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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 :)

DSMC v5.2.28 Release Build

Paul Russell said:
Odd, then, that I was able to black shade my dragon at 1fps/180 in the last beta build.
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The longest exposure possible with Dragon on 5.1.x is 1/8s
The longest exposure possible with Dragon on 5.2.x is 1 sec.

Which version are you running?
 
FYI ALL

I just did a 1FPS 360 degree shutter Black Shading calibration (one that usually takes the longest) and it took about 9 minutes.

Great job guys.

Battistella
 
Terry VerHaar said:
1) It makes sense that the Dragon electronics are more robust, including memory capacity.

2) There have been conspiracy theories over the years about RED manipulating the product line to protect certain products and that is just not how they roll; they don't "hold back" features that they could otherwise offer. So, you can believe what you want but the evidence just isn't there. My opinion, of course.
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Sony is the great specialist in this kind of thing... protecting product line prices, and offering a new model giving you two new features, but taking away another...
 
Works fine here :o) Thanks a lot!I hope I get some of the current big Pacific-waves as test shoot.


P.S. waves were nice but not 15 foot as in the news that afternoon, ... I found something else, shadows and lights (Malibu)
 

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Haven't seen it listed anywhere but is the Gyro enabled Horizon marker option available in the release build yet or is that still a Beta feature?
 
Mike P. said:
Is Anamorphic De-Squeeze on Scarlet-Dragon, or MX as well?
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Scarlet Dragon gets the anamorphic desqueeze, not sure about Scarlet MX...
 
On my upgraded EPIC Dragon, post black shading, I'm seeing bouncing goal posts and it may be due to the home depot LED lighting, but since this build specifically has a fix for it, wanted to know if anyone else is seeing what I'm seeing and/or if this is a black shading issue (you can see my T is yellow)/LED lighting issue/or something else.

Note the camera, lighting, etc., is all static. No movement except my iPhone recording the thing.

I'll try this with the Hexolux LED lights and black shade to the temperature tomorrow, but would appreciate any input/learnings here. Thanks!

 
on this build im getting teal areas where my highlights are in monitor and cant find where to turn that off. anyone having this issue or know how to get rid of the teal?
 
Mark L. Pederson said:
READ this ten times and then read it again.

And yeah - huge thanks for this update. VERY accurate now.
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Can someone offer some info on how we 'reevaluate both tools'? Is there some test we can do to ensure they are working correctly, or have the specs around these tools changed? As I posted above, my left goal post is still bouncing around, but i'm putting that down to user error on my part unless others start seeing it too.
 
To really see what is going on with the EXPOSURE TOOL.

SET Monitor RAW VIEW open and close the lens iris or change the shutter.
You will see that light is the only thing that effects the readings from the EXPOSURE tool.
If you move the ISO value the EXPOSURE tool will NOT change.
This is the "purest" way to see what is being captured in the RAW file in camera without checking on RC X, here you see what is blown out and what is black.


SET Monitor DC/RG4 - open and close the Iris or shutter.
You will see the same thing you did above, but if you change the ISO that will be reflected in the EXPOSURE tool and you will see the changes in the exposure. (I wish it was not like this but it is)
This way the exposure tool is reporting what you see on your screen not necessarily exactly what is being recorded. It's handy to have this option as you might want to monitor your intended look.

The GOALPOSTS NEVER CHANGE. If you see noise in the goal post, it is there, if it's 10, 50, 75% it is reporting exactly what it is seeing. Same for the clipping side of the goal posts, no matter what mode you are in the camera is telling you what is clipped.


I can see why the exposure tool is set up this way, but to me I want it only reporting the RAW view all the time. I think the HISTOGRAM should change between RAW and DC/RG3 mode but I think the EXPOSURE tool should remain a constant.

It's easy enough to map keys to RAW view and exposure tool, but I think this can also be creating underexposure problems.

Battistella
 
Camera was frozen once on set today. Quick reboot and was fine rest of the day. Also noticing when turning off camera after shut down logo, you see a frame or two of grid pattern flash on the screen. Sent a log to RED, to look into. But have anyone else notice this?
 
I don't know if it is only me but redlink seems to have a problem while connecting to my android phone while using hotspot. It works perfectly while connecting through another wifi network.

Edit: when i enter the camera's ip manually it fixed the problem.
 
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David Battistella said:
To really see what is going on with the EXPOSURE TOOL.

SET Monitor RAW VIEW open and close the lens iris or change the shutter.
You will see that light is the only thing that effects the readings from the EXPOSURE tool.
If you move the ISO value the EXPOSURE tool will NOT change.
This is the "purest" way to see what is being captured in the RAW file in camera without checking on RC X, here you see what is blown out and what is black.


SET Monitor DC/RG4 - open and close the Iris or shutter.
You will see the same thing you did above, but if you change the ISO that will be reflected in the EXPOSURE tool and you will see the changes in the exposure. (I wish it was not like this but it is)
This way the exposure tool is reporting what you see on your screen not necessarily exactly what is being recorded. It's handy to have this option as you might want to monitor your intended look.

The GOALPOSTS NEVER CHANGE. If you see noise in the goal post, it is there, if it's 10, 50, 75% it is reporting exactly what it is seeing. Same for the clipping side of the goal posts, no matter what mode you are in the camera is telling you what is clipped.


I can see why the exposure tool is set up this way, but to me I want it only reporting the RAW view all the time. I think the HISTOGRAM should change between RAW and DC/RG3 mode but I think the EXPOSURE tool should remain a constant.

It's easy enough to map keys to RAW view and exposure tool, but I think this can also be creating underexposure problems.

Battistella
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This is awesome, thanks so much David! I'll try this out tonight.
 
Jon Carr said:
Camera was frozen once on set today. Quick reboot and was fine rest of the day. Also noticing when turning off camera after shut down logo, you see a frame or two of grid pattern flash on the screen. Sent a log to RED, to look into. But have anyone else notice this?
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This happens to me quite often, firmware aside.
 
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