Offtopic http://personal-view.com/talks/categories/offtopic/p33/feed.rss Wed, 15 May 24 21:24:51 +0000 Offtopic en-CA Post-production with "The Hobbit" http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5287/post-production-with-the-hobbit Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:49:09 +0000 ahbleza 5287@/talks/discussions Here's the latest video from Peter Jackson, with a focus on post-production.

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My First Art Show in NYC! http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5285/my-first-art-show-in-nyc Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:32:39 +0000 B3Guy 5285@/talks/discussions Hi, Personal-View! Anyone who is in NYC should come check out the art show that I am in. It is in Chelsea. All the details are here: http://nycamsscreentest.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-supernumerary-rainbow-opens-nov-30.html

It should be a blast, especially the opening. I might be baking muffins for consumption on the occasion (but you didn't hear that from me). Apple oatmeal cinnamon raisin muffins (when in doubt, bribe with food, right?)

The show will be open for the week, 10-5 every day from the opening night on the 30th thru until Dec. 7th.

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How to charge for your day rate http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5283/how-to-charge-for-your-day-rate Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:29:10 +0000 christianhubbard 5283@/talks/discussions Thought this was a nifty resource: http://www.videomaker.com/video-rate-calculator?utm_content=article1_2012_fri_11_23

20$ says Joe Marine reposts this on NewFilmSchool within 2 days.

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For Hackers: Adding Horizontal Line to Custom Guide. http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5269/for-hackers-adding-horizontal-line-to-custom-guide. Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:58:22 +0000 willianaleman 5269@/talks/discussions The trick to simulate a cinemascope, 2.35:1 in the GH2 requires to mark the external top and bottom of LCD with a 3M tape or mobile screen guard protection to frame the subject during recording in a way that matches the crop to be done in post to achieve the desired look.

It would be helpful if a patch would add an extra moveable line to the Custom Guide, which from factory, the GH2 brings only one. The addition of the line would help in marking internally the top of the LCD and with the second one the bottom. Hackers, would be this possible?

Here is the wished two lines and GH2 factory (single) Custom Guide.

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Big Quote http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5268/big-quote Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:35:28 +0000 stoney 5268@/talks/discussions So true.

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Portugal's message to Germany http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5167/portugals-message-to-germany Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:13:03 +0000 ahbleza 5167@/talks/discussions I found this video has a very interesting message, from the people of Portugal to the people of Germany.

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So your boss gives you $6,000... http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5220/so-your-boss-gives-you-6000... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:31:54 +0000 eyeBOX 5220@/talks/discussions For DSLR / equipment.. What do you do?

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Need help, making a new start, Buying new gear http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5217/need-help-making-a-new-start-buying-new-gear- Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:53:17 +0000 endotoxic 5217@/talks/discussions Hello comunity i need your help.

This friday while retiring from a work in the national library i called a taxi, and that is the last thing i remember. They took it all my gear ALL OF IT, my wallet credit card etc, of course my cellphone, FOR LUCK NO MY LIFE. i dont know how i managed to get into my house that night, my girlfriend tells me i called her while getting iside the taxi, telling her i call her in 15 minutes, i never called. The next day i realize that i dint knew how i manage to get home, i was throwing up my soul to the toilet, all day with head pain and intoxicated.

MAIN GOAL, MAKE LIGHT WEIGHT COMPLETE SYSTEM WITH GOOD OPTICS. NO MORE THAN 4kilos on hand. i have $4900 I need to buy NEW gear, but i need good deals, Im from peru so shiping cost is important.

Also i would like you to consider that i have back surgery, and i cant carry arround to much weight.

I though about buying the Samyang Cine lenses: 8mm 14mm 25mm 35mm 85mm. GH2, 4x sandisk 16gb extreme SD, 2 batteries. The resto of the gear i dont know well, i have some advices from vitaliy, but comunity also knows alot.

Thanks you very much!!!

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How does EMS deliver shipments in your coutry? http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5185/how-does-ems-deliver-shipments-in-your-coutry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:33:16 +0000 peaceonearth 5185@/talks/discussions I am asking because in Germay there are lot of complaints about their local German partner GDSK. I got a letter from GDSK that my shipment is stored at Frankfurt Airport customs and they will work on it for a handling fee of 30€. No matter that I have to pay customs or VAT but not extra fee for another parcel company. Did you buy sth which was shipped by EMS?

