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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Brellivids in Samsung NX1 Firmware 1.20 Coming Soon   
    ". . .Particularly interesting is that Samsung will make an SDK available with the firmware update for developers to make their own apps and remote control software for the NX1, which runs from an open source operating system."
     
    Everyone together . . ."THANK YOU MAGIC LANTERN!"
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from nazdar in Samsung NX1 Firmware 1.20 Coming Soon   
    ". . .Particularly interesting is that Samsung will make an SDK available with the firmware update for developers to make their own apps and remote control software for the NX1, which runs from an open source operating system."
     
    Everyone together . . ."THANK YOU MAGIC LANTERN!"
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from MrTony in Samsung NX1 Firmware 1.20 Coming Soon   
    ". . .Particularly interesting is that Samsung will make an SDK available with the firmware update for developers to make their own apps and remote control software for the NX1, which runs from an open source operating system."
     
    Everyone together . . ."THANK YOU MAGIC LANTERN!"
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from estarkey7 in Last chance to order your early 4K raw AXIOM Beta - a Linux based open source camera   
    I understand what you're saying but using Magic Lantern as an example of what could go wrong with an open source project is probably misplaced. The first thing is that ML does have many problems, but ML is not the problem. The problem is the nature of the project - basically ML is a Hack, not really a development project. But why is that? Because the software/Hardware that they are deloping for is closed and Canon just will not/have not given them an ounce of help. Therefore, they have to reverse engineer everything. Most of what the ML team does is guess work and trial and error to figure out how the software/hardware works. Even so, ML has been wildly successful. So much so that AXIOM had to resort to ML's thriving community to reach their funding goals. They said that much themselves. That's what I call success. Rental houses, pro shooters as well as enthusiasts - if you own a Canon body you probably have ML running on it (Who shoots h.264 anymore?).
     
    If you want to use an open source project as an example, then try referencing projects such as Mysql, Mozilla and there are many more!
     
    It seems to me that you missed the point completely - the reason for an open source cinema camera is so that you take the guess work out of programming! . . . No guess work, no faulty software. If the hardware fails every now and then, well, Black Magic will probably understand (if you know what I mean) - that's why we have AXIOM!
     
    You are right about not many amateurs being able to afford it, but then again if ML was not around you couldn't afford a real cinema camera that shoots 14-bit RAW anyways. BTW, who's to say they will not make a sub-$1,000 camera - in fact I'd be willing to bet that's in the works.
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    Oscar M. reacted to aombk in Last chance to order your early 4K raw AXIOM Beta - a Linux based open source camera   
    i am a bit disappointed by eoshd for the timing of the report of the apertus axiom beta crowd funding campaign. at least you finally did report it.

    magic lantern is open source but here is a though:
    maybe ML has just a few active developers because not many of the people that can/want to get into development want to supercharge a proprietary product and boost canons sales?

    so maybe ml is not the best open source paradigm and maybe thats the reason ML developers are really interested in this axiom beta project.

    here is a few other open source projects out there that can be used as paradigms:
    gnu linux, firefox, android aosp/cyanogen, apache, blender, mysql, libre/openoffice, inkscape, gimp, wordpress, x264, wikipedia and many many more i am sure i forgot to mention.

    also take a look at this just for fun:
    http://mylinuxbook.com/awesome-devices-powered-by-linux/

    the hardware part is a bit more tricky. there are already quite a few successful projects out there and axiom is trying to be one of them. and as mentioned before, this project has been planed for years. it didnt all start with a crowd funding campaign a month ago.

    the difference between apertus and blackmagic design or other camera manufacturers is not that they work for free(they dont) or that they are smarter(maybe they are) or things like that.
    the main difference is that open source is a totally different business model. and that is a great advantage in my opinion.
    for example its a great thing, having the datasheets of a sensor publicly available without having to sign NDAs with the manufacturer and hundreads of people already are coming up with ideas and tricks to drive the sensor to its limits, before even getting the camera itself.

    the cost of this camera is relatively higher than other cameras because fair labor is a prerequisite for the apertus team and the open source culture. this camera wont be produced in sweatshops like many other cameras do and thats actually a good thing.

    to use this camera, as any other open source project, you dont have to be a programmer.

    its not the same sensor with the AJA Cion and the BM 4k. those companies keep the sensor they use a sealed secret and thats the actual problem. you are holding a black box in your hands and you have no idea whats inside and if you can use it more efficiently, let alone modify it and fine tune it for your needs. and dont forget, this is what DPs (they are professionals) were doing and loved doing in the past.

    there are people that want to know how the things they use work and be able to customize or alter their function and there are people that dont. why call the former hobbyists and the latter professional? why not vice versa? anyway i dont think thats the criterion for professionalism

    this is a beta camera. the focus is on building a system that can support and drive a sensor as capable as the cmv12000 for example. everything learned from this will be used in the gamma, the sensor as well. it is the first time so many will be able to get this close to a sensors inner workings (if they wish of course) dont you think this will produce amazing results?
     
    its ok not everybody has to get one of these cameras and be on board if they feel uncomfortable with this whole idea. this project is not trying to make you feel bad about not joining. after all there are risks involved.
    just wait and see the effect this project will have on the proprietary culture in general
     
    also visit the apertus website and just give it a look. there are many interesting things in there.
    https://www.apertus.org/
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from aombk in Last chance to order your early 4K raw AXIOM Beta - a Linux based open source camera   
    I understand what you're saying but using Magic Lantern as an example of what could go wrong with an open source project is probably misplaced. The first thing is that ML does have many problems, but ML is not the problem. The problem is the nature of the project - basically ML is a Hack, not really a development project. But why is that? Because the software/Hardware that they are deloping for is closed and Canon just will not/have not given them an ounce of help. Therefore, they have to reverse engineer everything. Most of what the ML team does is guess work and trial and error to figure out how the software/hardware works. Even so, ML has been wildly successful. So much so that AXIOM had to resort to ML's thriving community to reach their funding goals. They said that much themselves. That's what I call success. Rental houses, pro shooters as well as enthusiasts - if you own a Canon body you probably have ML running on it (Who shoots h.264 anymore?).
     
