Recent content by Samuel Dilworth

Good catch. No CFexpress. Might explain those codec limitations. Man, parsing the ever-longer lists of codecs versus frame sizes versus frame rates versus bit depths versus chroma subsampling standards from these cameras makes my head spin. Surely there’s a better way to display this info than...

What is the maximum frame rate this camera can do with full-width sampling of all pixels? Canon is oddly quiet on that in the press release, etc. The specs here: https://www.canon.co.uk/video-cameras/eos-c80/specifications/ … say: System Frequency / Frame Rates 59.94Hz mode (59.94P / 59.94i...

Stop me if you’re heard this one before, but how does Resolve (Studio if it matters) cope with 16 GB of RAM? What about 24 GB? I don’t use Fusion. I have 64 GB in an old Intel rig at the moment but want a portable laptop and want Apple Silicon. Looking into whether I could get away with a...

I’ve been struggling with various audio problems (as usual) and began to wonder if any mirrorless cameras have built-in 24-bit audio recording. I know the GH5S does 24-bit recording when paired with the DMW-XLR1 adaptor. Anyone know if there are limitations to that? For example, the XLR1 has...

(Not GH5, but the forum software forces me to select a thread prefix.) I have a Panasonic GH5S for video and an Olympus E-M10 Mark II for stills and a selection of Micro Four Thirds lenses that the cameras share. The GH5S has great video but no IBIS. The E-M10 Mark II has great IBIS but...

I’ve been trying to avoid these things, but it’s becoming unviable because so many products use them, e.g. the Sound Devices MixPre recorders, loads of lights, etc. I understand there are several sizes corresponding to different internal cell counts. The Sony model names (e.g. NP-F570, NP-F770)...

I have a couple of these lightweight (0.97 kg / 2.1 lb) stands for holding umbrellas and soft boxes. Manfrotto product page. How about using them to hold a microphone for sit-down interviews? The top of the stand has a 1/4″ or 3/8″ male thread (adaptable). I think the stand would be stable...

I’m asking, not saying. This is a $200 roller track dolly system for you lucky Americans. But even for me – I’d have to import it – it would be way cheaper than a Dana Dolly. Now, it’s obviously not quite a Dana in every detail, even some quite large details. But I’m really liking the look of...

Camera remote control … … or Honda motorcycle and a year of fuel?

Below are the self-noise specifications for two popular shotgun microphones in the terms used by the manufacturers: Rode NTG3 Equivalent noise level (A-weighted): 13 dBA Sennheiser MKH 416 Equivalent noise level A-weighted: 13 dB Equivalent noise level CCIR-weighted (CCIR468-3): 24 dB Okay...

Barges ply their trade up and down the Seine river. I find them fairly fascinating and would like to do a low-effort little project about them. But how might I record their sound, which consists mainly of a deep diesel engine throb and some splashing around the bows at the other end? A problem...

I have a reasonable technical understanding of video or at least capacity to understand. So, for example, I know the mechanism by which 10-bit colour depth gives more freedom to grade than 8-bit and have an intuition for the scale of the difference. I know the basis of the 180-degree shutter...