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The Pi has a hardware encoder/decoder too, albeit not at 4K. There is no doubt that the extra £50-60 for the Jetson Nano will give you more scope to do more things both in the short and longer term, although the Pi4 has a newer, faster CPU the GPU in the Nano makes it a better package for a lot of applications. The M.2 slot is actually an M.2 Key-E interface that is primarily intended to add a Wifi/Bluetooth interface which the basic unit lacks, unlike the Pi. You can get adapter shields to enable you to add the drives though but its more cost and more form factor as well. The community aspect of the Pi is obviously far more established so you'll find a ton of resources for it to do a myriad of different things and the drivers etc are more mature whereas with the Jetson Nano its very early days in comparison and most users of them (such as me ) are using them for developing machine learning projects so you might not find as much experienced help for the Nano for your particular application. Having said all that, because of the commonality of key parts such as the HDMI CSI converter, screens, drives etc then you won't lose out by going either route and then changing your mind and going the other way ! Comparison here between them for general use.
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Lets get the negatives out of the way. The file management restrictions of iOS (which were beyond LumaTouch's control) were a major hassle but that has by and large now been addressed with the release of iPadOS. Another drawback, which again is beyond their control, is that there is no support for ProRes. This may not be an issue for many users but it does rule out being able to use it even with any non-RAW footage from the BM cameras without transcoding so it is something to bear in mind. Ditto if you're using an Atomos etc as the recording medium for a DSLR/Mirrorless. The restriction to one LUT isn't great if you're using LOG or any flat profile that requires a corrective LUT as you then can't add a "creative" LUT on top of that. Some sort of stabilisation would be welcome, although there are stabilising apps for iOS that you can pre-process your footage if you don't mind the extra step/time. On the upside.... The biggest upside is that there is plenty of upside. LumaFusion isn't just a very good editing app for iOS, its a very good editing app full stop. I initially started using LumaFusion strictly as an in the field editing system for cutting and transmitting pre-match build up pieces in sports stadiums but I actually found I liked it enough to use it as an editor in a lot of non mobile situations where I would normally have used FCPX. Its fast, responsive, logical and unless you have that need for using ProRes and/or multiple LUTS then it can be all the editing system most people actually need. The integration with the Gnarbox 2.0 looks pretty compelling, albeit it at a price, but it glues everything together as a viable professional system with ingesting, transcoding and backups etc. The XML export update is very close to release which will move the story on quite a bit as well as you can then do the edit on your iPad and then finish it off in your "real" desktop NLE if you need the extra options so you can have the best of both worlds. One other thing to note is that everyone that I've ever dealt with at LumaTouch has been helpful and friendly and you can see by how far the system has developed that they care about developing it further and listening to users. Having said all of that though and returning to your original question of can it be used in lieu of Resolve then you need to look at how deeply you use the extra functionality of Resolve and how often you would come up against the bumps in the road that I've outlined. If you are just using h264/265 files with a picture profile that can be corrected with the inbuilt controls and you only then need one "creative" LUT then the chances are it could be all you need. If you are using Cinelike D and then the Leeming LUT for example as a corrective and then always add a film simulation LUT on top then you've immediately got a problem. You should go to their website and download the User Guide to gauge how restrictive its features may or may not be for the way you would use it. https://luma-touch.helpscoutdocs.com/article/87-reference-guide
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The Jetson Nano is probably overkill for what you need it for. A company called Auvidea make an HDMI to CSI-2 interface that plugs into the camera port of the Raspberry Pi (even the Zero) to enable you to record up to 1080p25 on them. The interface is around £55 but there are similar products available cheaper. With the Raspberry Pi 4 having USB3 ports you'll be able to setup a small SSD capable recorder with a 5 inch touchscreen for about £140-160. Making your own solution also enables you to add additional functionality like auto file backup, upload to an ftp server etc etc
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I don't know where you're based but CEX in the UK currently have one for £125. https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=9338716001488a&categoryName=tv-media-players&superCatName=electronics&title=blackmagic-design-hyperdeck-shuttle-2-a MPB are always a good source of used Atomos monitor/recorders. They don't currently have a Ninja 2 but they have quite a few of the later Ninja Blades for a fair price, which will give you a slightly bigger screen and a bump in resolution over the Ninja 2. https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-accessories/used-photo-and-video-accessories/used-other-photo-and-video-accessories/atomos-ninja-blade/sku-901933/ The NDI add on is another Atomos product announcement that is still on the missing list unfortunately, which pisses me off because it was a contributory factor for me buying the Ninja V. As was the ProResRAW function of it for the Z6, although I was at least cautious enough on that one not to have have held off buying the Z6 until the update actually landed. The only one of the three AtomX modules that has made it out into the wild thus far is the SDI one, although I suspect the Timecode one might be appearing sooner rather than later now they've acquired the Timecode Systems company. File transfer with the NDI module isn't currently listed as an option.
