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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Thanks! That's my Lanparte base plate and carbon fibre 15mm rails, whilst the screen is on a hinge that came bundled with a Sony LED light. Tried many times to buy another hinge separately but can't find one. I have an articulated ball socket at the moment to mount the Shogun to my rails. Keeps it articulated and the whole thing lightweight but not ideal really. Going to experiment. Not a fan of putting it high up in the hotshoe, upsets the balance. -
Davinci Resolve/ Canon 7D CDNG 14bit/ export settings Win7
Andrew Reid replied to Dan Wake's topic in Cameras
I'd export from Resolve to ProRes or DNxHD after grading. You can even edit the whole shebang in Resolve 11 now, it's pretty good, then export in H.264 for Vimeo. Are you using Lightroom to fix the banding problem? Resolve 11 now has very good noise reduction built in, give it a go. -
That's true. It's online now, you can watch it here (US only) - https://www.seetheinterview.com Although you want an hour and a half of your life back afterwards.
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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
It is baffling me why 1D C users feel the need to defend their tool vs a $2199 consumer camera! I'm not going to feed the argument any more. I'll just leave you with this instead and get on with my Shogun articles http://www.eoshd.com/2014/07/25-ways-sony-a7s-trumps-canon-1d-c/ And Doug if you can expose your A7S right before doing any more tests, that would be ideal! -
Only the 4K output really.
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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Still preparing the blog post on that. Stay tuned. Learning as I go So far it's only working in 4K 30p on the NX1. -
Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
I've already given you one. Expose the A7S with the exposure meter on the LCD so that it is 2 stops over (to the right). Doesn't matter if ISO has to go up. Just do it. Then in the grade, pull the blacks down so they are the same level as the 1D C shot. Even better, use CINE 4 in the picture profile and Cinema, not S-LOG 2, for low light shooting. You're bringing 2 stops under exposed mush out of the very darkest shadows and claiming that it looks bad. No s***! I don't care what happens when you give 1000 chickens free chicken feed from Canon. The 1D C is not free it is $12,000 and the A7S is $2200. That may not matter to you but it does to everyone else. -
Does Cinema EOS mark the end of high spec Canon DSLR video?
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Blackmagic shoots ProRes. ProRes doesn't fit in any existing workflow? Hmm. -
All music at soundimage.org is now free for commercial use
Andrew Reid replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Cameras
Happy holidays Eric. Thanks for the site. Looks great -
Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Yeah the battery life is weak with the small Sony batteries. But you can use a v-lock adapter if you want to use an external battery or... just put a much larger Sony battery on the back and carry 3 more with you. Plastic has an upside in that it is very light. Shogun weighs very little, that's good. That said, I think there should be an upgraded model made, with upgraded build quality. The firmware is still early days that's true. Plenty to be added via firmware updates. For now though I am just happy to get such a lovely screen and the massive bump in image quality. It's well worth the $2k. And the punch-in zoom & waveforms work really well. Haven't tried peaking yet. Not really needing it! -
Yeah the Sigma 20mm F1.8 is good for the price. Not quite as good as the Samyang 24mm F1.4 especially in the corners and it distorts more than the Zeiss Jena 20mm F2.8 (which is around the same price) though. If you don't need the faster aperture get the Zeiss, it's superb. Sharp as hell!
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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
You've definately under exposed the A7S shot on the left. You can either take my advice or leave it, but the way it stands at the moment it isn't acceptable to have such biased and incorrectly setup tests posted on my forum. S-LOG needs to be 2 stops to the right on the A7S exposure meter, you can raise the ISO in low light to achieve this. Shoot ISO 12,800 for example and expose to the 1D C shot at ISO 3200 in Resolve and you will have a cleaner image than under exposing S-LOG at ISO 3200. S-LOG to the Shogun isn't working optimally yet so you should be using CINE 4 in low light with the black levels +15. And actually I never ever said the 1D C didn't have a good low light image. What I said is that it's not better than the A7S in low light and it's $12,000. Facts my friend. You are applying a flawed setup to your test and passing it off as a real world result. I find it quite disingenuous actually. -
Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Well, that much is evident! -
The EOSHD Panasonic GH4 Shooter's Guide - Now Available
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Hey Julian did you get my email last week with the guide? Let me know. Cheers! -
Unfortunately there's no squeeze option on the Shogun in the current firmware. Make this thread as loud as possible and I will feed it back to Atomos. They are listening.
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Next time it happens please cut and paste the error page onto a PM to me and then I will be able to investigate the fix. Thanks! The IP Board software is v4 beta which is why there's still some bugs to iron out.
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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
S-LOG 2 is missing a bit over HDMI to the Shogun and Doug has under-exposed it. You need to compare the A7S in CINE 4 to the 1D C. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall in my own back yard! -
Does Cinema EOS mark the end of high spec Canon DSLR video?
