Nikolas Bäurle
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There’s no auto-focus for EF lenses. You can turn on Focus-Assist , which is very helpul when rack focusing. Whatever turns green on the screen is in focus.
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I bought a Canon USM II 24-70 mm. The problem is that you can’t set the aperture manually with the BM Cameras. I got some good results outside setting the iris using the pavement, but it does need a greycard for more precision.
I’ve been thinking about the Walimex, Samyang or Rokinon VDSLR lenses, they are very cheap, and the quality is actually very good for the price.
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I had a similar problem the moment I finished the firmware update the day I got it. After the update the screen turned green and I couldn’t turn it off.
Then I let the battery run down which solved the problem. I also installed an older firmware and then the newest one again. Since then its been working perfectly fine.
Blackmagic didn’t have any idea of what it could be, probably a software glitch.
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There is no mixer in X.
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10.1.1 will ignore your old projects and events. Once you open it will create a library with an empty event inside. You can then update your old events and projects, X will look for the old folder structure and create a library with an event containing your updated projects, and all the updated events.
Of course, if you don’t want your old practice events an projects you can erase them, X won’t read them anyway unless you tell it to update.
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X handles different sizes perfectly fine. I personally prefer leaving footage in its original size when mixing and resize in the timeline as needed. I would leave the 4k as is, since you then have the option of re-framing without loosing quality in a 1080p timeline. If you convert it to 1080p you won’t have that option without loosing quality. I just got my Blackmagic 4k a few weeks ago, and its so nice to be able to re frame and get some CUs from medium wide shots. very practical when you can’t get too close to the subject.
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Switching between proxy and original is really as simple as that.
ProRes 422 HQ is a better video quality than 422, but you won’t see much of a difference.
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It’s always a good idea to optimise, editing will be much smoother. optimising won’t scale the footage down to 1080p, it simply converts it to ProRes, which can have any size you want
Why does the editor need 1080p? It would make more sense, and less transcoding, to leave them in 4k and edit in a 1080p timeline.
With your setup you should use proxies.
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If you burn a BluRay from FCPX you won’t be able to adjust quality, but you won’t need to worry about that since FCPX will export the best quality you need and playable for all devices.
If you want to create a BluRay with a more complex menu like in Adobe Encore you can send your timeline to compressor and use the Blu Ray setting. I would leave it as is since Compressor already set to the best setting you need for the final BluRay.
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If you’re doing it with FCPX I woldn’t worry about it. It will compress and burn it correctly and the quality is very good.
The estimated file size X shows is not that exact, you will end up with a larger file.“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python