Here is Sanity X, a new high bit rate version of Sanity. Sanity X tops out at 100M, but like earlier versions of Sanity, it only uses as much bit rate as necessary to reach it's quality level (which in this case is damn near ultimate). If there is not much movement or noise in the scene, the bit rate will drop down considerably, but the quality will not. It's hard to see any difference between Sanity X and the best intra patches.
And the best news of all, Sanity 5.1 is still available in this patch. What I've done is move the 24H setting of Sanity 5.1 into the 24L slot of Sanity X. So, you can have both at the touch of a menu setting.
The other shooting modes, 1080i and 720p are unchanged from Sanity 5.1.
Spanning works in Sanity X if you use a fast card. It has been successfully tested with 64GB Sandisk 95MB/s and 64GB Sandisk 80 MB/s cards. Ordinary class 10 will not work for spanning at 24H and 24L, although they will work fine for shooting. Spanning continues to work with class 10 cards in 1080i and 720p since they are unchanged. Spanning with class 10 cards also works in HBR mode if you use a third party manual lens.
So, what exactly do you get with the higher bit rate? At first glance, it will be hard to see a difference between Sanity X and Sanity 5.1. That's how good 5.1 is. But if you look closely, there is a bit more finer detail in Sanity X. The noise at high ISO's is a bit finer. Also, if you lift the shadows in grading, you will see more detail in the range just above black. Is the increase in bitrate worth it? That's for you to decide. But it's real easy to shoot comparisons - just flip between 24H and 24L.
And the best news of all, Sanity 5.1 is still available in this patch. What I've done is move the 24H setting of Sanity 5.1 into the 24L slot of Sanity X. So, you can have both at the touch of a menu setting.
The other shooting modes, 1080i and 720p are unchanged from Sanity 5.1.
Spanning works in Sanity X if you use a fast card. It has been successfully tested with 64GB Sandisk 95MB/s and 64GB Sandisk 80 MB/s cards. Ordinary class 10 will not work for spanning at 24H and 24L, although they will work fine for shooting. Spanning continues to work with class 10 cards in 1080i and 720p since they are unchanged. Spanning with class 10 cards also works in HBR mode if you use a third party manual lens.
So, what exactly do you get with the higher bit rate? At first glance, it will be hard to see a difference between Sanity X and Sanity 5.1. That's how good 5.1 is. But if you look closely, there is a bit more finer detail in Sanity X. The noise at high ISO's is a bit finer. Also, if you lift the shadows in grading, you will see more detail in the range just above black. Is the increase in bitrate worth it? That's for you to decide. But it's real easy to shoot comparisons - just flip between 24H and 24L.
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