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I don't think you can go far wrong with the Ninja V in terms of what it offers you now and for future expansion. If its just for what you need right now, records on SSD and is cheap then a used Hyperdeck Shuttle V2 would fit the bill and will usually run you between £120-£150. No screen of course and whilst its predominantly a studio device it does have an internal battery that can run it for about an hour and a half so it can be pressed into service as a field recorder. A halfway house between the Shuttle V2 and the Ninja V, again for what you need now of doing 720p50, would be a used Atomos Ninja 2.
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The general consensus is that its there but reduced. There are a couple of tests on YouTube such as this one.
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Sigma don't publish figures so its all a bit subjective but as way of a quick crude illustration, its a pretty bright day here today so here is the DP0 alongside a Panasonic GX80 which is roughly representative of a lot of average LCDs. The DP0 is significantly brighter (which it needs to be as unlike the GX80 it doesn't articulate at all) and whilst I prefer using it with the loupe, I've got no issues with the brightness using it in these sort of conditions. You'll have to get someone to do something similar on an actual FP for a more definitive illustration but bear in mind that the LCD on the FP is two generations on from the DP0 (2.1million dots versus 900K dots) so I would expect a brightness bump to have accompanied the resolution increase.
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Yeah, it was just a general comment on the quality of it with a typical Sigma LCD. The DP0 is predominantly a landscape camera so its a slower pace where it doesn't get in the way in the same respect. Although with the Foveon's achilles heel of being a low ISO camera the point of contact is welcome when you're fighting shutter speeds all the time. Video use on the DP0 is moot Yeah its a perennial topic on here, usually punctuated by me moaning about why I can't have small tilting EVF like my Leica ones. The Leica T/TL is in the same vein as the FP and whilst its perfectly usable as is, the addition of the external hotshoe mounted EVF is transformative. When you look at the PCBs for these cameras (and those of Olympus who provided Leica with the early version for the X Vario etc ) it is tapped from the same place as the rear LCD. Keeping it in that MIPI fornat gives a lot more options in terms of physical screen size but also in overall form factor as you don't need the converter board or additional powering source as you do with an HDMI one, hence why the other cameras such as Leica, Olympus, Canon and Sony can have such neat little packages. When your only outlet from the camera is HDMI then you are a bit stuck, although you can get HDMI>MIPI converter boards so you can then roll your own solution but the drawback is the board is roughly half the size if not more than the FP itself so it becomes a bit self defeating. It would have made perfect sense for Sigma to have included an EVF option and its a bit of a headscratcher why they didn't. There is no standard for the multipin connector that carries the signal and power but they still had the option of making their own (they have EVFs in their SD Q/H range so its not alien technology for them) or licensing the one from Olympus. The reasoning could be that they have something USB-C based, which is plausible as it could be compact but of course rules out one of its primary features, or that, more, likely they have a different model coming with an inbuilt EVF. Pretty much like the Leica CL is to the Leica T/TL.
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43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
BTM_Pix replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
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43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
BTM_Pix replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
I'm going to go for a new slant on the genre and start JohnsonRumours, where I post reports of statements that the Prime Minister has made that might actually be true. I'll grant you the US franchise so you can do the same with TrumpRumors. -
Correct, once it has been done for the first time there is absolutely no need to ever switch it on again.
