MountneerMan

23 minutes ago, sgreszcz said:

Damn, I was about to post some dodgy GX80 footage that featured some ducks and my kids and say how happy I was with the picture  

Seriously, I really appreciate your effort and this site and all that I've learned from you and others here.  I'm definitely a video hobbyist/hack but I really enjoy reading this site and it seems to help me keep my sanity

As for Berlin, it could be worse - think of Calgary and what @Jordan Drake and Chris have to work with for each review

So Calgary is definitely not the best looking place in the world but Banff is just 1 1/2 hours away and that is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

I think its pretty typical for people to not appreciative the beauty they see everyday. Personally one of my favorite things about traveling is when I come home I try to keep that tourist mindset for a few days and walk around with a camera as if I am a tourist and shoot everything.

Its also interesting to sometimes compare some of that footage to the stuff you shot on your vacation. Its always a nice surprise when it looks just as good if not better.

55 minutes ago, sanveer said:

Actually Andrew got busy trying to save the site from the sex toys and chinese viagra ADs. hehehe
 

you know those google adds are tailored to you via your browsing history  lol

I love this thread! I agree with everyone and It is nice to hear others who are thinking the same thing as me.

"celebrity net" is right.

Another thing I find kind of ironic and funny but completely understandable. Is how we all fight so hard to keep the internet open and wild but then are surprised when it turns into the wild west with disingenuous click bate sites poping up all over the place.

21 minutes ago, ReinisK said:

My tamron is manual on nx1, on Canon it's electronic, but exposure doesn't change.

How is that possible? does your EF-NX adapter have an aperture ring with aperture blades on it?

6 hours ago, vasile said:

This may be of interest: http://***URL removed***/forums/post/57785089

And so the game of Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner begins. lol

3 hours ago, ReinisK said:

It happens with all variable aperture electronic lenses, doesn't matter what camera. My tamron 17-50 2.8 doesn't do this, because it has a constant aperture (physically it could be called variable opening since at 50mm opening needs to be wider than at 17mm, to be at F2.8 like MountneerMan wrote). You could think - Ok, I'll just close the aperture to F2.8 (samsung 16-50 lens) and exposure shouldn't change, but it has to adjust the aperture from fully open @ 50mm, to 1 stop closed at 16mm. It cannot adjust the aperture smoothly, that's why there are jumps in exposure at those moments when it opens or closes the aperture. Try opening the lens to 2.0 and then detach the lens (just turn a bit so it doesn't have electronic contact), you should see no exposure jumps, just a smooth 1 stop transition while zooming. Then again, zooming from 16 to 50 with the lens attached correctly and aperture set to 2.0 in the wide end, there also should be no jumps in exposur. But a quick test on my 18-200 F3.5 - F6.3 showed that there are slight jumps, but far less noticeable than if I set the aperture to F6.3 at the wide end.

Your Tamron 17-50, is it electronic or manual?

If its manual do you see the iris move when zooming? For some weird reason I cannot find any information on the internet about this. :S

8 minutes ago, Kisaha said:

FHow is it possible for NX1 to be #2!?! That is just incredible. Very good news, plus the new firmware updates, create some interest on the NXes. I can't wait for the NX profiles, that will be a great advantage for our workflow (and our pride).

I still can't believe the second place, above Canon/Sony/Apple..

Well its not really second, its more like 36th because they have already made profiles for 34 different cameras. great news none the less tho.

38 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

What's in the 'other'? Seems a big piece of the pie to be all mysterious about

What other? ohhhhh that 34%.... yea just ignore that its not important.

1 minute ago, sandro said:

Still doesn't explain why on manual the shift is for 1 second only.

Ok this is my theory and it is jut a theory at this point because I cannot find any information on the internet to confirm OR disprove it.

Because f-stop = focal length / diameter of the entrance pupil as you zoom the lens the lens needs to change the iris to keep the same f-stop.

Quote from the Wikipedia page on f-number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number

Quote

A 100 mm focal length f/4 lens has an entrance pupil diameter of 25 mm. A 200 mm focal length f/4 lens has an entrance pupil diameter of 50 mm.

So assuming you have a 100-200 f4 zoom lens (fully electronic) and you were at 100mm and f/4 then you quickly zoomed to 200mm. the lens would need to detect the new focal length then calculate the diameter of the entrance pupil then adjust accordingly. The few milisec delay is just the camera calculating the then adjusting according.

Can someone please confirm or disprove this theory because I am starting to get frustrated with the lack of information on the internet about this. 

23 minutes ago, kidzrevil said:

No, I strongly believe the light transmission of a zoom lenses changes the amount of light let in as you adjust focal length even on fixed aperture zooms. I've experienced this on my sigma 18-35

Isnt the f-stop = the focal length / iris diameter? Does a fully manual zoom lens adjust the iris as it changes focal length in order to keep the same f-stop?

I have searched all over the internet for this but cannot find a direct answer.

5 minutes ago, kidzrevil said:

Exactly. This is the answer to all your questions @sandro, you are welcome :-)

I am confused... So it is because when you zoom in/out the camera needs to readjust the iris to keep the same f-stop witch might be a different t-stop as well?

eg f/2.0 at 16mm might = t/2.8 and f/2.0 at 50mm = t/3.0

Unrelated side note. Does anyone have an NX1 w/ 16-50 S and a T rated lens do determine the exact T rating of the 16-50 S?

