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    FHDcrew reacted to kye in How light can we make the Ninja V?   
    Helium balloons? 
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from PannySVHS in Prores RAW on Nikon Z6 - Is It Worth It   
    Thanks, yeah it doesn’t seem to be any better. It’s just *different*
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from tupp in My Journey To Virtual Production   
    Good point. Thanks!!!
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from tupp in My Journey To Virtual Production   
    Are there really any FOSS solutions superior to BGM v2?  I know there is RVM but I feel if you can get that clean plate, BGM V2 is better. 
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    FHDcrew reacted to tupp in My Journey To Virtual Production   
    Robust Video Matting appears to be open source, licensed under the GPL-3.0.
    If that is so, there isn't too much to worry about -- the source code is open for all to scrutinize.
     
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from tupp in My Journey To Virtual Production   
    This is somewhat off topic but the software has been mentioned here. 
     
    I want to use Background Matting V2 professionally; it is very impressive. Essentially it used AI to perform rotoscoping of a subject, allowing you to “green screen without a green screen.” My concern however is privacy. The successor to this project, Robust Video Matting, has the following on its GitHub page: that it was developed at ByteDance Inc. I know this company owns TikTok and are known for storing user data on Chinese servers. My question is, is background matting v2 safe to use? I mean the developers seem like fine people, but the lead developer worked at ByteDance for a while, and just seeing that text I’m the GitHub description I guess got me a little worried. Should I be concerned?https://github.com/PeterL1n/BackgroundMattingV2 
    https://github.com/PeterL1n/RobustVideoMatting
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    FHDcrew reacted to ade towell in Canon EOS R7 and R10 have released...   
    I've been using the Meike nd adaptor for a little while now and it has been faultless, so much nicer than usual vari nd, no obvious colour change as you get to maximum nd and the 9 stops is enough here for me in the UK afternoon sun with f1.8 lenses at 800 iso. It may be a different story If you use faster lenses and live in brighter parts of the world of course...
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    FHDcrew reacted to kye in Panasonic GH6   
    If you record 1080p Prores HQ then that card should be good for about 94 mins, 422 should be longer...  Just in case you're feeling like more testing would be fun 🙂 
    Great to hear the 2h 17m GH6 result was with the DR boost mode on.  I can't think of what other features would drain a battery so much that it would reduce that battery life significantly.  Thanks for doing these tests.
    I've said it before, but I'll say it again.  Even basic tests frequently prove that a significant proportion of "what everyone knows" is actually just plain wrong, or so oversimplified or limited in context that it is either so useless or misleading it has the same effect as being wrong.  If you can test it yourself, you really should.
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from webrunner5 in Run John/Jane Doe, run!   
    I’m sick of all the Insta360 YT spam. It’s getting ridiculous. Potato Jet should be called Insta360 Jet. 
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from Emanuel in Run John/Jane Doe, run!   
    I’m sick of all the Insta360 YT spam. It’s getting ridiculous. Potato Jet should be called Insta360 Jet. 
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    FHDcrew reacted to PannySVHS in Prores RAW on Nikon Z6 - Is It Worth It   
    Not worth it from what I read on German testsite slashcam. Afaik, it´s 12bit linear and debayerd from 6K to 4K instead of giving the whole 6K out to the HDMI. On the S1H its 12bit and Log afaik and the whole 6K resolution.
    Anyway, site states that Prores raw has more aliasing and artefacts than internal Prores on the Z6. Latitude or dynamic range is not better than Prores with 10bit Log.
    Here is the article. You can run it through a translater. cheers
    https://www.slashcam.de/artikel/Test/Nikon-Z6-RAW---Besser-als-ProRES---alles-.html
     
