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    elubes reacted to elkanah77 in Realigning misaligned anamorphic footage   
    I've had to realign plenty og shots caused by handheld camera and adapter on a tourist-promo I did a couple of years ago. Due to heavy vibration on the ferry I had to abandon tripods and pick up the rig by hand. Had no stabilizer of any kind.
    I the pulled the footage into after effects and used the pin-corner effects to drag/squeeze the corners of the footage to sort-of realign what was mis-aligned. Worked quite well.
     
    Check out the footage from the ferry on this:
     
    https://vimeo.com/71725984
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    elubes reacted to elubes in Fungus, Crack Or Neither?   
    it looks like glue. i have glue on some of my kowas too.
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    elubes got a reaction from nahua in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
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    elubes got a reaction from Cosimo murgolo in Pocket RAW + SLRmagic 1.33x scene.   
    Shot this for fun while on vacation in the Florida Keys.  This is the scene right before this woman goes to kill her violent husband.
    BMPC RAW/SLRmagic anamorphot
    GoPro in the water
     
    Would've liked to use my Iscorama but was a little worried about leaving it unattended and in a hot car for days and/or dropping it in the water by accident...
     

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    elubes got a reaction from Sean Cunningham in Pocket RAW + SLRmagic 1.33x scene.   
    Shot this for fun while on vacation in the Florida Keys.  This is the scene right before this woman goes to kill her violent husband.
    BMPC RAW/SLRmagic anamorphot
    GoPro in the water
     
    Would've liked to use my Iscorama but was a little worried about leaving it unattended and in a hot car for days and/or dropping it in the water by accident...
     

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    elubes got a reaction from yannis.zach in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from slatr in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from Rudolf in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from Lucian in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from nahua in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    i used a shoulder mount with two grips - it's really the best.  i was also using the kinotehnik, so at least four points of contact.  gunstock-style  are okay, but on long shoots, you're really spending time continually contracting your back muscle, and you're going to introduce shake with them.  so i think two-handed shoulder mounts are best.
     
    Lee - had a variable ND on there.  even though i like the variable, putting the ND on and taking it off with the diopters was a hassle because it kept screwing up my alignment.  going to use a mattebox next time.  shot at 2.8 the entire time just adjusting iso (800 and under) and the fader.  exposed to the right.
     
    tony- cool, will try that when i can get my hands on one of those. 
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    elubes got a reaction from nahua in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from Francisco Rios in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from Sean Cunningham in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
  14. Like
    elubes got a reaction from dahlfors in Portrait Vid with SLR Magic Anamorphot/Blackmagic Pocket RAW   
    Here's my video to share.
    Had some trouble nailing focus shooting T2.8 on some crap BMPC LCD screen, but here you go!
     

     
    EXPERIENCE
    I enjoyed using this. This is a final production prototype that I am testing. What makes it great is that the setup was really light, pretty well-built, and the learning curve is pretty easy. It can resolve sharp images, especially with the achromats. On the small LCD of the pocket camera though, getting focus can be a crapshoot. Focus peaking does not always work and I had to guess a lot. I did have to tell Ying to slow down a couple times because there was no way I could pull focus, especially on a fairly fast aperture of T2.8 and pretty much 100mm equivalent lens. Really should have a large monitor. But then it's not really a run and gun lens like I was using here though. I don't feel like anamorphic in general is normally for documentary style work. Neither is the pocket camera. Hope this helps you.
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from Zmu in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
  16. Like
    elubes got a reaction from Sean Cunningham in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
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    elubes got a reaction from Tito Ferradans in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
  18. Like
    elubes got a reaction from Chris Elkerton in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
  19. Like
    elubes got a reaction from Rudolf in Van Diemen Iscorama upgrade   
    i have the mod and yes its expensive but im glad i got it.

    besides the metal housing protecting the lens, it makes it much stronger, so im not so worried about the plastic shrinking, deforming when focusing. i think it can take much more abuse.

    you will need lens support. it does get heavy enough that i think itd rip out a m4/3 mount, and stress out an ef mount.

    close focus at 3'7" rocks. you still need a diopter to achieve the nice bokeh i feel, but now ive got so much more flexibility.

    i do think the weight and increased throw makes it become less of a one man crew lens when using it. and if youre using a follow focus, you need to use use a thick gear and a speed crank to take care of the long throw. metal focus gear on metal focus gear will make noise. (im looking for a rubber focus gear on my follow focus.) the front element extends long enough you can probably forget using a mattebox. but this is all how i feel about the 54 anyway. both a rehoused 36 and 54 are amazing lenses but in my opinion they still produce different results.

