SIGMA wins TIPA Awards 2015 Global Vision Lenses, for Zoom and Prime

(Mark Roeder, April 2015) top technology combined with the highest image quality, unique art manufacturing and stringent quality control - this is the high-quality high-performance lenses Sigma's Global Vision. With two products from our range convinced the experts from Japan this year again, the jury recognized the TIPA Awards and won two awards were equal. The SIGMA 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM Contemporary been named the winner in the category "Best Entry Level DSLR Lens", SIGMA 24mm F1.4 the new DG HSM kind brought in the category "Best Expert DSLR Prime Lens" the victory.

(in German) http://www.artikel-presse.de/gleich-doppelt-ausgezeichnet-sigma-gewinnt-tipa-awards-2015-fuer-global-vision-objektive.html

I've been trying to work out why exporting some noisy low light footage in premiere pro CS6 is giving me 'diagonal rain' problems that aren't present in the original m2ts files from my GH2.

Reading two similar topics (below) the problem seems to be related to GOP length, which hack is being used, and the decoding abilities of certain players. But I shot this footage with the original firmware so this can't apply? Possibly it is a CS6 specific issue?

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5120/please-help-problem-with-my-gh2-footage/p1 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/3804/strange-pulsing-diagonal-pattern-in-gh2-hack-footage/p1

It's not footage I can take again so any advice on how to export this without the noise would be amazing... I'm a beginner but not posted it there as the problem seems to be a complicated one.

I just uploaded the start of my edit to youtube for an example of the problem. Some of my footage was 24p and some was 50 fps 720p but the problem persists in all the export formats I've tried;

Key Features:

• Fully redesigned audio engine and 64-bit architecture
• New Avid Audio Engine – Delivers multiple times the processing power of Pro Tools 10 on the same hardware configurations.
• 64-bit architecture – Exponentially increases the number of simultaneous virtual instruments and the performance to handle the most sophisticated sessions.
• Offline bounce – Delivers mixes up to 150 times faster than real time.
• Low-latency input buffer – Ensures ultra-low latency record monitoring without sacrificing plug-in performance.
• Dynamic host processing – Maximizes plug-in count by reallocating processing resources as needed.
• Expanded metering
• Extended standards support – Features a broad range of built-in metering standards, from peak and average to VU and PPM, to maintain adherence to regional broadcast requirements.
• Gain reduction – Shows gain reduction for all dynamics plug-ins on each channel.
• Direct HD video workflows
• Built-in Avid Video Engine – Enables audio post professionals to play and edit a wide range of HD video formats includingAvid DNxHD, directly in the Pro Tools timeline without transcoding, using the same core engine as in Media Composer.
• Video interface support – Enables monitoring of DNxHD and QuickTime media through Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX, and other video interfaces.

Availability & Pricing

• Pro Tools 11 and Pro Tools HD 11 is expected to be available later in Q2 2013.
• Pro Tools 11 software (full version) – $699 USD
• Pro Tools 10 to 11 upgrade – $299 USD
• Pro Tools 9 to 11 upgrade – $399 USD
• Pro Tools Express to Pro Tools 11 cross grade – $499 USD
• Pro Tools HD 10 to 11 upgrade – $599 USD
• Pro Tools HD 9 to 11 upgrade – $999 USD

Comments are welcome dudes! Some pics of the session can be found here : http://www.switchmag.fr/decouverte/2015/11391-session-park-a-la-clusaz-matteo-cuny-nico-palladio.html

(com.apple.compressor.compressorkit.errordomain error -1.)

As far as I know no one changed any settings between the last burn and this one. I've found other forums with 15-20 people having the same issue but no one has posted a solution that I've seen. Anybody seen this issue before and been able to troubleshoot it?

FCPX v. 10.1.4

24" iMac, Early 2008 OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks) 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 6 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB

I ordered 2 of these cards recently for my Moon 7 hacked GH2 and now i urgently need to upgrade to a GH4 setup. I wanted to know whether these cards work well without any freezes or issues on all modes of video on the GH4 including the 4K 100 mbps and FULL HD 200mbps modes? (attaching a pic of the cover of the card i have which has the exact model look and details on it.

This is the latest video, from a free Gregory Porter concert and some touring of the region. It's somewhere between a roadtrip film and a jazz festival report.

I wasn't really setup for capturing the concert in full, so some of my favourite shots came unexpectedly and weren't too steady. Time to invest in a steadicam obviously... but my editing has been getting better I think, so would be interested to hear what you think of the final product. I went quite heavy on the colouring at points to appeal to the instagram generation!

Took me forever to edit wading through hundreds of clips! Second time I have used Magic Bullet Looks and first time using Warp Stabilizer in Premiere Pro CS6, lots of the footage was shaky because it was mostly filmed on a moving train (and my camera movement was pretty terrible at times but this was definitely a run/sprint and gun scenario).

Pretty happy with the outcome altho the laptop I coloured the film on is quite yellow it seems. Still not using a hack...

Great news!

ProLUT is a color grading pack of looks based on real films and movies.

It comes in every format you can think of so that you can use it in whatever software you're using.

