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For the Pocket 4K, the ProRes 1080p (with or without baked-in LUT) to external recorder while simultaneously recording RAW internal is often overlooked though not only for fast turnaround but also as a guerrilla route for creating a non-transcode proxy workflow so I think the recorder only option would be a big deal there too. Even just re-releasing the Ninja Star would be a winner for that though

I'm going to bang the Ninja Star drum again but I've got to say that if they were going to split the Ninja V into its two component parts then they've arguably decided to sell the wrong half ! Don't get me wrong, its a great monitor for that price but at £349 the extra £200 for the Ninja V having the recorder is almost a no brainer. Whereas if they reversed that equation and made a compact recorder only version for £200 then everyone who's cameras offer enhanced frame rates and bit rates over HDMI only would be all over it. And while we're at it, Atomos would also have a big hit by doing an affordable EVF.

OK, a bit quick and dirty but here we are. Slightly complicated by the only non-reducing EF>MFT adapter that I have on hand being a Fotodiox Lens Throttle which always has a certain amount of ND even when set to clear which, coupled with the light advantages of the focal reducers, means a bit of an exposure modification for that one. No big deal really as its only there for reference anyway. I shot this so view that you would have plenty of white wall and with focus set on the wine bottles so you also get some detail into the edge of the frame with white surrounding it and some potentially glowable stuff on the fridge. Obviously the Metabones 0.71x reduction to 0.75x of the Aputure gives a wider FOV but its also got a very slight sharpness edge. The RAW dng files are here for you https://mega.nz/#!x35lUQYI!P8oS55N-z2xvfjzesoSEEsjcIPIt4e-lKGYpUdVO7jsBM4K Focal Reducers.zip

I can do you an A/B/C grab with a dumb adapter, a Metabones Ultra and the LensRegain on the 18-35mm wide open but you'll have to give me a couple of hours

It is setup in Menu> Custom Settings> f6

It is no different with the P4K as it is with other MFT mount cameras so in terms of quality and performance whatever videos you've seen with other cameras will apply really. Things to be aware of are that all lens control is done from the adapter so the aperture wheel on the camera will have no effect and the current aperture will not show up on screen. This will have an impact if you use the Auto Exposure function (which is no big deal really) but more importantly you must remember to have some charge in the interface otherwise you will have no aperture control. If you are just going to use it as a dumb focal reducer to manual lenses via additional adapters then of course that isn't an issue. The other aspect to be aware of is that its is only 0.75x reduction which, whilst a bit of a downer on other MFT cameras, actually works to your advantage with the P4K as it means the Sigma 18-35mm for instance will not vignette as it can do with adapters with a greater reduction. Ultimately though, if you want to be able to have any electronic focus control of an EF lens on a P4K (even leaving aside the very nice A/B controller interface stuff) then until/if Blackmagic make changes to enable it on the other smart adapters then the Lens Regain is the only game in town. For $199 (I note B&H now have them in stock) then its a bit of a steal in my opinion.

I'm hopeful that an upcoming AtomX module for the Ninja V will be an SDI one.

Can't believe you're all missing the obvious Star Trek line here. "Captain's Log....No, hang on it doesn't have any sort of Log."

Her voice actually only has a very, very small amount of room ambience on it so I wouldn't bark up that particular tree in pursuit of that sound. Here is a tutorial for Audition to click along with for normalising and compressing a voiceover which will get you further along. Bear in mind though that these things are dependent on the source material so you will likely need to tweak the process (e.g. if you have some big peaks from plosives, then take care of them first before you normalise as they will skew the outcome) but its a good grounding in what you need to be considering. Once you have the levels in order then you can move on to sweetening the sound further with EQ which, again, there are good tutorials on his channel for that and further enhancements that you can do in Audition.

Yes the Ninja V is as compact as it gets. The increasing number of cameras that only give the good stuff on HDMI output makes even more of a case for someone to do a new version of the Ninja Star. Don't get me wrong, the Ninja V is a big improvement form factor wise on the 7" ones but if you look at using it with something compact like the X-T30 to get the 10 bit output then it still ends up looking like a SmartCar towing a caravan. Maybe something might show up at NAB from Atomos or even Blackmagic updating the HyperDeck Shuttle 2 which was a more industrial (but cheaper) Ninja Star that recorded to SSD.

Now that Atomos are a publicly traded company, I feel like buying a few shares so I can turn up at the shareholders meeting and shout "Why the fuck won't you make a 4K Ninja Star???"

