOSHD-profiles be updated? -
Sorry but the LANC protocol itself has a dozen commands to zoom at different speeds (++++,+++,++,+,-,--,---,----) but only 3 commands to focus ( +, - and auto). So unless you send the "focus+" or "focus-" in different repeat-rates, it won't be a smooth rocker as with zoom.
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The Lenovo P70 can be purchased already and there is even a -10% discount (for a >5000eur laptop that's a lot of money). No P50 yet. Does anyone know first hand about the MacOS driver-situation yet? What parts work/don't work or are problematic? Apple has not released Thunderbold 3 hardware yet, so there are no adapter to use existing Thunderbold 2 hardware on the Thunderbolt 3 ports.
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A few musings on what I missed in my month off from EOSHD!
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
What exactly is "everything"? -
I can't decise between P50 (small enough for a train) or P70 (2 Thunderbolt ports for RAID + Blackmagic Ultrastudio-Mini). Will have to wait how driver-support for MacOS will be.
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Even better! We get an GH4R in Europe with the V-Log feature AND NO 29min59s RECORDING LIMIT!!! Is it Christmas yet?
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Blackmagic Micro Cinema vs Studio Camera - What are the differences?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
No, the studio camera can't record at all while the Micro Cinema camera can record even in 12 bit raw. Recording solutions seem to cost more then the camera does for each and every camera on the set. Then you still need a monitoring solution that's at least as expensive as the camera (4K ATEM switch. No idea if you can rung a 4K recorder and a 1080p ATEM that's 500eur less). I'd love to use these and control multiple camers including a basic color grade done live from one station (no live feed, just for multicam monitoring, remote control and recording each camera's feed) but I can't affort that as there's no bare-bones option to start with. Investing in 1080p cameras in 2015 makes no sense anymore. -
Blackmagic Micro Cinema vs Studio Camera - What are the differences?
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Damn, I had hoped for a Pocket 2 or Pocket 4K too. :/ The URSA mini goes that way but it way too expensive, records to CFast 2.0 cards instead of SSD drives and is incompatible with Micro 4/3 lenses. (And ugly as hell) The Studio camera would be great if it could just record. You can't add 12 or 14 bit RAW recording via SDI. The cinema camera would be great if it wasn't limited to FullHD and had a display. Especially in action I want extra pixels for the deshaking. -
An economy cinema lens set would be great for all the amateurs out thee. Something between 300 and 600eur per lens but with matching filter thread, matching gears, clickless aperture and resolution usable for FullHD. (No need for 6K) With a separate case, so you can buy them one at a time to complete your set ove the years.
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Blackmagic to release new 'unified' firmware update for all cameras
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
...found it. It only activates OIS when actually recording. Having the small 14-42PZ pancake fold up properly AND enable OIS makes this a camera+lens combination that fits your pocket and doesn't draw any attention AT ALL. You look just like a tourist with a cheap pocket camera and people behave normally. -
Blackmagic to release new 'unified' firmware update for all cameras
marcuswolschon replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
14-42PZ now shuts down properly. Any idea how to activate/deactivate OIS in lenses without switch? -
The URSA is way too big, way too heavy and way too expensive. BUT: 1) Since they share a common code base, let's see if we get zoom via LANC for the pocket now. 2) I really hope that 2015 there will be a "camcorder" version sitting between the URSA and Pocket. I don't need 4K (although it's nice to have for reframing), I don't need 3 workstations on a camera. But I want/need XLR, phantom power, audio levels, sensible battery uptime, sensible recording time per medium and I'd LOVE to have realtime scopes (parade for exposure and tint not just for the recording but also while setting up light very quickly, vectorscope to help with white balance/tint on lots of skin).
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I guess you ment to say awesome instead of aweful? (That's the complete opposite.)