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Tim Naylor
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They finally out did themselves. I've been a Nebtek fan since I bought a Marshall from them a few years back. Their customer service is legend. When they came out with the 70HDS I had to weigh a few options before buying it. It was between the Neb and the Panny LH 80. Panny had the waveform. Nebtek had full loop through (component and SDI). Panny had pixel for pixel and focus in red. Nebtek was lighter and took HVX batts. The dillema was tough so I flipped a coin and bought the Neb.
Recently, I sent in the Neb for service and they added a firmware upgrade (free of charge) that really created a different beast.
First, they added pixel for pixel.
But the most amazing advance is their "false exposure" option. Hit the blue burst button twice and it goes into this mode where your picture is now "painted" in different colors representing different luminance values in ten to twelve different colors (each representing 10% IRE increments). The clip value (above 100%) is red. 90-100% is orange. 70% is light grey. 50 % is medium grey and so on.
It's a whole new way of looking at exposure. Your image is now one big zone system. No longer do you have to extrapolate from a waveform graph to correspond with an image. It's like a waveform became an image. Looks kind of like "Predator" vision. Hit the peaking button in this mode and a table appears that shows the IRE percentage and corresponding color in case you forget the values. I stopped using the table after an hour. Far more advanced than a waveform and easier to apply.
It took about five minutes to get used to and an hour to find it indispensable.
I used it on a RED shoot where I had RED monitor's histogram to interpolate from as well. I ended up mounting both monitors and using the Nebtek as my "dgital light meter" over RED's histo system. I found Nebs to be much more intuitive. If apple were to invent a digital exposure system, this is what they'd have come up with.
The monitor is close to pefect for me now. I only wish the peaking came in more colors than just white. A red peaking would complete the picture so to speak.
Otherwise, great work. Congrats Neb folks on the good work.
Recently, I sent in the Neb for service and they added a firmware upgrade (free of charge) that really created a different beast.
First, they added pixel for pixel.
But the most amazing advance is their "false exposure" option. Hit the blue burst button twice and it goes into this mode where your picture is now "painted" in different colors representing different luminance values in ten to twelve different colors (each representing 10% IRE increments). The clip value (above 100%) is red. 90-100% is orange. 70% is light grey. 50 % is medium grey and so on.
It's a whole new way of looking at exposure. Your image is now one big zone system. No longer do you have to extrapolate from a waveform graph to correspond with an image. It's like a waveform became an image. Looks kind of like "Predator" vision. Hit the peaking button in this mode and a table appears that shows the IRE percentage and corresponding color in case you forget the values. I stopped using the table after an hour. Far more advanced than a waveform and easier to apply.
It took about five minutes to get used to and an hour to find it indispensable.
I used it on a RED shoot where I had RED monitor's histogram to interpolate from as well. I ended up mounting both monitors and using the Nebtek as my "dgital light meter" over RED's histo system. I found Nebs to be much more intuitive. If apple were to invent a digital exposure system, this is what they'd have come up with.
The monitor is close to pefect for me now. I only wish the peaking came in more colors than just white. A red peaking would complete the picture so to speak.
Otherwise, great work. Congrats Neb folks on the good work.