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"Panasonic will announce the new GH5s around December 15. It’s a low light trimmed version of the GH5. Which means it has less megapixels and it costs more than the GH5!" https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/panasonic-will-announce-new-gh5s-version-december-15-1-day/

Yes, cache can takes a lot of space. Also note that caching on regular hard drive is going to slow down the entire process. If you can, put the cache folder on an SSD.

True, there is a lot of crap and useless combo with Printers and stuff but you can find some good deals if you dig.

Both, you can apply the effect on the photo sequence in AE or directly on a video in AE or PR.

Thanks. Actually you got very good results for handheld hyperlaplse. By the way, try Flicker free for your sequence, it would really help to remove some of the flicker and it's very easy to use (just apply the effect in AE and the auto settings work most of the time).

I think it's probably a memory/buffer problem. Maintening continuous 3 expo bracketing every second might be problematic to record and transfer all the data.

The GH5 is a fantastic camera, including for timelapse. While @Orangenz already answered most of your question I would add: - Smoothing Expo is not really a thing. AV mode and auto metering on Sony camera works very good though. However past a certain level of darkness the metering module is not working and you'll have to make the change manually. Personally I always lock everything in manual and change the expo manually (first shutter speed and then ISO). You can use Flicker Free which is great to correct minor flickering but for serious work there is only LRTimelapse (there is a free demo version that work with up to 400 frames, which is more than enough for most time-lapses). Otherwise you can try to set the camera in AV mode with auto ISO (and set a limit). - Two hours of battery life in time-lapse mode is not that bad actually. Turn off the screen (in the menu or close it physically) to increase the battery life. You can also reduce the brightness to the minimum. - Use a strong ND filter for daylight stuff, it makes such a big difference in quality. Pick an ND7 or ND10. I did all this video and timelapse with the GH5. Superb camera except for very high ISO stuff like astro. I usually don't like to go over ISO 1600 with it but you can compensate with long exposure.

"Journalism has become so polarised. Right-wing or left-wing? 99% of the the debate happens in an extreme bubble on one side or the other. Eventually these extremes guide actual government policy and public consensus. Is it right that complicated problems can be dealt with by having two polar opposite arguments battle it out for supremacy?" I'm so sick of this thing. Thanks Andrew for bringing this to our attention. This documentary seems very interesting and I'm going to rent it on Vimeo.

Always works great for me. Sometime I land on the DPR forum after a google earch and can't help to think that their interface makes zero sense at all.

Hi Andrew. No problem, I sent you two emails. One last month and one late august/early September I believe. You probably just missed them. Could you send me a private message here on the forum so we can get in touch directly? Or drop me a message on FB/Twitter/Instagram if you prefer at @oliverkmia Beside that I agree with everything you said. As for Fstoppers, I enjoy it for now, I don't know if I'm getting abused or not. I have a ton of other stuff to do on the side so it's cool. Cheers

