Michael Slowe
Forum Replies Created
-
Well, what ‘really special’ features do you want? I find Media 100 as it is perfect for what I do. Good quality, intuitive to use, does all the editing functions necessary for film making in my view. New features have certainly been appreciated along the way, notably the two graphics tracks, audio facilities and many other improvements but I don’t need new ones every year. I realise that they have to keep up in the market place, hence the Red support and for those that need all the effects Red 5 is probably great. Floh showed some new fancy filters but Red 4 has all I need.
Media 100 is great, if they think it needs improving then good luck to them.
Michael Slowe
-
No Brent, the EVF is quite useless for proper focus in my opinion. I agree the screen is OK provided the light is not too bright but my point was that using a brace (not tripod) I can’t get either eye near enough to use the Hoodman Loupe fixed to the screen.
Michael Slowe
-
Jim, I think we’ve discussed this previously but I too came from a DSR 300 and really missed (still do) the great V/F on that camera. You won’t find focusing with an EX 1 anything like as easy, in fact it’s darned difficult! The screen is OK, especially with peaking on, but in any bright light it can be impossible. You’ll certainly need a decent hood for any outdoor shooting but in bright sun even that is not good enough.
Hoodman produce a ‘loupe’ with an eyepiece, rather like the one fitted on the EX 3 screen which is good but only when using a tripod. For hand holding using a brace you can’t get the eyepiece near your eye, and for us ‘lefties’ it’s even harder. The EX 3 is really the answer but it cost more and, more importantly, it’s heavier. I am investigating other braces which may enable me to get my eye to the Hoodman eyepiece but I’m not there yet. I’m relying on the bare screen, well shaded, luck and the occasional use of auto focus in extremis.
Michael Slowe
-
Well, it was great to hear Floh in full flow (forgive the pun) but quite honestly if you’re not going to be editing media shot with the Red camera I’m not sure you will get excited with Suite 2. It’s great to see Media 100 keeping up with the times and if they can attract the bigger post houses to return to them then it must benefit all us users. Red 5, being available with Suite 2 will interest many, but otherwise it will be for me, anyway, carry on with the earlier Suites.
Direct ingest of media from the EX cameras would induce me to upgrade, but that’s a while away I’m told. Sony are messing about with their Transfer and Browser software so the sooner we can do our own importing the better.
Michael Slowe
-
Jim, I’m afraid to say that it may be confined to Macs, but have a look at the Innobits site as has been suggested.
Michael Slowe
-
Eric, I didn’t say that 80 minutes was anything special, I merely stated what I had done. Of course, depending on bit rate a disc will hold a great deal more. It’s the quality that matters surely.
Michael Slowe
-
If you use BitVice, (in my opinion a first class DVD encoder) you get the file size indicated automatically as you slide your bit rate up and down. I use an average VBR with double pass in BitVice, I’ve had over 80 minutes on a single disc but can’t remember the bit rate.
Michael Slowe
-
Don’t agree, Steve Connor has it right – BITVICE, I think that their downscale is the best in their current versions and also the judicious use of Purifier (in with BitVice now) also helps with the picture quality.
Unless you can do a downscale with some good hardware I think BitVice is the way to go. I now get great DVD’s from my EX 1, shot 1920 x 1080i 25 (PAL) edited in ProRes HQ 422 in Media 100, encoded and downscaled in BitVice, format in Studio Pro, burnt in Toast 10. Even better BD’s, encoded and burnt in Toast 10.
Michael Slowe
-
Jim, Craig will answer your card query. Speaking personally I stick to the Sony S X S cards, not wishing to take the remotest risk of losing media. I don’t need many because I can always off load the BPAV files from the cards to a portable drive I take on location with my MacBook laptop for this purpose.
I don’t know the camera support you mention, is there a site anywhere to view it?
Michael Slowe
-
I’m in the same boat as Jim on this – left eyed and having to ‘run & gun’. I use the CVP shoulder brace with my EX 1 and it’s saved my life with all day active shooting. BUT, I can’t get the Hoodman Loupe to my left eye. In any case with this support I can’t get the eye piece near enough anyway.
Craig, would either of your suggestions solve this? The screen on its own just is not good enough for accurate focus, especially in any bright light, even with a decent shade fitted.
Michael Slowe