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Unfortunately I fell out with their 2 main guys, over disagreements with the direction their editorial was taking. I guess this is the result but it's still a nasty thing to do to their own forum users. I don't care so much about myself. But why punish their own readers and limit their knowledge of external resources?
It is a shame as I have met some of the DPR team in person and count them as friends - Lars and Richard in particular. Lars used to live in Berlin!
There's a bit more to the story as well... I began to be frustrated at every turn at how hard it was to get my articles past their main editor Barney and something else happened, something deeply disturbing, that I will not go into detail about.

Producing great color with the a7s II isn't that hard,
You need great grading skills though.
This was shot using slog 2 + slog 3.gamut (saturation to max and sharpness to -7), so most of the 8 bit range is kept, while still having a nice rolloff.
Skintones were very hard to correct (completely green, thanks to the leaves). But results are great, achieved a really colorful look. Didn't use any LUT.
 Was shot in London, Epping Forest.
 

Try the Slog2 » Rec709 LUT 
https://luts.iwltbap.com/free-lut-log-to-rec709-and-rec709-to-log-conversion/

James Drum has messaged me saying the following :
 
 
JamesDrum 14
 
Just keeping you informed...again. 

It is officially past the deadline that I gave Ebrahim Saawadi for repayment, and I was not paid at all. He hasn't responded to my emails in the last two weeks and I can't imagine he would again. 
 
So it is very disapointing Ebrahim Saawadi has not kept to his word and even responded to James emails let alone trying to repay him in full.
 
 

Awesome, thanks for this.

Alexa Log-C (2K, ProRes 4444) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_KuHKCXVppYbkFSRnlReTBNQ2c/view

J89drummond@gmail.com 

I've emailed the info you previously gave me, but no response from that as well. 
Also, you've created a new account, so you could have just messaged me from this one. 

Seriously Ebrahim, you have admitted that you are a 21 years old film noob kiddo with a canon 1100d plus a regretful scammer, edit your signature and put that there instead of all the 61 years old filmmaker crap, maybe they let you post.
So when a 21 years old kiddo with a canon 1100d writes that the Canon 1DC is the best lowlight camera in history, the guy who reads it will understand that this is just the opinion of a 21 years old kid -who made a scam- based on footage he saw online.

I'm planning to sell this for EU 500 and split the amount with Tim, only because Ebrahim can't afford to repay us directly. This is a coulance/leniency, because we could've just forced him to repay us all. The extra tax will come out of his pocket. So no yapping here. Just stating facts. James, Tim and I are walking away without any loss. I'm just being clear about it upfront.

Shot this film in Botswana and I have to say that the BM cinema camera works perfectly for wildlife filming. You will need an external monitor because the screen on the back acts more as a mirror than as a display but other than that it has been great. It eats a lot of hard drive space so a few extra ssd's are needed.
 
 
Let me know what you guys think.

A7RII, s-log2, Iso 3200, f5.6
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fn8q0sff5yznrf1/C0040.MP4?dl=0

Just wanted to say I'm proud of everyone coming together to help out three members here get on their way to get their money back.
It was an intense few days or so.  But this really, in a dorky way, felt like a real community.  A weird meta one, since none of us know each other in the real world, except for me and Mr. Coffee after a great skype interview session.
Now I am crying.
I am crying and crying and crying and sobbing and need to get a hankey.
Okay got it.
Anyway goodbye guys!
Till the next hot-buttoned issue!

I've had my Sony A7s for a year now and within the week of getting it noticed that I had a hot pink dead pixel smack dab in the middle of my sensor..I noticed this while reviewing footage after a long day shooting a short...
I was pretty upset but mostly just because my brand new camera had a dead pixel on literally the first thing I used it on
After doing some digging I found that the camera doesn't have a setting to fix this like other cameras but you can force the camera to remap the sensor which will remove the dead pixel
I made a quick video showing how to do so:
 
https://youtu.be/LP1M7vZRwb0
 
I've known about this for a year now but just never got around to making a tutorial
I've had atleast a dozen hot pixels so recommend doing this every time you are about to use the camera for a shoot
Hope this helps somone

MODERATOR INTERVENTION:
Moderator Jonpais and myself as fellow Moderator have been talking and we are going to keep this thread open for now BUT
THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS :
the thread stays open for the four people involved in this crime to communicate, it stays open to keep Ebrahim Sadaawi honest and full fill his promise to refund everyone involved ......eveyone one else back off and let them resolve this issue .
NO MORE POSTS on this thread from now on or we will delete them if you are not involued in this situation.
Ebrahim Sadaawi you keep in contact with Tim , Thomas and James who you have stolen money from , you stick to the plan to refund them , you keep in regular contact with them and let them know exactly what is happening no excuses and no stalling .
Tim, Thomas and James you keep in regular contact with Ebrahim Sadaawi and you can use this thread to keep us all informed how it is progressing .
If Ebrahim Sadaawi goes back on his word and starts stalling post on here and keep us informed what is going on .
 