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The Fiscal Cliff For The Rest Of Us http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5197/the-fiscal-cliff-for-the-rest-of-us Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:46:54 +0000 stoney 5197@/talks/discussions Middle class folks would get hit $2k~$3.5k a year from the fiscal cliff. Super rich people $120K. That sounds quite fair to me.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-14/chart-day-fiscal-cliff-rest-us

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Google's Image Search: Re-Design Hurts Desktop Users and Puts Critical Functionality on Vacation http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5200/googles-image-search-re-design-hurts-desktop-users-and-puts-critical-functionality-on-vacation Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:05:29 +0000 thepalalias 5200@/talks/discussions If you've used Google Image Search in the last year, you've probably gotten used to having a lot of options available to you on the left. Options you could get to quickly and easily, like being able to specify images large than a given size.

But a week ago, Google decided to launch a re-designed interface that hid most options, required more clicks, and move them to the top where they could only be used with an animated reveal (that you had to wait for) in order to make the desktop based image search more consistent with mobile use.

Worse still, the have "temporarily" removed the ability to specific "larger than" or "exact size" image options when searching. Now you can only specify three vague categories of size at best, and even that takes several clicks!

Over a 170 people have posted complaints in the last week in the official Google group at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/xcv50_kJ9Pc/ApEqKbCI8u4J but it may take a lot more for Google to get the idea people do NOT like having functionality randomly removed for no apparent reason and that desktop users do NOT like having their functionality impacted just to make things "consistent" with mobile users.

If you have Twitter or Facebook and agree, please share this post. https://twitter.com/PerLichtman/status/268864289429929984

If you want to let Google know directly, please post to the official thread. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/xcv50_kJ9Pc/ApEqKbCI8u4J

We couldn't stop Panasonic from ditching an MAR sensor, but this IS something we can do something about. Google has changed similar things in the past in response to public outcry.

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World energy supples, water too. http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5176/world-energy-supples-water-too. Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:56:36 +0000 brianluce 5176@/talks/discussions Some notes on a frequent topic around here.

It is official. The US will overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world's top oil producer by 2017. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its world outlook for 2012 this morning that the US will be a net exporter of gas by 2020, with all the vast implications of abundant cheap gas for its chemical, plastics, glass, and steel industries. "The United States, which currently imports around 20 per cent of its total energy needs, becomes all but self-sufficient in net terms – a dramatic reversal of the trend seen in most other energy importing countries," it said. This is entirely due to the shale and gas revolution. North America as a whole will become a significant net exporter. People were too quick to write off America after the Carter Malaise of the 1970s, and they have been too quick again after the subprime bubble (now largely cleared). As Adam Smith said, there is a lot of ruin in a great nation. Saudi Arabia will quickly fade as swing force in global energy markets unless it stops gobbling up its own output with such careless abandon. It currently charges 14 cents a litre for petrol and seven cents for diesel at the pump. They give it away. They should copy to Abu Dhabi and switch to solar power pronto for air conditioning, freeing up oil for exports. Whether or not the world can supply enough oil to feed the Chinese dragon depends on Iraq. If it all goes well, output will jump from around 2 million barrels a day (b/d) to 8 million by 2035. It if goes really well, output could reach 10 million. If all this turns out to be wishful thinking, the world is stuffed. The biggest "new supply" over the next quarter century is energy efficiency. That is worth a Saudi Arabia and a half. Allegedly. A few things struck me: * Coal has provided half the entire growth in world energy supply over the last decade, much more than renewables. * Total investment in oil and gas alone this year is (estimated) $619 billion. It shows the sheer scale. * Total oil output will be less than 100 million b/d by 2035. This is not that much higher than this year at 87 million. This is Plateau Oil in all but name, yet the industrial revolutions of China and India will continue apace, and the nuclear industry has just taken a huge blow. More coal I guess, and windmills. The 688-page report – which I am not at liberty to publish online – is full of fascinating details. The clearest message is that water shortages in large parts of the world are the chief constraint on energy and power. Cooling a coal power plant without water is not easy, and solar parks are very thirsty. Yes, China has the world's biggest shale gas reserves at 36 trillion cubic metres, but much of it is in places like the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang with "severe water scarcity". Look at this chart (taken from the IEA report, page 518, figure 17.9) Some 65pc of China's water use is for irrigation, and 23pc for industry – mostly in coal production. Notice how much of the coal industry is in areas with water troubles. Non-renewable aquifers are being depleted very fast. Under the latest five-year plan China is diverting rivers equal to the Tigris and Euphrates combined to supply the dry belt. Water will have to be rationed much more severely by price, as will electricity. That will be an extra cost/tax, a loss of competitive advantage. Ditto for India. I was told a couple of years ago by Cheng Siwei – then head of China's green energy drive – that the country's economic growth over recent years has been negative if you adjust for eco-damage and exhaustion of non-renewable resources. This will soon become a tangible cost. Water-adjusted GDP may yet become a vogue term.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100021244/us-to-overtake-saudi-arabia-in-oil-as-chinas-water-runs-dry/

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Humour http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5182/humour- Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:18:51 +0000 paulo_teixeira 5182@/talks/discussions

Sorry if it was posted but here it is just in case.

