Driftwood Cluster X series 3:│moon T7│ЅріzZ T6│Nebula T7│Drewnet T9│

powderbanks

^ odd...when I import 24fps footage it defaults to an arri setting. you could try to manually change the sequence settings to progressive scan.

yaffeebg

I recently used the Moon T7 hack (the 24.0 and 30.0 frames per second version). I shot in HBR mode, imported the footage into premiere and created a 30.0p sequence. Unfortunately, premiere gave me a message stating that the footage settings didn't match the sequence. Premiere identifies the footage as interlaced, or 30i. Is this supposed to happen?

DeShonDixon

endotoxic

Im currently using the moon T7 and T5 for publicity and pro material for web content and TV. I can say it delivers a texture that cant be achived by Arri or RED. I know its 8bit, but after post prossecing in 10bit i can assure its texture is quiet unique.

Thank you very muc sir @driftwood

MikeLinn

Jim_Simon

@jasonthomas77 Nice looking footage. Though...the 'preview' doesn't really tell me anything about the movie.

producer

powderbanks

@nomad I think your theory is somewhat correct, but more-so on the card side than the camera. There is variability in read/write speeds between different cards; though QC should have weeded out the ones below a specific threshold. Having said that, I only have 64GB 45MB/s Sandisk cards and they have worked fine so far for several high bitrate, GOP1 patches and rarely get write errors (and I've pretty much figured out what triggers it). Stick with @rickyxxx recommendations for the 'pick two' and you should be fine.

jasonthomas77

Thanks @producer. Its not my place to agree or disagree with your statement. But thanks no less. :)

producer

@jasonthomas77: This is going to be the best GH2 film ever. Sure!

Of course, the chosen lens and the post edit hold the GH2's head high...

jasonthomas77

I used the Moon T7 for a short film. Love it. Best hack I'ved used yet!

rikyxxx

@all

Pick no more than 2 of those "items" if you want your gh2 to be 100% reliable:

panasonic (SW-corrected) lenses and/or Intelligent Auto
very detailed scenes
"demanding" settings like Moon T7

nomad

Following most of this thread and reading about different experiences with Moon T7 and Sandisk 64Gb Extreme Pro cards, we need to think about minor performance differences in the cameras. Could it be that these settings get so close to the limits of the hardware, that some camera bodies show errors and other are stable?

lunalobo75

I used Moon T7 (sete) on all day event; shot with a Voigtlander 17.5mm and canon FD 50mm 1.4; inside shots (at a hotel with tons of foliage, inside a bar, lotsa night shots) and outside shots (landscapes, portraits); and I used EXT Tele on 1080p, and I used 720p for slow motion shots, yadda yadda yadda - Moon T7 stable as a rock for me and looks superb! I used the Sandisk 64gb extreme pro cards (95 MB/b) AAAAND Sandisk 16gb Extreme cards(30 MB/s). I had a backup Canon 5D Mark II just in case the settings failed... never had to touch the Canon. Still happy with Driftwood's settings; still happy with my GH2. Once I get this edited, I'll post some shots and video, Salud, Vitaly - thank you.

DFuture

@lunalobo75 I carry two 64gb 95mb Sandisk Extreme Pro's with me at all times. I wouldn't feel comfortable using anything else for paid gigs: especially with high bit rate experimental patches. Unfortunately, I still experienced the aforementioned errors with these cards.

lunalobo75

@DFuture what card where you using? Sandisk Extreme 64gig 95M/bs? If not, then that maybe why you were getting card errors.

DFuture

Disclaimer: Contains explicit lyrical content.

Here's a music video I filmed with Moon T7. The aerial shots come from stock footage and are the only images that weren't shot with the GH2.

The Good: I absolutely LOVE the quality of the patch! The best quality I've seen outputted from a GH2.

The Bad: The patch failed on me multiple times on location: causing read errors that forced me to either erase and format my card or go to a secondary backup. Thankfully, I was able to pull most of the MTS. files off the card and salvage most of the shots: although, I had some great dolly and tracking shots that were unretrievable.

On another shoot, I learned that hitting fn1 (intelligent auto) allowed me to keep recording after I received a read error. Previous recording wouldn't playback in the camera, but were retrievable when uploading to my Mac.

Moon T7 is amazing, but I'm waiting with bated breath for Moon T8's rumored stability.

zeedmanz

wedding from gh2

nic2011

Drewnet T9 with some grading

producer

producer

Another test Drewnet T9:

nic2011

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Nameless

Sorry in advance for the repost. This is the official YouTube version of my latest @driftwood hack enabled video, for those who struggle like myself to watch vimeo on the go.

babak

@Alex_K and @Zaven13 thank you for your replies. Its good to know I am not the only one with the T7 / HBR issue. I still have to try T9 and see how that works for me. I was really impressed by T7's low light performance in 24p (my thanks to @driftwood!). I hope T9 low light performance is the same in HBR 25p. @Zaven13 do you mean you can reduce the HBR bitrate and make it span? If so, how do you do that? I never thought that's possible. Anyhow meanwhile I'll wait for the T8 hack.

gaddi

The more I use t7, the more I love it. Although I really wish it would span (using sandisk 64gb 95mb) A short story by my dear friend speedbooster, nikon primes, smooth, some ext tele Thanks @driftwood

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