Emanuel

I have seen that, thanks. Idk, how much more recording time you'll get shooting 2:1? It's my understanding that the camera can only give an estimate based on uncompressed cDNG not with lossless. Right now with OG3.5K on a 128gb card, the camera shows 6-7 minutes. Google AI told me, I could expect 10-11 with lossless, which is great but still not enough to justify, considering how many V90 SD cards I'd have to buy.
The OG2.5K is so good that 30 minutes (roughly in lossless) to a V60 card is perfect for my needs.
Don't get me wrong, I prefer the 3.5K, and would consider it with an SSD, I suppose, if I look at it like Hitchcock would... shoot VistaVision with a 1.85:1 release. I also have to research, test, if the hack is on a card, can I just leave it there and still record to SSD. I haven't tested it enough to the point where I needed to format cards, but having to delete clips, or upload the scripts every time is kinda annoying.
All that said, I have been swamped with work and family stuff, so I haven't had much time to mess with it. So far, just my first half hour outing, but this has completely changed my entire gameplay going forward and I have been rearranging some buying/selling of lenses, and working on some scripts to utilize it.
If anyone is interested, here's another frame from the OG2K mode with the Minolta 35mm 1.8... the other two I posted were at iso 3200 and I think this one was 100... sorry I couldn't find a cat to shoot...

Local inference on 12GB VRAM, alpha mattes, 16-bit EXR, ACEScg and 3D-guided rendering are a different proposition from generating random clips from text prompts.
If temporal consistency, edge quality and render times hold up in production, this could significantly change what smaller VFX teams can achieve without expensive infrastructure.
The real question is no longer whether AI has a place in filmmaking, but how quickly production workflows will adapt to it.

Runs locally on 12GB VRAM...
https://ltx.io/solution/vfx

Runs locally on 12GB VRAM...
https://ltx.io/solution/vfx

Have you seen the updates on the site here? 
https://www.elcacharrista.com/en/articles/hacking-the-sigma-fp-with-ai/
 
New updates
28 October 2026 · composer on Bei’s Loader v4, with Res-Custom 0.1.6j · 2:1 3.5K format (3552×1776) up to 50 fps, framed 2:1 on screen, and 12-bit to SD.
5 October 2026 · fpSup-Formats v0.6.0 · new OG4K format, Crop Mode on OG4K and OG3.5K, lossless compression and gyroscope data that remember their state on the card, and our own composer to build it.
3 October 2026 · fpSup-Formats v0.3.2a · S16 up to 100 fps.
 

I would have published the demo already, but I’m currently having a problem with GUI rotation between portrait and landscape modes — it used to work, and then suddenly stopped.
 
RAW/RAWC does a nice job of compressing the full usable dynamic range of the smartphone sensor.I'm still making little adjustments 

Build 169 uploaded: https://groups.google.com/g/rawlogcam-closed-testers
Most important test ROT button for landscape mode. In my Motorola Edge 50 Pro it stopped working.
Test RAW and RAW+C for dropped frames—upper diagnostic messages. Use the METER to scan the scene for a few seconds and get the average exposure. The HDR button sets a shorter exposure time to keep highlights. In the COLOR section, you can switch off sharpening (Edge HQ). For IT8, push REF to load the reference file, then push the grid to adjust the rectangle, and push it again to auto-fit. Astro mode in the HIDE section is still under construction. Test DNG export in PROCESS RAW.

Right now, I'm still debugging the GUI (portrait/landscape), cleaning up the code, and trying to push the Oppo Reno 2Z to its limits on RAW capture, see calibrated 2K samples below. Will post an update soon.

Vectroscope added to main screen and RAW post-processing.
 
 

Update:
Added a real RAW preview Added 2K RAW with anti-aliasing. RAW-to-H.265 conversion is now much, much faster. I’m working on automatic CC PPV2 color target readout and calibration. I’m also working on the website and have uploaded some temporary sample footage here: https://agacia.pl/tmp/

Added: Support for ColorChecker and CCPPV2 video targets. See:
how to
Currently working on:
Audio sync for Zoom H1e: When the user clicks the "+Audio" button, the app automatically searches the connected device or folder. Auto Edit / Quick Export: When multiple clips are selected, the app can automatically export them from RAW to H.264 or H.265 with a predefined total length for easy sharing. Minor adjustments: Users can make small manual tweaks to the edit before exporting.

When the algorithm finds an audio recording, the "+Audio" button turns green (batch processing is possible). Another screenshot shows the experimental AI edit and halation window in RAW adjust.

 
 

 
 
 
 

Added 1.33x anamorphic support. Just tap the icon and you’re ready to use it. The preview will be automatically desqueezed, and the RAW Adjust view will automatically rotate to landscape mode with the 1.33x icon displayed.
GPU and h265 (ISP) modes are also desqueezed.
You can crop the image to remove vignetting, or use the 20:9 crop to fill your phone screen as much as possible.

Crop can be scaled and moved. 

I think a lot of people don't understand what this revolution is :- )

I suspected as much... 
I have been attempting to use the gopro ils in a unconventional way, after my dad passed away we had a bit of a clean up. A box or two  of slides turned up, so i did some research and it seems the jjc slide copier does the job, so one of them was ordered. 

It seems to work ok once its assembled i have had the olympus 60mm macro lens attached to the e-m10 ii and i get ok images i think. There's a strong colour cast and a bit soft but for the nostalgia factor alone it wins, i guess. Oddly enough inside photos with flash come up decently sharp. I should add i suspect these slides are probably older than me. 🙂

The 60mm olympus doesn't work on the ils as the olympus is electronic and ils has no contacts and it came as no surprise that it didnt work lol. With the mission1 ils the only macro lens i have is a pentax m42 100mm f4. The issue i have is i think i'm let down by the minimum focal length on the lens is longer than what the jjc allows for. Wondering if some extension tubes attached on the front of the lens would help at all?.  Its that or i buy a shorter focal length macro lens, which i'm not keen to do at the moment seeing its mostly just an expiriment. 

