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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.1 Beta
« on: October 28, 2018, 08:06:37 AM »
Is there something else missing from the CinemaDNG tags? Even Photoshop cannot open the files. No previews in macOS.
I'm having no trouble with the new beta 9 and Photoshop CS5 now.
TIFF files open with no issues. CinemaDNG does not open in Davinci Resolve or in Photoshop CC 2019. Even Lightroom CC 2015 does not want them.
And yes I'm using beta 9.

Could you upload a problem DNG file here so we can investigate?

Sorry for the wait. Did not have my camera with me on my trip.
Here is one CinemaDNG and one TIFF.
These are straight from the camera.

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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.1 Beta
« on: October 17, 2018, 12:08:50 AM »
Is there something else missing from the CinemaDNG tags? Even Photoshop cannot open the files. No previews in macOS.
I'm having no trouble with the new beta 9 and Photoshop CS5 now.
TIFF files open with no issues. CinemaDNG does not open in Davinci Resolve or in Photoshop CC 2019. Even Lightroom CC 2015 does not want them.
And yes I'm using beta 9.

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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.1 Beta
« on: October 16, 2018, 09:57:06 AM »
Thanks so much for the excellent feedback! We've tried to fix the reported issues with an updated the beta, please see the first post for a link to the updated camUpdate-v0.3.1-beta-9-geb319ea.zip installer package. To give a brief description of what has changed since the beta-4 package:

Notable Features:
  - Redesign of the white balance window, including a new dialog to edit the color matrix.

Minutiae:
  - Add crosshairs to the white balance window.
  - Add Qt stylesheet to improve focus visibility.
  - Main window exposure now shown in microseconds and shutter angle.
  - Jog wheel now adjusts exposure logarithmically, or by degrees when pressed.
  - The 'close' button on the soft keyboard now applies the entered text.
  - Reorganization of the soft keyboard to include a negative key.

Fixed Bugs:
  - Black ares of the UI become transparent after an HDMI hotplug.
  - HDMI hotplug while on the playback window would revert to live display.
  - Add missing ColorMatrix1 and CalibrationIlluminant1 tags to CinemaDNG files.
  - Fix possible crash of the video system when aborting a file save.
  - Fix possible carsh of the UI when rapidly aborting and re-starting a file save.
  - Fix color correction math so that saturating the image sensor tends towards white.

Also, some bugs that were introduced in beta-4 but now fixed (not mentioned in changelog.txt):
  - Monochrome TIFF now pads the pixel values with least-significant zeroes.
  - H.264 bitrate setting was being ignored and defaulting to 0.25 bpp.

Is there something else missing from the CinemaDNG tags? Even Photoshop cannot open the files. No previews in macOS.

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Software Dev / Re: Chronos V0.3.1 Beta
« on: September 27, 2018, 12:42:46 PM »
Nice update!
For some reason the CinemaDNG does not build previews on my Mac. DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Camera Raw cannot read them.
Is there something I'm missing here?

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I'll be working on an external application that you can use to control the Chronos, after I've implemented a redesign of the onboard touchscreen interface. You'll be able to control the camera from your phone or laptop then. (It'll be a completely separate interface from the onboard touchscreen one.)

Would that help?

Those methods would be even better in most cases.
For the phone controlling I suspect it would only be on Android devices?

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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI: Record Settings Edition
« on: February 27, 2018, 05:11:20 AM »
First version looks a bit better because the text doesn't end up being so much of a visual clutter.
I like how clear it is when all the text is on the left side. Makes it easier to use.

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Software Dev / Controlling camera when looking through external monitor.
« on: February 27, 2018, 04:36:42 AM »
When eventually we'll have the HDMI support for external monitors I was wondering if there could be a different way to operate the camera.

For example if the camera's own screen is not in good position to view it during operation.

Could a feature be added that the camera's screen would work as a trackpad and you would have a visual cursor that is moving on screen?
This way you could change settings through the external monitor without having to look at the camera's screen.
Use it as a input device.

This controlling method would of course be an optional setting that you could toggle.
It would need to mirror the image from the camera to the external monitor.

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Focusing Troubles
« on: October 07, 2017, 03:19:21 AM »
Have you tried adjusting backfocus in the camera?
I had to do it for my camera because I have different lenses.

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Let's talk LENSES!
« on: July 14, 2017, 09:55:25 AM »
My lenses so far:

Angenieux 10mm f1,8 Retrofocus
Kern Paillard Switar 25mm f1.4 (needs some modification)
Angenieux 15-150mm 1.9

All three of them have a native c-mount.

The 25mm Switar is the only one that needs some sawing of the outer frame to fit. It is because of the c to cs-mount adapter that has to be used. I think that if the camera would have a native c-mount it would not need the modification.
It is fairly easy modification to do, if you know how to use a saw or file.

All of them work fine after adjusting the back focus.

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