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  1. I had a top spec'ed 17" MBP that after two years started to show glitches on the screen and eventually failed. Gpu issues. Almost out of warranty. Later Apple acknowledged a production run glitch that affected a 'few' and ended up  producing a new batch of motherboards (no used parts) and free reparation (so even if under 1% were affected we are still speaking about  thousands of units). All great. But I had the MBP shelved for almost two years before it could be used again. Being quite outdated when it was working again.

    That being said. Dealing directly with Apple regarding warranty issues etc for 15+ years I find the services and support great. However getting Applecare for portable devices is recommended  -> Apple are more flexible if shit happens. 

    I am not sure how say Dell or HP are dealing with these type of issues nowadays. Some companies have more bad stories than others I suppose. But all have some. Some strives more to make things right in the end.

    Leasing/renting the gear can also help minimising that these issues falls back on yourself

    I have both Macs and Pcs in the studio.  That will not change.
    The latest MBP seems like a nice laptop. But I will probably let others do the benchmarking and stress-tests to se how it fairs with throttling before buying.
    The new Mac Pro is also around the corner. Curios to see how it fairs too.

     

     

     

     

  2. On 11/5/2019 at 3:35 PM, Thpriest said:
    On 11/5/2019 at 3:32 PM, BTM_Pix said:

     

    I would say that was my experience too. It became worse as the day went on. Is that the same with CFast and SSD?

    It happened to me with the firmware 6.1? (the cdng release version from one year ago) with a sandisk extreme 512GB ssd - with sdcards I never had an issue. It seemed to me as if it was calculating something. Amount minutes left to record and clips recorded and it somehow took quite a bit of time. And worst - one could not start recording until then.

    but with the next camera update (the braw one) it was gone (at least for me )

  3. 20 hours ago, Emanuel said:

    Done. Just tested and right in time for a shooting scheduled for tonight. Thanks.

    A few AF tests performed with a cheap Lumix 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 in low light (6:45PM in Western Europe right now) EXT-INT (street buildings from town landscape to a monitor LCD inside the office only a few feet over there). Fast as a shark and damned accurate in any of my early tests.

    Much impressed and really improved. Looks like a different camera unit...

    75 -> 25 fps adds something there as well. My fav modes from now on.

    Anamorphic modes, oh well, no need for additional comments. Any of this for the 6K model as well?

     

    Absolutely... perfect update : P Kudos to you BMD, you're definitely the camera manufacturer number one in 2019 -- who shoots with a Blackmagic won't want to look back ever again... what a tool! And a joy to play with : ) Simply anyone can operate with one. Easier than any of the usual suspects with those nonsense labyrinth menus totally unfriendly to the sake of the art. This is the way! Elitism is over on filmmaking nowadays, thanks to these Aussies! : -)

     

    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/

    https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=101259

    I simply love your enthusiasm Emanuel -

    and actually I feel pretty much the same. It is almost like Xmas each time a camera update gets released or resolve getting an update.

    lovely tools ? 

    On 10/24/2019 at 12:10 PM, CaptainHook said:

    Apologies, it is indeed 75 fps. The text I posted was old and before we had confirmed the final FPS we could achieve.

    Any plans for a 240fps 1080p ? 

  4. 13 hours ago, The ghost of squig said:

    Don't waste your time with LPE6 batteries, Canon or otherwise. 20 minute run-time just isn't worth the hassle, nor the embarrassment. 

    When recording internally (in my case on sd card) and having the screen brightness around 50% I get about 40m  ‘on time’.

  5. 3 hours ago, Kisaha said:

     

    My biggest issue is the 1080 deliveries and live events I shoot from time to time. This is the most dissapointing factor for me of these cameras. 95% of what I do I deliver in 1080p, even if I take it down to 80% this year, I still need great 1080p cameras. Imagine an 150minutes event that I use 3-4 cameras usually.

    With the p4k 1080p in prores is great. Both oversampling and crop

  6. 12 hours ago, Davide Roveri said:

    he reason why 1080p is not windowed on the P6K is because it only records that mode in ProRes (along with both 4K flavours as well) therefore it captures the full sensor and then downscales it whereas the P4K can do both, BRAW windowed or ProRes downscaled.

    On the microsite they clarify a bit better - up to 60p full sensor readout. 

    However with P4K recording 1080p braw is windowed no matter framerate. 0nly oversampling with prores. Curious if 4K dci with the P6K does the same. 

    Edit - Ouch, never mind . Already answered!

