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I can't see any technical reason to doubt why it will work. Whether there will be a legal reason why it won't be allowed to is another matter depending on how close to the wind Zoom sail with variations of the words "Never" and "Clip" in their marketing.

If you are looking at a 1" camcorder then I'd pause for a few weeks to see some output from the JVC HC500. Its a lot more expensive but it has a massive spec including ProRes internal and even has a slot to record straight to SSD https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1438286-REG/jvc_gy_hc500_connected_cam_4k_professional.html ////EDIT//// Whoah the HC500 is FAR more expensive than I thought so maybe scratch that!! ////EDIT//// I have to say though that if you pick up an LS300 and pair it with something like the Tamron 16-300mm with a smart adapter then you've actually got a de-facto camcorder with a much bigger sensor for a similar if not cheaper price with all the expansion advantages if you need it. The addition of the Ninja V to the LS300 transforms it in terms of monitoring and recording options.

Yep, one of the Pixellot's other tricks is that after it has shot the game live it can produce a highlights reel based on its AI knowledge of what a goal/score looks like in each of the sports its been trained in.

How about 0 person for unlimited cameras ? I remember seeing an early version of this Pixellot system at IBC a few years ago but its now fully developed and is being used to produce tens of thousands of hours of sports games every month completely autonomously using a camera array and AI. Its not at the level of a true full on multi camera real sports broadcast production but its more than adequate for its target market and in its other guise as a coaching aid its being used as at the very highest level in the major European football leagues. Its a very interesting insight into what is already happening and its not difficult to imagine where it will end up before long. Although for a company that can produce this level of technology you wouldn't have thought it beyond them to figure out how to use a pop-shield for their presentation of it!

I'm anxiously awaiting the release date of the NDI AtomX module for the Ninja V NDI takes long range transmission to a whole different level ( ), to multiple clients on different device types and at a lower cost too. Incorporating it into the Ninja V is a big win.

The BBC have been using robot setups for studio news programmes for a good few years. The cameras regularly get bored and wander about making it up as they go along so you can't get more AI than that I suppose. You'd think that one of the world's most senior broadcast organisations would have pulled these systems after one glitch like this on live television but still it goes on (there are tons of them to enjoy on YouTube) which I think is quite informing regarding how a cost benefit can cause a blind eye to be turned.

Nope, can't really find fault with any of that point of view to be honest. For me, personally, I like the look (such as it is because its RAW so we're looking at a choice) because it satiates a long held daydream of having a motion version of my H3D but with regard to this particular production then, yeah, I'm not sure whether the happy couple look uncomfortable with having the degree of intrusion that was probably going on to get those shots or whether they are looking uncomfortable because of the life choice they'd just made It was also to the broader point of being able to have medium format video from one unit that cost a "mere" $25000 instead of three units at $50000 each but, of course, the question of whether we actually need that anyway is the, erm, $64000 question.

Here is a more exposed shot of the rig for you. Couple of brackets, some 3D printing and a roll of gaffer tape and you'll have it sorted

And yet.... I look at something like this, shot on a single camera that is now owned by DJI, and wonder how long it will be before you will be able to make your own medium format sized aerial videos without needing to have access to a helicopter and then having to stitch shots together. A word of caution about looking at the other videos this guy has shot on Hasselblad is that you may well then be tempted to start putting your cameras, furniture, cars and expendable relatives on eBay to raise the funds and buy one

If the robots and AI gets that advanced then surely everyone will be shacking up with virtual partners anyway so they can just get them to film it as well ? If we've learnt anything from this thread its that unlicensed shoe selling is the only thing that can save us.

No need, I have numerous fake accounts that I use to do that anyway

I think in a similar vein that an automatic face detection and blurring of anyone but the primary subject function will soon become an important for YouTube bloggers particularly in countries with strong privacy and data protection laws. Takedowns or monetisation grabs based on music copyright is today's thing but facial recognition to do the same either for financial or privacy purposes will become tomorrow's.

Digital mixing consoles and DAWs have used 32 bit floating point processing for a very long time (ie the hardware engines of consoles that I did dev work for in the mid late 90s had it) as the benefits of the extra headroom for eq/dynamics/summing processes are vital. DAWs have also had 32 bit float as a record format as well as processing for quite a few years now also so for example if you are using Fairlight in Resolve then you have already been using it to process and will also be able to load the files from the F6 from day one. So the F6 is definitely more evolution than revolution as what they've done is wrap existing features of dual stage input, 32 bit float processing and file capture into a single benefit and its the benefit that they are marketing. I much prefer benefits over features so I don't mind that

We'll be still pondering why Samsung can do stuff like that but still haven't made an NX2 probably.

It is the same tehcnology that is in the Aputure DEC electronic ND. So with regard to price, take the retail price of that unit Take off the VAT Take off the sellers margin Take off the shipping. Take off the manufacturer's margin. Take off the hard case. Take off the control grip with its processor, battery and screen. Take off the control unit with its two lens mounts, processor and screen. Take off the mounting brackets amd cables. What you are left with is the piece of the electronically controllable glass and even then you can lose the cost of the frame it sits in. You can probably do the sums of how inexpensive this can be as a DIY project.

