Ben Edwards
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Thanks, are you saying not installing the drivers causes the problem. Do I just need to the the driver install or is there another step.
Ime using a FW800 drive. Seagate Deskstar, I think its 7200.
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Have it installed but haven’t installed the drivers so am not actually using it. Should I install drivers? Its a new install.
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Thought I would provide a update. I think the Tamron 18-270 is the best bet. I posted this to the dpreview Third Part Lens Forum but as it is releven here I will also post:
Hi, I have been looking for a superzoom and just read the reviews on this site for these two lenses. This topic has been covered before but as I shoot video the requirements are a little different. The two main differences for me are that autofocus is not used and the lens does not have to resolve such a high resolution (HD video is under 4 Megapixels).
I have come to the conclusion that the Tamron is a better bet and not because of the zoom range (well not at the tele end). The review seems to indicate the Tameron gives better image quality/distortion (sharpness, barrel and chroma) at the wide end and with video it is the wide end that is generally more impotent. Tamron also seems to go a tad wider which is good.
Interestingly the Tamron gets a slightly better score (alough obviously a single quantitative score for a lens is very crude and of limited use).
Any thoughts?
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Yes, seems to work fine. It does complain about media start/end but it seems as long as the media in the clip exists in the media file it relinks, even if the media is longer.
I do have to locate the clips manually but as I said in the MM project if the blip is called bob-1 then I try the fill clip called bob and it works.
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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> Well, first off, those patterns are meant to calibrate your display. So, initially, I’d do that first.
This is exacly what I am trying to do, calibrate the display. This is what I am trying to find out how to do.
Also Not sure what you mean by ‘these patterns’. The ones I think I need to use are at https://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration but the Blackmagic Media Express does not seem to play them (although it seems to import them OK.)
> To check your Intensity, you really need to send color bars through it, and output that to a scope.
Yes, the color bar test clips that come with drivers work, I don’t have a scope and am not entirely sure what one is (although I can guess). Do you have a link to somewhere that will explain.
> If you don’t have a scope, send color bars through it, ingest a few seconds, and then use the software scope via Premiere or FCP to check it out.
This sounds like a way of setting up the card for capture, this is not what I am using it for. I am using it to run a monitor so it is the monitor I am trying to set up. The monitor has lots of setting, the Intensity Pro very few.
> Make corrections via the Blackmagic Control Panel, and keep trying until you get it correct.
OK, what are the criteria for ‘correct’?
Sorry if I am being think,
Regards,
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Do you know how to get the patterns working with the Intensity pro.
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Did you manage to play the test pasterns through the Intensity Pro and if so how. I am trying to do the same.
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Thanks, had a look at site and the FW updates are built into Driver update.
Regards,
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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Thanks, do I also need to upgrade firmware?
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon
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“Are the latest drivers for FCP7 or FCPX? FCP7 on Lion will eventually break and it is probably third party cards and drivers that will show the strain first.”
Do you mean am I using the latest version of FCP 7, I have not come across FCP 7 drivers as such.
Ben
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Ben Edwards – Freelance Picture Editor
https://www.funkytwig.comMacpro1,1 2007 6GB RAM 2*2 3Ghz Xeon