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  1. It's only a problem when people don't read between the lines and in context. Then there's nothing wrong. But of course, you're right. But I wouldn't worry about it too much. And to be honest, I think I might be the only one that really doesn't like the Digital Bolex look at all. Do love me them Blackmagics though.
  2. I'm slowly forgetting about the A6300. :P And thinking about the BMMCC & G7 with a Pilotfly H2 + handle kit.
  3. Yeah, we've been over that before, but still something can LOOK or FEEL cinematic/filmic to someone. That hasn't got much to do with cinematic of filmic being a technically appropriate term for something. It's like saying 'no, it's BOH-KEE, not BO-KEH', "No it isn't!". How do you say '.gif'? 'You've got it all wrong!' Does it really matter what is technically right? Doesn't it just matter that everyone knows what we're all trying to say?
  4. Have you seen this? http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?340808-Leeming-LUT-One-%96-the-best-LUT-for-the-Panasonic-GH4&p=1986618646#post1986618646 Maybe you/someone here can help out, seems he needs base material to get it going, but gots none.
  5. And an up in battery life. (^^,)
  6. Nope, nothing like it. It was a straight slider, not curved, then you added a bent peace of metal to it within two slots reserved in the straight slider I guess which connected to the ballhead, so as the slider dolly moved, so would the ballhead. Or the dolly really was riding along the curved track. Usually my memory and searchskills don't let me down like this, I guess this is one of these rare occassions, lol. I mean, there are similar Konova, Varavon, etc set-ups, but mostly the require a 2nd rail on the back that does that too. Kinda a little something like this I believe:
  7. Cinegain