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
You're absolutely right. -
Great thread everyone, really wonderful stuff. I recently got a Nikon 28-105mm F3.5-4.5 AF-D. Not an expensive lens it cost 150 euros. If you are looking for an affordable full frame zoom, this thing is astonishingly good. Really surprised with it. It's sharp, very little distortion considering the range. Less distortion than most £600 modern Canon or Nikon zooms. It's parfocal, so focus doesn't shift when you zoom out. Very rare trait in such a cheap lens and great for video shooters. It's macro abilities are INSSSSAAANE!! 2:1 macro at 105mm at the flick of a switch. Macro range goes from 50-105mm. What modern zoom does this? The only downside is that it doesn't focus as closely at the wide end, 28mm. F3.5-F4.5 becomes a much more attractive aperture on a Speed Booster. On a full frame sensor it's fine because you're still getting a very shallow DOF and these sensors tend to have very good higher ISO performance as well - in that respect F4-ish isn't too far off F2.8 if compensated by raising the ISO a bit. It has a manual aperture ring so you can use it via a cheap passive adapter on pretty much anything, even my Samsung NX1 likes it. I use it on my Nikon D750 the most, often for stills where the AF isn't too shabby for an older lens. It dates back to 1999. Highly recommended.
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Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Allow me to be frank here. You sir, are talking out of your arse. As a self proclaimed "pro" on these forums you really should do better than to put out biased information especially with the thousands of dollars worth of equipment you're testing out, allegedly. Two Otus lenses for a test and you still can't put good info out there!? You say the rolling shutter on the A7S makes the camera unusable in many situations. Well the 1D C has the same 25-30ms rolling shutter in 4K approximately so your same criticism applies to that too right? "Unusable in many situations". This most clearly, I think, shows your bias... it's scientifically proven right there. It's not fair to mislead users through my forum with your bias. You either stop the bias, or leave. I don't work hard on a resource to have it bullshitted up, because someone spent a lot of money on a 1D C and now he has to justify it in the face of cheaper competition. The 1D C is not cleaner for noise. It just isn't. Again you can look at the raw sensor data at any given ISO and see for yourself. "The canon combination beats the sony in every aspect except price" Your reasoning here is because you attach a monitor to give it peaking, suddenly it does everything better? Is MJPEG suddenly a better codec than ProRes now? Does it gain a lens mount you can put all PL lenses straight onto all of a sudden? What about an articulated LCD for low-profile shooting without a monitor or a built in EVF again for the same use? No. I think your posting has a lot to answer for. I'll be awaiting such answers, and then make an editorial decision on whether I will keep onboard certain users of the forum who are really fucking it up for the rest of us at the moment so consider yourself warned. There are in fact 25 advantages of the A7S over the 1D C for video - http://www.eoshd.com/2014/07/25-ways-sony-a7s-trumps-canon-1d-c/ -
Official Atomos Shogun thread (4K, A7S, GH4, NX1)
Andrew Reid replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
So how did you expose? 1D C meter or A7S? It's not a hard question. If the A7S wasn't two stops to the right, you've done it wrong. -
Staying on topic isn't your strength is it? The cyber attack was extremely damaging both materially and politically. The team which carried it out used such sophisticated techniques, the most secure government networks in the country would have had trouble keeping them out. If they now as a result of the film being shown turn their attention to nuclear power plants in the US and government networks then at the least they have another wikileaks style leak of confidential info to deal with, or worst case a major nuclear disaster. Is The Interview worth that? No! Don't under estimate the cyber attacks and what they can potentially unleash. Warfare is moving into the digital age. Diplomacy with North Korea was the way to prevent this. That was well underway, whilst The Interview was being shot. Now the only thing that's shot is the diplomacy. Not really, if history of war is anything to go by. A flash point can seem small at the time but it can end up really triggering hell. And it would be a shame to trigger hell based on such a pathetic flash point. A Seth Rogan comedy. It's not worth it! Ask Sony!
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Haha. You must be kidding me. Wikileaks? And here's the rest - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States Do your research before posting your ill informed opinions. Kubrick pulled A Clockwork Orange himself. The UK government did not. It was passed uncut actually. Again do your research. Sex Pistols were not banned by the state. The BBC chose not to play a song. Hardly state censorship, more like an editorial decision by middle managers who didn't want to offend the narrow sensibilities of the vast majority of their viewers. Censorship is not always bad. Censorship in this case with The Interview is warranted because A) it is pointless trash and B the politics of it are damaging. When the napalm burns around schools and children in North Korea like it did in Vietnam, don't come running to me saying how worthy a cause it all is in the name of freedom. Because it isn't.
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Personally I think Sony just want the film to die. A massive ball ache for them.
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A Video Player for H.265(NX1 video files) that works!
Andrew Reid replied to Ivar Kristjan Ivarsson's topic in Cameras
Yes the 580 was a great card since NVidia probably make 90% of their money from consumer gaming cards I don't think they'd cripple the line to protect the tiny niche Quadro line. The Quadro line has more stuff for pros than just performance. How does the latest NVidia card do for compute and CUDA? Must be better than the GTX 580 by now!