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Well, it looks like Canon really are getting into the spirit of handing out the love tomorrow and giving it 4K. Still remains to be seen what SWALK will mean on their Valentine's card though. Sealed With A Loving Kiss or Shipped With A Large Krop ?

Smallrig do a half cage for it that has a locking grip for the HDMI cable. Alternatively, you can get this from Movcam that gives you a plug in full size HDMI and power barrel connector adapter that can also be secured into a cage.

Something to keep an eye are the inconsistencies in the standard of written English in different posts by the same user. Sometimes you will look at a post from a user that looks pretty much straight out of Google translate and then a subsequent post from the same user will clearly have the look of coming from someone fluent enough not to have needed Google translate in the first place. The suspicion, obviously, is that the account is actually being operated by more than one person/bot. There are accounts on here that match that pattern in my opinion.

I have. I've gone so far back in your archive that your beard was only a goatee

They're aren't even his own listings, just random other people's ones. Well, I say "random" but they are possibly all hijacked accounts listing non-existent equipment. Unless he just has a really, really weird hobby of scouring e-bay for very average deals and then sharing them with a disinterested audience. The other option is him building a decent number of total posts, then move on to copy and pasting semi-credible discussion posts to increase the credibility before pulling some scam. When he then starts offering cut-price dental services in Cairo then we'll know for sure who he is.

After a bit more testing today, the bad news is that my suspicion about the 1080p input seems to have been borne out as I was able to get it working with the LS300 which has a switchable HDMI output. The good news about the bad news is that it is, as I expected it to be, extremely low latency and I was seeing the same sort of delays of 15-20ms that this poster demonstrates on YouTube So, whilst the HDMI resolution is currently a bit of a fail for what I wanted it for (the Pocket4K) I'm going to persevere and try and find a cheap scaling solution or a different HDMI>AV converter (as the TX-5D also has a regular AV input too) as even adding another small box I definitely think its a solution worth exploring. Stay tuned (to one of its 32 channels) and I'll update as and when.

The 3S lipo that I got for it is quite well matched to it form factor wise (I envisage putting the whole thing in a small box as its a bit of mess cable wise etc) but yeah it could equally be powered other ways. However... Early impression after a quick test is that its performing slightly less than optimally as it only seems to be sending a black image on a black background I'll look at it properly tomorrow but I have a sneaking and sinking feeling that it doesn't like 1080p as an input.

Maybe they've deliberately chosen the 14th to announce it as its Valentines Day and they want to show some love to their customers. Or is it going to be a case of Roses are red, Violets are blue, Canon is Canon, No 4K for you.

Did you forget to put the spam links into your original post so have now replied to yourself to add them then?

Quite a prescient topic as I have just picked up one of these Skyzone TX5D transmitters. It has an HDMI input and then converts it to analog transmission on 5.8GHz. Your options to view it are then an integrated FPV monitor (or goggles if you are that way inclined) or via a receiver that connects to an android phone. Transmitter is less than £50, a monitor can be had for under £100 or the android adapter is about £30. You also need to budget another £20 for a lipo battery to run it on. The benefit of doing it this way aside from the cost is that it is really low latency. As this stuff literally only turned up a couple of days ago, I haven't had a chance to put it together but I'll post something up here in a few days about it.

I don't want to labour the point over the adapters for the S1's L mount but here is a list of those that have been available for a few years now from Kipon. https://www.google.com/amp/s/leicarumors.com/2017/03/12/kipon-adapters-for-leica-m-and-sl-mounts.aspx/amp/ Since that list was made they have also added the Canon FD adapter to it as well. Novoflex do a smart EF adapter with AF control as well. So the only lens type where there ISN'T an adapter available for it is the E mount. Which is where the Z mount will reign supreme when TechArt release their upcoming E to Z adapter To the broader point though, I'm not sure I'd see much in the new Panasonics to sway me over the Z6 if I was looking for a FF system. The Z6 and the Ninja V combo is looking to me to be the sweet spot right now against all of them.

Nice work. Ahhh...the down vote you gave my reply to you last week regarding where to get L mount adapters for your lenses makes sense now. I was beginning to think it was because I'd only found them for you but not actually bought you them as well

Yes, the SL This one is with the T, which again should have a "Panasonic Inside" sticker on it. Interesting really that Panasonic haven't produced their own branded version of it as with it being an APS-C with an L mount it might actually find a few friends. Perhaps they will further down the line. The lens here is all Leica's own work though, an M mount 90mm Summicron.