    Sony a6300 4k

    Fresh from the press... Also...
  8. Seems like a nice polished ready-to-go-format, that show of yours, but I'd watch a show like the DSLR Filmnoob podcast (found at https://www.youtube.com/user/onelonedork/videos ) partly because it's just an entertaining listen/watch and it's people with different approaches, experiences and ultimately opinions, doesn't even matter if they're over an hour, I can find some households chores to do in meanwhile. But you just don't grab my attention when you just go on and on about facts 'n figures. I don't really register any of it, nor do you make me care/excited for it. It's like you're teleprompting abbreviated press releases. It's all very one way. There's no real discussion go on. You're not really connecting or including the audience either. I'm already up to date with all of these things usually... so there's not really anything that excites me to subscribe personally. I realize I might be overly harsh, but I say this in the hope it helps you. You seem like a nice fella willing to work hard, trying to promote yourself on platforms like EOSHD. But I think your show needs a little changeover if you want it to really take off. Spice things up a little. Best of luck! P.s. Just wondering, is Pewdiepie a big influence of yours? Also, are you Welsh, or what is that accent?
  9. I saw one that was convertible not too long ago. You'd have to bend a thin piece of metal to curve it. Can't find it for the life of me. I did come across this though: http://www.revolvecamera.com/collections/all/products/ram-motorized-slider-bundle & http://www.revolvecamera.com/collections/all/products/ram-motorized-pan-tilt-head . http://cinetics.com/axis360-pro/ That might work for ya?
  10. I have the GH4, and I was thinking of the A6300. Not so sure anymore, might even pick up a G7! Hey, that would be a major improvement for you coming from a T2i. Plus, you save some cash and can buy yourself a Metabones Speedbooster plus glass to go with it!
  11. Please, indulge me. What would that say about me. You do realize this thread headed down that rabbit hole before I did, right? When I mentioned being scared (and not me), it had nothing to do with the fact that there's different people out there. It's great that we as a society are so divers, anything else would make it boring and tough. I do however have a voice of concern with putting certain characters in the foreground for the wrong reasons or people actually abandoning treating everyone equally trying to be politically overcorrect. To give you a few examples... . Close to home, it's Conchita Wurst, born as Thomas Neuwirth, Austria, winner of the 2014 European Song Festival, performing as 'lady with a beard' . Loiza, born as Lucas Lamers, The Netherlands, winning the 2015 edition of Holland's Next Top Model I'm really under the impression that their talent is hardly the reason they won these contests and that it relies more so on the fact that one performs in drag and the other is transgender. These facts create stirr, hype and (global media) attention, but it also leaves people feeling uncomfortable not voting in favor of these individuals out of fear of coming across discriminating. So rather than voting on talent, which is what a talentshow should be about, people are put through on the fact that they are performing in drag or are transgender, in other words: their persona. Which I think is concerning, because equality would be that in a talentshow you'd get judged on your talent. Should they not have won, this would probably have been met with skepticism and people being acused of discriminating against people who are different, actually much like the controverse at the Academy Awards when it comes to black actors. Btw, then there's The Danish Girl that got nominated... 4 nominations and took 1 Oscar home (well done!). But doesn't it seem like we're looking for things to be offended by these days? And that others go out of their way to make sure others don't feel offended that way? . In The Netherlands traditionally on the evening of 5th of December, St. Nicholas comes to people's houses and bring gifts for the little ones. St. Nicholas is like Christmas Santa Claus, but instead of having elves help him out, he's assisted by Zwarte Piet ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet ). This is a joyous fest that has been going decade after decade... now suddenly everything's wrong with it, because people from different backgrounds and other skin color feel that St. Nicholas helpers are being held as slaves and that the black skin color (which can have multiple reasonable different explanations) of the helpers is in very poor taste. They want an end to this terrible joyous tradition for kids, because it's demonic. And what happens? These handful of people get their way and the helpers are now rainbow colored. Yes, now it's waiting for people that are offended by rainbows. Is that what we want society to be? Trying to please everyone because anybody can be offended by anything at anytime because they're just looking to find something to be offended about? . Over here in Austria they know St. Nicholas as well. He doesn't have any helpers. It's either your with him, the Jedi and get gifts... or you are with the Dark side and get punished by Krampus (as by now you might have heard of since it made it into a movie). No controversy here about slavery or skin color. But... they've come up with problems of their own. You see, usually a grandpa, parent or teacher dresses up... of course, as Clark Kent would know, you have to make a change to your appearance or you will be recognised. So of course, St. Nicholas has a beard. What do they want to do here? They want to get rid of the beard! St. Nicholas's iconic feature. Because it does not allow children to read St. Nicholas' facial expression, leaving children unsure of his intentions and fearing this wicked man. Another thing is The Book of St. Nicholas, which is like a personal log in which he keeps track of which children behaved well over the course of last year and who didn't. This would lead to children feeling judged and not being trusted to behave well. So away with that too! I don't know. We've become too sensitive. These things come up more and more, it's trending! People are easily offended. And we're so afraid of being acused of being politically incorrect, that we're politically overcorrect in that actually we're no longer treating everyone as equal. So, that's why I wouldn't be surprised if the next Bond were to be transgender, female, black or just no longer British. But it wouldn't be done because it would fit the story and the profile of James Bond 007, it would be done to be politically overcorrect and create some hype, so more a gimmick, really. Which is a pity, because you could very well create new stories, like The Danish Girl for example, that is a testament to individuality and acceptance without forcing it in somewhere just for the sake of it. I guess here you would insert something saying that says a lot about you, but I honestly think that's looking to find something that isn't there.