     

     

  7. I quite dissagree with the subscription model being bad. 

    I use photoshop, illustrator, after effects and premier all the time. Instead of having to buy the pre CC Adobe media bundle for €2500 and pay about €700 for an update every 18 month I prefer the cloud model any day.

    And  in the past skipping 3 version updates would unqualify your license to be upgraded to the latest version.

    The six years I have been using CC I have actually saved €1000 compared to the traditional adobe model - €5100 if you take into account that you can use the software on two computers at the same time.

    One really never owned the software anyway. Only a license to use it. And Let’s face it. App and OS version are quite close tied together too. 

    The fact that you can jump between windows and macOS as you please is awesome too.

    And the CC model ended the desperate hunt for the ‘we need to introduce a stupid killer feature / effect for NAB to make people upgrade’ - at least for photoshop and After Effects  - was quite noticeable with many more performance focused updates instead of headline FX to sell new licenses.

    But not everything is roses. Lately bad versions and bugs still occur. As always one has to update carefully. 

    Lately the ‘please login to verify your license’ is getting very annoying and isn’t one time a month anymore. But for each app. And it can become a problem more than ever if you suddenly are in a remote location for days without cell coverage.

    While I am happy for the fcpx and resolve software model paying once for a lifetime of updates I doubt a software only company can be profitable that way in the long run. Maintenance and R&D does not come cheap.

    The subscription model isn’t perfect right now. I.e. Adobe needs to introduce more flexible short term license options for when you need a few extra seats for a team license. Or options to have team licenses but without the cloud storage options.

     

  8. 7 hours ago, TurboRat said:

    P4K owners, what's your issue with the camera? I thought a lot of the old bugs have been fixed with the current updates + BRAW?

    I bloody love this camera - we are using it all the time to shoot elements for video, projection, visuals, shows, etc. It is great. For my use. I love to have latitude and no macro blocking for when grading.

    I am not sitting around waiting for the next big thing (anymore). 10bit prores/raw is awesome too. With no external recorder!

  9. 22 hours ago, Jonesy Jones said:

    Was there an official update that addressed highlight roll off? I hadn’t seen that. I’ve been waiting all this time for @Sage to help me with that. ?

    The firmware update from the 27 may didn’t mention any upgrades for the P4K...maybe it was a silent fix? Haven’t tried upgrading yet

  10. 12 hours ago, thephoenix said:

    this video is old and it was using one of the first firmware if not the first

    I never lost files not even with the first firmware.
    Looking on the external sdd the files where always there and useable when the battery ran out of juice.

  11. 14 hours ago, Video Hummus said:

    Man, this is why 8K is appealing to me but I don’t want to think what I need to edit 8K footage. CFast and express cards better drop in price a lot in the next 4 years.

    Even H265 10bit 8K is pretty hefty and most people will want to shoot in ProRes RAW. 

    Honestly—the way we consume media—mostly YouTube or Vimeo with highly compressed h264 or h265 streams on mobile devices, 4K with a 1080p deliverable is still plenty good. 

    Braw works really smooth.  Prores for that matter as well. Really happy for the latitude when grading and the lack of macro blocking too.

    Resolve is your friend. Otherwise it is hard to get the most out of the camera. Especially with the lack of adobe support for braw.

    I was really impressed with the sharpness of cdng raw. A pitty it got axed. Not that I was using it that often. But nice to have the option.

     

     

  12. I think it is a petty that the show is to hard compressed.

    HBO in my region introduces a lot of macro blocking and banding. And it is not my line (600mbit).
    This particular episode suffered more from that in my opinion.
    It doesn't seem like 1080p and the compression is quite below dvd quality. 

    On the other hand availability has unfortunarely always won over quality since 'digital' got introduced...

     

  13. On 3/18/2019 at 12:10 AM, cpc said:

    It depends; variable bit rate means size will vary with image complexity. It is usually (but not always) between 3:1 and 4:1, might be around 600GB for a couple of hours of 4K.

    I wouldn't bother shrinking a 4:1 source any further, but if you really have the inclination, you can try 5:1 or 7:1 on top of it, which will shave off ~20% and ~40% respectively. Ofc, always test and judge results yourself.

    3.1 is (was) 64m /500GB (4K Dci 24p)...2 hours pre-braw on 500GB has never been a possibility in 4K

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  14. 3 hours ago, Anaconda_ said:

    In my case, I was recording ProRes. Great that other people are experiencing the same as me. Obviously, its best to just never run out of battery, but sometimes, these things can happen.

    I haven't lost recordings either. The times that the battery depleted during recording the files were alway there and working after a automatic camera shutdown.

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