I just started to write for Fstoppers as a "staff writer" in July and here is my modest and humble opinion about the situation. 1. Business model: You get what you pay for. DPR, Petapixel, Fstoppers and many other websites are free so the money must come from somewhere. Unfortunately it seems that adding more articles is the way to maintain of visits, views, thus revenues in a depressed ads market. The money problem is general and affects the entire media/press industry. People got use to free news and it's very hard to transition to the payed premium model. If someone has the solution, I'm listening. Many blogger or Instagramers have more followers than the Washington Post and DPR. There is a big revolution going on whether we like it or not and traditional media are loosing grounds. I agree with the dumbing down spiral of internet but this is also a consequence of the society we live in were the average level of education if going down the toilet and we have a generation of narcissist kids subjugated by their selfies and likes. For having experience in the food industry, food writers used to be kings, then they got beaten up by bloggers and now it's all about Instagram. I guess people are too lazy to read a short review now. Cute low resolution images with Fujifilm like filters is what sells. Up to the point were even chefs now design their menu and dishes based on "how good it looks on IG".... And the list of fucked up thing could go on such as the NDA tactics where some brands (mostly in electronic world) slice the disclosure announcement of a product overtime with various release date to maintain the public attention for more than 24 hours until another news killed the previous one. 2. My motivation to become a writer at Fstoppers: I started to write at Fstoppers because I'm very active on many forums and FB groups. When I saw the "job offer" I decided to apply because I though it would be nice to spend some of my forum/facebook groups time on writing actual articles for "real" media. For your information, the money is not my main motivation and it's very little by the way. I'm also tired of endless sterile debate on FB or Forums. I don't have the ambition to change the world, I'm just a small guy and I try to stick to my area of expertise. So far I haven't had any issue with the editors and they always accepted my articles. Actually one of my first article was questioning the Canon conservatism. I'm not sure how long I will do this but for now it's interesting. For instance this "position" allowed me to interview Tom Lowe about Awaken and he gave me a lot of technical info. 3. Type of photo website: To be honest I'm a little bit disappointed by the DPR move because they are known for their depth reviews. But like anybody else, it's a corporation with a bottom line, staff on payroll, server fees, etc. It's own by amazon and the guys at the accounting department probably asked for some change. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with DPR and Petapixel or even the rumors blogs. I usually check them all and do my due diligence. They all fall in a specific range of information. Petapixel and Fstoppers publish some interesting tutorial and short news (and yes, some clickbait, no one does it right, not even here?). Most of the time the rumors stuff is crap but sometime I find interesting info. Everyone bitch about them but many of us check them out anyway. Let's no be hypocrite here... many threads and article here were started via rumors dot com links. 4. Repost: after two month at Fstoppers I try to publish original content but sometime I got busy (and yes, lazy) and I decide to do a quick repost. A repost at Fstoppers is not a shameless copy/paste steal, just a short introduction of an article/video to invite the reader to visit the original content. I don't see anything wrong about it. We actually receive a shitload of emails everyday from people asking to repost their work/tutorial/guest article. When I spot something interesting, I do a small repost article. 5. The future of Internet and note to Andrew: Unfortunately I don't think that Facebook or Google care much about what we think. Andrew can demand what they "should do" or how internet should be but nobody care... They are huge international cash machine with advanced corporate tax and legal optimization systems. They are not cool and don't care about values and moral despite some green-washing and PR campaigns to look nice. We can create a 10, 100 or 1000 forum threads about it but nothing will happen beyond our tiny and confidential community. They'll start to something the day it make the headline of USA todays and see some impact on their stock (before that they'll probably spend millions in lobbying to bend the law making process) Andrew, I sent you a couple of emails with request for interview on Fstoppers. Not that I want to steal your content to get views (I could do quick clickbait repost for that) but because I appreciate your work ethic and deep technical knowledge. You make a lot of valid comments and I 'd like to give you more exposure. Not that you need me anyway but I thought I could help at my modest level. Regards

Lens selection is very personal based on your need and preference but here is my subjective opinion. First, I usually hate to deal with adapters, the AF doesn't work (or very badly). I'm very happy with my Pana 12-35 f2.8 (V.1) and I also really like the Pana 7-14 f4. I also have the Sigma 30mm 1.4 which is amazing in terms of IQ. All these lenses fit perfectly on the Crane. On this regards the GH5 is heavier than the GH4 and some big lenses with adapter make it hard to balance (front heavy, the camera must be pulled all the way back and then it hits the crane gimbal) On the cons: the 12-35 is not the sharpness lens while the 7-14 has a tendency to create flares. The 12-35 f2.8 the V.2 doesn't bring much so I would consider the V.1 if you want to save some money. The V.1 does work with dual IS. The Olympus Zuiko/Pro serie are also great but much more heavy (eg. 7-14 f2.8) than the Lumix options which can be problematic on some gimbal. For portrait and shallow DOF stuff the Sigma 30 f1,4 is hard to beat for the price but the Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 is king with amazing IQ. I tried the Voigtlander lenses at 0.95 and they are very poor in term of sharpness at the widest aperture. They are also very heavy and manual only. Not bad but be aware of the "dreamy" look at 0.95 With adapter the Sigma 18-35 is excellent. For tripod stuff I also purchased a collection of old Canon FD lenses with a $40 adapter. There are plenty of options on ebay at very good price (50 f1.4, 200 f2.8, etc). However don't expect to shoot in wide angle with theses lenses because of the 2x crop.

Still running on a Galaxy S4 which is more than enough for internet browsing, email and a few apps. Plus I can change the battery easily.