    If you want to use an open source project as an example, then try referencing projects such as Mysql, Mozilla and there are many more!
     
    It seems to me that you missed the point completely - the reason for an open source cinema camera is so that you take the guess work out of programming! . . . No guess work, no faulty software. If the hardware fails every now and then, well, Black Magic will probably understand (if you know what I mean) - that's why we have AXIOM!
     
    You are right about not many amateurs being able to afford it, but then again if ML was not around you couldn't afford a real cinema camera that shoots 14-bit RAW anyways. BTW, who's to say they will not make a sub-$1,000 camera - in fact I'd be willing to bet that's in the works.
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Lee Mullen in Which Compact Flash card for 5D Mark III raw video?   
    OK for on set I understand. But for other "not time constrained" projects, why not grade first? which would be pretty easy with DNGs in AE or photoshop. All you have to do is grade one frame and AE will apply it to the rest of the sequence, then export your graded footage to ProRes for editing.

    The point is, for grading, ProRes just does not have the shadow/highlight recovery flexibility of RAW dng. I think though that Cinema DNG is the way to go for ML.
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from rommex in It lives! 5 year old $350 Canon 50D becomes raw cinema monster   
    http://vimeo.com/67271335
     
    Keep in mind that if your monitor does not have a "Camera" or crop function, then the output will be 4:3 as the 50D does not output in 16:9 . . .
     

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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Julian in It lives! 5 year old $350 Canon 50D becomes raw cinema monster   
    http://vimeo.com/67271335
     
    Keep in mind that if your monitor does not have a "Camera" or crop function, then the output will be 4:3 as the 50D does not output in 16:9 . . .
     

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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Julian in It lives! 5 year old $350 Canon 50D becomes raw cinema monster   
    OK. Did you have a chance to see if the video files are seamless? In other words, is there a time gap between the files?
     
    Never mind. No way to know until the DNGs can be extracted.
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from rommex in It lives! 5 year old $350 Canon 50D becomes raw cinema monster   
    Who said it was? I don't think I've heard that from anyone but you!

    . . . and it's not a perfect camera . . . This is not a camera to take to a time-constrained corporate shoot. It's a "LOVE PROJECT" camera.

    It's a nice (better than average) stills camera, and a very nice 14-bit RAW video camera - oh, did I mention it costs $400??
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Julian in It lives! 5 year old $350 Canon 50D becomes raw cinema monster   
    Monitoring - Just tested it with my Lillieput monitor. It works.
     
     

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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Andrew Reid in Which Compact Flash card for 5D Mark III raw video?   
    LOL . . . The EOS 50D - an ancient camera back to life . . .
     

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    Oscar M. got a reaction from Julian in Which Compact Flash card for 5D Mark III raw video?   
    LOL . . . The EOS 50D - an ancient camera back to life . . .
     

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    Oscar M. got a reaction from blackrat in BIG NEWS - Hands on with CONTINUOUS raw recording on Canon 5D Mark III   
    The answer is NO.
     
    Because of the way ML's module work, the Digic processor is actually doing less work by writing RAW than it does by writing H.264.
     
    H.264 requires a lot of downsampling, up-sampling and compressing. RAW is a "straight file save from sensor to card" no processing in between. Therefore, expect the camera to actually consume less power when shooting RAW with no overheating issues! 
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from blackrat in BIG NEWS - Hands on with CONTINUOUS raw recording on Canon 5D Mark III   
    What you do not know is that this has been in the works for months. ML already has working compiles of the software that allows them to write to exFAT formatted cards. Many users have already implemented it.
     
    Breaking the 4GB limit is fairly easy. The hard part was RAW. Now, it turns out that RAW may, in fact, be better for the camera than H.264 because incredibly, Digic uses less power to write RAW than it does to write H.264 - and it's all done without overheating the camera!
     
    This is a testament to the fact that these cameras were meant to be "RAW war machines" and it implies that h.264 was basically the product of Canon's market segmentation strategy - Low-end users, ProSumer users and High-end users - different price points for different users. 
     
    All-in-all, this is bound to change everything. Expect, by this time next year that RAW will be the film standard in the industry. And get this, I'm going to go even further and predict that this will also greatly impact the TV manufacturing industry. With 4K becoming standard, you can bet that TV manufacturers and broadcasters will follow suit in order to accomodate the new, better content- expect 4K TVs to start popping up everywhere . . .
     
    Let's wait and see.
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    Oscar M. got a reaction from matt2491 in BIG NEWS - Hands on with CONTINUOUS raw recording on Canon 5D Mark III   
    Because of the way ML has re-structured their code, There is no question that they are going to be pushing the FPS beyond 60fps. Look, if the 5D3 is able to do RAW at 3K, I would not be surprised if H.264 1080p@120fps is possible. The camera has already shown that it can handle huge loads.
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