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I agree. Others make the claim that metal rings will rip the threads from their camera. I've yet to see one in MotoX or skydiving. I've seen metal rings rip from the camera, but no damage to the camera. They're just not that strong, nor that many threads. Most adapter rings are still very cheap aluminum. Only a couple of manufacturers provide solid quality/thicker aluminum rings (Century is one of the few). Aluminum doesn't break down with weather and sunlight either. YMMV. both can have issues.
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looks more like it's a 27mm thread. Yes, most any wide lens can be attached via a step down ring.
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I'll be there, at the very least shooting from the ground.
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Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
DSE replied to dreamdancer's topic in Photography and Video
CCD, yes. CMOS, no. Not even close. With individually addressable pixels, mapping, voltage per...CMOS is just getting started, in many ways, even though it's as old a tech as CCD. Exmor was just the next step in CMOS, and the upcoming CMOS products are pretty cool. The most advanced cameras in the world have gone to CMOS. At 65mm in size as a "mid" point, we're just seeing the tip of this iceberg. Next we'll see global shutters combined with CMOS as processors that can manage the chip output come into their own. CMOS tech can go far beyond the CPU ability to manage the stream. Or, it can be used for devices as simple as your cell phone or grocery scanner (although grocery scanners are rapidly converting to CCD due to cost). -
Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
DSE replied to dreamdancer's topic in Photography and Video
Could be, but not likely. Sony, Canon, and Panasonic haven't changed much at all in the way of the chips they use. Panasonic has, and still uses stock "Off the shelf" imagers, Sony makes their own and supplies Fuji, Canon (video only) and many other companies with their OEM imagers. It also depends on whether they're using CCD or CMOS. Lotsa variables, but given that the manufacturers haven't had anything drastic in the way of imager technology for a while... -
Happy birthday to moo! See ya soon, kid.
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Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
DSE replied to dreamdancer's topic in Photography and Video
There might be something wrong with this claim. If you look at only the imager itself, you're right; it's probably an inaccurate statement. However, camcorder designers don't need to redesign glass, they effectively pull it off a shelf. Encoders can only be what the spec allows. The imager, however, requires design and is ever changing. Look at the GoPro Hero as a related example. Everyone who has used one sees the black dot generated by the sun. The imager causes this. They've engineered it out of the new HD product (supposedly). Add the cost of design, engineering, tooling into the cost of the new chip, and you've very likely got the most expensive part of the camcorder. -
For non-Vegas/Premiere/Edius workflows, this video might help some AVCHD users. http://www.vimeo.com/6719068
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Or a data storage tank (they come with card readers built in). Depending on the NLE used, you DON'T need to copy the entire folder structure over. Vegas, Edius, and Premiere don't care about the IDX files, so just copy the MPG or Stream folder to your drive if you are using those NLE systems. FCP, AVID, or Casablanca users, you need to import the entire IDX
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Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
DSE replied to dreamdancer's topic in Photography and Video
Bill, Was that the Micron-I system? There was a company in Idaho doing something with DRAM, but it seems they went away pretty quick. I've never seen this in action, but it sure has generated a lot of buzz lately. -
Your sarcasm was a personal attack. Your warning would have been private if you accepted PMs. We'll all look forward to your results of jumping the camera.
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Cookie always has a lump of it at the trade shows, and it's scary cool. Soft, pliable, even warm. Until you hit it. Then it's an entirely different substance.
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*your one warning.
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Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
DSE replied to dreamdancer's topic in Photography and Video
this topic has had several forums around the web buzzing, it's kind of exciting if it can truly come to fruition. -
edit in a 1920x1080 timeline. The 4:3 can be cropped to fit, or you can underlay it with a 1920 x 1080 graphic to fill the screen. See my vimeo channel to see how this was done for the USPA AFF footage (all shot 4:3 Easy as pie. If'n you got Vegas Pro, Production Assistant or Ultimate S can do this for you automatically.
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correct, only the beta units allowed bi-directional Xfer. Problem was found that by Xferring from stick to cam, you could corrupt the IDX file that is critical to all AVCHD playback. As a result, it's one way only. Panasonic HMC 150 is the same way. I don't own any Canon units, but I believe it's the same.
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Canon EF 28mm f/2.8 VS EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS
DSE replied to mstlaurent's topic in Photography and Video
The smallest number is your widest focal length. ergo; 18mm is more wide than a 28mm. If you want more width, either you must step back/fly further back, or look at a lens that has a shorter focal length than 18mm. Many here fly 15mm lenses, some fly aspherical 10mm. IMO, the 18 is plenty wide for most tandem work, but I do prefer a 15mm. However, there are few lenses as lightweight as the 18-55 that came with your camera body. The Canon 15mm is 330 grams, or nearly double the weight. -
Next up; side by side jousting with foamy noodles. The video was fun.
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Most stereotypes have a foundation in reality. Racial profiling is part of risk assessment. It may be wrong 90% of the time, but if it saves lives and property, then it's part of the public safety package, unfortunately. Of course discrimination is alive; it's the human factor. It exists in every walk of life from business to health care to religion to the sidewalk vendor who hates the Jew that buys a hotdog right down to one of the biggest DZ's on the planet. Ridding the world of bad breath would be easier.
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Waking up and being able to walk to the bathroom. warmed, dry fluffy egyptian towel after a shower. Being able to pick it up when it falls. Having a kosher steak in NYC with good friends, and a Sam Adams to boot. Having good friends visit my home to take my company and leave their love behind. Giving more than I have to give and receiving more than I can possibly accept. A hot tub, candles, scent, a James Archer book.
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I'd suggest there is something still occupying the CPU cycles. I'm using a very old MacBook Pro 2GHz with Bootcamp/XPPro, a Dell 6400 with Vista 32, a Dell 6300 with XPPro, a very old dual 1.66GHz, and even a single dual core 1.77; all running AVCHD at full frame rates even off of MSPD's. What do you have preview set to? That may be part of the problem. What is your Dynamic RAM setting?
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Are you running antivirus?
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the app you use, combined with hardware factors, determines how you'll work with AVCHD. Using a DI like Neo, Upshift, Revolver, etc are all potential candidates for working with AVCHD if you've got a slower/older machine. Some folks will edit straight off the card for shortform (I regularly do) and others will Xfer media to an HDD to edit natively (Premeire, Vegas, Edius). A DI has some benefits if you're going to push color, key, etc. and converting from interframe to intraframe compression carries some benefits. Size grows exponentially when using a DI, depending on the DI. FWIW, AVCHD workflows
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I've got one I haven't jumped, Scott Callentine has one. I think we both like them.