Antonis

Lol..why does this thread even exist?
Want 4k 60fps..there are other comers out there that do this just fine. 

You could also look for a 2nd hand GTX960 card. 
I have one and can 4K NX1 footage real time in Premiere, also able to add adjustment layers/lumetri and still have smooth playback.

10 hours ago, Matthew Hartman said:

Must be because that's definitely not the experience I'm getting. 

What cards did you try and did you have CUDA selected under: File ->Project Settings->Video Rendering and Playback.
Mine was originally set to OpenCL and wasn't performing as well.

11 hours ago, Matthew Hartman said:

From my research you have to break into the 1080/1080ti realm to get smooth h.265 playback in any NLE. I'm looking at several Cyberpower PC systems right now. Glad to hear the 1080ti is performing. 

My 1070 8GB gives me about 15fps on 1/2 in Premiere. Forget adding a Lumetri channel. 

Got a GTX960 and NX1 files playback just fine in full res. even with a lumetri adjustment layer on top.
 

Maybe because the GTX960 has a H.265 decoder chip onboard. But works very well on my (budget) system.

But the Sony's are full frame sensors. Odd comparison..no?

Can't go wrong with a (used) Lumix G7.
I bought a new one in the Netherlands for 400e last month.
 

After seeing the positive experiences of other bitrate hack users, I decided to give it another go.

Unfortunately I am still getting dropped frames in 120fps mode. 
I'm using a Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mb/s U3 card.

Bitrate at 160:

Original bitrate 80:


Who is getting a solid 120fps (119,88) with higher bitrates and what cards are you using?

I tried the hack once. 
It resulted in framedrops in 120fps mode and also some corrupted frames in several clips.
The footage also made Premiere run much slower compared to normal NX1 clips.

Cannot say I noticed much benefit of the higher bitrate.
Overall, not a fan. Just stick to original (unhacked) bitrate.

If you need to stay mobile, yes.
If you would like to keep using Premiere and don't mind switching to Windows desktop, a $1000 well specced pc would be a much cheaper alternative to a new Macbook pro.

That is at least what I did and kept my old macbook for data management on location and light short 1 minute edits on the go.

 

Just to be sure in Premiere..
Check your setting under File ->Project Settings->Video Rendering and Playback.
You want to select the CUDA option, if available.  

This makes a drastic difference on my desktop pc. Should work on a 2013 15 mac pro with Geforce graphics card as well.

2 hours ago, iamoui said:

Great captures and colors! Did you do anything in post to achieve those colors or are these SOOC? What picture profile did you use? Thanks in advance

Shot with low contrast and sharpness in the Portrait picture profile.
Then added a lut from Deluts at 65%
Hope that helps!

Gave it a try over the weekend. Works surprisingly well.

4K 24fps shutter 1/50

NX1 50-200 OIS III AF:

16 hours ago, BopBill said:

Could you tell what GPU you have, that runs NX1 files smoothly? Also do you have W10 Home or Pro version?

I am thinking to buy Resolve Studio version, but I should also buy Nvidia GPU and maybe (hope not) W10 Pro update.

Intel and Blackmagic have been working together to improve Iris Graphics performance (Intel i5/i7 proccessor).

Good chance that you will be just fine using your onboard graphics and without the need to upgrade to an Nvidia card.

In the free version on my pc I don't really see any performance difference when switching from OpenCL to Cuda in Resolve. 

Colours look gorgeous. And full frame is <3

How is the rolling shutter in 4K?
 

Weird to offer full HEVC support in the MacOS version but leave it out of the free Windows version.

Maybe it's the way Apple have implemented HEVC decoding into High Sierra...or maybe Apple are more demanding of software developers to implement the latest available resources.
Which they probably will be doing now that the latest iPhones use HEVC for 4k60fps.

On 10/6/2017 at 8:45 AM, BopBill said:

Thanks! Must try it today.

Edit: Did try, but no luck for me. I have Windows 10 home and AMD GPU. I got a sound but no picture with HEVC.

I have the same issue on Windows 10 with i7/GTX960 setup.
Only audio is being imported. Davinci metadata sees the files as audio only...doesn't display any resolution or fps info.

Strangely enough NX1 HEVC files import fine on my old  13 macbook pro.
(and struggle to playback at around 8fps)

Red basically realized they were selling the Raven way too cheap. 
Pretty sure the profit margin on this new package deal went way up.

