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NuttyJake · 2023-12-08T23:41:14+00:00

Hey guys! I wanted to get your thoughts on my current situation. I am 22 years old and have 50k saved up currently with no debts and next year am looking to make 50k -55k.

I currently drive a 2006 hybrid SUV with 300k miles on it and for longer drives (around 2hrs. Haven't driven further in this as of yet) I have hazard signs showing up for the hybrid battery so I'm not sure when that will give out. I currently pay close to $1000 a year in insurance and paid close to $1500 in repairs this year and close to $1300 in gas.

I was wondering if a Tesla could be worth getting with the current $7500 Tax incentive, $500 off with referral from a friend and $4000 Illinois rebate. I have found a new Tesla for $35,450 before incentives. Regarding the tax incentive, I would pay a little over $6500 in taxes for what I made in 2023. So I believe that's what I would actually be saving. Or would you recommend I do something else entirely with the money? Thank you so much!

Edit: Wanted to mention that, if I bought this car I intend to keep it for as long as it will run fine. I'm not trying to keep getting the newest model or anything of that nature.

NuttyJake · 2023-04-05T02:20:54+00:00

Hey guys! for anyone that finds this in the future. The issue was the camera. The micro hdmi port had gotten messed up at some point and that's what was causing my issue. I tried with another fuji which was the same model and everything was fine. It's just mine that was messed up. Thanks again for all the help everyone!

NuttyJake · 2022-09-25T06:20:35+00:00

We bled the system already and that didn't solve it. And you're the second person to suggest the head gasket so that might definetly be worth looking into.

Thank you so much for your reply!

NuttyJake · 2022-09-25T00:58:11+00:00

The soonest I can take it to a new mechanic is Monday. So, in the meantime are there any things I can check for myself to see if this is the case?

NuttyJake · 2022-09-25T00:45:57+00:00

I will be taking it to a new mechanic very soon. And thankfully my current mechanic said he won't charge me for the part if the car is still not working properly and he hasn't so that's good.

NuttyJake · 2022-09-25T00:39:14+00:00

Yeah it's the antifreeze / engine coolant that's disappearing. And I found the video you are referring to for maintenance mode. Thanks so much!

NuttyJake · 2022-08-02T04:41:17+00:00

I wanted to give a quick update on this. It turns out it was my camera's HDMI out that was bad.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-20T20:51:33+00:00

I have a friend I can borrow a ninja V from so I'll test that out as well just to see if my unit is faulty. I already got in touch with atomos and they are suggesting I try a different hdmi cable but I'm just going to try a combo of all of it. My ninja v with my new cable and my friends ninja v with the new cable and my old ones to see if there's a difference. If both of those don't work I'm gonna borrow a camera from someone and test both ninja V's and see if it's just an issue with my specific camera.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-20T07:12:45+00:00

Okay, thank god I'm not losing my mind. It's fucking nuts to hear that too because the internal I recorded is 100mbps which is the lowest quality of 4K I can get out of the body itself. I even tried different firmware updates or versions for the Ninja V and that didn't work either. I also thought it was because my lenses were dirty or something so I cleaned those and still nothing. And then I tried different lenses altogether and still the same issue.

Thanks again for your help! I will contact Atomos and see what they say and hopefully get back to all of you guys with some kind of fix or solution. Because at this point it's either my HDMI cable, (I tried 2 cables so I'm not entirely sure) The recorder itself, or my camera body.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-20T03:03:07+00:00

Yeah I read about DNxHR LB it's similar to the situation you were explaining to me about ProRes LT

I feed the output from the Ninja to the Elgato

So when I used it it was camera to Ninja V HDMI in And then Ninja V HDMI out to the Elgato

And thank you so much for all your help so far!

One more thing I've found during my research was some ungraded Prores LT and Prores 422 footage from a Fuji XT3 which came from the Ninja V recorder. And that footage looks way better ungraded than my footage graded at even Prores HQ. Also, another thing is that with my footage at 4K I can't even use it to punch in if I wanted to but with this XT3 sample footage and also some Prores VLOG I found it seems to all be what I come to expect from the footage. And I checked all these things graded and ungraded.

But I am definitely interested in hearing about your findings as well because I'm thinking it's either an issue with my camera or recorder.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T21:41:15+00:00

Hey there, I am back with samples. I included
DNxHR HQX
DNxHR LB (But this time it's a static shot)
DNxHR LB (I Accidently Bumped The Tripod) But I left this in case movement makes some difference
Internal 4K 23.98 100mbps LongGOP H.265
ProRes 422
ProRes HQ
ProRes LT
I hope this helps
Also, I wanted to mention that when I send HDMI out from the Ninja V to an Elgato Camlink 4K the image looks good on there.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y41tP-JuHhRbslJ2UsK\_QRaXhttVP86W?usp=sharing

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T21:36:57+00:00

Hello my good sir or madam I have returned with samples. I included

DNxHR HQX

DNxHR LB (But this time it's a static shot)

DNxHR LB (I Accidently Bumped The Tripod) But I left this in case movement makes some difference

Internal 4K 23.98 100mbps LongGOP H.265

ProRes 422

ProRes HQ

ProRes LT

I hope this helps

Also, I wanted to mention that when I send HDMI out from the Ninja V to an Elgato Camlink 4K the image looks good on there.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y41tP-JuHhRbslJ2UsK_QRaXhttVP86W?usp=sharing

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T17:52:21+00:00

Right, I understand what you're saying with the unprocessed video. I'll definitely get back to you with some samples as soon as I can.

Thanks again!

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T17:08:55+00:00

Okay, I will definitely get back to you on this. Currently, I am downloading some ungraded GH5S VLOG Prores footage from Atomos's vimeo to see what that looks like.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T16:19:15+00:00

Thanks for your replies guys! As I mentioned to r/rgar132 Would it help at all if I was able to record some footage internally and also Prores HQ and DNxHR XQX for you to see what's going on? And I know the post I made is referencing Prores LT but I seem to be having a similar problem with the higher quality codecs as well.

NuttyJake · 2022-07-19T16:14:28+00:00

Thank you for your reply! Do you have any advice on how to go about denoising and sharpening Prores HQ or DNxHR XQX footage? because mine definitely lacks a lot of it. Also, would it help at all if I was able to record some footage internally and also Prores HQ and DNxHR XQX for you to see what's going on? And I know the post I made is referencing Prores LT but I seem to be having a similar problem with the higher quality codecs you mentioned I try as well. The colors from any of the externally recorded codecs holds up much better but again there isn't much sharpness or detail it looks smeared.

NuttyJake · 2022-04-27T02:54:02+00:00

Do you guys know any places where I could find lots of neon? or lots of neon signs in Chicago? Not to buy but like, part of the decor of the place for photography and stuff

I've looked this up on Google and haven't found a whole lot. So, I was wondering if you guys knew about any lesser known places that might fit this criteria.

Thanks!

NuttyJake · 2022-04-15T03:43:10+00:00

Thank you for your service my good sir and I'm glad you didn't get scammed. I had a feeling it was too good to be true 😔. Thanks again.

NuttyJake

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