Does this still look like a "GoPro"?
 

Maybe someone can reduce the file sizes of Red Raw on the ZR to around 20-25% of the size and then after that, work on adding IBIS to the FP2 so that it can be purchased by the other 95% of potential purchasers.

Well, I guess it's too late to get the ILS- sold out everywhere it seems! Who saw that coming?
Some interesting comparisons with WAY bigger and more expensive cameras are out there now.
Obviously YouTube footage. I wish he'd don it in 4k 24fps or 8k 24fps. To my eye, the GoPro is heavily dependent on lens. The Sony looks super digital to me, but maybe it's the fact it's at 60fps. Is it possible that the GoPro takes off some of that ultra digital look but leaves the detail? Maybe it's simply a sensor size thing?

I'll surely love the camera if Sigma sends one my way to test ... and keep.  

You look great : ) It’s perfectly in keeping with the tone of your posts as always, and we’ve gotten used to it BTW ;- )

The 4k 100fps is just crazy detailed and lots of latitude IMO (given it's an action cam). I've been experimenting by taking short bursts of 5s and finding just the right moment, focus, FOV. I wonder if others shoot like this. It works fairly well as a substitute for having to take actual photos. I know it's not a real photo camera, but it works great in a pinch and with some interesting features.

Some really interesting things going on in the electronic music world at the moment.
A company called M-Vave released a product called the FM-1 which is a little £60 synth that ostensibly does FM synthesis like a baby Yamaha DX7 but adds other features and controls.

Someone decided to see if they could use Claude or Codex to see if they could hack it and put their own firmware on it to change it into what they wanted it to do.
And they were successful.
So other people thought they’d do the same to turn it into what they wanted it to do.
A lot of other people in fact.
I lost count at fifty but there is more or less a new firmware from someone every day making the FM-1 into what they want it to be for their music making.
And most of them are completely different from each other and take into account different genres of music making and more preferred workflows etc
The FM-1 is now just a development platform of components and everyone uses the screen, keypad, switches and encoders completely differently.
And how did M-Vave respond to this ?
Throw their toys out of the pram and threaten to brick everyone’s device and issue legal threats ?
Nope, they went “Fucking hell this is cool” and released the source code so everyone can actually build off it more effectively and make even more cool firmwares for different genres of music and unique workflows.
This largesse is obviously underpinned by their understanding that this will sell WAY, WAY more FM-1s than if they went the other way.
Previously, anyone who didn’t want the very specific type of synthesis and workflow the FM-1 offered would have gone “That’s cute and great value for money but it’s not something for me”.
Now it’s appealing to EVERYONE because there are firmwares to suit everyone and if there isn’t then it’s within their grasp to roll their own.
So not only buying it, they are buying them in multiples to have different firmwares on them.
This has been going on for about six weeks and whilst it’s been interesting in and of itself it’s what it’s caused in the past week that is very eye opening.
This is an Akai MPC one, a very sophisticated music production device that retails for about £700.

Behringer have now announced this, the Kick

Now, under normal circumstances this would raise a few moans but no surprise as Behringer have built their business on releasing products that are heavily “influenced” by other peoples.
However, what is different here is that they’ve seen what’s happened with the FM-1 and the Kick is not only open source but is also only going to be $150
Even by their standards that price is wild.
And they haven’t stopped there.
On consecutive days they’ve released two other products (a drum machine and a sequencer) that are also open source and the same price point if not lower.
Akai have come back with their own new product that will also be open source.
The genie is out the bottle here and going forward these companies are now just effectively selling development platforms with minimal functional “examples of operation” firmware.
And cutting out the cost to them and the end user of full blown software development.
Want a feature ? Make it yourself from the building blocks we give you and leave us alone.
From a manufacturer point of view, not having to deal with the demands of a certain section of whiney entitled arseholes who want everything bespoke to them even when it didn’t include it in the spec when they bought it would be reason enough to go this route 😂
Anyway, I’m wondering if a camera manufacturer might be brave enough to go down this route ?
Cameras as development platforms would be pretty amazing wouldn’t it?
Traditional guardians of the cripple hammers would be aghast but there’s nothing to stop an upstart manufacturer from doing it.
Someone like Sigma or Sigma or even Sigma would be very appropriate.
If they look at what’s happening with the nascent FP hacking and embrace it rather than ignoring it then things could get very interesting.
I don’t even think it needs to be either or as they could do this in parallel.
FP2 for £1800 or whatever it is and the FP2Dev for say £1400 would be an interesting proposition.
They could hardware protect it to fully lock down the FP2.
Well, for a while at least 😂

Maybe the iPhone 19 or 20 will go LOGIC?
I'd consider upgrading if that was the case....    but with my 17 Pro I now have Prores and Apple Log, so the images now look like they're from a camera and not from a phone.

The 1.55x has never looked this good on previous iPhone models. The adjustable aperture of the 18 Pro seems to make a huge difference in the overall detail and IQ. It also carries through on the video side and makes focusing much simpler.
The 1.55x was always pretty dreamy wide open and is even moreso on the 18 Pro, since it has a faster lens.
 
I have never tested it seriously on any of my other cameras, because it won’t cover full frame (whereas the 1.33x seems to if you find the right lens). But I suspect the 1.55x would actually work great on a M43 or APSC sensor. 
Here is another iPhone shot from this evening. There were a few raindrops on the lens, which created some interesting artifacts.