Black Friday 2021 Deals
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ahalpert
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I feel like the answer is basically no. Per a review on Amazon:
"This drive is capable of 2000mb/s, but your computer must support dual-lane USB 3.2 Gen 2X2, essentially using both lanes of USB-C connectors to deliver speeds up to 20Gbps (or 2.5GB/s).
As of this date, no Mac products support the new USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 standard. They only support USB 3.2 gen 2, which is one lane at 10Gbps (or 1.25GB/s).
So if you have an Apple/Mac machine, this will not work at its fullest speed. Try getting the regular extreme pro that works at 1000mb/s, and save your money. Otherwise, get a TB3 drive, such as a Samsung X5 (if you can afford it and find one available)."
ahalpert
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Read my mind, not my words. 
the key thing is that I won't be achieving the advertised peak performance.
but here's what I really wanted to know, thanks to tomshardware. Neither sandisk extreme v2 or extreme pro experiences the insane drop-off in speed when its cache fills up like my crucial x6's do. The extreme pro even stays above the maximum transfer speed I can get with my interface whilst the extreme dips a bit below 1GBps.
the key thing is that I won't be achieving the advertised peak performance.but here's what I really wanted to know, thanks to tomshardware. Neither sandisk extreme v2 or extreme pro experiences the insane drop-off in speed when its cache fills up like my crucial x6's do. The extreme pro even stays above the maximum transfer speed I can get with my interface whilst the extreme dips a bit below 1GBps.
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
Clearly the market says no. Or one would not be 33% off.
Absolutely they are better.. but its like cars that can do 70 or 170 .. it doesnt really matter when you only want to go 70.
I dont make purple disco shots.. I shoot interviews and need 5500 99% of the time. So the excellence is purple is somewhat irrelevant
that's funny. I don't really want to get another 24-70 2.8 (building out an l-mount lens collection like an insane person) & wish 20-60 2.8 was a thing. Shoot in crop mode if you need more reach otherwise your 24-105 f4 is probably going to be better anyways
ahalpert
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pixelfilmstudios has all software 40% off. I just got the fcpx transition suite for $60. a lot of the options are kitschy, but there's enough in there that I will probably find useful: https://store.pixelfilmstudios.com/p...ion-mega-pack/
update: these zoom transitions work great. so much better and more control than the free pack I recently downloaded
update: these zoom transitions work great. so much better and more control than the free pack I recently downloaded
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John Parker
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Thanks for the recap - yep, CineMatch currently supports Log or RAW profiles, but we are hoping to add support for some select non-Log profiles in a future update, we're getting good results in our testing.
NorBro
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motionvfx has sales too...the one-and-only unbelievable masters of templates and plugins for FCP and Motion.
I have spent thousands of dollars over there and I don't even use the stuff for any paid work and it's one of the best investments I've made in my life because I've learned so much from reverse engineering many of their templates to see how the heck is it possible they are able to create some of the stuff they do in Motion 5 when no one on earth is doing anything close (besides Simon Ubsdell).
Dozens and dozens of products...and many who watch a lot of YouTube or television will recognize a lot them as they are used every day.
https://www.motionvfx.com/
For you, Abe... https://www.motionvfx.com/store,mbundle-wedding,p3638.html
Nice!
I haven't read anything suggesting that this is the case, unfortunately. I agree that the Sandisk extreme pros seem to be a great option for editing but it looks like they will be throttled at 1GB/s on any mac. Unless you've heard some news about Apple supporting 2x2 in the future?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/does-macbook-pro-2021-support-usb-gen3-2-2x2-now.2321046/
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
the lens I was referring to was s35 manual - not ff where 20 is a meaningful wide
NorBro
Major Contributor
Just a few hours later that same 18TB drive is now $300 in the DZ, so only an additional $102 for an extra 6TB of space compared to the 12TB being sold a few hours earlier!
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...ktop_18tb.html
ahalpert
Major Contributor
but look at the 14TB going now for $200. That's just $14.28/TB, a new world record! As opposed to $16.67/TB for the 18TB
Mitch Gross
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Would love to hear just how you calculated this nonsense.
The Orion 300 FS is doing just fine on the market, thank you very much. To be quite frank the reason we're holding a big Black Friday promotion is because we're a new brand and it's a lot cheaper to offer an attention-grabbing sale than to spend $$$ on all the equivalent marketing this brings to help get our product noticed. Even if we lose money on every sale it's still worth it for us and boy is it a great value for the people who buy in.
I have nothing against Godox and its products, but the Orion 300 FS is a vastly more advanced and complex light with far greater performance. I understand that you don't care about extreme colors and have little use outside of a 5500K output, but the Prolycht Hyperlight Color Engine delivers better performance even at this singular setting. By using six different color emitters that divide the spectrum into separate zones, the Orion 300 FS offers better color rendition across the visible light spectrum compared to a mono-color, bi-color or RGBW type LED light. This is especially true in the amber tones of subcutaneous scattering of light on various skintones and in the cyan range of light sky. And if you ever need to light something at 5500K and then adjust it slightly because another lamp is a touch magenta or the daylight streaming in the window has a bit extra yellow in it, the Color Picker function in the Orion 300 FS can instantly match the light to the various imperfect light sources of the real world. Nothing against Godux but there's no product from that company that can do anything like this.
So please let me know how the Orion 300 FS is only 10% better than a basic cheap light?
Mitch Gross
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Go Big Or Go Home! Huge Black Friday offer from Prolycht!
Buy 2 Orion 300 FS lights get a 3rd for free! Offer good through next Friday, December 3. Jump on this deal.
The Orion 300 FS LED full spectrum spotlight utilizes the industry-leading 6-color LED Hyperlight engine (red/green/blue/amber/cyan/lime) to create a wide color gamut with class leading accuracy and pleasing skin tone reproduction. Color temperature range is from 2000K-20,000K with precision control of all color channels throughout. The full spectrum color abilities of the Orion 300 FS set it apart from all other products at its power and price.
Both versions of the Orion 300 FS, in V-mount (PL20001) and AB-mount (PL20001AB) are included in this promotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yooZ1ahqU5A
Buy 2 Orion 300 FS lights get a 3rd for free! Offer good through next Friday, December 3. Jump on this deal.
The Orion 300 FS LED full spectrum spotlight utilizes the industry-leading 6-color LED Hyperlight engine (red/green/blue/amber/cyan/lime) to create a wide color gamut with class leading accuracy and pleasing skin tone reproduction. Color temperature range is from 2000K-20,000K with precision control of all color channels throughout. The full spectrum color abilities of the Orion 300 FS set it apart from all other products at its power and price.
Both versions of the Orion 300 FS, in V-mount (PL20001) and AB-mount (PL20001AB) are included in this promotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yooZ1ahqU5A
ahalpert
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