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August 28, 2019
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Budget Directors Monitor Build – Nyrius ARIES Wireless HDMI

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DIRECTORS MONITOR PARTS

 

Small HD DP6

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Nyrius ARIES Pro Wireless HDMI Kit

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Neewer Director’s Monitor Cage

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1/4 Screws

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Right Angle USB

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Battery Adapter

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Battery Charger

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Batterys

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Ultra Thin HDMI Cable 30cm

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4 x 4.8mm P clips

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1 x 9mm P clip

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Velcro 1cm Strap

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RECEIVER UPDATE PARTS

 

Fatshark Antennas – SMA

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SMA Female Plug to IPX U.FL Female

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3mm Black Pinseal ABS Sheet

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TRANSMITTER UPDATE PARTS

 

Fatshark Antennas – RP-SMA

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muRata RF Test Cable, Coaxial Connector – MXGS83RH3000 – Female SMA

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Gorilla Glue – Clear All purpose

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Gorilla Glue – Super glue fast drying

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October 27, 2018
2

Panasonic GH5s – Shadow detail and noise issues at native ISO

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About

In this video, I cover some of the shadow noise and horizontal noise issues I am experiencing on the Panasonic GH5s

Uncompressed Reference Images

Below are some uncompressed references from the video so you can see the noise issues in more detail

Music Video Shots

ISO 800

ISO 1600

ISO Noise Levels – Graded slightly to exaggerate Noise

ISO 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600 & 5000 Comparison

ISO 400 – ISO 800 – ISO 1600 Comparison

Firmware 1.2 Lens Cap Test

I was hoping the latest Firmware update would help this issue a bit, but it appears to be performing exactly the same!

Yoga Scene

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July 14, 2018
2

Antenna Upgrade – Nyrius ARIES Wireless HDMI

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How to Guide

The video to the left will show you how to upgrade the Nyrius ARIES Antenna.

Any more information I collect, I will add to the section below.

Will this work on the 30FT version of the Nyrius ARIES?

If you have a look at these 2 images of the 100ft Versions PCB you can see that there are Antennas built into the board, one for data and another D.F.S. I think these must be used when you pay for the 30ft Version, and when you pay for the 100ft version like I did, they just chuck on 2 larger but still fairly rubbish antennas to boost the signal a bit!

So I am pretty sure you could get the 30ft version and attach a much larger aerial to it but I cant guarantee that it will work.

February 11, 2018
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Vignetting – Panasonic GH5s / Sigma 18 – 35 / Sigma 50 – 100 / Speedbooster Ultra

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I created these videos just to give you a better idea of how these lenses paired with the 0.71x Speedbooster vignette on the GH5s

SIGMA ART 18 – 35MM F1.8

SIGMA ART 50 – 100MM F1.8

As you can see in the Clock shots on both videos there is no noticeable vignetting at all when wide or zoomed in!

The Vignetting in the Grey Card shots have been exaggerated by compressing the shadows in post, the grey card test is purely just to show you how present the vignette is even though it isn’t that noticeable at all.

Grey Card – Raw File

Sigma ART 18 – 35MM @ 18mm, F1.2

Grey Card – Vignette Exageratted

Sigma ART 18 – 35MM @ 18mm, F1.2

October 18, 2017
1

Free Single Colour LUTs

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About

Here are some Free Single Colour LUTs I have created to be used on all types of footage including REC709 and LOG (DOWNLOAD)

Highlight Tint

Using the LUT’s are a little different to normal, there are 10 different LUT’s and each one give’s a different value to the white point. If you want your whites to be white select the LUT (Whites 100%) if you want them to be fully tinted like the rest of the image select the LUT (Whites 0%) choose any of the other LUTS to get different intensities of the white tint

Changing Colour

Once the LUT is loaded use your hue controls to change the colour

License

My free downloads are offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Please respect this license so I can continue to offer these downloads for free.

August 9, 2017
0

Remove the Canon C100 Mark ii EVF / Viewfinder

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After struggling for hours to get my C100 MKii to balance on my DJI Ronin M I knew I had to remove the EVF to get it anywhere near close.

There are loads of threads online about the possibility of doing this but the conclusion on each one was that it isn’t possible. The only case I found where someone managed to do it was someone who actually snapped off the EVF,  it worked but wasn’t a viable solution for myself.

I decided to give myself a few hours to slowly tear down my C100 Mkii and work out how everything is connected. Once I got started it actually didn’t take that long to work out how the EVF was connected, it is incredibly straightforward with the EVF just screwing directly into the chassis.

Heres a video I made for the people that just want to get things done quickly without my rambling, for the everyone else I have a detailed breakdown below the video

Removing the Canon C100 MKii EVF

The only tool you will need is a 000x50mm precision screw driver

I didn’t initially use this Screw driver on my first tear down and it caused me a nightmare when 3 screws rounded off! I then had to carefully drill them out and re thread them taking hours!. I realise you want to do it now! but if you don’t have one I would advise you just get one ordered on next day delivery.

Step 1) Begin by removing all the screws in these locations

Step 2) Once these are removed you can easily take off the top cover, also move the EVF up and down to free the top piece.

(Also, something I discovered is that the top hot-shoe screw is mounted directly into the chassis so can take a lot more load than I ever assumed)

Step 3) Pop of the side panels to release the rear EVF Button Panel

Slowly push off the rear EVF Button Panel I used the screwdriver against the back of it to get it loose and my hands to gently wiggle it free.

BOTH THE EVF AND EVF BUTTON PANEL ARE ATTACHED BY FRAGILE RIBBON CABLES BE CAREFUL REMOVING THIS PIECE

 Step 4) Unclip the small EVF panel ribbon cable

 Unclip the larger EVF ribbon cable

 Step 5) Damaged screw from my initial tear down, yours will have a screw here that also need to be removed

The 2 top screws have to be removed one side is missing a screw from my initial tear down, yours will have a screw here that also need to be removed

Step 6) You should now be able to lift the EVF off

STep 7) You can now put the top piece back on – I have temporarily used a piece of hard antistatic foam to block off the open hole (I am currently trying to find a permanent solution for this)

Step 8) Now you can begin to reverse the process and put the camera back together (refer to step 1)

I hope this helps with any C100 MKii Gimbal setups!

Also comment on the youtube video and let me know of any ways we can block off the opening properly!

I will be posting more videos of this setup so keep an eye on my social media channels using the links in the menu bar.

June 5, 2017
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Sigma Filtermatic Repair

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Being inspired by this great music video “Jill – All your words“ I wanted to experiment with very wide angle shots.

With my main camera being a Canon C100 MkII with a super 35 sensor, I had to find a full frame lens that was at least 16mm to get the wide angle look I was after. Having a search around I found the Sigma Filtamatic, a really interesting lens from the 70s. The reason it is called a “Filtermatic” is that it has inbuilt colour lenses – Orange, Pink, Blue (I doubt I will ever use them but it’s an interesting idea none the less). The things that ticked the boxes for me was that its F2.8, smooth focus, sharp and relatively light.

I got it up from eBay in excellent condition just with a small amount of fungus and glue deterioration. The lens is incredibly simple to clean as all the parts simply unscrew in sections allowing you access to all the individual lens elements.

I washed each lens element with a soft wet cloth slowly working away at the fungus, while running water over the glass to reduce any chance of scratching. Once all the elements were cleaned I let them drip dry then used a lens cloth to remove any small contamination from the water. I then reassembled the lens making sure each section was dust free, I did this by using a lens blower so not to touch the glass.

Because I will use it almost entirely for film work, I glued a 0.8 lens gear to the focus ring, meaning it will work with my Kessler Z-Drive focus pull.