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I don't mind saying VND is a useful tool, but to understand the concept of all current existing solutions, all VND's are not the best ND solution. A lot of this is a dance between compromises as that's part of the craft really. We aren't even handling the concept of ND in the best way...

VND and maybe polarization outside of contamination. The Komodo and all DSMC3 cameras have IR Cut already, the filter is the issue here. If you are looking for the best image quality use a good modern full spectrum ND glass filter.

These were custom cameras for a company that specialized in large scale stereo productions. Outside of the operating firmware on the cameras, they developed software in house. There's a few dozen of these from the auction that transpired. Interestingly the company didn't close, but rather...

That appears to be a bug. If you can, forward this screenshot to RED support.

If you didn't see my socials post yesterday, I added the Alexa 35 Xtreme to my free online tools at phfx.com/tools. shotPrep and formatCompare reflect the changes in formats/resolutions found in the new A35X versus the original A35. Additionally, I've added ARRICORE to frameToDataRate. Just...

Contact service/support as that is repairable. I'm curious what leads to this myself. Haven't seen it on any of my cameras and I bounce around through some fairly big temperature differences.

Not to express what's probably obvious, Nikon currently and will continue to create Z-Mount Mirrorless cameras that shoot video rather well. RED will continue to make more production minded digital cinema cameras. If we see more blending of the two worlds, unsure who's branding will behind it...

Just some personal perspective as it's pretty easy to put 2200 hours in a calendar year for some professional applications, I'd kind of use that as a baseline metric. If camera was purchased year X and has over 2200 hours per year since, look closely at it's condition and ownership. Big...

745 / 12 (approximate shooting day) = 62 days. For fun, lets do 8 and 6. 8 hour day = 93 days 6 hour day = 124 days I'd say that's fairly low mileage for any camera.

If you watched the entire clip on camera in playback, it means you lost data when copying it from the memory card. If there's an error during recording, you'll see something on screen typically.

The firmware was updated long ago and removed this function as it proved unnecessary.

I've taken a step back responding to this particular presentation. In terms of what I believe Steve's core "issue" is comes from maintaining the creative intent and potentially having one quality master out there. This particular topic has been big in the filmmaking community overall. And it...

Currently no. The way this functions on Nikon is it's smoothly cropping into from the full Full Frame 135 image to about an APS-C frame to provide more range. If you want to get this range from the get go, I'd film in 6K through 4K, heck even 2K if you only need that resolution, then you'd get...

I have a fair bit of KT's offerings here from various mounts, Revolvas, and Stratas for several of my cameras. I'll test the new stuff when possible. I'm mostly interested Strata Electro if it does what I'm hoping it does. If it doesn't, I'll be living with RED's eND PL Mount as it does 90%...

That would be noisier in general and less effective. You could design a baseline sensor technology that would be more sensitive to "blue", but you would also be hitting walls. Green is the best for luminance sensitivity not just based on how our eyes work, but generally how visible light works...

About to hop on a plane, but I'll swoop in and discuss a few things. Full disclosure, I have been testing LC-Tec eND filter technology for a long, long time now. The first thing to understand is all Neutral Density solutions, front of lens and rear of lens have pros and cons. Glass, eND, VND...

I guess while I'm yapping. G and X Mounts are fine for middle-medium format and work well in testing. Similar balancing act as the metal is thinner, but with more surface area, allows for heavier lenses. Weirdly some of the now legacy medium format mounts were much closer to PL in rigidity...

MFT is purely designed for Micro Four Thirds, 38mm inner diameter, 19.25mm flange depth. Smaller lenses and smaller format. All works fine. The mount won't be ideal for larger formats, but it's certainly designed specifically for the format covered. Leaning into the format size a bit, yes...

Lens guy here. Separating the mount from the glass itself is an interesting way to look at this. Realistically for professional motion picture production PL is very much the standard and it's well earned. It's sturdy and due to the materials and thickness of them, it's the most sturdy mount...

I guess a useful reply is more "what is it you are looking for?" really.