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10 hours ago, mercer said:

It seems these NVME drives work if you're casually using the camera during a trip, on a walk, or at a family event. But if you're firing off a lot of shots successively, or planning dialogue scenes... I don't know if they're a great solution.

I shot with it all day on Sunday with no problem. Used a little over 500gb on a 1tb drive. That was all short clips though, I think the longest was about 5 minutes, but that was the last clip I recorded.

I'm now running a long test with the camera rolling next to me. So far it's gone for 20 minutes with 34 left on the SSD. I'll see if it goes all the way to the end and then report back. If all goes well, I'll record in 15 minute chunks until it gives issues or fills the card... Watch this space.

8 hours ago, mercer said:

That said, the DPL seems damn near perfect, except for the price.

I just recieved by DPL setup and it's changed how I look at the camera. With my previous setups, I either had a monitor on the back, or the loupe with an SSD on top. Both made the camera much bigger. But now I can shoot 4k 12bit for just under an hour on a 1tb SSD. 

Not having a cable coming out the side makes a big difference, and the extra width is justified by adding a cold shoe. It's more or less the same size as HU-11, but better functionality, as it houses the media and still allows access to the HDMI and 3.5mm input if you need them.

Of course, with the price it's only worth buying / testing if you're going to keep the camera, so keep using the t5 until you're sure you're happy with it. And I could very much recomend using Canon FDs.

(not my video, but it's stunning and a 'simple' grade by the sounds of it) 

It's believed red and Canon traded tech as the Komodo has a Canon RF mount, so Canon can have compressed raw. 

So Canon raw LT does infringe, but they have a pass.

On 12/1/2022 at 4:48 AM, mercer said:

The 1080p wasn't necessarily bad, it's just nowhere near as good as on the 5D3. I really want the 8bit 4K to be better than my first test. I'd like to shoot as bare bones as possible and although the DPL is a solution, it still adds unnecessary bulk to the camera. But the storage for the 8bit 4K CDNG is pretty hefty and the SD cards are astronomical. We'll see. Like I said I want to do another test before I completely give up on it. I also want to test the 48p option.

How do you find 4k 8bit raw vs 1080 12bit raw?

If shooting to SD cards, I generally go 1080 12bit, but only because I haven't properly tested 4k 8bit yet. Would love to hear your thoughts.

It's up to you, the main reason to have Nas off site is to be safe if there's a flood / fire. But then what if the place your Nas is has a fire or flood? If you're not worried about that, then I believe Nas is better in the long run.

I looked into cloud services not long ago, but mostly for sending or requesting large files to and from clients. In the end, Nas was the best way to go for me. Mostly becuase I want back end control and refuse to subscribe to that kind of service.

One service that really got me thinking though, was Lucidlink. It does a lot and is pretty well priced, but if your only requirement is storage and backup, it might be overkill.

Get a Nas and if you can, keep it off site. Access from anywhere, private and has redundancy. Even better, no subscription fees!

12 hours ago, mercer said:

According to the internet, the T7 doesn't seem to get along with the FP as well as the T5 does... which doesn't make much sense to me since it's a faster drive

I read this is because the T7 uses a buffer for very fast writes, but also it can get full if used for longer than it was made for. Since cameras are constantly sending a lot of data, that buffer fills up very quickly.

12 hours ago, mercer said:

Every time I hit record, there was a lag and the recording would barely last 3-5 seconds... so not a win

I had this happen with a T5 and 6kPro. I think it's when the disk is a certain percentage full, it slows down or something... Or maybe it is the heat. I've used the same drive a lot since then, and haven't been able to recreate the problem, but I've also not filled it up as much as I had on that shoot. I've also never had that problem with a T5 and the FP, although I mostly shoot to Braw with the FP, so it's possible I've simply not tested it enough to find any issues.

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I've not heard of the Sandisk Pro Blade before, but it doesn't look much smaller than the Lacie Rugged disks. I think the DPL option is the most compact way to record externally, but it's also one of the more expensive routes.  

