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Its a pity it doesn't do picture profile versions as well as RAW but the Dpreview test scene shows even in RAW there will be work https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison?attr18=daylight&attr13_0=sony_a7sii&attr13_1=fujifilm_xt3&attr13_2=apple_iphonex&attr13_3=apple_iphonex&attr15_0=jpeg&attr15_1=jpeg&attr15_2=jpeg&attr15_3=jpeg&attr16_0=100&attr16_1=160&attr16_2=32&attr16_3=32&normalization=full&widget=1&x=-0.0523171817243824&y=0.6944350801054903

What are they switching it with? Blackmagic ATEMs have a pretty comprehensive live colour corrector built in. A neutral standard colour profile and manual white balance off a card as a starting point obviously !

I just hope he didn't buy it from the original starter of this thread.

One thing that I forgot to mention is that with the optional BTA-1 adpater (£30) you are able to control the H3-VR over bluetooth with an app that also includes metering. With the v2.0 software, the H3-VR can also use the adpater to pick up wireless timecode from an UltraSync BLUE unit and embed it into the recorded files for easier post-sync. I haven't been able to try this because the BTA-1 is proving a bit elusive to buy but I'll report back when I find one !

If you don't mind a bit of pay to play then you can sign up for an Apple developer account ($99) and download it straight away. Works out about $20 a month to not have to wait !

What a ridiculous situation. Who thought that was a good idea? I'd be tempted to look to see if anyone has done a 3D printed version of their own as it would be an easy edit to remove a suitably sized opening and then have it printed by someone you know who has a 3D printer or send it off to a commercial bureau to have done. This one for example could be a starting point https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3659415 And remember to have it printed in electric blue.

Ah yes, I remember that was one of the threads I was pimping it in !

Its a live version of Super Mario Kart that you can do there. Braver than I am riding those things round there ! Aww shucks, thank you. Although....hang on...Only ONE of your favourites ?!?!? I'm hurt now

First of all, this is not some big comprehensive review but just a brief look and some samples that I took on the first day that I took it out. OK, with that disclaimer out of the way, lets have a look at it. The H3-VR is an integrated ambisonic microphone array and recorder and you can find the full product information here https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/zoom-h3-vr-handy-recorder Basically, what it allows you to do is record the output from its 4 microphones either as a stereo binaural track or as a 4 channel ambisonics B format which you can then manipulate in post to effectively simulate changing the mic position after the fact. If you want a bit of a primer on ambisonics then this link will sort you out https://www.waves.com/ambisonics-explained-guide-for-sound-engineers I've mentioned the H3-VR a few times in responses in various threads about field recording, particularly with regard to ambient tracks, so on my last trip I decided that it was time to put my money where my mouth was and actually buy one. Well, with the proviso that I found one cheap enough, which I did, so here we are. First impressions are that it is much smaller than I had expected which is no bad thing and very, very light so its not going to be a problem to mount it on a camera. Here it is on the very diminutive OG Pocket Cinema Camera which I was using for testing it with. Incidentally, the foam shield is included in the box but I'd budget for a deadcat if you are using it outdoors and I'd probably also caution against mounting like it is here as it is very prone to handling noise even as transference from operating the camera controls. It is very straightforward to use as it has a good menu system and you can record in an array of stereo and B format modes and it also has a headphone monitor which you can select to be stereo or binaural. This option is also available on the line out so for the examples further down they are sent to the camera as a binaural mix but still recorded in B format in the recorder for later manipulation if necessary. To make post sync easy, you have the option for it to send a tone burst to the camera at the start of each recording and the H3-VR also has an inbuilt gyro so that it knows which way is up as it where in terms of where the microphones were during the recording. This function is also used for shooting 360 videos as it allows the unit to be connected upside down under a 360 camera to keep it out of shot and also enables you to use it in end-fire mode. Specs wise, it can record in various formats up to and including 24bit/96Khz so you can have a decent amount of headroom for your recordings but there is also a limiter and lo cut filters to give you a bit more security. My interest in this system is partly for VR but primarily for general ambience recording to create a more immersive soundscape with the ability to do some manipulation of the sound targeting in post production. Its worth bearing in mind that until very, very recently, having a B format microphone array and recording setup (let alone one that can fit in a large pocket and runs off two AA batteries) was a very specialist niche with a price tag to match so you'll have to manage your expectations about matching something like that but I've got to say that for me its going to be a very useful little item to supplement rather than replace other sound recording gear I've got. For these examples, I chose two different scenarios (although they are only about 15 minutes walk away from each other in Tokyo!) to illustrate its use in capturing soundscapes with different densities and degrees of subtlety. The audio on these is from the line out of the H3VR set to binaural stereo straight into the OG Pocket Cinema Camera whilst the H3-VR was recording them internally in the 4 channel B Format (Ambix in this case). Make sure you put some decent headphones on to listen and you should be able to pick up some degree of height and rear positioning of sounds within the environment and as objects move around it. If you want to experiment with manipulating the B format files, Zoom have a standalone player that enables you to do this This is available free from https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/zoom-h3-vr-handy-recorder#downloads And I have put the original B format files from the H3VR from the videos above for you to download and use with it here https://mega.nz/#!RqYQXSpB!Ydluy4G-ouMIEJbJyWWTAzcG4DIUU47G2GNKhMyVpJM OK, thats it for now, as this is very much just an initial look at it and I'll return to flesh it out with more information as I use it a bit more but hope some of you can find some use in it.

