Mark_the_Harp

Panasonic accelerates m43 cameras production, GH4 is big on preorders
Can things get any better? I think not.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Ribbon mikes
Love this - thanks for posting. Really interesting to see how the corrugation and tensioning is done. I have a couple of old Tannoy ribbons and someone at the BBC re-magnetised the magnets and re-ribboned them for me. Used on a musical instrument, t…

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fail with hacking...gh2 not turning on...
@rezyserzycia Maybe you could get it repaired. I'm pretty sure someone on this forum got theirs repaired a couple of years ago after doing this. That was probably a warranty thing but even if you have to pay it could be cheaper than a new GH2. …

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Driftwood Cluster X series 3:│moon T7│ЅріzZ T6│Nebula T7│Drewnet T9│
@LongJohnSilver Fab footage! I love the 7-14 too. This looks amazing.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
fail with hacking...gh2 not turning on...
Oh golly.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
GH2 Cake v2.3: reliability and spanning in 720p, HBR, 24p, and VMM at 2-2.5x stock bit rates
Sharing some Cake love :-) This is still my go-to setting after all this time. Love it. Lighting using Dedolights, shot on GH2 / Cake with colour correction in Resolve - I've given the woman's blonde hair a golden tint to match the instrum…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
What lighting kits are you using for your film production?
I use a Dedo kit and love it - amazing how compact it all is when packed. I used it for the video I just posted on the Cake 2.3 thread and thanks BTW @shian for your advice on fill lighting from one of your tutorals, on that shoot I used one of the …

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GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
@driftwood it would be great to have a couple of files as recorded on an SD card - one with greenscreen and one with a varying amount of handheld shaking to have a go at deshaking and see what the rolling shutter is like - if you get the chance, for…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
LEDLightSheet 95CRI testing
I saw they do a circular one. Might make the basis for a ringlight? @andyharris love that portrait. Also I guess they could be tweaked to run on batteries?

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Panasonic Lumix gh2 - continuous motion picture patch
As you've discovered, the ptool software lets you override the EU time limit and at the same time, you can use it to install the patches to get better quality video. Look at FAQ at the top of any page to get more info about ptool and as @haarva…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Pricing for finished product?
That's a LOT of money! I wonder how much care was taken over the sound, from what you say. Or pictures, come to that, if most of it was a series of locked-off shots. I'd imagine unless he was trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's…

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GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
All the footage I've seen is 25p - so just wondering, is there a reason for this do you think? I'm used to the GH2 which wasn't so good in 25p (PAL models) compared with 23.976.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Taking Pictures with GH2.. need some advice shooting properly
In case no-one's mentioned it, you can play with RAW using Silkypix (google for it) and they may still do a free version (I'm not near my PC at the moment but I have a free version they made available to GH2 owners and it's certainly …

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Commercial Script - Setting Customer expectations
That's a genius idea to focus on a location where there are lots of different business together - they will be happy to recommend you to each other as they won't been competing in the same markets as each other.

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Commercial Script - Setting Customer expectations
PS it is relevant to cost control - because if clients flounder, it wastes your time and their money. Sometimes they need to see a rough treatment to see what the issues are - or they might have seen something elsewhere which they like, which can be…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Commercial Script - Setting Customer expectations
Have you seen Steven Washer's stuff at http://www.brainyvideo.com - aimed at people who are not technical gurus but who would benefit from a marketing head on them. What you have on your link is great but from that - and what you say in your po…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
1% Of Musicians Make 77% Of The Money
What @spacewig says! I think a lot of times people confuse creativity (producing something original) with recreativity (reproducing something).

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
Sound editing and mixing with headphones (sound cards, amps etc.)
@mrbill Top advice. I'm currently mixing and editing and doing exactly that - cans for editing, so you can hear everything without distraction, speakers for mixing so you've a proper sense of reverb, imaging and eq.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
@mrbill I live in the UK but wonder why they still do that stupid 30min record limitation. That alone would prompt me to buy from the US.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
3D LUT Creator - best tool for camera matching and video grading
Oh - thank you. I thought I had asked an incredibly stupid question, so that's a relief!! I'm so impressed by what 3D LUT Creator can do - it seems so quick to get really good results.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
@caveport @karl @eno Thanks for the footage. I too had a play to see how far you could push the footage. Answer = a lot! Using Resolve, imported at source size, exported at 1080. The upload was 20mbps so doesn't look as sparkly as it did out of…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
3D LUT Creator - best tool for camera matching and video grading
This is amazing to play with. I don't know anything about LUTs so really interested to know: can you work on a frame in this then export the resulting LUT into something like Resolve to recolour a clip? Or does it not work like that?

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
1% Of Musicians Make 77% Of The Money
I always joke about getting that yacht catalogue out every time I get a gig (for my measly fee). I quite like Bob Lefsetz's letters - you can subscribe here - http://www.lefsetz.com/ - for his view on the music "industry". It's a…

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
GH2 Hack (Don't kill me for asking this question) lol
@inqb8tr that's only if you forget to uncheck the "Random leak" option. I've had that - not pretty!

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic
Thanks @Eno. Enjoyed playing with the footage in Resolve. Very easy to work with and impressive. Tried stabilising and zooming in and also recolouring the eyes, both of which looked great when exported at 1080.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp March 2014 permalink
SoftWheel
The Softwheel is a great idea, but wouldn't it absorb rotational energy? Anyone here understand the physics of there things?

Comment by Mark_the_Harp September 2013 permalink
Audio Noise Reduction Software like iZotope RX6
@test 1 - thanks for that - useful to know. I might upgrade as I only have a previous RX suite which didn't include de-verb but I love their NR and Ozone suites.

Comment by Mark_the_Harp September 2013 permalink
DaVinci Resolve 10
@tida Don't know - I basically installed it from the file I downloaded, and didn't remove anything first or anything like that. Sorry to hear you're having problems. :-(

Comment by Mark_the_Harp September 2013 permalink
DaVinci Resolve 10
@muddmanrich My graphics card is an NVidia GEforce GTX 580

Comment by Mark_the_Harp September 2013 permalink
UK Broadcast TV gear auctions
Another auction which has a few days to run - Sony PL lenses, mics, mixers, dollies, even a links vehicle! Based in UK. http://www.techbid.co.uk/auction/80/sept-broadcast-auction

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