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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI

« on: February 23, 2018, 08:25:13 AM »

 

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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI: Main Screen Edition

« on: February 23, 2018, 08:23:21 AM »

version c but maybe with a few tweaks,
switch record settings with the white balance,
switch the prefs & utilities with black balance

that way all camera settings are across the top where not used as much and then the right hand side is all the buttons used while shooting

different question how are we going to set white balance with the kelvin temp rather than custom in the future, is it from that button? 

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Chronos 1.4 RAW conversion tool - pyraw2dng

« on: February 22, 2018, 05:41:53 AM »

so i tried my first save a raw file today and it froze and stoped pretty early on i looked at the file on the card and its 4.29 gb do you know why it may have stoped saving and froze? it saved  the h264 just fine before that

How long did it take to freeze approximately? There's currently a limitation with FAT32 formatted cards, they can't handle files over 4GB, if the file you saved was larger that would explain the problem. You can try an EXT3 formatted card if you want to save larger files. exFAT and NTFS support is in the works so this will be solved.

At least 5-10minutes it was saving at 3-5fps I think

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Chronos 1.4 RAW conversion tool - pyraw2dng

« on: February 21, 2018, 09:59:11 PM »

so i tried my first save a raw file today and it froze and stoped pretty early on i looked at the file on the card and its 4.29 gb do you know why it may have stoped saving and froze? it saved  the h264 just fine before that

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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI

« on: February 21, 2018, 04:21:55 PM »

Thanks! 

just wodering if u saw my updated post with video and description of use

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: HDMI port - has anyone hooked up an external monitor?

« on: February 21, 2018, 04:06:46 PM »

good to hear

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Chronos User Discussion / how to improve viewing the screen on the chronos before the hdmi update

« on: February 21, 2018, 09:31:58 AM »

hey guys so i have trouble viewing the screen on the chronos for focus or exposure or flaming due to bright sunlight while shooting sports and action.
we don't have hdmi out yet for using a highbright moniter or viewfinder so i got this Grid 5.0 viewfinder for the screen on the back
i got my for 175$ on reduser brand new but second hand
installed it yesterday and its pretty awesome
the frame needs slight trimming to not hit the jog dial but thats easy with scissors. then it attaches 3m sticky
the loupe attaches to that via magnets
so far stoked way better for viewing outdoors, hightly recomend, easy to take off for touchscreen functions, but more jog dial control would be nice
here is link to website https://www.gridaccessories.com/products/grid-5-0-viewfinder/

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: Chronos 1.4 RAW conversion tool - pyraw2dng

« on: February 21, 2018, 07:29:11 AM »

wow those differences are dramatic!

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: speed booster for the chronos to reduce crop on full frame lenses

« on: February 19, 2018, 01:48:35 PM »

https://youtu.be/d9g25741hCM
Advantages of using the speedbooster on chronos camera,
reduction in focal length by 6.4x when using adapted lenses,
allows use of usb power to adapter to power image-stabilizer on canon lenses even when not connected to camera or on dumb mount
allows use of usb power to control electronic aperture on canon lenses via jog on the adapter
 

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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI

« on: February 14, 2018, 11:25:24 PM »

I dont think i agree about making the timeline horizontal its way better where it is for right handed one handed control, i just played around with it and keeping it where it is seems better, but still think right and left arrows even with a vertical timeline is still way more intuitive

Hm, that's two votes for left-and-right, now. Maybe I will have to change it back.

I'm not entirely sure the interface should be designed to be one-handed at all. Playing around with it, trying to use the interface when I'm just holding the camera unsupported in my right hand, I have serious difficulty interacting with the thing. It's pretty hefty.  I need it propped up by my left hand, or screwed onto a tripod or something before I can use it. In both cases, I can pretty easily access the bottom few centimeters of the screen.
i am holding the grip like you do but can have support of a tripod or a left hand for camera weight and the right thumb controls jog and all the touch screen funtions from that one thumb, scroll bar way easyier when vertical on right side to set in and out points fast


Could you show me how you were holding it? That'd be really useful.

Thanks!

sorry i think my post got deleted and it just showed the quote,
so im not holding and operating the camera with just one hand, usually its supported with the left hand on the left side of thecamera body or lens focusing  and the right hand it holding the right side and the right thumb does all of the touch controls and jog dial. easy for suporting the camera and setting in and out points fast before the next action

also on a tripod the right hand can do all the setting of in and out and save while the left is left to relax or hold your beer or control the screen if you really want to.
video showing this.
https://youtu.be/dL8oA3GjC-Y

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: speed booster for the chronos to reduce crop on full frame lenses

« on: February 14, 2018, 10:31:39 AM »

yeah i may get one on the angle and use that to measure the angle for nathan to correct and then get another one with that correction, unless you want to measure the angle on yours?
stoked

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: speed booster for the chronos to reduce crop on full frame lenses

« on: February 13, 2018, 04:16:04 PM »

Yes, the XL works perfectly. The Ultra also worked but the XL is better IMO.

In both cases you would need to play around with the spacers Nathan supplies to get the back focus correct.

Here are a couple of pics:

sick that is what i thought, just wanted to make sure because that adapter was $$$
is your adapter a little rotated off of center? if so is it possible to get it to sit straight so the lens isn't rotated, for when i use a large lens with a non rotating tripod collar?
thanks
pat

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: speed booster for the chronos to reduce crop on full frame lenses

« on: February 12, 2018, 03:09:42 PM »

We actually just prototyped this, not with a BMPCC speed booster however, just a low cost Chinese one, but it works very well. Speed boosters that have an MFT mount seem to be the most common, but it's not possible to convert MFT to C mount. MFT to CS mount is just possible, but no one makes that adapter. We're going to custom make our own once we have some time to design it.

great to see others were thinking the same thing! keep me up to date on the progress, or if you need help i do mechanical engineering work mainly solidworks

hey john are you sure its the speedboster XL that your using, i just bought that one and Nathan said that one doen't work.
wondering which one you have?
thanks
Patrick

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General high-speed discussion / green flash footage

« on: February 09, 2018, 12:22:50 PM »

i dont have my long lenses with me right now but i wanted to share the green flash from last nights sunset,
i will try and get better shots of this and share but this is a start, also trying to capture the elusive green flash sunrise
share if you guys get any green flash vids
https://youtu.be/8G66MZBLRyQ

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Software Dev / Re: Updating the UI

« on: February 08, 2018, 08:41:53 PM »

i still think that right and left arrows for going though playback footage is better than up and down more logical for a video timeline

I agree. The timeline should be horizontal then, though. If we move the timeline to the bottom, we'd definitely change the seek arrows to left and right. I would like to move the timeline to the bottom, because it's more conventional and it would make for more accurate seeking. 800px of sensitivity vs 480px.

i think that the jog dial needs to control more things, I want it to be able to tab between onscreen dialog pop-up boxes and then select an option, like the "start recording anyway and discard popup", it should be able to move the highlighted option by turning left and right and enter the selection by a press in.
But more important it should be able to, with a press-in and turn it should be able to change the shutter speed while the camera is recording or in standby. this would be epic

Yeah! That would be great! 

(Code-wise, the jog wheel is currently read in in this file, which I don't understand very well. It appears to *always* used to adjust the current frame in the "play" view. So you can adjust the current playback frame, even when you're not in the playback view. )

yeah realize it might need some work for rewriting the jog wheel code but i think its worth it because it is such a good control and it doesn't require the touchscreen for water-housing and when you have a loupe on the screen and cant touch it