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    FHDcrew reacted to webrunner5 in Correct shutter angle on BMPCC when filming at 23.98   
    Most of those people are probably dead by now.
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from webrunner5 in Why can’t our phones be Ninja V killers?   
    Exactly. Looks to me that the tech is there. 
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    FHDcrew reacted to BTM_Pix in Why can’t our phones be Ninja V killers?   
    The Sony doesn’t record though, let alone in ProRes or ProResRAW
    It can monitor and stream but in that respect it’s no different to adding a $10 HDMI converter to any Android phone.
    As opposed to it needing a $2400 one.
    Even if the iPhone had an input (which Apple have zero interest in adding as they want people to buy them as cameras) it has fixed (expensive) internal storage which makes it impractical as a recorder.
    Again, that’s before the other stuff that something like a Ninja gives you such as audio input, expansion for timecode and SDI etc
    Even if Apple did decide to add all that, the financials wouldn’t  add up either when you can get a Ninja V now for $399 and the 8K capable V+ for $599 as opposed to the $1500-$2000 that a theoretical iPhone with the same capability would be.
    The threat that phones present to camera manufacturers will actually indirectly cause phones to be responsible for the demise of products like the Ninja V though.
    Not by replacing them like for like but by forcing camera manufacturers to include internal ProRes to compete with phones and therefore make the external recorder redundant by default.
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    FHDcrew reacted to webrunner5 in Why can’t our phones be Ninja V killers?   
    Well, The Sony Xperia Pro 5G has a HDMI port in it, and an Apple 13 Pro has ProRes in it. So, it is not like they can't or won't be able do it.
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from webrunner5 in Correct shutter angle on BMPCC when filming at 23.98   
    Also way to revive an ancient thread 😁
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from webrunner5 in Why can’t our phones be Ninja V killers?   
    Good for you. 
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    FHDcrew reacted to Andrew Reid in Why can’t our phones be Ninja V killers?   
    Phones are aimed at a much bigger mainstream market. If they are to put in HDMI inputs, taking up valuable space, or even make USB C capable of video input, they would need to license ProRes and RAW codecs, all adding to the cost of the phone for the normal guy on the street to no benefit for him.
    I don't think anyone really needs a Ninja.
    Codecs are good enough in-camera these days to do without the hassle.
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from webrunner5 in Why Gerald Undone is wrong about the Sigma Fp-L   
    Heck yes that is the best shooting format ever. I do it all the time with my Z6. You could get a cheap ninja star, and on practically any camera with separate hdmi output settings, can select 4k as the record format but set 1080 as the hdmi output format. Now you have oversampled Prores hq 1080p.  Just no slow motion, which I don’t care about b
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from kye in Why Gerald Undone is wrong about the Sigma Fp-L   
    You could even get this from a Sony a7iv when using this setup. Gerald Undone uses this same principle on the Sony A1 to get 8k down sampled to a ninja v. 
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from kye in Why Gerald Undone is wrong about the Sigma Fp-L   
    Heck yes that is the best shooting format ever. I do it all the time with my Z6. You could get a cheap ninja star, and on practically any camera with separate hdmi output settings, can select 4k as the record format but set 1080 as the hdmi output format. Now you have oversampled Prores hq 1080p.  Just no slow motion, which I don’t care about b
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    FHDcrew reacted to Josue Nunez in Sony PMW-F3 with 2500 hours on it. Should I buy it?   
    Here is a little video I filmed during the pandemic lockdown. The password is 1234 
    Why aren't F3 prices coming down 😞, There is literally a broken one on ebay from adorama for almost 600$. They are drunk with that price. I remember getting my first sony F3 for 400$ in 2018. I'm such a fool for selling it. Love the footage that comes out of my Fujifilm X-T3 now but the F3 has such a unique sauce, Gosh. 
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from IronFilm in My S1 etc for sale   
    S1 is dope. Plus the open gate 6k and full sized HDMI. AF was only reason I didn’t pick one up. I’m happy with the Nikon Z6 AF, plus using the Ninja V I still get the 10 bit log goodness. 
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    FHDcrew got a reaction from PannySVHS in My S1 etc for sale   
    S1 is dope. Plus the open gate 6k and full sized HDMI. AF was only reason I didn’t pick one up. I’m happy with the Nikon Z6 AF, plus using the Ninja V I still get the 10 bit log goodness. 
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    FHDcrew reacted to IronFilm in Lighting advice   
    "reflecting" 🤣
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