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SANITY 4 and 5.1
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  • peternappeternap

    @Imaginate That's some of the nicest footage I've seen here. What were your settings?

  • ImaginateImaginate

    Shot with Sanity 4 Looking Forward to 5

  • tinyrobottinyrobot

    @Ralph_B how is this handling the playback error? Is it improved?

  • idonthaveacoolnameidonthaveacoolname

    right before i leave on vacation... awesome! will report on real world tests while traveling! thanks again!

  • mozesmozes

    Damn @Ralp_B i think you have done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Really impressive

    Just getting tired off getting my own patch in the good way, i installed the original firmware 1.1, but that doesn't work anymore, if you get used to all those great patches.
    So i installed driftwoods β Pictoris with Hybrid Matrix..
    And i was happy again.......................

    And then you just released Sanity 5, i was already fan off 3.1, but not 4.0.
    So i did give it a try....................
    Lens used is a oly 14-140 , set on 140mm and withe tele.
    It is a provocative day with a lot off contrast light

    Sanity 5! .... Its one to keep.... :-)

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  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @thepalalias

    By all means, use 5.

  • thepalaliasthepalalias

    @Ralph_B Thanks! Do you feel confident in version 5 or would you prefer we test 4.1? Unless I hear back from you before the test, we'll use the new version 5 instead.

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @thepalalias

    Looking forward to your test.

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    SANITY 5

    Here is a new version of Sanity with some major changes. First, it fixes a problem with pulsing in the shadows in HBR mode. But more importantly, in the process of fixing the pulsing, I discovered a way to create monster size I frames, while still keeping the bitrate low. In 24P, we're talking about I frames approaching the one million mark with certain subject material. And this applies to 24L, as well! For 24H I had to lower the bitrate from 66M to 38M, and yet the image quality is the same (and maybe better). I applied this technique to all modes; 24P, 1080i, 720P and HBR.

    Sanity 5 is unified for NTSC and PAL - there is only one version.

    Spanning works with 24L, FH, SH & H modes. When spanning, do not go above ISO 5000 and do not use ETC. Spanning works in HBR mode with third party manual lenses. Do not go above ISO 3200. Spanning does not work reliably in HBR mode when using Panasonic lenses.

    Sanity 5.zip
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  • thepalaliasthepalalias

    @Ralph_B Soon? As in right after we test the current version at the big comparison tomorrow? Conspiracy, I say. ;)

    Seriously, though, looking forward to it!

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    It sounds like a card problem. A new version of Sanity is coming soon. Until then, either try a different card, or use 24L.

  • mrbongomrbongo

    Also seems to play back fine in the camera but not in Final Cut X.

  • mrbongomrbongo

    purple pixels and freezing with 24H setting only. 30p is working.

  • mrbongomrbongo

    Just tried Sanity 4.1 with Panasonic 1.1 firmware on my NTSC body. It's beautiful in the HDR 29 .97 setting but I'm getting the freezing and purple pixels. Using a Transcend (10) 32GB card.

    Is the bit rate that much higher at H24 settings? I thought it would be higher on the 30p setting.

    Would a faster card fix my problems? I would love to have it working on both frame rates.

  • islanders66islanders66

    This was shot in Sanity 3 720p 60fps. No ND filter. This is one of the custom hacks Senda for 24fps and Sanity for 720p. So far it's been flawless for two extensive shoots. Some color grading in post. I'm still trying to dial in the settings for uploading to vimeo. This was just a Vimeo HD setting on Premiere. I think I can dial that in a little better.

  • lowriderlowrider

    hi, will Sanity 4.1 will work on my Gh13 hacked? thanxs , PNY class 10 16GB

  • towitowi

    @Ralph_B

    "GOP 18 is essential for stability"

    I wonder what's wrong with the default 12GOP... Sanity V3 did a great job with 12GOP.

    Then again... there are certainly good reasons for you to use 18GOP even for PAL modes.

    Looking forward to the fix!

  • jrdjrd

    @balazer

    The price was too good to be true.... This one is going back to the store, 30-day return.

  • balazerbalazer

    SanDisk Ultra cards are too slow.

  • jrdjrd

    Sporadic 24H record and playback errors with a Sandisk Ultra 64mb Class 10 30/mbs.... 14-42mm, daylight, low ISOs.

  • BillTheButcherBillTheButcher

    Patch looks great so far! But I'm also having playback issues.

    24L won't play back at all, and 24H only plays back when I have an EVEN number of clips on the card. Also one instance of playback "glitching" where I got a bunch of crazy purple pixels then froze, and another instance of the camera refusing to record whenever I pushed the record button.

    I'm using a SanDisk Extreme 32gb Class 10 45MB/s card.

  • pdluminapdlumina

    @tinyrobot @Ralph_B I will add that as far as I am concerned, there is really no need to switch the camera OFF and back ON, or to 'pull the battery' as I have read in some other threads. To me it seems like a barbaric method of regaining control of the camera.

    In fact, while testing several patches and using inferior SDHC cards, I experienced several lockups but never had to abuse of my camera with a 'hard reset'. The first time it happened to me, I just didn't have the heart to pull the battery or to turn off the switch, so I started thinking about what I could do.. and just like that the answer came to me: "patience" the camera whispered to me, as it magically unlocked itself after what it seemed like an eternity waiting (really it was probably like 30 seconds lockup).

    After that, every hard lockup requires me to just wait a bit, the camera unlocks itself and then I can continue. It works every time so you might want to try that: do nothing.

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @tinyrobot

    "Once I lose playback, the camera won't let me record again until I switch it off/on. Is this considered "normal".

    I guess you could call it normal. I've encountered this problem with other patches, as well. It's a minor inconvenience - the price we pay for a great picture.

  • Ralph_BRalph_B

    @towi

    "The pusling thing is really annoying". - Hang on, a fix is in the works.

    "I think the GOP length should be 15 in PAL mode". - Wrong. GOP 18 is essential for stability.

  • tinyrobottinyrobot

    @Ralph_B you mentioned you sometimes have to switch it on and off to get playback.

    Frequently I get this problem with both 24H and 24L. Once I lose playback, the camera won't let me record again until I switch it off/on. Is this considered "normal".

    Sandisk Extreme HD Video 16GB class 10 30MB/s

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