Old "Basic I/O Package" Red Raven price was:

RED RAVEN BRAIN w/ Media Bay / Canon EF Mount
DSMC² Base I/O V-Lock Expander
AC POWER ADAPTOR (DSMC)
1 x RED MINI-MAG - 120GB
WEAPON RED TOUCH 4.7" LCD
DSMC² Universal Handle
1-Year Standard Warranty
$9,950 / $1,000 Deposit

Now they throw in a FCPX code, two IDX batteries, a Sigma lens and a hardcase all "valued" at around $2000

and sell the new package for $14,999.95.

Smart move if you ask me.  

42 minutes ago, AaronChicago said:

Haven't kept up with REDs offerings lately, but why isn't the Raven available at RED's site?

Apparently because they were selling like hotcakes:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?152780-Holiday-Update-IPP2-Preview-Build

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Raven 

Only word that really comes to mind is Clusterfuck. We will ship almost 5x as many Raven's this month as we did last month but the orders keep coming in unfortunately faster than we can push them down... it feels like a never ending battle. To most businesses that would sound like a dream come true, but it really screws up the entire system... and there is not enough profit in Raven to just add a whole new building and staff to facilitate making those at the speed we need to. Just to give you some transparency... we had a few massive Raven orders last month that alone would push things out well into next Christmas , and that is if we stopped making everything else. 

So we are arresting new orders of Ravens till we catch up with existing orders. 

Sorry Raven peeps... the wait has been and will continue to be painful. 

I made a big mistake with Raven... it is just too good for the price and we can't make them fast enough and I have a feeling we never will. I need to take my lashings over that one so feel free to continue to send me hate mail over that one. 

Brent suggests opening up the upgrade option from Raven to Scarlet-W again for those that just can't wait.. which we will do starting today... but really... if you are pissed off and sick of waiting please just cancel your order. Nobody will hold it against you, and if you can't wait I would prefer you to do so. I lose sleep over thinking of all you Raven guys and girls continuing to wait.

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

Does it support H.265 hardware acceleration via the GPU or is it a software based implementation?

"With HEVC, Apple is enabling high-quality video streaming on networks where only HD streaming was previously possible, while hardware acceleration on the new iMac and MacBook Pro deliver incredibly fast and power-efficient HEVC encoding and editing." 

Remains to be seen if it will be available on select older spec machines.
I'm sure future hackintosh builds will be able to make full use of it.
On my old 13inch macbook it did not seam to be using the full potential of the hardware. (CPU around 40%, cooling fans spinning slow)

Finally it's coming to a mac near you:
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/06/macos-high-sierra-delivers-advanced-technologies-for-storage-video-and-graphics/

I had a play with a developer version of High Sierra on an entry level 2013 '13 Macbook pro and it...sort of works.
Quicktime accepts and plays the NX1 files but the computer struggles with 4k or 60fps HD files.
Still..good enough for a preview. But you will need a beefier setup for smooth playback.

Looking forward to see it implemented in FCPX this fall.

Could be a loose wire.

I recently had an NTG-2 mic with a broken signal wire.

If you have access to a soldering iron and are a bit handy yourself then it's an easy fix.
The microphone itself is a fairly simple device to take apart.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repairing+Rode+NTG2+disconnected-loose+wiring/45546

I think that video is correct.
The 1DC was also less sharp when directly compared to a GH4 or NX1 back in the day.
Of course we can argue endlessly about which image is better, the (over) sharp GH4/NX1 image or the softer image of the 1DC.

 

8 minutes ago, Marco Tecno said:

Nx1 is very good at 120fps.

To be 100% correct on this one, it has aliasing in 120fps and if you go over ISO200, the image becomes soft (due to built in noise reduction).

Shooting shallow DOF and with sufficient light gives you an image that is hard to beat for the price thought.

 

32 minutes ago, Pavel Mašek said:

Yes, but it can be just high compression for web.

If you download the short clip they uploaded you will see that it's a 4K 60 fps H.264 file with bitrates around 90-120mbps.

But I'm not nitpicking about the bitrate that much...it's an action camera in the end..image quality looks nice for what it is.

The large elephant in the room with this camera is that weird cyan vignetting all over the image.
I can't see how anyone who likes to grade their footage would ever consider buying a camera with such a major flaw.

Let's hope it's just a pre-production error...but I'm not holding my breath on this one yet.