    i also agree w tferradans in that i wouldnt have rented out the plastic version just because i dont think its robust enough. (i havent rented mine out yet and dont expect to until i figure out how to protect my investment in case someone says "it's lost").

    and yes i think the resale value goes up. unless van diemen can crank out the mod in a week, youre not only reselling the lens, youre reselling the amount of time it took to get the mod in the first place which is a few months and seems like some people need/want the iscorama urgently enough to pay for it.

    i say if you seriously get use out of your 36, shoot a lot, and you have friends/crew that can AC for you, then get it. i absolutely love mine, its on my camera 95% of the time.

    if youre iscorama is nice and greased up, youre only shooting tests and youre a one man crew and really not using it that much, i dont think think the mod is worth that money.
  20. Like
    elubes got a reaction from Alex Kidd in Advice on eBay anamorphic lens listing (No advertising)   
    Hi,
     
    Can anyone recommend a widest fast taking lens for a GH3 and 1968 Iscorama?
     
    I was going to get the 28mm Canon FD mount f2.8 but would like the extra stop of this lens:
     
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mint-KIRON-28mm-f-2-0-Fast-Wide-Angle-Lens-Canon-FD-Mount-w-Caps-Lens-Bag-/151062512798?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item232c07049e
     
    Anyone tried this before?  Is it worth the buy?
    Thanks
    Erik
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    elubes got a reaction from nahua in short scene with Iscorama 36 + Blackmagic Pocket   
    wanted to share a short narrative scene i made with iscorama 36, tokina diopter, blackmagic pocket camera, and voigtlander 25mm f0.95. 
     
    https://vimeo.com/78510126
     
    it's the rebadged 36, not the 1968, so i noticed the flares off the taxi's brake light was pretty subdued.  the voigtlander probably subdued it more.  and it was a weak brake light anyway.  and on top of that probably doesn't work to have flares in this particular scene anyway.
     
    for some reason the bokeh i was getting on the CU's with the diopter honestly looked a little spherical to me.  any thoughts on that?
     
    any other critique that could probably help me shoot better anamorphic?
    thanks
    erik
     
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    elubes got a reaction from dahlfors in SmallHD Monitors: Share your "Custom Scale" settings (for anamorphic shooting)   
    not sure if anyone mentioned it before, but smallhd has a shared googledoc for their customers abt anamorphic settings for their custom scale.

    this is what i got from dave from smallhd a few months ago.

    "Update for Case #SC29836 - "anamorphic custom scales"

    Its still a work in process but here is the spreadsheet we have made so far

    https://docs.google.com/a/smallhd.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtXcMLsQ0MqZdFRFX1lOcm45djJwV0MwVFRNTXo2bkE#gid=0

    Take a look and see if it makes sense


    Thanks
    Dave"
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    elubes got a reaction from Tito Ferradans in short scene with Iscorama 36 + Blackmagic Pocket   
    tferradans
    this makes my lens swapping pretty fast.  still gotta unscrew it but i like this lanparte thing a lot.
     
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/151102604116?lpid=82
  24. Like
    elubes reacted to Julian in short scene with Iscorama 36 + Blackmagic Pocket   
    Yes, this is exactly the case. A smaller sensor won't really have an effect on how 'oval' the bokeh shape is, but if you use lenses designed for bigger sensors you are just cropping the middle part. Bokeh gets distorted near the corners of a lens (as an effect of that, the ovals might look more pronounced). The solution would be to find some glass that is made for the sensor size. For the Pocket you should be looking into C-mount lenses / Super 16mm glass.
  25. Like
    elubes got a reaction from dahlfors in short scene with Iscorama 36 + Blackmagic Pocket   
    wanted to share a short narrative scene i made with iscorama 36, tokina diopter, blackmagic pocket camera, and voigtlander 25mm f0.95. 
     
    https://vimeo.com/78510126
     
    it's the rebadged 36, not the 1968, so i noticed the flares off the taxi's brake light was pretty subdued.  the voigtlander probably subdued it more.  and it was a weak brake light anyway.  and on top of that probably doesn't work to have flares in this particular scene anyway.
     
    for some reason the bokeh i was getting on the CU's with the diopter honestly looked a little spherical to me.  any thoughts on that?
     
    any other critique that could probably help me shoot better anamorphic?
    thanks
    erik
     
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