Cameras... love them, hate them
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https://www.newsshooter.com/2022/06/01/arri-alexa-35-first-look/ This is a big big development for ARRI, as since 2010 they've been using in all their cameras exactly the same sensor (although offering an LF sized version to meet the 4K demands that the original S35 couldn't do). This is their first new sensor since then, and can natively do 4K with a standard Super 35mm sized sensor. We can expect to see many many of these AELXA 35 cameras on film sets in the future. Assuming they haven't dropped the ball here (and I highly doubt ARRI has), then the ALEXA 35 is going to be just as popular as all the past ALEXA cameras. Maybe even more popular, if…
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Hello all, I am 5 weeks or so into a TV show with the Sony Venice camera. Here's what I have discovered. It's very quiet. Very very quiet. There are simple fan settings. Four, I think. Two that are for MOS stuff or hot exteriors. Two that shut the fans off while rolling. When the camera gets hot (which is does fairly easily in warm sets and rolling resets), the fan will kick on. We think it might actually be the recorder fan versus the camera fan, but we can't really run a test in the middle of shooting, so perhaps someone in prep can do a test to see what's kicking on. Either way, it's a fan that is louder than Alexa but probably similar to RED at…
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I tried to sync the Sony FX3 via the new timecode cable, which connects to the sony multi port and translates an LTC-timecode to Video timecode. I connected a Ultrasync One via the two connectors to an audio port and to the cable so the signal is absolutely identical. I waited for a few seconds for the camera to find the timecode and then recorded in 50p (for europe). Now when I try to sync in Tentacle Sync Studio there is a constant shift of 2 frames of the video-timecode compared to the audio timecode. Does anyone know what's going on and does anyone have the same experience?
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Anyone got experience with the DJI Ronin 4D? In particular with the Autofocus (laser) system and the video-tx (2.4 & 5.8GHz)? Any trouble with your audio wireless? I will be using Zaxcom .6 and Zaxnet.
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Just saw it on Slashdot. Press release linked. https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2024/0307_01.html
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Is the VSYNC signal (out of a VGA adapter) an OK way to measure and analyze the frame rate and clock output of a prosumer video camera spitting out HDMI? My goal is to determine if the TC OUT of cameras is generated by the same circuitry that reads out the image sensor... if not, an easily detected drift will occur between the two clocks (and that would be a shame: I know #timecode is not genlock, but sapristi, c'est supposé être un signal de synchro). Surely the DACs inside this adapter introduce some lag, but it should be constant and therefore won't produce any phase roll between VSYNC and TC.
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Can anyone tell me what the standard GoPro Hero 10/11 matching TC for double-system should be? Given it runs at either 30 or 60 fps, run 30ND for standard 30fps recording? And straight-up 23.976 for 24 fps in 4K? Thanks in advance. Tom
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Not sure if anyone else experienced this but I just started a show with the Alexa 35. After 2 days, they will no longer accept timecode from the JB1 sync boxes. Switched out cables, different boxes, switched between the two cameras, changed output levels on boxes. Nothing is working. They will take the time code but eventually give an error code. However, the cameras do take Ambient sync boxes. Would love to solve this as I’m sure there is something we aren’t thinking of. Thanks, George
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Hello, I wanted to know if anyone has run issues with running timecode to the Sony Fx9. I didn’t have time to troubleshoot the FX9 last time I worked with it so I ended up just sending a camera hop for reference. I tried to use a jb-1 denecke and a 664 to send timecode to the camera with the settings stated in the manual but had no luck with it acquiring sync. I tried to toggle through the timecode settings in the camera menu but didn’t have time since we were in a crunch. Just curious if anyone has run into similar issues?
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Just came off a gig where the 2 cameras were Ursa minis, the menus said it was set for line level, when I listened to return it was buzzing and sounded like it was clipping, I just dialed back so it didn't sound like it was clipping. I of course recorded everything, gave them a L/R feed to camera and ISO record. TC was provided to cam a via my tc snake, and cam b by tentacle and IFBlue scratch as well as using TC slate for each take. I asked several times for playback from camera as I noticed returns had a bad buzz, DP said don't worry, just make sure you record everything in your mixer! Anyone else have issues with the URSA Mini?
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Sorry, info further down. I should have looked before asking.
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Hello hivemind! I had a cable made by Trewaudio for a ARRI Alexa Mini LF. The connector is a 6-pin lemo. When trying to use this cable for the first time, it simply wouldn't fit into the Arri's jack. It is not a bent pin issue (they're aren't bent)...in fact, the lemo connector on the cable won't even go in far enough to connect to the pins. So question: 1) Is it possible that Trew put on the 'wrong' 6-pin lemo end (is there even more than 1 type?) 2) anyone else run into this problem? Thanks!
