[Rick Kersey]

I’m also retired but I shoot two pretty darn good ballets and a couple of other things each year. I helped shoot a full length movie earlier which was a learning experience. For that I used a Canon C100 with a Ninja Blade. My partner and I have always wanted to shoot the ballet in 4K. He’s still working so he plunged into the Sony/Ninja world ahead of me. I had to follow. He’s a bad influence.

Thanks for the response. Still not convinced I need to upgrade Vegas. I may be too old to take on the Premier learning curve but I do have enough time….I think.

Rick

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[Rick Kersey]

Hi George,
I have a GH4 too and love it. Never thought about connecting it to the Ninja. That could be done. I used the GH4 to record stage performances. It doesn’t work that well in low light. Ah me. So I bought the A7iii. It has limits too I’m finding. If I saved my money long enough I might have been able to buy super duper camera. But then I’d be out of work.
Thanks for your comments,
Rick

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[Rick Kersey]

Thanks for your response.
I’m using the Sony A7iii. Do you know something about this camera? I have a question about it too. There is a menu option for HDMI output to connect with the Ninja Flame. The highest resolution option is 2160/1080p – not 3840/2160. I’m thinking it doesn’t output UHD.
whatdoyouthink?

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[Rick Kersey]

So I’ve decided to buy the upgrade today. The advertised price was $249. BUT when I got to checkout it was suddenly $599. Gack. what is this? so thinking I must have done something wrong I went back out and started over again. This time it was $299 which of course is $50 more than advertised. I stopped trying. Not sure what this is all about but make me think I’ should take my chances with Premier. Not an Adobe fan – yet.

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[Rick Kersey]

OK,
I’m not very good at explaining myself I guess. I don’t use 3D

what I was trying to say is – there is no indication in “properties”that the recording is recognized as 10-bit.

I just below ‘Stereoscopic 3D mode’ and above ‘Pixel format’, There is no line. There is nothing other than the reference made to some 3D settings. I don’t have a clue how to use 3D either but there are those who do.

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[Rick Kersey]

Thanks George.
That explains 8 vs 32-bit. But there is a problem:

just below ‘Stereoscopic 3D mode’ and above ‘Pixel format’, is a line that is entirely grayed out.
I selected “3D mode” and the line says something about crosstalk cancellation. I’m thinking there’s no 10-bit selection in Vegas Pro v.12

whatdoyouthink?

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[Rick Kersey]

I’m using Vegas 12 at this point wondering if the upgrade is worth it.

When I load a file created as a 10-bit ProRes 4:2:2 file on the Ninja Flame, I load it to the timeline – Vegas asks if I want to set the project to this file’s properties. I say yes and then check properties. It says its a 8-bit file. There is no selection for 10-bit. Only 8 and 32-bit. So that’s what I’m thinking. I’m not sure if the upgrade changes this or not.

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[Rick Kersey]

Jumping into the deeper end I’m now recording to a Ninja Flame in 10-bit 4:2:2 ProRes. Sony Vegas 12 says it’s 8-bit. It recognizes it at 8-bit. Hmmm. How do I move on from here? Upgrade? download something? or give up on Vegas all together? I’d hate to do the later.

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