Everyone else does not post anymore on this thread,   yes that means you  !!    no more lynch mob and wolfpack tactics . lets get our fellow EOSHD members refunded - that is the priority now.
let Ebrahim Sadaawi repay Tim, Thomas and James .
If Ebrahim Sadaawi does not keep his promise to refund all three people he scammed , Andrew Reid will be taking this futher with the authorities - this is his forum.
EOSHD MODERATORS

The ImpulZ set of LUTs by VisionColor contains the LUTs designed for each LOG profile.
So, for S-Log2 you'll go in the folder "ImpulZ — Sony S-Log2" and use a "_FPE.cube" version of the LUT.
The FPE version means Film Print, it's a standard.
You can adjust opacity/intensity of the LUT.
Otherwise you can use the "_CIN.cube" version combined with a Cineon conversion LUT such as "Cineon to Kodak 2383 FPE (D50).cube".
The Cineon versions are only in the Ultimate package.
Hope it helps

Just read all todays madness
Time out Please!
ES needs to refund the 3 people involved in this matter , it's between him and them .
Andrew is away filming and I don't think he will want an internet intervention lynching branded by EOSHD members when he has said if this is not resolved he will get the authorities involved.
 
ES contact the three people involved , keep in regular contact with them and get on with the plan for refunding them in full with a realistic time frame they are happy with and stick to it.
or you will be dealing with Andrew Reid direct.
 
 
 

Just a metal plank with two (or better three) holes with $7 Pistol Grip Handle For Binoculars/Monocular. The handle screwed directly to monitor! Very simple, compact and way better balanced for handled shooting than pistol grip at the bottom. Also angle HDMI adapters helps a lot.
 

Nazi

But imagine, if he stays, once in a while we can pull the western union joke, and Mattias Butterling would reply "this is not funny", then someone makes fun of butterlings absent sense of humor,etc... Forum meme

What if Ebrahim has a dissociative identity disorder ?. Something like Dr Jekyll and Mr hide. I think it would be a more entertaining for the proposed short film character. (sarcasm)
 
 
 

35 pages is a bit much for me, I have films to finish!
Suffice to say, never send money through Western Union for a purchase.
Just don't do it. Do not reason with yourself that it "may be OK" and so on. Private transaction are always conducted at some risk... but...
DO NOT SEND MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION FOR INTERNET PURCHASES
Even if this all ends up fine, the lesson must be learned.
With regard to moderator action, I'm not best placed to catch up with this at the moment I'm afraid due to workload. I trust another moderator will be shortly.
For now though, since this thread (bizarre as it is) includes an admission of guilt, it should not be deleted until the financial aspects are resolved satisfactoraly.

I have monitored this every day read every post and I have left it all running while Andrew has been away filming,
I think the forum handled it very well , we have all been lied to over a long period of time by the highest rated member on the forum ,
A crime has been comitted with a web of lies and forum member are victims of this crime.
ES has no loyalty to EOSHD or its members we are all pawns to his game , he didn't care who he scammed the money from.
I would ban him with out hesitation.  everyone scammed MUST be refunded asap.
An example must be shown we will not tolerate this on the forum we all love and contribute so much to.
ES fate lies in Andrew's hands its his forum. 

Is it a stolen 1DXii?

It got the confession.
He had a choice.  I gave him the ultimatum two days before this morning when I went to work.
After I heard a third person got scammed, I had enough.  My conscious would not allow this kid to keep going on without real world repercussions occuring.
I contacted his friends.
He got wind of it, contacted me, told me what can he do to make it stop?  I said, confess.
He did confess.
Then later he asked me to tell his friends it was a mistake and it was someone else.
I said, okay.
But I didn't.  Couldn't do it.
 

The movie ends jr with you telling the truth.
If you are broke....just say it.
You dont have the money.
And ill chip in and give these guys some money back. 
Just end the lying. Youll feel better.
Getting caught in a rabbit hole is not fun.
And whatever happens...in 2 years you wont remember any of this.
Be strong.
Do the honorable thing.
You are a good man.
We a make mistakes. Especially online.