1 hour ago, NX1user said:

But, as of now, it disables the mods that have been done.

Does anyone know if it disable the script info.tg from being run on the SD card as well?

lol, is this going to become a game of cat and mouse with samsung trying to stop people from hacking their FW? Witch is made a quite a bit of GPL code by the way.

They should embrace the movement and release the full source code and all their development tools

7 hours ago, gsenroc said:

That's correct. Years ago I had the EF 17-40L lens, the aperture was coupled with a mechanical slider, and I can see the aperture change by itself when I zoom, even without power, and there was no change of exposure of the camera while zooming. Nowadays the constant aperture could be fully controlled by electronic, I'm not sure about this though.

Well then there is your answer. The camera just take a few seconds after you zoom to figure out what focal lenght it was zoomed to then calculate and adjust the irus accordingly.

So I have wondered about this quite a bit myself and have not found anything on the internet about it.

So aperture is calculated as the focal length / diameter of the iris correct? so wouldn't that mean the lens needs to open the iris when you zoom a lens in order to keep the same f-number?

I have bought many things from B&H and have been happy with their service to date. Having said that I could see how this closure could be irritating.

@OliKMIA, Was the closure incorporated in the calculated shipping date? If it was then their is nothing really to complain about. If it wasn't then their is your fix for any future complaints @henryp.

Another possible solution is for B&H to just open a mega store in Vancouver for me... I mean everyone to shop at . that would definitely solve all problems for everyone ever. I am definitely making this suggestion for everyones benefit and not just for me. lol

2 hours ago, Jonesy Jones said:

 but collecting info/numbers to present to my wife. Wish me luck.

don't forget about ALL of the little extras that are pretty much required like micro SD cards, extra batteries, extra props and an Ipad 

1 hour ago, shanebrutal said:

When it comes to hacking maybe there is something in the code that defines the crop amount of DIS? I wonder if its just a digital crop or it its actually cropping in on the sensor. If it's sensor crop then maybe we can modify this to get a pseudo crop for extra telephoto and less rolling shutter  

Yes please! This would be huge for me and my uses. a sort of loss less digital zoom/crop.   Range from 1.5x(std APS-C) to  about 2.4x.

I think we are just dreaming though.

Has anyone did any testing with increased bit rates in 1080 120p?

4 hours ago, mojo43 said:

Reporting back. I just picked up the Came H4. It is really light and very easy to setup. I would say that the flycam can do just as well, but there is definitely a huge advantage of having the precision knobs. It takes no time at all to balance which makes it worth the extra cash imo.

How dos the latche on the legs work? I have seen videos and pictures with a screw on the bottom and triangle pcs that needs to be twisted out of the way but there appears to be a new model out now that has toggles on each leg.

Also can you comment on the general build quality of the rig? I am really close to pulling the trigger on buying it but would really like to see one in person before I do unfortunately no one sells them near where I live.

1 hour ago, kidzrevil said:

nx1 is uhs-ii bro @MountneerMan

1 hour ago, outerbeat said:

Specs says otherwise - UHS-II, but still, you can be right

Yea i am probably wrong it was just a thought

I recently got a Lexar Professional 1000x 128GB UHS-II/U3 Card and it has twice the number of contact as my other cards including my sandisk 95mb/sec card. Is this something new with UHS-II and could this be the reason some UHS-II cards are slower than some of the USH-I cards?

What I am thinking is the that they are relying on a card reader than will take advantage of these extra contacts to get higher speeds and do not perform as well in the UHS-I reader on the NX1 and NX500. I honestly have no idea tho. Card write speeds has never been and issue for me.

14 hours ago, kidzrevil said:

I have been recording with 160 mbps but I have tried 180 mbps and got the card is too slow message. 160 mbps seems to be the sweet spot but it lags the camera after you end a recording. Still it isn't too bad and the quality is evident. I noticed my handheld footage even at higher shutter speeds did not look jerky. Some may say the improvements are minor but its very noticeable to me since I shot a ton of stuff on the nx1

This is with vasile's bitrate hack v3.0?

If you have some time it would be nice if you could post an update on the NX summary thread regarding the status of the bitrate hack. I tried the v1.0 bitrate hack but have not tried anything since. From what I understand theirs are now options to change the rate of more than just the PRO setting?

1 hour ago, kidzrevil said:

@Otto K fixed it, I had to reset my Bluetooth/wifi settings.

@vasile I am in love with this hack ! I just got it installed and at 160mbps the files are looking awesome. The detail and the motion cadence have been improved. The extra bits are making my handheld footage look very fluid. You truly have done something incredible with this hack

@kidzrevil, I have heard a few people mention 160mbps and it It sounds like this might be the sweet spot. Have you tried any other bit rates, and it so what have you been finding?

30 minutes ago, Geoff CB said:

Yes It's called lumetri? Did you miss that big update?

I have CS6. wow i just looked at some screen shots and this looks like exactly what I want. anyways to get it for cs6 or do I need to buy CC