You can see longer versions of each part of that video on other videos on their channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/dslrgearnoidea/videos?view=0

I think it's sort of to say bigger cameras is not always the best, it's too advanced for some people and it's also making fun of Camera geeks like us. Still, you can see the main purpose is to advertise Sony NEX cameras. So I guess the NEX cameras are supposed to be the hero to the rescue.

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F Stop Flame http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4879/f-stop-flame Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:58:28 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 4879@/talks/discussions This discussion was created from comments split from: Official Panasonic GH3 topic, series 2.

WARNING - excessive flame below

Use wiki to save your time and check that is F stop - http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/camera-usage/general-camera-usage-faq

If this is not enough, google and read for few extra minutes.

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Matt Andersen http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5174/matt-andersen Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:14:28 +0000 QuinEtiam 5174@/talks/discussions

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Peter Tosh http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5171/peter-tosh Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:42:28 +0000 SAS 5171@/talks/discussions

Global Monetary Systems Don't work.

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Hurricane Sandy is coming http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5020/hurricane-sandy-is-coming Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:53:51 +0000 stoney 5020@/talks/discussions I have a bad vibe about this particular storm.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang

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I believe know why Coppola chose the GH2 at Zacuto Revenge Shootout 2012 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5136/i-believe-know-why-coppola-chose-the-gh2-at-zacuto-revenge-shootout-2012 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:33:23 +0000 Manu4Vendetta 5136@/talks/discussions I watch some movies I subtracted master Coppola, including an excellent thriller 'The Conversation' of his early years. My first reaction just came out the first pictures is that it looks like when you combine the GH2 or GH1 with old lenses for its look and color, but the texture of the film different though but not as radical.

I think what Coppola to see shots of the GH2 was somewhat familiar with this movie great unknown but which he felt so proud. I'd love to ask him about it, but that is almost impossible.

Excuse me if this thread its trivial and offtopic, but wanted to share this impression.

And I recommend to all screenwriters and directors see this movie frugal, sometimes with limited resources and without a very complex story, but well told and surprising elements can do a good job in this case is a masterpiece.

Attached some pictures of it.

PS: Sorry for my poor English.

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Remember to support us http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4129/remember-to-support-us Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:18:33 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 4129@/talks/discussions Just making small request :-)

  • Remember what each month we pay for VPS hosting, and since last month now also pay for additional daily backup located outside of hoster network (for safety).
  • Remember what we don't have big team to support site. No admins, paid moderators, etc.
  • Remember what all the guys who offered us help with scripts never did anything. And I have big amount of prototypes and necessary changes list. So, if we'll have resources I'll try to form small team to improve this site.
  • Remember what we hope to form small team for Photokina coverage to cover GH3 and other new amazing things introduced. And without support it'll be just fantasies. Previous exhibitions showed how extremely hard is to get good coverage, as we had no money to pay to people who really had skills.
  • Remember that new cameras are coming, we now have GF5, and G5 and GH3 are not far away.
  • Remember that it is always best to support regularly, even very small amount if you are in economic trouble.

About our hacks development plans http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4049/development-plans#Item_22

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The state of US Presidential politics http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5084/the-state-of-us-presidential-politics Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:38:20 +0000 LPowell 5084@/talks/discussions David Rohner:

We’ve reached the point in our screwed-up political media culture where the polling companies and forecasters—not the pundits, not the spokespeople, and certainly not the candidates—are the only people being evaluated rigorously on the substance of their arguments.

http://updates.deadspin.com/post/34780905169/nate-silvers-braying-idiot-detractors-show-that-being

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Cinema actresses yesterday and today comparison (same actress young/old) http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5065/cinema-actresses-yesterday-and-today-comparison-same-actress-youngold Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:00:36 +0000 apefos 5065@/talks/discussions http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/cultura/cinema/2012-11-01/qual-musa-do-cinema-envelheceu-melhor.html

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Raspberry Pi anyone ? http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2696/raspberry-pi-anyone- Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:45:32 +0000 bantammenace 2696@/talks/discussions If anyone is into Linux programming and home electronics I'm sure you will have heard about the Raspberry Pi. The small form factor and programmability are the key.