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43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
BTM_Pix replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Maybe 43Rumors will say Vitaliy was one of those nine. This is from an interview he did on their site in 2011. Quite prescient really https://www.43rumors.com/cameras-are-like-beer-vitaly-kiselev-interviewed-by-43rumors/ -
43Rumours criticising Vitaily Kiselev for Clickbait
BTM_Pix replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
I like it when rumour sites give a rating to the veracity of their own rumours. Its pretty much the equivalent to people ranking their own farts. My new favourite is when they are self important enough to announce the countdown to the unveiling of a new rumour. "I'm going to announce something that is highly likely to be untrue but by ramping up your anticipation and making you wait for the announcement this gives it some degree of importance so you are far more likely to believe it to be true". Which reminds me, when is the Tory manifesto being released ? -
"...The storage device can be connected to the housing with a flexible cable, thus allowing the storage device to be moved somewhat independently from the housing..." AKA the original RED ONE drives.
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Yeah, there is an adapter that Febon make but it all gets messy and not a little expensive. One of those situations where it would make more sense to spend £40-50 on a generic Android device that you dedicate to it but again its going to block the USB recording option. The Cineye would tick both boxes in terms of not blocking the SSD recording option and running on iOS but, as compact as it is for such a device, its definitely going to undermine the whole compact form factor aspect of the FP.
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Ah. Well in that case, no I don't.
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Nikon provide one here https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/493/Z_6.html
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It is UVC compliant so should be able to be used as is with any app that supports it like EasyCap or CameraFi (there are free versions of both that you can try it on). I wouldn't hold my breath on Sigma doing anything connectivity wise with the FP at the moment as its not something they have any track record with and were very non-committal and vague about it when I spoke to them. But yeah, either way, the big kicker is of course that it takes away the SSD option.
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The Acsoon Cineeye and a cheap Android phone could give you that sort of thing. It has a lot of good features like grayscale, RGB, monochrome, false colour, focus peaking, LUT loading etc and the signal can be monitored by up to 4 devices simultaneously. Decent range and latency as well. I'm going to do a quick write up about it sometime in the week as whilst my primary interest in it was live view remote with my app for the Pocket4K it has some potential for the FP as well. With the Cineeye, these 2.5inch £50 Android phones could potentially be combined with a loupe to make a wireless self powered version of the LS300 lash up that I did. Just need to make sure that the phone has enough grunt to run the Cineeye app, which I doubt will be an issue but the resolution might be.
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I've got the same one on my Sigma DP 0 and its very serviceable to be fair. I actually also used it to make a DIY low cost EVF with a £30 raspberry pi panel and a thin USB power bank with some success. The compact affordable EVF is a totally wide open market for someone and I don't understand why its not being filled by someone. Portkeys looked like it was going to be them but not only is it not particularly cheap (£1200 ish) but going by this review its got a serious problem with noise. Above that is the Zacuto Gratical X Micro which is about £500 more expensive and you're then getting into the territory of it being as much as the camera itself, although of course that cost can be spread amongst several cameras if you use them.
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That is a requirement in Android purely for the initial bonding of a new Bluetooth Low Energy device. Once the camera has been bonded for the first time then it can be switched off and used without. Some more information about it in these two threads and you can download the user guide from our site at www.cdatek.com to see the if the features are what you need before you waste your money on it. As I say though, for what you are doing with it then if you don't need any of its extra stuff then there are plenty of other apps available that will do the job for you. You can't. Although you can change the display to be 1/nth shutter speeds instead of angles, it is still relative to the frame rate so as the minimum off speed the camera can be set to is 5fps this results in a minimum shutter speed of 1/5th of a second.
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You can make aperture/ISO/WB/shutter angle changes during the time-lapse either directly on the camera or via an app. Shutter angles are 11.2 , 15 , 22.5 , 30 , 37.5 , 45 , 60 , 72 , 75 , 90 , 108 , 120 , 144 , 150 , 172.8 , 180 , 216 , 270 , 324 , 360 With regard to apps, I think there is someone on here who makes one that seems to work but if you don't want the extra stuff that that one does like recallable focus and exposure memories, custom white balance stores etc then there are a bunch of others that will do the job for what you're doing.
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There's no doubt that that combo did a more than decent job in matching up to the 18-35mm and you'll get full mileage out of it if you go full frame as no one ever got fired for buying a 24-70mm f2.8!
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And you hired the 24-70mm as well ? So the purchase you're considering would be both the 24-70mm and the XL ?
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Yes, that would be best practice for a Sony camera because of the importance of the database integrity. I'm not saying that it is necessarily causing the issues you have but its certainly a variable that you could eliminate.