My fear is that Apple starts to care about LimaFusion a bit too much and buys the company out! Coincidentally, I got it just before I went on my recent holiday and this was its first outing and it did both of those tricks too. It musn't like people enjoying themselves Well thats saved me a job as I was just about to add support for a trackball mouse to my bridge interface for LumaFusion!

For reasons unkown (and undocumented) it uses a different ip address when you are accessing the configuration page by wifi. If you use 192.168.8.8 then it should find it.

Roll it into a tweet asking what cameras the Apple pitch fork mob that are currently responding to your tweet about the new Mac Pro are actually going to be using to feed it with content

I meant "lost me" as in "I don't understand" but no worries ! This majority of this thread has lost me in both senses though.

You've lost me with that one but it definitely looks like a game Nintendo would make !

I think whats very interesting is how hard Apple themselves are pushing LumaFusion in their own ads. I'm not sure whether it means they are more likely to offer the sort of file handling that is required or that is more likely they are going to buy them out ! The feedback I've been getting regarding my interface bridge for LumaFusion also tells me that it is definitely on the rise as an alternative to a desktop editor for some projects even when people are sat at an actual desktop rather than just out in the field.

I was hoping the integration with the WD Wireless Pro drive was going to be the missing piece of the puzzle as it is integrated straight into LumaFusion for import and export and it is conceptually great but having picked one up a few weeks ago the reality doesn't match unfortunately. I was given pause for thought by @Robert Collins report about it being slow when I mentioned getting one but the demos I'd seen of it with LumaFusion looked workable and thought it might work better as it was a specific integration job they did for it like they do with Gnarbox. Unfortunately, the performance of the drive is absolutely shit with its own application let alone with someone else's. The standalone auto import from SD card is not only incredibly slow but also very, very suspect. On three different cards from three different camera types it purported to have finished copying but had failed to import all of the files and no way would I trust it again to do it on its own. The less said about its wireless transfer speed, even on 5.8Ghz band, the better. So, to return to the original post anything that can sort out the file handling will be very welcome. The ProRes thing is getting in the way for me now though and that still might make the new version of Gnarbox worth a look as if it can also be directly attached then that will be the whole import/transcode solution sorted.

To be fair, I didn't promise June. I said it would likely be June or July.

Haha..thanks for the consideration.

Why the sad face @kye ?

No, a different one

Only very briefly on a stopover coming back from Singapore a good few years ago so the only diffusion I saw was from the crew running up the aisle spraying us with some sort of bug spray.

They do exist but not at the sort of price or with the sort of footprint you're after This "even sillier lens to put on an MFT camera than the B4" from my previous post is actually a 200-400mm f4 zoom. Back in the real world, Sigma actually do a lens that is quite close to your hypothetical 100-400 f4.5-f5.6 which is their 120-400mm f4.5-5.6 APO OS which used is usually around £300-350. Its a decent performer, has OS and with a smart adapter you'd have some AF.

For a cheap (just over £20) handle with start stop, these are OK I think. https://www.amazon.co.uk/JJC-HR-DV-Remote-Handle-Pistol/dp/B00MRNP2LA Well, I was in Tokyo so maybe the smog takes care of it automatically

This is a common thought about me but more in terms of me being the cause rather than the solution.