Watch the demonstration video here:

More info http://www.davidhjlindberg.com/?product=prolut

• 3 Sandisk Extreme Pro 240gb
• Bebob titanium cage with long and short carbon rods inc. light shoulder pad.
• Metabones Nikon to MFT BMCC Adapter
• Sigma 18-35mm Nikon mount.

Everything is in a very good or superb condition. Original packaging in most cases.

DaVinci Resolve is not included!

Alltogether I ask 2750 Euro for it which is a very fair price. Shipping is not included. I am located in Germany.

Camera, cage and SSDs only can be bought for 1800 Euro,lens and Speedbooster for 975 Euro. As you can see, you save on the whole package ;-)

Pictures follow

Which factors are important? How do I get colors as true as possible? Do you guys have any recommendations?

I found that one from EIZO:

• http://www.eizo.com/na/products/foris/fs2434/index.html
• http://www.eizo.com/na/products/flexscan/ev2336w/index.html

Thank you in advance.

I'd like to know any strategies for shortening this process. Would it be best to simply import the sequence into Encore,. and let Encore handle the DVD rendering? Or, should I use Premier Pro to export the video to an MPEG-2 file, and important that as an Encore asset?

(Also, if anyone has an FAQ on how to adjust render quality in Encore, send me the link. I've never been able to figure out anything beyond the basic bitrate setting.)

I need a portable monitor I could mount on my GH3 or rig it for monitoring my Mac Pro (2013 version). I'd prefer a 9" version but I hope 7" would do the job as well.

This is what I want to use it for: I'm doing live streaming lessons but I need to monitor Skype at the same time to see what the student is doing. As I'll be completely surrounded by lights and cameras there is no way for me to place my thunderbolt monitor (too many things could go wrong).

Would it be possible to use a DSLR field monitor for this? And what would be a good choice?

I don't need colour fidelity, or peaking or any of those features(nice if they're there of course), most important thing is quality of the image and size of the screen: definitely not below 7" and preferably 9" and above.

I have no idea if dslr monitors can be used this way but I'm sure some of you do!

Thanks for reading this,

André

They look.... intriguing.

http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

is it possible to get a surface pro tablet/laptop to be used as a monitor/external recorder? Would be a perfect solution as an external 10 bit 4:2:2 recorder/Monitor because has an amazing full HD monitor and fast 64GB/128GB/256GB SSD drives.

Any solution for this? Any ideas?

Would be very nice if somebody could help me out finding a solution. 24p mode works fine though most of the time.

I also tried both cards in two different GH2 models and got the same result (accidently bought two bodys).

edit: Is the 24p mode the one I should be using anyway, or are the hacks turning the manual mode also into shooting 24fps, I am a little confused by that to be honest.

thanks a lot!

Everything shot with the GH3, all Natural -5, -5, 0, -5, 1080p @ 50Mbs MOV I've used Olympus 12mm f2 and 45mm f1.8. Some shots with ETC mode, mostly handheld with the Aputure MagicRig.

Edit in Premiere Pro CS6, some correction with Fast Color Correction.

Your comments are welcome !

1080p at 50fps Bit Rate = 28mbps 1080p at 25fps Bit Rate = 16mbps

You intercut the 50p (25p) (Close range and POV) with Multicam DSLR footage of 24p (Medium and Wide). You Drop the Footage into a 24p timeline with a 24mbps Bit Rate and have the option of either dropping frames or bending frames.

1- How much information is lost conforming 50p to 24p?

2- Will the information lost from the 50p footage lead to the 25p (16mbps) footage having a higher Bit Rate in the 24p timeline?

3- Is it better to drop the 50p into a 25p time line, render at 25p, and then drop the new file into the 24p timeline?

4- Is it better to just forgo the 50p and use the 25p (16 Mbps)?

Here are some links to the issue(s):

AppleInsider:

"The problem, as highlighted by multiple threads on Apple’s Support Communities forum, first presents itself as a graphical glitch — or, in more serious cases, complete system lockup — when an affected MacBook Pro switches from the integrated Intel graphics chip to the discrete AMD graphics processing unit, or GPU. Reports of the issue first cropped up in February, but have become more frequent over the past month."

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/14/apples-2011-macbook-pro-lineup-suffering-from-sporadic-gpu-failures

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/widespread-2011-macbook-pro-failures-reported-3497935/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=0&tstart=0

About: A workshop for a school acting group to understand the difference between acting for the stage and acting for a camera. Focus on the acting in one afternoon we shot it with natural light and kept the fancy equipment to a minimum: a reflector and a home built slider.

Shot in three hours with a hacked GH2 (Flow Motion) and vintage Nikon lenses. Edited in Final Cut Pro X. Graded in Davinci Resolve 10. Sound mix in Pro Tools 11.

Winner of the audience award at the TellUs Short Film Festival.

Specs: 1680x1050 Hi-Res Antiglare Display 2.2 Ghz Quad Core i7 16 Gb DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz) 1Gb AMD Radeon 6750M (and intel 3000 to save battery) 500 Gb 7200 RPM HDD

Pics:

http://burlington.craigslist.org/sys/4218201067.html

$1400 obo, USA only, will consider a trade for a Surface Pro 2