If you put 48v through it you'd be picking shards of glass out of the wall for a while It only needs 3v through it to reach full reduction and this is supplied by the controller which itself is powered by a small lipo or 3 AA batteries.

Its actually really simple to vary the amount of ND just by changing the voltage that you feed to it from the controller. That control can be done in numerous ways such as with switches on the controller for defined steps, a pot/fader for absolute position control or remotely by bluetooth. I've been having some thoughts this morning regarding this development and whether I currently have the bandwidth to commercialise it in the nearish future. The short answer is I probably don't in terms of how I would want to do it with a much larger filter, sourcing different glass and everything else manufacturing wise that is involved in a fully commercial product. It doesn't mean I won't do just not right now but I was wondering whether there would be any interest in a build-along thread for people to make their own? I have had a re-think about a controller that would be more suitable for a project version rather than a commercial one and I would be provide you with the code and how to make it amd how you could enhance it. The parts will be inexpensive and readily available and the collaboration might be fun. Would this be something anyone would be interested in?

The initial prototype was about as ergonomic as carrying a plane window around with you.

Stop bumping it you buggers, I'm working on 50 different things as it is without being guilt tripped that I haven't finished this one I'll put up a pic of a new iteration of it next week hopefully. It will of course be in an elecrtic blue case as I still haven't changed that spool on the printer.

It started off here But I've started to look at it again recently as a standalone (its controlled be a fader here for example) The idea being that it will be in a square filter holder type system like the Cokin (rather than the cardboard and insulation tape seen in it current incarnation !) with the electronics package in the side. I have found a pretty small microcontroller and screen option that makes it viable to be in a compact standalone form factor but it still has Bluetooth LE/wifi to be remoted from one of my other 849 different controller prototypes that I'm currently also working on Being able to control it from one of my camera controllers offers up the option for interesting functionality such as automatic ND adjustment tracking so you can maintain consistent exposure when changing aperture/shutter/ISO.

At the body end, yes the E mount is the one to beat especially with the TechArt Pro adapter giving AF to MF lenses. TechArt's upcoming adapter to go from E mount to Z mount will be pretty huge for the Z6 as it means the camera will have really good AF from F mount via its own adapter and then from EF through Sigma's MC11 via the additional E mount adapter. That Fotodiox lens throttle is pretty good but doesn't have a clear option so will always be 2 stops at minimum, though that might be much of an issue outdoors in your part of the world ! I still think the most logical approach for flexibility is a lens mounted electronic ND rather than having it in the mount adapter as it means you are not having to buy multiple adapters for different combinations, particularly when it comes to speed boosters where it may not be possible to also incorporate the ND. The one I have made actually works quite well with a smaller sensor camera like the Pocket4K.

That Datavideo hardware version is really smart actually but pretty expensive. Although if you add up the price of something like an ATEM switcher and a couple of additional cameras, it does make sense financially. I'm surprised BM haven't made a similar unit but maybe they will now they are all about 8K and combine it with an 8K version of their studio cameras....... Fuck it, I'm buying one !

Yep and the cooking show scenario is precisely the one shown in the Mevo video that I put up a few comments back. This is another one which was cut live on their app showing a similar scenario. You have to look past the image quality (and bear in mind this is a €350 camera that is also live streaming !) and consider this concept but at higher quality and with an interchangeable lens so you aren't tied in to a super wide base shot if you don't need it. The control app isn't just limited to cuts but can also do simulated zoom creeps, pans and even face recognition tracking to keep a subject in frame. The app brings us on to another aspect which is that I don't think people will be taking content and slapping it on the timeline of their favourite NLE but will be doing it inside a dedicated app. As with the Insta360 One X, I could if I wanted to put the source file from the camera into FCPX and create the same process to turn the 360 content into steered flat content but why bother when the exact tools I need are in the app and can do it far quicker? Sharp are already talking about proxy workflows and I think a dedicated app would be the way to go for them for this sort of application as it can be hidden away from the user who can just get on with creating the piece without having to shoehorn it into their existing NLE. I have to keep stressing that I don't think this camera is going to appeal to that many people on here but for people who have certain applications, it has the potential to be very significant indeed if Sharp come up with a task oriented app (or even a plugin for the other NLEs) that packages that functionality in as logical and easy to control way as the apps for Mevo and Insta360 One X.

I haven't got any of them so can't really help but looking at a few videos for that particular product it does seem to have improved a lot over time with firmware updates. £348 at Amazon so a bit steep for me.

Its the AF bit that goes awry but if that's not a factor then yes. I don't really get why Sigma, who know both ends of the puzzle electronically, don't do a version of their MC11/21 AF adapters from Nikon to E or MFT. EDIT>>> I'd forgot about the Commlite ENF E1 adapter. Has anyone got one of these?