The latest video for the additional Gert Board is interesting for anyone wanting to create a DIY FF

www.raspberrypi.org/archives/868

The Rasberry Pi forum is the place to go to collaborate on projects. Perhaps a Persona-l-View thread could be started over there.

kind regards Bantammenace

btw great news about GF3's imminnent hack release

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A cautionary tale (about hacking and memory cards) http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2331/a-cautionary-tale-about-hacking-and-memory-cards Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:01:51 +0000 TommiH 2331@/talks/discussions I had the opportunity to fly a DC9 simulator with my father (i'm sitting on the left, my father sitting on the right seat in the video). Planned on recording every second of this once-in-a-lifetime deal (that's why i'm wearing the GoPRO). And what did I forget to check? The memory capacity.. "V1"..[END]. THAT'S WHY you always make sure, you have large enough memory card in the camera! :D -- Card Full, 3 seconds before rotate... In a (soon to be extinct) DC9 simulator. Now that sucks. Shot with a 44 Mbit setting on a hacked GH2

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Carbon Stabiliser Issue http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5007/carbon-stabiliser-issue Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:22:57 +0000 rrsduncan 5007@/talks/discussions Hi there,

Just wanted to make aware a situation I've had with the Wondlan Carbon Stabiliser for those who may be thinking of purchasing one.

I got mine back in April and due to various reasons I've only really used about 3 times for any great length. When I went to use it the other day I noticed that the screw that tightens the plate to the base had stripped and so no longer tightened, essentially rendering the stabiliser an expensive walking stick.

I spoke to Wondlan about it and they've told me I need to buy a new part + shipping. I didn't really that was fair considering it was clearly their issue, I've only been using it as directed and the part has failed. So now I have got them down to just need to paying for shipping (which really still isn't acceptable). What's concerned me more is that it is the same part they are replacing it with, they haven't engineered a better part even though they admitted they knew of the problem. So basically I'm paying for a part that I know is going to fail again.

The reason I'm bringing this to other people's attention is that when I said I wasn't really happy about paying for the same part as it was likely to fail again, the rep told me to 'be more careful'.

Obviously I want to get my stabiliser up and running again but I thought anyone who was thinking about getting one would like to know.

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Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5001/vinturi-essential-wine-aerator Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:34:54 +0000 stoney 5001@/talks/discussions Amazon's #1 selling wine accessory. This decanter works 100x better than mouth gargling :)

It really brings out hidden flavor from cheap Costco wine.

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UPOJ5W/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

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Next jump in the future? http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4956/next-jump-in-the-future Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:20:43 +0000 Jean71 4956@/talks/discussions One personal thought, i hope it could be interesting for this community.

I came from Canon HV20, and in terms of resolution and overall perfomance, i consider the hacked GH1-GH2 a quantum leap from HV20, mostly because they were both (new) in sub $1500 range.

Now we are seeing new cameras coming, and people like to say the BMCC is the "best bang for buck" (lol) at $3000.

But my question is: until we don't have a professional ROI, how much these $3000 cameras are worth the investment?

I see i can do my homework with GH2, and honestly, even much more than that.

My question to expert people here is: do you see a quantum leap coming? I mean one like the HV20 to GH1-2 was.

If you can see it, can it be the bmcc? If not, which features a new dlsr (or camcorder) must have to make another quantum leap, and what would be the price point? (Consider your answer like a mathematic equation, HV20 : Hacked GH2 = Hacked GH2 : price-features )

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ORTUS TECH 9.6" 3840x2160p screen http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5003/ortus-tech-9.6-3840x2160p-screen- Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:42:07 +0000 paulo_teixeira 5003@/talks/discussions Sorry if this has been posted before. I just recently heard about it and I'm posting it here just in case it wasn't mentioned yet. http://www.ortustech.co.jp/english/news/20121023.html

I remember when 1920x1080p seamed impressive for that size. Actually, it still is.

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130 million dollar fantasy http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4977/130-million-dollar-fantasy Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:38:48 +0000 brianluce 4977@/talks/discussions Click the trailer.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/after-three-years-and-spending-one-hundred-and-thirty-million-dollars-someone-must-be-embarassed-to-show-this-trailer-for-empires-of-the-deep-with-olga-kurylenko?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Is North America the next Middle East? http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4972/is-north-america-the-next-middle-east Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:28:27 +0000 brianluce 4972@/talks/discussions

Increased production of energy from a number of sources including deepwater drilling, natural gas exploration and Canada’s oil sands could make North America the next Middle East, according to a new report from Citigroup. (snip)

Full article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/46804871/Is_North_America_the_Next_Middle_East_for_Energy

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Arturo De Bernardi Effect http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/3308/arturo-de-bernardi-effect Tue, 22 May 2012 18:30:59 +0000 artardi 3308@/talks/discussions Dedicated to @Vitaliy_Kiselev and NICK @driftwood for their tireless work. Watch in HD.

http://www.wix.com/arturodebernardi/photos#

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