MrSMW Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago So around €4000 We get fleeced in Europe...but still not as much as some other parts of the World... It makes a lot of financial sense to book a trip to somewhere like the US or Japan, buy a modest amount of kit you need, use it and return home. Buying just a single used A1 in the US, for the same money I can buy one in Europe, would give me €1000-1300 to spend on tickets, hotels and all the burgers I can eat. Which are also bigger than the ones we get. And cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kino Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago On 11/23/2024 at 6:40 PM, Ninpo33 said: I fell in love with the footage shown at the link below. There’s a trick people discovered about sending out 8k to a Ninja recorder but recording in 4.2k Gerald Undone discusses it at length on one of his A1 update videos. it gives you the best possible image out of the camera I guess. Using the Gerald Undone "hack" (internal recording set to 8K, but HDMI output set to 4K), you can send out an oversampled 8K image to the Atomos and record it in 4K ProRes 422 10 bit. This bypasses noise reduction and LongGOP compression in the internal files, but I think this looks the worst in terms of color depth, as Sony lists 8K HDMI output as limited to 8-bit in the spec sheet: As for the ProRes RAW in the A1, it is hard to pick out which shots are internal and which are ProRes RAW in this video (she lists the RAW shots in one of her responses): I always look for Blue-channel clipping as a giveaway for ProRes RAW, but otherwise everything cuts together seamlessly. This suggests that the 12-bit 4.3K ProRes RAW upscales nicely to 8K and that the 8K's 10-bit internal is good enough to match with 12-bit color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kino Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 52 minutes ago, Kino said: Using the Gerald Undone "hack" (internal recording set to 8K, but HDMI output set to 4K), you can send out an oversampled 8K image to the Atomos and record it in 4K ProRes 422 10 bit. This bypasses noise reduction and LongGOP compression in the internal files, but I think this looks the worst in terms of color depth, as Sony lists 8K HDMI output as limited to 8-bit in the spec sheet: Oh wait! I realized that the 8K internal / 4K HDMI setting can be recorded in true ProRes 422 10 bit, as it is bypassing the 8-bit limitation on the 8K HDMI output. So, it is truly a "hack." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kino Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago The greatest thing about the A1II is that Sony didn't replace an amazing sensor for video with a higher megapixel sensor that would create rolling shutter problems and downgraded video specs. That was my biggest concern. You can also see the advantage of the A1II's new AF for wildlife, sports, and motorsport video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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