Freya Black
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You could well be right that it uses the timecode in some way…
I think if you locked off your tripod and recorded, that the frames would still not be mathematically identical because there will still be changes in the flow of air from frame to frame etc and micro-changes in light. Having said that, maybe you could get in trouble if you footage starts with the lens cap on!
It could be that it does something to detect the overall pulldown by looking at where duplicate frames occur overall.
I wish I knew how it was doing it, I only heard that rumour and it has the ring of truth about it but I’ve never been able to find out more.
Heres something else to make you think. I wonder if you could have removed the pulldown from your samurai footage by connecting the sdi output from the samurai to the input of the kiProMini and recording it? Probably a bit pointless unless you had a shot you really needed on the samurai but an interesting idea all the same!
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Thanks so much for the tips on the varicam settings! Will definitely use them as my starting point! 🙂
Can you tell me how to reset the camera to factory settings? Is that easy to do?
I’d kinda rather they asked if I shot it on the Alexa to be honest but I know what you mean.
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Everybody seems to have had a strange experience with Panasonic. I had a friend who was interested in the varicam way back and was shocked that the sales people didn’t really have any footage of significance that they were able to show him.
I was recently at a large trade show and was wondering if the Panasonic people were actually there but then later on discovered that apparently they had spent the entire show hiding from people behind a large partition.
It’s a shame as in the past they have made such incredible products but they seem intent on undermining themselves. So strange!
Love the fact there is a star effect on the filter wheel! Will have to try that some time! £50,000 camera and it even has a built in star filter! lol!
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I’m not convinced the kipro can read the flags either as I suspect they may not be actually output over the SDI!!! After all the SDI won’t be outputting DVCProHD exactly but its own thing! I heard that the Kipro actually detects which frames are identical and removes them, so I guess in theory it should be able to work with all the varicam frame rates. Sadly the cheaper recorders can’t do this for the most part. Nano flash excepted perhaps.
The big problem with the varicam is the workflow. 🙁
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That’s great that you shot a new feature with the camera Bruce! I hope there will be a trailer for it. 🙂
To be honest with you Bruce, I often look at your trailers for the movies you shot and I think “I’d like my footage to look somewhat like that!”. I’ve obviously seen loads of varicam footage but I have always especially liked the things I have seen on your site, so if you have any tips on settings and workflow it would be gratefully received!
I don’t think I’m going to be able to run to a KiPro mini anytime soon so I may well have to make do with an Atomos Samurai or Hyperdeck Shuttle which I’m not looking forward to. Do you think if I shoot 24p I could just do a 3:2 pulldown to get rid of the extra frames?
For now the camera is doing a stirling job of sitting on my shelf where I see it every morning and it gives me a positive start to the day!
I love the tape varicam look and the only camera I think comes really close to touching it, is the Alexa. Maybe the somewhat forgotten Sony F35 too.
Sadly other people just see the word 720p and aren’t interested.
Really looking forward to the day I can shoot with it proper! 😉
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Great News, it was just the low power from the battery belt, as I reconnected the battery belt and the viewfinder came on for a few seconds, so things are looking good! 🙂
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Phew! Big thanks John, it didn’t make sense to me but I guess there is some misinformation out there in internet land! 😉
Thats great to know.
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Thanks for your reply! This is on the earlier models too like models that are pre H (Is that just the F or was there a model before the F?)
On this page it seems to suggest the clean feed was new on the H model?:
https://www.broadcastbaron.com/infohdc27h.htm