Personally I think this is due to inertia. Like a giant oil tanker traveling for miles after its engines stop the pro photography world is full of people who don't want to re-invent the wheel because they used Canon and Nikon for years. Some of them started as Canon or Nikon with their dad in the analog film era. They built habits and lenses collection and they have no reasons to change. They are also not very creative (not an insult for news and sports photographer) and don't need the latest bells and whistles or cutting edge DR. On top of that many agencies just put Canon and Nikon on the shelf for their staff because "that's how it should be" Personally I think that if Canon continues to release such un-inspiring (5Dmk4) or crooked (6Dmk2) camera, the enthusiast photographer of today who currently pick Sony/Pana/Fuji over Canon will stick to their present choice when they'll become the pro in 5, 10 or 20 years. As Andrew said, a teenager making is first Indie movie with a Sony A or Pana GH will probably prefer to use a FS or EVA as soon as he got the budget. Canon is only looking in the past, like the Captain on the deck of its powerless tanker ship, still feeling good that is ship is moving forward thanks to its secured (lens hostage) market of news, wedding and sport photographers. However in the back there are smaller ships catching up. But at some point Canon will have to throw more than 4 years old sensors technology and flipping screen to stay up to speed.

You are just using the wrong tool. Youtube is not made for delivery. It's a free video streaming platform and you get what you paid for.... For your client use dropbox, Gdrive or any other online storage services to send them the full quality source file. Plus most people watch video on cell phone or tablet now with the low resolution default or adaptative mode....

Exactly. Looks like a nice tripod but nothing revolutionary. It's still big and clunky like most tripods in this category.

Wow, another tripod. Such a revolution. Glad they tested it in arctic condition... And the wind tunnel, does it break the speed of sound?

Same here

I second that. You don't want to work for this type of customer. 650 euro fpr 4 days at 4-5 hours per days is like 30-40 euro per hour of work. Minus the taxes and gears payment, actors, song , etc. You may make less than flipping burgers at Mc Donald's.. It's not worth it. Forget about it. This is just not the market you want to be in anyway. Let them deal with shitty money it and focus on your next step (marketing, doing more video, learning new stuff, etc.) to get big accounts. And if there is nothing in your area, I would seriously consider doing something else otherwise you will end up like your starving "competitor" and prostitute yourself for any job.

Didn't know that. By the way, I'll be in Berlin tomorrow for a few day. My offer to buy you a beer and say hi still stands if you want. Cheers Andrew.

Great review. Thanks

The problem with all online publication is the business model. Free website must rely on some sort of advertising and affiliates link to pay the bills (web hosting, IT, writers, etc.). I don't know much about Cinema5D but if you don't pay a dime to visit the website what do you expect?

If you ask about budget they will always low ball it or say "as low as possible" which is normal. You must provide a price range based on the complexity and level of service. Tell them that you have a wide range of options, that you can do A for $ or Z for $$$, then let the customer pick where he wants to put the cursor. This way you respect his choice. Also, no need to be too "anal" about the contract because it may deter the client at some point especially for small project like that. Put the essentials (price, deadline, delivery format, license rights, the do and don't etc) but in any case if the client break some small conditions what are you going to do ? Hire a lawyer at $2000 block rate to fight for a $1000 job ?

First how "big" is this project ? Is that for national TV or small web diffusion? Then is that work for hire? Do they provide the contract? What are the conditions? How complex the project is exactly? What delivery format do they want? (resolution, FPS, color depth, etc.) You mentioned monologue, is that a simple tripod interview type of thing? You are not going to charge the same way for a huge project for national TV a small agency that sub-contract the work to you. Then you must list your cost and expenses: - Equipment (rental or amortization if you use your own) - Insurance if you have one - Tax (federal, state and all other tax that) on your general income (LLC) or corporate tax. - All other direct fees: parking, transportation, actors, location rental, stock music and footage license if any, etc You can set your price based on EXPENSES - PRICE = benefit or actual money in your pocket. That's "Invoicing 101" but if your costs are $2,000 you won't make a dime if you charge less than that. In your quote/invoice break down the costs and expenses so the customer realize all the elements. Mention your base price multiplied by the number of days: - On site preparation and filming ($200 days X 4) - Editing and color grading ($200 days X 4) - Equipment rental (camera, light, etc.) (xxx) - Actors (xxx) - Song license ($150 for internet license) - Studio rental (xxx) It's very hard to tell you what to charge without knowing the conditions and complexity of the project but don't go the cheap route. First because you will look like an amateur and second because all work must be paid and you can't work for free or for less money than a Mc Donald's employee. I checked your work and I think that you should at least charge $400-$800 per day depending on the complexity of the project. Now if you really want the job for your resume and reference you may want to lower the price but in this case explain why and include a SPECIAL DISCOUNT line at the end of your invoice (eg. 80% discount) And by the way congratulation for your work.

Ahaha. That was great. Good job. The actor direction is excellent as well.