  12. That's the beauty, it shouldn't matter, because your project ultimately isn't working in C-Log colorspace. And the assumption is that you're basing your corrections offa the waveform/vectorscope within your project (not the footage) read-out as well-lit skin should appear already color corrected. That doesn't really change, as Larry states: our brains are programmed to know three colors: blue skies, green grass and skintones. Working with greyscales and the skintone line allows us to have a reference that shouldn't look off. Of course these are just guide values and ranges and apply to well-lit skin, which might not be the case in your scene, or perhaps you were shooting the Hulk or some fellow from Avatar. But you could correct a whole scene, just by nailing bare well-lit skintone. So you do have to eyeball the ultimate tweaks. But those general values should get you darn close. The video that goes with it shows it nicely I think... You might want to check this Color Correction Handbook by Alexis van Hurkman : http://www.amazon.com/Color-Correction-Handbook-Professional-Techniques/dp/0321929667 who talks in great depth about this. The actual referenced book in the video: the Encyclopedia of Color Correction is from 2006, the later Handbook (2nd ed) from 2013. P.s. I'm no authority on color correction or Canon footage, I'm just a guy who conviently comes across the helpful stuff of others.
  13. I'm all for equality. I doesn't matter which gender you were born with, identify with, race you are, background you've come from, sexual preference you might have or anything. We're all human beings, noone is worth more than another. And it pains me to see people aren't treated equally. Everyone deserves to live their lives in peace and be respected and accepted. But then lets not replace characters, but rather create new ones. Let there be a Jane Bond, 009 or something.
  14. Yeah, sometimes I get the feeling that we've become so scared of offending certain groups within society, that we change our stories and casting based upon that. And that is where I think it goes a little overboard. I seriously think they might cast a transgender to play the next James Bond, just for the sake of reaching out and say 'see, we have no problems with that, we're all for equality'. But in that... aren't we abandoning the things that makes James, Bond? What's next? Casting someone with a German accent and heritage to play Bond? An actress from Namibia? How is favoring different qualities suddenly equality? It's positive discrimination for the sake of it, if anything, although I'm not sure what positive comes from it. In this instance, I don't think the choice made had much to do with pleasing feminists or promoting equality especially. As long as the story asks for it, go for it! But not the other way around, please! As said before... you want to reboot a franchise, what are your options? Cast the original actors... tough. Replace them with young male actors... tough, because people will judge them for either trying too much, or be nothing like the originals. I agree, going with a female cast is the way to go! In this case, totally. It wouldn't be forced, it would be a natural and logical move. I might not be sure about their casting choices... or how they've established the movie... which now looks like a cheery silly comedy. But that's a whole other thing entirely.
  15. Ouch. And that's on a laptop connected to your home wired internet? My mobile connection even on 3G is faster than that. I feel ya, bro! Gotta admit, that's one thing I really appreciate about living here. I pay about 40 bucks and get that kind of glass fiber internet, tv and free landline calls within Austria (I mean there's one with 125 and 250Mbit as well, but let's not exaggerate, I'm already faster than 85% of AT according Ookla as it is). It gets really awesome if you consider their mobile tarifs. I pay about 12 euros monthly and get unlimited mins/sms within Austria as well as 6GB @ 30 Mbits down and 5 Mbits up. To me that's just nuts. Especially compared to what family members pay back home in The Netherlands, and those are considered pretty good rates.
  16. Dunno... I've got: ... over here. Not sure if Vimeo hooks me up to other servers or so. That video you talked about, I just checked it, just fine, not even weird overlays. Text is clean and sharp (1080p, but even auto seems to take 1080p, it's not 270/360/720p for sure), wide depth of field shots are full of sharp details... doesn't seem any different than usual. So... not sure. sidenote: Brandon Li!
  17. Hum. Odd. I've been browsing around, but I didn't run in to that yet. Could it be a browser thing? I'm on Win10 with the latest Firefox. I did just get a overlay with '/!\ Having issues? Switch to Auto for smoother streaming.' on that vid just posted by benymypony, but that didn't stop me from having 1080p selected and playing (logged out).
  18. Is that region based? 'Cause it seems to work fine right here?
  19. I don't really mind... however, they could've left Melissa McCarthy out of it. She's like the female equivalent of Kevin James in these cringeworthy Adam Sandler type movies. Can't stand her. Amen.
  20. So, it's the FS5 with a Speedy Gonzales?
  21. Cinegain

    BM or Red?

    What are the views here on Kinefinity in this situation? It does do RAW... It's 4K (or 6)... does have HFR FHD... EU Stores: http://www.kinefinity.tv/buy/ .
  22. Cinegain

    Sony a6300 4k

    Not yet in love with the footage, but I take it these people don't know the camera and its limitations and strong bits yet. But if it stays like that, then indeed I might rather consider the G7.
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