I resolved the problem with SD card not being read by Mac - or some of the card's files. Here is the solution - http://www.macyourself.com/2010/01/07/solution-to-finder-error-code-36-in-10-6-when-copying-folders/

As I drunkenly chuckled again with my other half as we watched a film tonight - and recounted how Chris Nolan annoyed her for years with his short films begging for free time at CTV - and reminded her as we watched Inception how it's not about tech just about dogged determination - go out and shoot some shit! PS he was annoying!

@driftwood I tried Dark Matter last week on a wedding, but something went wrong. I used Sandisk 64Gb 95Mb/s card with 24p settings. I have half of the files transcoded with Log and Transfer on FCP, but when it came to the middle it said stream error. I tried to copy the remaining files to another folder on the hard drive, but it won't allow me to copy them, I can see the files in the card and on the thumbnail images, they wouldn't play. There are some important footages there. Is there any solution?

Vari-ND possible green casting and ghosting due to their being multiple layers of glass. when shooting in extreme sunlight or directly towards sunlight.

@driftwood already loving results from the past patches. Fired "Rocket" on a job on the weekend. An error free 2 days of shooting in HBR with the 32 & 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro (95mbps) - but no real long record times over a few minutes each. Went with it as i'd seen and knew the results i'd get from it with HBR 25p. Haven't really compared much of Sedna, Orion or other settings for 25p - I think there's a thread around on that so going to have to go read it.

Is there any downside to using a Variable ND filter?

Rajamailk, filmscan is overkill unless you want to dozens of generations out of Vegas, just use HIGh in it's default settings and don't change to 4:4:4, it 's unlicensed and only useful for up spacing 422 to 444 not 420. Converting to cineform 4:2:2 will allow you push the grade a little more than 420. Filmscan 4:4:4 was designed for 2k footage (larger than HD) and to preserve film grain,it's bitrates will be double the high setting and be of no advantage in GH2 footage.

@thepalalias 4:2:2 is not rgb is it fine?? filem scan 2 or film scan 1?? i will upload 1080p version of my video 720p seems little awkward

@rajamalik That is because 4:4:4 mode is only in the more expensive version. I use 4:2:2 (and the GH2 writes 4:2:0).

Looking forward to viewing your test later today when I am at a computer instead of the phone.

@driftwod is it better to edit directly with mts files or i should better convert it to cine form or other rgb 422 to get well in post???

@Driftwood Making a living is a good thing - I think we would all worry if you spent all your time on the patches we use. :)

I look forward to testing the new ones, whenever they are done.

Glad to hear you're working on the wiki, Nick @Driftwood . I believe it might raise an army of helping hands. :)

@dbp Yes, I believe I did back in my first comparison the 2nd thread on this topic, and possibly in others. Since Cluster v1 is not intra, you can notice a difference in shadow noise patterns fairly easily if you zoom in, as if the movement is updated at a lower frequency. The difference can be emphasized by increasing contrast in post for the two files to make it easier to see.