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Hi everybody, i am contacting you because i am in a shoot where we use a sony FX9 (and FX6 as a A cam with no problem) and the problem is the following : We need to put audio in input 1 with Channel 1 and there is literally no option to set it. How to fix this? See the picture below. The first option is greyed out. There is no external option for Channel 1. The DOP can't help and i set on the right of the camera the channel to "ext" and not "mi shoe". I am hoping someone ran into this problem maybe already. Never saw a camera in my life that is litteraly not proposing you options for channel 1... Thanks
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We have been using the rode videomic NTG's on both our Canon C70's and they had been working perfectly. Our camera ops never had to think about them when turning on the camera since they would turn on as the camera would turn on. However recently we've noticed they stopped turning on automatically when powering up the cameras. That now we have to manually turn them on. The microphones themselves are still working fine, it's just that this feature is no longer working. I've contacted RODE and even updated the firmware and done whatever tasks they had suggested. But in the end this feature still wasn't working and they suggested to just send it in for repairs. …
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We just opened our internal database to the public...C.A.T.I. - the Camera Audio and Timecode Input database. The goal is to be able to crowdsource new cameras that we may not all come across very often, or discover a camera's idiosyncrasies together. Feel free to use for your own personal use and contribute as much or little as you want. We tried to make it extremely easy to use, but feel free to post any suggestions.
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It's not about if a camera should record sound or not... Neither if it's the job of the dop to do it... But just if a camera can technically handle it or not. Here to start with that topic :
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Hi Everyone, Noticing an issue with with my Canon 7D internal "in-camera" audio. I would like to use Pluraleyes to do the syncing and have found it works well matching scratch camera audio to external audio recorder tracks. However, the problem lies in the fact that the Canon 7d's "internal" audio from the camera's own mic is not truly in sync with it's own in-camera video. The audio comes in 1-2 frames before the picture. I shot 1920 x 1080 footage at 24p (internal camera settings) with the internal camera audio at it's 48kHz default. I shot a handclap to camera (no external audio at all) and then view the clip it on the FCP timeline : the audio de…
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When I send AES 1,2 out on my sound devices 664 or 633 into the Arri Amira set to AES input I only get one channel of audio instead of both. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. When I do the same thing with Sony cameras both channels show up. Any help would be appreciated.
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"What is IRIG-B? The IRIG-B time code is used in military, government, power industry, and many other commercial and industrial applications to ensure precise time synchronization. " I know there was a timecode box with a kickstarter or indiegogo that was timecode.io or something for GPS UTP time autoset to SMPTE TC OUT that never made the product as was not funded. With cheap TCXO boxes like Diety and Tentacle perhaps we won't really see it in the field for film and TV. Has anyone worked with the Phantom VEO model cameras and used IRIG-B timecode instead of SMPTE? Was it fed from a GPS receiver at all? Even if shooting at 24fps not high speed? Phantom …
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Curious to know what others have been choosing regarding TC rates for double-system in either 5.3K or 4K in 24 or 30/25 FPS? Are these frame rates to be approached like previous TC settings we have come to know over the years (24 and 29.97ND/25 respectfully)? Or is the GoPro a completely different animal? Has there been any tests to confirm/deny drift rate, assuming it will drift without TC? Thanks for your input. Thomas
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Do they make a Straight lemo mini 5pin for alexa mini L/R input vs the right angle, and if so does anyone know a part number? First time i ran into this where some gadgetry was mounted on cam blocking the up-right angle plug so i had to go timecode only, but that is how they preferred anyways. Would like to have the option in the future if a connector is available
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I am not even sure where to put this topic, so it ends up in the camera department. I've seen some shots on YT some time ago with some GoPro or alike on a boom during take in the past. I can't find them anymore, but it was, in a way, pretty cool portraying our craft. It seems I have a 20min or so sequence shot coming up in a month or so. Hidden cuts expected. Booming this, I'd love to provide some making of footage. So far, the lightest thing my research found was the DJI Action 2, but it's the mounting accessories and their weight specs. struggle me. Has anyone done such a thing in the past or watched it or has any other thoughts beyond "don't put mor…
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I have a novel situation and am curious if anyone else has experienced anything like this. It's a long post, so I apologize in advance. I often use 3 Lectro R1a's for camera scratch audio, so they can run off the same transmitter as the IFBs. I converted them to external power running off the camera, using Lectro 9V battery eliminators, P-tap cables, and a milled hole for the power connector. I have a 3.5mm TRS to XLR (tip to pin 2, pin 3 float, pin 1 GND) for audio. This setup has been in regular use, with no issues, for 4 years. Two weeks ago, all three R1a's failed, one after another, on one particular camera. The specifics of the damage are bei…
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Heya! I guess most of you are familiar with mki and mkii of this camera. Its straight forward to slap on a TC box, set TC to in, preset, free run and its all thats needed to run smoothly. I could not get it to work on the mark iii today. Has anyone got a similair experience or got any 'gotchas' they could share? Only thing I can think of in hindsight was if the cable was broken or if there was a monitor setting that I didn't catch, but I had the impression that it didn't catch the TC at all.
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