38 minutes ago, kye said:

Ah, that makes more sense.  For some reason I was imagining the little electronic EVF accessory (EVF-11) and wondering how that worked!  

Yes, that is quite a neat package if that suits your shooting style 🙂 

Oh yeah, with the actual EVF this wouldn't work at all.. Althought the same idea with a M42 ssd might. There's also this option, which is by far the neatest way to go.

1 hour ago, kye said:

Are you able to share a photo of the rig with the SD on top of the EVF?  I'm curious as rig size is important for me.

As it happens, I took the velcro off the vf soon after writing that post and have a new roll on the way. But here's a couple photos using an elastic tie (and 28mm fd) so at least you can see the sizing. With the velcro, you can position the cable a little nicer though, as the ssd is more stable and secure.

59 minutes ago, mercer said:

unless I can find a simple, ergonomic solution to the external SSD, I may find the camera too cumbersome to my sensibilities...

I got one of those hotshoe phone holders, and put a T5 drive in it.

But my favourite solution is velcro on the top of the LVF11, and on the T5. With a bit of cable management, you barely notice it's there. This setup with a 35mm 2.8 Canon FD lens is a lot of fun to shoot with. Add a pistol grip for even more points.

Christ. WeChat sounds absoultely terrifying.

Aftern hearing about this company in another topic after a few years, they've released some software to help people shooting cDNG. I've not yet tested it, but it looks pretty good. Essentially it's just playback and light raw controls for now, but their roadmap suggests they're working on exporting to ProRes, which will be great for cameras like the Sigma FP, that only record uncompressed.

https://www.octopuscinema.com/wiki/index.php?title=OCTOPUS_RAW_Player#Installer

19 hours ago, Yannick Willox said:

This time I will spend 1.5 K on the M2, to find out braw will never be supported ???

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7LnVcvNLy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Braw will be supported and I would have thought from launch, in Q4...

1 hour ago, independent said:

I can see Resolve becoming a subscription service for pro users, packaged with cloud storage from Apple. 

Blackmagic CEO has previously said Resolve will never be subscription software. 

At around 3.10ish

https://youtu.be/8TPBswDve3o

The biggest draw for me, is the possibilty of Braw playback on the iPad. 

Some kind of Sony with a G lens.

10 minutes ago, FHDcrew said:

Old post I know. But do you leave this little setup rigged when placed in your camera bag?  Do you leave the HDMI clamp in place?

Depending on the bag, I mostly leave it attached, but try to make sure it won't ever lean or take weight on the HDMI clamp. For the day I mentioned in that post, the setup was lens down in a satchel style bag, so all the weigh was on the lens.

as you can see in the second picture thuogh, the cable doesn't come out past the edge of the clamp, so if it was to rest on it's side, I don't think it would cause any damage.

Does anyone know of a way to have AF for stills, but MF for video - without having to tell the camera what to do each time you flick the switch?

I've gone through the menu, and changed the Focus settings for video to complete MF, and even enabling tried AF + MF, but everytime I go to Stills and enable AF, it also enables AF for Cine mode. I really hope there's a way to keep them seperate.

Awesome, thank you!

Does anyone know of a pistol grip with working start / stop for the FP? I feel like it'd be a great camera to use that way, with the LVF-11. 

Can you turn down the post stabilisation? Maybe that's a good way to find a middle ground between blurry shutter and shakey footage.

interesting! Do you have a link to the booster? All I can find is the adapter without glass.

I remember Mattias Burping adapted soms medium format lenses to a Sony a7 a few years ago. He seemed happy with the results.

Price drop has also happened at local stores near me. I wonder if it's a stock clearance for the next model? 

I wish they also did it for the Shinobi though!

Resolve 18 Beta 5  was released today, this includes the necessary updates to use the newly accessible gyro data. Looking forward to testing it out myself over the weekend. 

Hidden among the news of an unneeded camera update (BMPCC6k G2) was the fact that the Pocket cameras now record the gyro data for stabilisation in an upcoming REsolve update. This is very exciting! Grant mentions it around 1 minute into this video.