[Shane Betts]

Yes Will, they do make several references to the camera “family”, thus far one camera and a handle. Looks like more to follow, which sounds like Grant’s MO.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

They need a bigger sensor or a mount with a shorter flange distance because smaller sensor means any given lens performs more like a telephoto. In other words, no wide angles!

I have no problem with the small sensor per se, god knows we could all use more shots actually in focus, but a lens mount designed for such small sensor sizes would allow us to access wide angles. And an NEX or 3/4 mount still lets you use EF and Nikon mount lenses with common, cheap adaptors.

That’s why.:-)

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

They either need to offer an NEX or 4/3 mount or a bigger sensor. That aside, looks amazing.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

🙂 I’m not. Just have a few Xserves in the rack where the Videohub lives and used them to isolate out the Mac Mini that performs Videohub and Kerio duties. Also tried MBPs but they’re not that safe sitting on the pullout keyboard tray so the Xserve did the job of isolating. Also, as the Mac Mini is running 10.6.5 Server, I wanted to test the Videohub with 10.6.4 Server. Again, the only machines in the house running this OS are two not-yet-updated Xserves. the third Xserve has been updated and I used that one to test the OS update on different hardware. I guess that’s the advantage of rolling out updates across the facility instead of just bombing the place from Deploy Studio.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

Hi Bob, thanks for your reply.

I had tried eliminating every component… What I hadn’t tried was eliminating them in pairs:-)

Turned out it was a combination of Mac OSX Server 10.6.5 (works OK on Server 10.6.4) and a USB lead. Needless to say, the usual methodical approach of replacing each component, one at a time, testing and, when things didn’t change, returning to the previously working state to test something else just doesn’t work when two things break at once.

Had tried: Two hubs. Three USB leads. Ref in, Ref out. Mac Mini (OSX Server 10.6.5), Xserve (OSX Server 10.6.5), MBP (10.6.5), PC (Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit). Combinations of three power supplies, in all combinations of both ports. Power from the UPS and direct from mains. Also tried four different shirts, two pair of jeans and a change of underwear. Nothing.

Turns out that the combination of the dodgy USB lead (which works fine with other components) and OSX Server 10.6.5 will not work. Hersh from BMD came out with his laptop and another router and it took three of us about an hour of trying combinations before we got it licked. We’re watching closely. I now have it hooked up to another Xserve, running OSX Server 10.6.4, and using the USB cable I stole from Hersh. We got it running and none of us was willing to unplug that cable;-)

So, thanks Bob. And thanks Hersh.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

Thanks Chris

I managed to get onto Hersch today and he’s been very helpful. Apparently it came down to a miscommunication with a new receptionist – of which they seem to have a plethora. Mel is a hard act to follow.

I’m now starting to wonder if perhaps the power supplies for the Videohub don’t like the power from our UPS. Hersch has some ideas to discuss with me tomorrow but I might try powering the unit direct from the mains in the meantime. Stay tuned. Thanks again.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

I’m having a similar issue with an Eizo monitor. One input (DVI) works, the other (DVI-D) doesn’t. The guys at BMD are looking at it at the moment because the people at Eizo deny any fault of theirs.

Personally I don’t buy it. The HDLink Pro works with one input but not the other, yet Eizo claim the HDLink is sending an interlaced signal (wrong) and the screen is progressive. Well, how come it works with the other input? This monitor has also fritzed out an AV amp when connected to the DVI-D input. My belief is that the DVI-D input is failing to properly communicate to the host device what kind of signal it wants.

Either way, I’ll let you know when BMD get back to me.

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

BMD have really thought this through. You buy the software, start learning and earning on your laptop if you can stand working at SD you’re good to go (doesn’t mean you have to finish at SD, just grade). When you can afford it, move to a Mac Pro (and prey Apple have a bit of a long hard look at themselves and give us Southbridge and 80 lanes or onboard USB3 in the meantime) and start working at HD in real time (about 5-8 nodes, depending on what you’re doing – for instance, blurs eat up RT). Then later you can get a Davinci panel and then, when you start taking over the industry, move up to Linux, 8 GPUs, 3D, 4k etc. All without having to learn new software.

They get you hooked and they keep you wanting more. And you thought drug pushers were evil;-)

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

Saw it demoed last night. Resolve makes Color look like Corel Draw from the ’80s. If you’re already on Mac, have a slot spare for the 2nd GPU card, I’d say it’s a no-brainer.

Grant Petty says that the two most requested features are XML support and grain addition. As such, they’re the ones they’ll be working on the moment they get v7.0 release version shipping (a couple of weeks he thinks). The team working on Resolve is now twice as large as it was before the buy-out, so expect things to motor along.

And the main reason they’ve chosen to work with USB panels first (the new Resolve panels are USB too) is faster response times than ethernet models. Anybody wanna buy a J.L. Cooper?

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Bettsy

[Shane Betts]

Thanks Shane, I get the feeling you’re about right there. That makes life a bit easier. Cheers.

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Bettsy