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There's a VR company around here that did some pop-ups. Now they have their own place going on in our largest mall that they've set up for VR gaming and videos. Only walked passed it, I've also kind of put a label 'gimmick' on VR (after having been the Google Cardboard (and more refined smartphone VR goggles) route myself), but maybe I should give it a fair try. - Hum, I happen to be in Los Angeles on the 15th next month. Might have to take you up on that recommendation and check it out.

I've wanted to go see something in 4DX twice lately. SOLO and Jurassic World. First time my friends found it too expensive for something that seems a bit gimmicky (here it's like almost double the price of a regular 3D showing). Second time I had work on the showing date (4DX in Original Version (OV) only gets shown like once and I can't watch movies dubbed in German, I tried, but I just can't stand it). As a youngster I was in Disneyland Paris and they had 'Honey, I Shrunk The Audience' in their Kodak Theatre (I vividly remember Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colors' playing whilst waiting in line). You know how 3D is always advertised as if it comes out of the screen and you can touch it?! Well, back then it really felt like that was the case! You'd duck if something came flying at ya. (Nowadays it feels more like looking through a window. Sure everything outside of a window is 3D, but it's like distanced and layered depth, you don't really feel immersed in that world at all. But I'm sure not much has changed to make it less effective, it probably just had been hella impressive to a lil' kid never having experienced anything of the kind (well, some stereoscopic anaglyph stuff perhaps). Or maybe they had actually shot it with a 'safety margin', displaying a crop of the footage allowing for action to be projected outside of the perceived dimensions of the frame making it really 'pop' from the background.) Of course there were mice that escaped and you felt something tickle your legs. A dog would sneeze in yo face! It was quite the experience. I've kinda been scared to try 4DX. I'm afraid it in fact IS gimmicky and would be super disappointing. Possibly because I've been on like supposed 4D rides where they basically just show you a YT video (examples below) whilst being seated on a secured bench that tilts, rolls and vibrates; where the motion seems to have been added randomly (feels hugely out of place) and it really feels super gimmicky and adds nothing. or something like: But... I guess it depends. That was very crappy integration. Seems you can do a lot with 4DX: But they really need to have the implementation make sense. You kinda almost have to make the movie with the mindset you will be showing it in 4DX, rather than it being an afterthought. Then I believe it might be an experience like it was to me like 20 years ago. Do think Jurassic World is one of the movies this would be perfect for. Definitely will give 4DX a shot after having read you had quite the time yourself... I just have to hope I don't have to work and can find a couple of friends to join in (I'll lure them with 'free' popcorn perhaps) next time they've got something OV showing. I do love an experience out of a movie, so I'm not one to 'wait for it to be on Netflix' (I may or may not however download certain things I expect to be too crappy to go watch in cinemas). Went to London especially to see The Hobbit at the ODEON BFI IMAX (yeah, I did hate the HFR making stuff look so fake). We saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens locally at UCI Kino's iSens cinema for having the biggest screen in the country, 23.1 Dolby Atmos 3D surround sound by IMM Sound and all seats being VIP comfort level. Though I'm not sure much can top The Hateful Eight that came to town as the special Panavision Super 70 Roadshow. Guess modern trickery can't win from good ol' film... but if you manage expections, you'll probably find a way to enjoy yourself nontheless.

Just find the spec sheet? It does internal 4:2:0 8-bit. Externally it can do 4:2:2 8-bit with the exception of 4K60p (which would be 4:2:0 again). This is of course to keep the GH-line the videochamp of their line-up.

I've always hated the term 'fast' when it comes down to sensitive lenses. Yes, f/1.2 theoretically would allow you to capture a frame properly exposed with a shorter exposure than with f/4. But especially for video people... you don't want to have your frames exposed shorter or longer. It's not the speed you want, it's just the bloody sensitivity and perhaps associated depth of field. So why not call 'em 'bright' or 'sensitive' rather then 'fast' already? ? Mini-ranting aside, I do love me some f/0.95 action. I guess the Voigtländer 17mm hits a nice sweetspot on MFT, though I also love the lushious 25mm SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE. I have a weakness for bokehliciousness, so I'm rather into 35~50mm equiv than wider as well. Luckily the government still hasn't intervened and limit the no. of lenses we're allowed to have (and otherwise I'd expect a very large underground illegal scene), because I do love that Olympus PRO 7-14mm f/2.8 for landscapes or that Lumix 100-300mm for wildlife. All manual, all auto, modern or vintage, to zoom or not to zoom, bright or not so sensitive, stabilized or relying on IBIS... it's good to have the options. And that's how you end up like me and have like probably over 100 of 'em. It's like Pokémon. You can settle for Pikachu or be of the mindset 'Gotta catch 'em all!'. ?

Yeah, on the one hand innovation of course allows for more creativity, because you open up new possibilities. So it's always great to have the option obviously. Just... not a 'lets pay twice the price' kind of option, if what it is is a cinema camera after all.

It's don't think it's aimed at the prosumer. This really seems some kind of digital video acquisition device for specific industry application, for which it's probably fine.

Nah. It's in the name: it's a cinema camera. Get a RED, get an ARRI and you won't be getting IBIS & silky smooth C-AF either. I liked the GH2/BMPCC days. There was a systematic approach behind the madness. You used to take pride in honing your skills. You were forced to think about what you were doing. Now everyone's striving to have a camera handle like a smartphone, pressing a button and getting spoonfed medium format results or something. If you aren't going to use a cinema camera for cinema style shooting... get something else. 'The right tool for the job' might just be a Canon if what your scenarios need is their DPAF. No shame in that.

