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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Playback for EPIC...

Mark Toia said:
I'm one of those crazy directors that shoots all my own work... Because I can. I'm not talking little crap either. Some of my TVC budgets are bigger then most Indi films.

What I have to stress here is everyone runs there shoots differently and has different on set play back / video requirements. Mine different to you and vise versa. So lets not get into who is right and who is wrong..

For me...
I want to know, there an then... do I have the shot, is the angle good, is the focus good, is the action good... I want to make a snap decision. Do I do it again or do I move on...

I don't have to land and walk over to some director drinking a hot chocolate getting his back rubbed by the wardrobe chick. I don't need to answer producers or suck client dick...
I don't have to ask a director/producer or client.. what do they think and the say, sorry I wasn't watching, can you replay it.. again & again % again for me.
And so the dance continues...

Like yourself, I never have had technical issues with any shot I've done... But I do want to know in seconds, that I have the shot action exactly as I wanted it.. with as little fuss and bullshit possible.

So for all you guys that don't want or don't think the EPIC needs Playback... Then don't use it. I however will in fact embrace it with open arms and probably shoot another 25% more per day, due to not having to race back to video village to make a decisions.

This is one of those scenarios we shot in New Zealand at 14,000feet hand held. I played back in camera 2 seconds later (@120fps) and said Thats a wrap. Lets go home.

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End of discussion about the importance of in-camera playback.
 
Mark Toia said:
I doubt it :)
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LOL! In context of reduser: Quote of the site!


But whatever we think of it, it will come when it's ready. The good thing about this thread, is that it seems to have come closer, whatever that means. :)
 
Mark

I love it when you bitchslap people with your work.

I also like that you don't suck client or producer dick.


There is no point in saying we don't need it, just the point that it ain't easy or it'd be there now.
Obviously it important to RED and obviously it's a complex task.

Peace.
David
 
Some times I really have to LORL on here...

We get carried away, with things that have ben already resolved and or already said to be resolved, and or in the way of been resolved, and or as in this case, already agreed that is a necessity and that the Big man said its coming...

So there is no need to go and say why do we not needed it or why do we needed so much, I know I do, as like you Mark, I ware all the hats on my sets,
and if there was to be a some one else interested they would be watching the monitor, if they did care.

He he, just saying, Play Back is coming, some of us will use it all the time, some of us fewer times, some of us none, even so I doubt very much that there is any one out there that will not use it once available.
 
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He he, just saying, Play Back is coming, some of us will use it all the time, some of us fewer times, some of us none, even so I doubt very much that there is any one out there that will not use it once available.
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:thumbup1:Most important is that IT is coming...so relax guys ..Cheeers
 
Pawel Achtel said:
No worries, thanks for the update. I would consider the playback as a "nice to have" rather than "must have" feature.
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I am going to respectfully disagree with my friend Pawel. After 6 months of shooting on the Epic, I can assure you that Playback is a "must have" feature.
 
Tom Lowe said:
I am going to respectfully disagree with my friend Pawel. After 6 months of shooting on the Epic, I can assure you that Playback is a "must have" feature.
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+1

While I don't need it in every situation, nor do I need it on every shoot, there are times when I *NEED* it. IMO, playback is #1 on the must have feature list. There's a few other functions I really want to see, but playback is the immediate big one. And they're working on it and we'll eventually have it. I don't worry.
 
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I'm very relaxed... :)
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We have experienced it Mark.......:coolgleamA:
 
Harcharan Singh said:
We have experienced it Mark.......:coolgleamA:
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Yeah! Who's not relaxed?

The very first post says it's coming. Then a bunch of people jump in and feel they need to defend red or say they can live without it. Then Toia tells and shows people a situation where it's imperative.

Everyone's relaxed. :)
 
No Seriously :)))))))) hahahahhaa... I'd be asleep if I was any more chilled out.
I'm sitting on my boat of an Island in the northern reaches of Australia, watching the sun go down, eating a freshly caught lobster and knocking down a beer.

I'm chilled. :)


This forum is so much fun :) I love you all.
 
I can see it now.

Toia, his boat, Sunset, a lobster and five minutes with an Epic. Quick grade in RCX pro and straight to vimeo.


Hahhahahaha. :)
 
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