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Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/14041986348

nic7320 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:58:31 -0000

Roll this over the FToM final credits. Just for effect.

Re: http://phillyd.tv/post/13713437161

nic7320 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:01:04 -0000

Not everyone's heard of the internet. Let's keep it a secret!

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/13366997856

nic7320 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:59:04 -0000

Ask if you can rent it for 4.7 seconds. Can't be *that* much.

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/13366997856

nic7320 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:54:42 -0000

Okay, I stand corrected. It has up to 12GB of RAM which gives it 4.7 seconds of recording time at maximum frame rate, with 12-bit depth, and largest resolution.

http://www.visionresearch.c...

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/13366997856

nic7320 — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:40:08 -0000

I doubt that package includes the data memory. It's still amazing, but it has to be tethered to a big box somewhere.

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/10877795247

nic7320 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:55:14 -0000

Interesting. She doesn't sound nasal like most deaf speakers. I heard of a guy, who went to the House Ear clinic in L.A., because of a disease that froze all the tiny bones in the ear together, and after his operation he went to the bathroom. Turns out, flushing the toilet was the loudest thing he heard in years, and he came running out with his pants down thinking it was an explosion!

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/10668917692

nic7320 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:27:23 -0000

It does make sense: a 2 MP sensor with about the same physical size as a 6 MP sensor will collect more photons per pixel, so it should be more sensitive in low light. Large area pixels are why DLSRs (especially full frame DSLRs) perform so well. Think: more photons (which is the signal) to the unwanted noise of a photoreceptor and conversion circuitry, and bigger is almost always better.

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/10668917692

nic7320 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:10:58 -0000

Here's some features they claim: The G10 boasts an 8-blade iris for smooth background blur and a dedicated manual focus
ring for enhanced control. The VIXIA HF G10 boasts Canon's HD CMOS Pro
Image Sensor which provides outstanding video resolution, superb
low-light performance, and a wide dynamic range. The HFS200 doesn't indicate the number of iris blades, so it could be as few as four (like the HV20 family). Eight blades is good, if you have a large enough chip to reduce DOF. But a 1/3" chip doesn't give you much background blur, and... sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it's not.

The "Pro" chip might be better in some way, but the only spec that demonstrates sensitivity is "minimum illumination":

HF S200: 0.3 lx (Low Light mode)

HF G10: Auto mode 1.5 lux (with auto slow shutter selected - shutter speed 1/30)
Low Light mode: 0.1 lux (shutter speed 1/2 sec.)

So the G10 may have a 3:1 low light sensitivity advantage *if* those numbers are accurate. Remember a single stop is 1.4:1, two stops are 2.0:1, and 2.8:1 is three stops, so 3:1 is quite a bit when you're in low light. Again, we don't know if these numbers are real without an apples-apples comparison and if someone's just saying "I can still see an image in the noise at 0.1 lux," that's not much of a benchmark.

As always YMMV. Test them at the store and see if you like the button placement. That's my biggest gripe with small cameras.

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/10668917692

nic7320 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:44:24 -0000

I would think the more expensive unit is just older (when 2 MP was good), or MAYBE it has better optics, since the imaging chip is almost the same size (1/3" vs. 1/2.6") and the built-in flash drive (32GB) can't add that much cost (although years ago it did), and everything else looks roughly equal. As you know, glass gets real expensive when they try to get it perfect. But my first impression is it's just an older model and carries the price when those specs were more in-line with what early adopters would pay.

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/6779169431

nic7320 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:00:00 -0000

This should have never been called Final Cut Pro. As was the case with Final Cut Express, FCP version 10 is a different program and should bear a different name. Call it Final Cut Advanced, or Final Cut 64, or something, but not Final Cut Pro.

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/3974935217

nic7320 — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:05:52 -0000

Go team FToM!

I'm känfədənt you can do it

Re: http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/3398154087

nic7320 — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:46:47 -0000

You can't HDR an image with any movement of either subject or camera using standard HDR techniques. HDR relies on the superposition of the images and they must be aligned. I have an idea of how to do it, but it needs to be hashed out.

There are video cameras with good dynamic range, such as the Sony CineAlta F23 with 11-12 stops of latitude, and that camera has been out quite a while, so I assume there are even better ones now. The Red camera has only about 10 stops, and your average prosumer camera about 7-8. Film is about 14 stops (Kodak 5219 on Arricam ST), which is as good as the average eyeball.

I'll point out that every day sensor dynamic range does seem to get better, so maybe in 10 or 20 years, this whole discussion may be moot.

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/717599045

nic7320 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:26:12 -0000

How cool is that!???

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/3129727436

nic7320 — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:22:42 -0000

Inaction is often the result of worrying about things beyond your immediate control. If an event is too far in the future, or even as little as twenty minutes from now, you have so little control that dwelling on it can only lead to apprehension, doubt, and mental gridlock.

Action is what you can do in the next fifteen minutes. If you focus on the present, you maintain forward momentum. Hedge any future concerns with less rigor, and less specificity, since so much can, and will, change.

When you find the balance between these, you'll appreciate Dwight Eisenhower's quote: "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless -- but planning is indispensable."

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/3002040840

nic7320 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:07:12 -0000

NEX-3 is also a good camera, but only does 720P

Re: http://blog.ftomfilm.com/post/3002040840

nic7320 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:06:30 -0000

Take a look at the Sony NEX-5 also. My retired cinematographer friend has one and raves about it. One nice thing about going to a narrower body camera, is they can use lenses from other cameras with an adapter. Example, I use manual focus Zeiss ZF glass made for Nikon mounts on my Canon EOS camera (which is 2.5 mm slimmer). There are tons of old Canon FD lenses out there, which EOS cameras can't use, but a slimmer body like the NEX can. It's all about the flange to focal plane distance - you can always add an adapter to make up the difference if the body is shorter.

Re: A Straight Line

nic7320 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:03:27 -0000

That quote comes from Lars' doc film class. Unfortunately, it looks like his classes won't be offered again, but if you need to do a screening before final cut, we can put together a group and give you feedback if it will help.

Re: A Straight Line

nic7320 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:32:07 -0000

Don't beat yourself up too much, after all, "Great works of art are never finished -- they are abandoned." That's not to say they aren't great; because often they are, but unfortunately in the mind of the artist, never finished to satisfaction.

Re: http://annieisms.tumblr.com/post/435358178

nic7320 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:50:44 -0000

I always knew NYC was just a very large miniature city... seen from far, far away.

Re: annieisms's tumblisms, College is SO ROUGH, heh: Assignment 1 from my...

nic7320 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:30:56 -0000

I would go with Doom. Not for the violence and gore, but the fact that it provides history of gaming, as it was the first to provide that much 3D content to a computer screen.

Anyone use VMWare Fusion to run PC games on a Intel based Mac? It allows *microsoft windoze* to be run as a 'guest operating system' and run just like another app.

Re: Louise Palanker

nic7320 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:11:37 -0000

You have become part of the Matrix!

Re: Squarespace - Claim This Domain

nic7320 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:34:41 -0000

You'll have to settle for a Slushie. Sorry, it's the best I can do. But you do get your choice of flavors!

Re: Squarespace - Claim This Domain

nic7320 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:33:55 -0000

Should we throw in some sleet and snow while we're at it?

Re: annieisms's tumblisms, Outtakes from our Holiday Card 2009 photo shoot....

nic7320 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:18:46 -0000

Help me Obewan!

Re: Louise Palanker

nic7320 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:10:51 -0000

What makes you think this is just for *female* kids? Maybe some young boy wants to start early on his harem.