The XL never got mentioned. http://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_SPNFG-m43-BM1 VS http://metabones.com/products/details/MB_SPNFG-M43-BM3

Yah, it's a bracket, not rocket science. ? You could probably piece something together DIY style from regular photography accessories for say 10 bucks. E.g. this thing on eBay is less than 4 bucks: https://www.ebay.com/itm/L-shape-binocular-adapter-mount-tripod-bracket-adapter-for-binocular-telescope/173231730742 , adapt to hotshoe like so: https://www.ebay.com/itm/L-type-full-Metal-hot-shoe-bracket-for-camera-Tripod-and-Binocular-and-Minocular/181958129624

Well... yeah. ? To me SmallHD is the Apple of field monitors. A lot of fanboys that love the intuitive and neat package, but wayyy overpriced. #notforme

Smallrig has some neat solutions, browse around these results: https://www.smallrig.com/search.php?search_query=monitor+tilt&page=1&section=product You can also get the SmallHD one: http://store.smallhd.com/store/500-accessories/FOCUS-Tilt-Arm

Well, like I said: So, there's not knowing for sure, without having a go at it, or without Blackmagic making any specific statements about compatibility. With SD cards there's the V-class. You can work out that a min. sustained speed is about 1/3th of the actual speed the card maxes out at (e.g. V90 = R280/W250). So R160/W155 would cover just a little over 50MB/s; which is where I think you'd be safe with the card and it does do that for all the 1080p resolutions except for the 'CinemaDNG RAW - 66 MB/s'. Of course I take it that's VBR, so you might not hit and therefor need to write away 66MB/s for some recordings. But CF is of course not SD (although coincidentally SanDisk mentions VPG-130 which also is a little over 3x to get from max rates to guaranteed speeds). So... my I guess is you'd be fine for: But who knows, really. That's just what my logic would dictate. I'd pick up something new atleast, that's for sure.

Zomei came on my radar in 2015 because apparently using great quality glass. But, I'm pretty sure that only applies to their single strength ND filters that are around 20~35 bucks. Not the vNDs.

Hey, viral videos are usually filmed on a potato. There's still something to say for 'content is king'... there's gold and diamonds in the ground, might be covered by layers of dirt, rocks and schtuff, but it doesn't mean it's not valuable... opposed to a turd that can't be polished... where no matter how you rub it, it still stinks and there's no layers hiding something of significance. Whatever the case... I got a new ringtone out of it. xD

Bro, like, just check: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera/techspecs/W-CIN-12 or something. So reasons the card you're looking at is a bad match: UDMA 7 and not CFast 2.0 ~ http://www.lexar.com/products/memory-cards/ Card supports 'up to 160MB/s read, 155MB/s write', BMPCC4K needs up to 272MB/s maxed out write (and the '155MB/s' is only a top-out speed, it's not a min. sustained one) ~ http://www.lexar.com/portfolio_page/professional-1066x-compactflash-card/ Lexar = no longer Lexar. A Chinese firm acquired it and lord knows how they run it. Former Lexar execs then founded: https://progradedigital.com Nobody actually has any hands-on experience with the thing. For the original BMPCC they said: So... they might be recommending these: https://www.sandisk.com/home/memory-cards/cfast/extremepro-cfast-2d / https://www.delkindevices.com/products/cfast/

I used to have a PoS Samsung Omnia SGH-i900. ? Now I have this thing:

Prolly a smartphone on a cheapo gimbal with a thick grade thrown on (shadow lift, bumped down highlights).

'Techno Marching Band', something I didn't know was missing in my life but was. ?

Of course these are the real 'dumb adapters', not just non-'focal reducers' but also no electronics. But I decided to use Nikon as the primary lens mount anyways (the most flexible to adapt and the cheapest since a lot of 'em run via mechanical focus mechanisms). But going that Viltrox EF MFT route might not be such a crazy idea...

Feelworld and Andycine seem the other popular budget 5"-ish options these days. Aputure's VS-5 unfortunately didn't mean 5", so you're out of luck with them. Caleb did a video not too long ago: If small is what you need, Ikan still has that VL35 that's 3.5" and takes 4K signals. But... if you can wait and are willing to pay the fair extra... I'd reckon the Atomos Ninja V is the monitor/recorder combo you'd want. Otherwise, yeah the A5 is a great contender. Was quite sad when their A7S monitor came out with 4K but being 7". My Q5 didn't take a 4K signal. But the A5 is basically the 5 inch version of the A7S, so that's cool.

ProGrade Digital started shipping their V90 cards this month. https://shop.progradedigital.com/products/prograde-digital-sdxc™-uhs-ii-v90-memory-card The company is run primarily by the old Lexar execs. From their social media, seems that the WRC (World Rally Championship) uses their cards for broadcast purposes. Hopefully that means they're reliable. They seem good value... on paper. - btw, as a tip, try the SD Association's formatting tool: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ , that might get them cards back in shape.

Kinda like Tesla. :P They made the Roadster based on a Lotus to grab some spotlights and attention. Z Cam made the E1 and launched it through crowdfunding. Now that they're established they're mainly going after the real bread and butter, not so much the fun stuff.

Feel it has lost what the E1 was about and that's sort of a shame, really. The E1 was basically an action-like cam. A self-contained device that you'd be able to put in tight spots, easily carry on you as a 2nd camera just in case or be very inconspicuous with. This seems intended more... for tethered operation. But, apparently that's what the market demands. Seen a lot of companies dropping the consumer side of things in favor of industry application.

SVCD for teh win!