Andrew Reid

Put it in AVCHD 1080p at 24p or get the A65 which has 1080/60p for slow-mo which would be far more interesting for your skateboard stuff.

It's around 25 minutes on the 128GB cards.

  Thanks Jim.   That is the idea really - a one stop. It is getting harder and harder to read the spider web of forum and search engine info. The stuff in the book is my own hands-on research. I sat for like 2000 hours solid in front of software and cameras to make the guide and the $19.99 goes towards the 99% of what EOSHD outputs on the blog - which is FREE.   Cheers

  It won't be out of date. They are mostly bug fixing not dramatically changing or adding - and same goes for the workflows. The guide has to assist people and their needs TODAY, it's pointless to wait 6 months before the dust completely settles (if indeed it ever will).

  You don't need CineForm studio on your Mac if you're converting to CineForm in Windows with a virtual machine (VMWare preferable). Just install the codec (free decoders).

Yes, I believe the Mac CineForm side is being worked on by David Newman and co. At the moment, it helps to run Windows in VMWare Fusion. I love that software. VMWare Fusion that is, not Windows :)   Ginger Plugin for FCPX - Here's what John says...   To answer your question, FxPlug support is on the todo list.  The problem is that I just have too much to do and not enough time.  And I tend to get distracted by things like, you know, RAW support for canon cameras coming out of nowhere.  (-:  I'd like to support  FxPlug, as well as OpenFX, but I don't want to make any promises because there are a lot of things to do first.

  80% of it will, but not the specific 5D Mark III stuff like maximum resolutions, performance, etc. Also make sure you choose the 5D Mark II version of Magic Lantern on the download page. Apart from that and a few other small bits, the rest all applies, and the workflows are the same.

  Most the improvements to the workflows from now on come in the form of bug fixes with new beta versions, then final release versions of some software. All you need to do is to download the latest versions of the apps. The workflow itself doesn't dramatically change so the instructions remain relevant but I'm keeping a close eye on things and if there is a huge change in one the workflows I'll update the book. As it stands they are bang up to date and will give you pristine CineForm, lovely uncompressed DNG, and get you editing in Premiere, Resolve and Final Cut Pro X immediately.   The Ginger plugin for native raw editing is amazing!

  Cheers Andy hope you have a good reading session!!

Yes but which Lanparte cage? :)

  Not sure I comprehend sir :) The shooting tips are in the 5D Mark III guide. Two chapters - first practical advice on shooting raw, then the cinematography and composition tips.   If you want to go deeper into the specifics of anamorphic composition on the other hand, that is in the anamorphic guide of course.

  The GH3 Shooter's Guide is under development and it is completely new material.

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10% profit margin on $1 billion? Nuts. Maybe the solution is to make cheaper movies, and be more creative. Maybe the situation as we know it now is the last gasp of the old guard, and daylight will break through the clouds.

  It's a camera that has little to do with Nikon really. It's got an F mount. That's about the only link. It's a JVC video camera. I don't know why people who read Nikon rumours are even discussing it.

JVC have launched a "large sensor 4K" camera with Nikon mount. We saw a prototype of this camera a long time ago, reported here on EOSHD one and half years ago, the form factor and specs of the final model are remarkably similar to the prototype. [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10602/jvc-launch-a-4k-camera-with-nikon-mount-which-gets-almost-everything-wrong]Read the full article here[/url]

  A good job they didn't have a hand in Django Unchained's distribution.

  It's the other way round.

As for Sam Raimi's advice in that clip… Erm!   Tarantino's advice is far better. MAKE A FUCKING GREAT MOVIE AND SHOW IT ALL OVER PLANET EARTH!!

  It's happening everywhere! I went to a popular independent cinema in Barcelona last September. By April it had gone!   Huge loss in my view.

  My theory is the German film industry suffers from too much professionalism.   The UK is a ragtag island of adults who haven't quite grown up and crazy ideas :) We're also a bit arrogant, on the whole we don't take cues from the audience or pander to what sells best. That in my view is why we're creative.   There are probably more hard working consummate professionals here in Germany but not very much room for playing around. As a result a lot of people in the consummately professional German film industry feel they are in a creative crisis and ignored internationally due to uninteresting output.   Salesman don't play.   These people grew up quickly into adults and began striving for careers.   It's essential to experiment, to play and to go crazy. The film industry demands it, always has. Creativity IS play.   The problem is just like with professional sport, the creativity and personality has been sucked out of it because it is striving for performance, like a machine and it's become too sensible and sterile.   A salesman's target is to sell in the biggest numbers possible, but they don't realise how the film industry works...   Good films come from play, and good sales begin from niche hits.   A salesman's job is to observe current market trends.   Essentially the film industry has turned into an observer rather than a creator.   The role of a creator is to create! Not just watch what sells best and copy it.

Steven Spielberg has revealed the Oscar winning blockbuster Lincoln barely made it into distribution. "[It was] this close - ask HBO" Spielberg was speaking at the University of South California Film School. The problem he says is that studios aren't taking any chances on 'fringe' subjects and scripts, preferring established franchises and superhero schlock directed by wannabes. If Spielberg can't get his artistic film into cinemas, it bodes very badly for the artistic DNA of cinema and the viability of the business which for so long has fed of ideas and talent. Have the money-men finally killed it? [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10583/spielberg-established-filmmaking-industry-heading-for-implosion-struggled-to-get-lincoln-into-theatres]Read the full article here[/url]

I recommend speed testing it in the camera. Magic Lantern has a set of benchmarking tools in the menus. The USB reader isn't as accurate.

Small and modular in design and featuring a global shutter, this raw digital cinema camera isn't built by a camera company, or even a small team. Created over the last 6 months in Flensburg in Northern Germany single-handedly by Roald Christessen, the camera features a global shutter and raw output. Here's an exclusive Q&A with Roald and more about the camera technology... [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/10517/an-incredible-achievement-roald-christessen-builds-his-own-raw-cinema-camera-and-grading-software]Read the full article here[/url]

  I don't think it will be possible to upgrade core stuff like the CPU and GPU via Thunderbolt 2, as it doesn't run on the PCIExpress generation 3 bus.