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Sony FW900 for Apple Color? - 13 years agoHi guys, I tried bumping this thread: but it didn't really work. Anyways, I was also recommended the Sony FW900 as a cost effective monitor solution for color grading with Color and actually found one for a song and in fantastic condition. Is there anybody still using this monitor with Color? Do you use it for the GUI or as a reference monitor? How is the monitor holding up? In the other thby AClaude - Color Re: Working with the Sony FW900 monitor - 13 years agoHi guys, Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I have also been recommended the Sony FW900 as a cost effective solution for color grading with Color and actually found one for a song and in fantastic condition. Do you guys still use the monitor with Color? Do you use it for the GUI or as a reference monitor? How is the monitor holding up? I was thinking about running it with a blackmaby AClaude - Color Re: OT: Arri Alexa records to ProRes - 14 years agoThe camera looks very nice and is a welcome addition to the acquisition arsenal of options. Having said that: filmman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Arri to the rescue -- finally :-) > The ALEXA also boasts a super 35 CMOS > Bayer sensor promising 13.5 stops of dynamic > range.] I will believe it when I see it. They promised the D20/21 aby AClaude - Café LA Re: Prores test, what a suprise! - 14 years agoIf I get prores working I will post the cineform vs prores comparisons if people are interested.by AClaude - Café LA Re: Prores test, what a suprise! - 14 years agoJeff, I'm not seeking advice only to argue with that advice every step of the way. I respect people's opinions, but in the end this is a forum to debate topics related to FCP and that's what I'm doing. Jeff Harrell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're shooting greenscreen on an EX1, man. A > noisy-as-hell half-inch sensor with cheap glass. > Recby AClaude - Café LA Re: Prores test, what a suprise! - 14 years agoJeff, just googled the prores raid need thing and found this in the first hit: "You do *NOT* need a raid to capture Pro-Res HQ to a 7200 3gbs internal SATA drive. I do this all the time and a user here, shot an entire feature film, capturing Pro-Res HQ without a RAID - all to an internal drive in his Mac Pro. The only requisite is a capture card that supports Pro-Res acceleration. Therby AClaude - Café LA Re: Prores test, what a suprise! - 14 years agoJeff Harrell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was disappointed because prores is supposedly > made to be used on laptops. > > Aroo? Claude, you seem to have gotten yourself > mired in a nasty swamp of bad info somewhere along > the line. ProRes was most definitely not "made to > be used on laptops." It's a high-data-rate &by AClaude - Café LA Prores test, what a suprise! - 14 years agoBut unfortunately not a good one. Today I ran some tests capturing with a sony ex1 straight from the SDI into a Decklink SDI card. The goal of the tests was to compare prores against cineform and the standard xdcam footage. But it turned out to be a hard test because my computer was dropping frames like crazy while trying to capture prores HQ with the decklink from the SDI. I tried everythingby AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoJon Chappell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I understand you don't want to compromise quality > in any way but you have to think realistically > about this. ProRes HQ is a virtually lossless > codec, meaning that it does lose information but > anything it loses is imperceptible, nor will it > affect any keying you plan to do. > >by AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lock the camera, shoot a chip chart and do a > difference matte, or zoom in to check how much > each codec aliases on the fine lines. Check for > banding on gradients. Thanks for the tips. Will do that. strypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >Any words on Cinefby AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >DPX files CAN be log, but they can also be gamma. > Or even linear, I think. > > Ah. My bad on that. > > >So what you're saying is that DPX would be a > waste because my data wouldn't fill it? > > Yes. Because an SDI signal only contains 4:2:2, > which is 4 luminance samplby AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoJeff Harrell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I happen to be looking at some greenscreen footage > shot on EX1 just today, coincidentally. The > biggest challenge is the focus, or more > specifically the lack thereof. Either the operator > couldn't pull focus correctly (not unlikely), or > the camera's lens stinks (also not unlikely). So &by AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoShane Ross Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Read where? I researched all over and in one of the forums online I read somebody saying he did tests and found that he could pull a cleaner key from XDCAM material than from the Prores SDI captured material from the EX1 or something along these lines. I will see if I can find the thread again but I searched a lby AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoSo what you're saying is that DPX would be a waste because my data wouldn't fill it? It seems DPX would be 190MB/s. I just did a test capture and each frame is 7.9MB. Huge! Do you have experience with capturing to Prores for green screen work? How about Cineform? I heard it's better than Prores. How much of a hassle is it to work with Cineform on the Mac? Could it be a good option for this aby AClaude - Café LA Re: Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoYes, that's exactly what I'm doing. Hooking up a desktop computer straight to the EX1 HD-SDI feed. Why would you doubt I'm doing that? I have not made any tests yet. But I read several people mentioning Prores can be noisy, reason I was thinking about going with DPX instead. But I'm afraid the files will be too big and will demand too much of the system to capture DPX. Thanks.by AClaude - Café LA Am I better off with DPX? - 14 years agoI need to capture some green screen shots with a Sony EX1 and I want to use a Decklink SDI. It will be edited in FCP and color corrected in Color. I noticed Media Express allows capturing to DPX. I had originally planned capturing the 1080p 10 bit 422 from the EX1's SDI to ProRes HQ, but it seems Prores can be noisy and I have heard of people pulling better keys with normal XDCAM footage thaby AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you want to capture via capture card... Can you > post a screen grab of the capture settings in the > log and transfer window? Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...and the Blackmagic Decklink Control Panel in > System preferences. Ok, yes I can do that.by AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agoBen King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes that is correct - there should be NO - > COMMUNICATION > > Make sure your Camera Settings are set to output > the SDI signal when recording or just camera on > and that your FCP capture settings match! > > When capturing live (or from a non-controllable > source) you simply press cby AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > But I'm trying to capture live out of the SDI so > I can capture 10 bit 4:2:2 instead of the XDCAM > >codec. > > Well, anything recorded to the SxS card, gets > compressed to XDCAM EX. Yes, but what I want is to bypass the SxS cards and capture straight to the computer, either to ProResby AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agoBen King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Adam... > > "no communication" > > Via SDI you won't see any controllable device like > with firewire - as Jeff said there is no RS-422 on > the EX1 so you won't see it as long as FCP is > trying to establish a control link. > > You need to set your device control to &gby AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agofilmman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > check your connecting procedures > set up the digitizing process from the camera, > while the camera is disconnected > set up the capture process while the computer is > not connected to the camera > then connect both > also make sure your capture presets and sequence > presets match Thaby AClaude - Café LA Re: Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agostrypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > log and capture? I thought the EX1 uses log and > transfer? Yeah, if you are capturing the XDCAM media recorded to the SxS cards you use log and transfer. But I'm trying to capture live out of the SDI so I can capture 10 bit 4:2:2 instead of the XDCAM codec.by AClaude - Café LA Blackmagic Decklink - 14 years agoAnybody using a blackmagic decklink sdi? Installed a Decklink SDI in MacPro and no matter what I do it won't see the camera (Sony EX1). I installed the latest drivers, tried installing in every PCI-e slot, tried with FCP, Media Express, tried changing different settings in the camera and also in FCP, Media Express and Blackmagic preferences and nothing! Very frustrating and I have to say even morby AClaude - Café LA |
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