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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 :)

Magnesium has landed!

Curt Pair

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Magnesium Weapon is now on the street! Ours arrived today!

it's nothing short of awesome!

The case that it comes in is a work of art! If you purchased Epic M a few years ago and got the Pelican that came with it, this is that case on steroids! I mean they thought of EVERYTHING! There's compartments under compartments, a little bag that's velcro'd in there for odds and ends... it's as rad as Jarred's Telsa!


This is a much nicer case than we received in the past. It IS part of the upgrade!


Who doesn't love that laser cut foam?


Everything fits in there very nicely!


This bad boy is removable too!


Everything is well protected on the top!


No excuse NOT to take a reader and media with you! (Those are sold separately! )


Even the OLPFs have a home!


The upgrade does come with the "Lemo" (Original monitor/EVF) adapter.


I travel a ton, so I opted for the "stealth" badging! It looks sweet!


I can't say enough about how great all the 'connectors' are on the right side! This is beyond awesome!


I made up my own shirt!


Proud to have the first to hit the streets!

https://flic.kr/p/CGDCfN

DSMC 2 baby!


Magnesium! Love it with this combo! What you see here, plus a battery only weigh in at 8.4 pounds! This will be great for gimbals, drones and steadicam!



The camera is just wicked cool! I think it's a bit shorter than Epic, it's not as long, and the weight difference is indeed noticeable. One of the absolutely cool things is that for those of use that work in "TV" and are constantly asked to apply the unsharpmask during transcodes, won't have to any longer! For a while now, the Epic line up has had a "sharpening" in the look section of the menu, and has applied that sharpening to the outbound video signal (great for recording that if you want...). Now, the Pro Res files get that sharpening applied/baked in too! This is terrific!

The camera has a bit of minute fan noise when it powers up... then is dead silent! You don't even realize it's ON!

As I work my way through it, I will share what I know and learn. The menu's are familiar if you have used any of the previous DSMC cameras.
 
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BEAUTY-full! I love the case, too!!
 
Hey Curt!

Your joy is mine... In that 1st photo of you, I think with a little touch from Make Up Dept., and some coaching, I think we can make you a pretty convincing version one of the current U. S. Presidential candidates...

Thank you very much

Fury
 
Curt, you are the man! Congrats on WPN-M #22!! Use it to make many more great images!
 
Can't wait to share in the same joy! Sending our Dragon in Monday once we get an RMA# from headquarters.
 
So happy for you Curt...
Should we look forward to a "review" from you ;)
Congratulations ��
 
Currently no, but it's my understanding that one will be announced at a later date. (I'm guessing NAB) Sorta like the scarlet-w will have an upgrade path but details haven't been announced yet.
 
is there a upgrade path to woven or carbon later?
Yes there is, and I plan on taking it, all the way to 8K! Jarred had mentioned months ago that there was one.... I hope that's still in play.
 
Yes there is, and I plan on taking it, all the way to 8K! Jarred had mentioned months ago that there was one.... I hope that's still in play.

If as an upgrade you mean the internal components and the 8K sensor yes, if you mean the body itself then no... At list not to the best of my knowledge.

But yeah, 8k from Magnesium of course Jarred had confirmed yes long ago, and I reinstated the question and it remains possible, just more expensive then going to 8k via CF or Forged.

Unless of course I totally misunderstood, which is not that difficult to happen for me this days...
 
Curt, thanks for the update on the MG!

Could you check which maximum raster size are available to use for the prores recording when shooting in 6K 6:5?

Thanks!!
 
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