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Just found some spoilers on reddit that seems to have been around for more than a week, which outlined the plots for the 3th and 4th episode, along with the rest of the remaining episodes. It gets stupider.

Just dreadful. Not a fan of her, but Dany deserved better. Her fall into the role of mad queen feels out of nowhere (we had one foreshadowing thus far?). Tyrion seems determined to be useless till the end. Bran's tuned out. And the dialogue was sooo tedious.

Most folks don't even realize calibrating their screens is a thing. So I'm all of a show like GoT pushing people to realize that. It comes off as elitist, but I don't think everything should be egalitarian just for the sake of it. Hell, because of this show, I even got a chance to explain to my friend (who wouldn't bother otherwise) to turn the motion smoothing effect on her TV, something that would have never happened otherwise. Because she really wanted to experience the show as it was meant to be.

The BTS will spoil it for you, if you haven't watched it. Best to avoid the thread until you do.

A lot of complaints of the latest episode being too dark for a lot of viewers. Hopefully not for this crowd. Watching it on my monitor in a darkened room, It wasn't much of a problem. But I can't remember the last time a color grade became the news. I do love the often painterly quality of the light in this show (although I do wish there was a bit more punch with the contrast).

It's mostly corporate work, where the client goes full-on cheap. I'd never underestimate sound. ?

Ah, a complete dummy when it comes to audio here. So this isn't a big deal at all, if I'm reading this correctly. Is there any truth to their claim of more dynamic range? I thought this might be useful on projects where clients are too cheap to pay for a proper location sound guy (too many situations like that).

This is mostly voodoo for me. But for anyone interested, more explanation:

He did say it's very good for loud sounds. Not the best for soft ones.

"If you're recording in 32bit, you don't need to set gain at all." - Watch from 3:00 to 4:00. Okay, I didn't even know this was possible. The rep compares it to a raw photo.

Photographer here, too. You should be able to do as much with the Camera Raw panel in Resolve as in Photoshop. Can you post examples of how your results differ as well as screenshots of what you've done in the resolve panels and photoshop raw?

Never heard of this one before. Didn't see any reviews either. Used it?

AE has content aware now. Possibilities with AI are endless. Hope Resolve has something in store.

Competition heats up:

Good thread. Here are some from https://www.instagram.com/cinematography/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvE46qBnJDH/ And the Cruise. ?

Man I wish the S1R would output to ProRes raw. That's the camera I need for photography and would love to have as a B-cam to my Pocket 4K.

Whenever I'm low on work, I step back and spend that time thinking up bigger, bolder projects to up my game, and suddenly I find myself working with higher-paying clients. Frustration is good. A lot of what we do is equal parts business and creative. If the numbers aren't supporting it, you have to make changes for the better---or worse.

Is your review of the Pocket 4K coming out soon, Andrew? Think you did an initial impression, if memories serves me correct.

If there's a Pocket 4K Pro, I probably wouldn't hesitate to get it, too. Nothing to think about.

I'm a photographer by trade, so nodes seemed intimidating at first, but nothing you can't get over with an hour of mucking around and tutorials. In fact, I find Resolve much more logical and just plain wonderful when color grading, even if Premiere does seem simpler at first. There's a reason why so many Hollywood films are graded in Resolve.

Why haven't you made the jump to Resolve yet?

The company that keeps giving.

Will do doing more tests tomorrow. I assume that the lens was at 1.8, since the adapter wouldn't communicate with the camera.