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EL Pistoffo

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    EL Pistoffo reacted to fuzzynormal in Perfect camera for enthusiast, not yet professional, user?   
    Any camera is perfect as long as you actually do something with it...besides just take test pictures of leaves and then compare DxO charts the rest of the time.

    Or, just wait for the next big/best thing. Have a lot of patience because it never comes.
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    EL Pistoffo reacted to mojo43 in Pictured: Venerable 5D Mark II used on new Mad Max movie   
    OMG that looks amazing! I can't wait to see it!
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    EL Pistoffo reacted to mtheory in Pictured: Venerable 5D Mark II used on new Mad Max movie   
    Looks great...but damn...they just couldn't get those holy skin tones right. What a bunch of amateurs. Oh wait...
     

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    EL Pistoffo reacted to Vesku in 16-235 vs 0-255 help   
    Lets think that GH4 0-255 is like "8bit RAW" camera. When you grade to 0-100 IRE you are compressing colors to 16-235 (normal video levels). Then you have a final program with proper and legas colors.
     
    If you want to watch that original GH4 0-255 "RAW" video and see all these 256 levels you must set your player or video card to limited range (16-235). The computer is still not limiting your video levels, it only passes all those 0-255 directly to your monitor and you see it right. It is kind of confusing because the full range setting is actually limiting GH4 0-255 levels in monitor and the limited setting is not limiting GH4 0-255 levels.
     
    If you watch GH4 "RAW" 0-255 without any settings you loose 16 black and 20 white level because video players and video cards has default settings for normal 16-235 video. GH4 wider range of levels just spill over the edges. Some players may have auto levels function and with it you may see all the levels. With Potplayer auto levels I still cant see the exact result, it is about right but not completely. 
     
    Some day we wont need this old limited 16-235 video standard and we can use 0-255 scale like with photos. Today some systems use and show 0-255 properly and some systems understand only 16-235. Then there are superwhites 235-255, blacker than black etc...
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    EL Pistoffo reacted to Guest in 16-235 vs 0-255 help   
    I am well and truly lost now.
     
    I've set my GH4 to 0-255. When grading I make sure my luma waveform is between 0 and 100 IRE in FCPX.
     
    Is there anything else I need to make sure I do?
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    EL Pistoffo reacted to vulgatron in Official firmware update brings XAVC-S and 120fps to Sony RX10   
    I was (still I'm) considering it, specially for the bigger sensor, but the bandwidth @ 50/60p is about half of the one on the RX series, and I suppose that might be noticeable. Also I'd appreciate the 120 fps, which might take me to FZ1000, but I believe the RX10 better construction and 2.8 lens might be better compared to it.
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    EL Pistoffo got a reaction from tosvus in Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100   
    Impressive. I watched it in 1080p and it was extremely sharp.  I can't understand why some folks still say that the advantages in detail when downsampling from 4K is a gimmick.
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    EL Pistoffo got a reaction from tosvus in Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100   
    If you can use a DC coupler with the LX100 then such a battery pack could be used.  I've made a similar rig for my Canon ELPH 300 (for long time-lapses) and a pair of 18650 (3.7v) batteries in a parallel battery holder (essentially a 2 cell battery pack).  I also wired  another connector with an inline 3.7 volt BUCK converter so I could use a small sealed 12v battery for extremely long power needs.
     
    The point is to supply the correct voltage with the correct connector tip and polarity for the DC coupler.  The cameras battery level indicator in all likelihood will be inaccurate though.
       
     
     
     
     
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    EL Pistoffo reacted to tosvus in Shooting with a 4K pocket camera - the exceptional Panasonic LX100   
    The Panasonic battery is 7.2V so may need a special battery - not sure what connector the dc coupler provides is.
     
    Maybe something like this with an additional plug adapter;
    http://www.amazon.com/Venom-3300mAh-6-Cell-Battery-Universal/dp/B0007U9OF0
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