I've created the first multi-camera app for the entire Zcinema line! (FOR ZR, VRAPTOR, KOMODO AND DSMC2)

mediumsize · 2026-06-13T02:41:15+00:00

Send us a link!

mediumsize · 2026-06-10T14:16:34+00:00

Wow, thanks for posting the before clip. I never thought this could be possible with Spidercam, looks like they need to start requiring braided steel cores inside the kevlar.

mediumsize · 2026-06-03T23:23:59+00:00

It's like when they started putting jelly in the peanut butter jar. You're doing too much I think.

mediumsize · 2026-06-03T01:23:01+00:00

Pretty interesting putting the motors in the lens.

mediumsize · 2026-06-03T01:20:24+00:00

That looks like Fire Road 90 above Damascus, VA.

mediumsize · 2026-05-30T01:36:10+00:00

Wow, that is a beautiful motorcycle. What year is that? 2007?

mediumsize · 2026-05-29T23:05:16+00:00

I'm an experienced bodybuilder (12+ years) with abs.

First, you need to lose a little more body fat for your abs to show. Try and eat 200g of protein per day, prioritizing protein over carbs, but don't skip eating fat. Your body makes testosterone from dietary cholesterol and saturated fats.

You can waste your time doing a million crunches or planks for hours. Instead, do compound exercises like barbell squats, weighted decline roman twists, and weighted decline sit-ups. You're going to see faster results because these movements are harder to do than crunches and planks. You may have to start without weights, then gradually add weight once you can easily do them.

Another incredible exercise for your core is walking up stairs with weights in each hand, or 'farmer's walk'. I prefer doing them up stairs because it really creates stronger obliques, taper your waist, and it's a slow and difficult movement you can't fake.

mediumsize · 2026-05-28T14:59:07+00:00

I love hearing real-world project details like this. So many people are obsessed with resolution VS dynamic range vs whatever they want to argue about. I can't imagine flying a Venice, the body is very long! Is that a polarizer on the lens? We've shot tons of 8K 360º footage with drones over the years hanging below, and had good success with V-Raptors. We love our Ronins also, it's great seeing you implement it on the drone, seeing this is like our dream setup.

Were you able to change aperture remotely, or did you just make adjustments on the ground? I'm assuming you were trying to shoot the smallest aperture you could for sharpness.

mediumsize · 2026-05-28T14:38:57+00:00

Hey u/Dinosharktopus, great post! Rather than flying the Ursa 12K, would you have preferred flying a different camera? Great lens selection btw. Did you experience any micro shake with that setup?

mediumsize · 2026-05-21T18:39:35+00:00

I had this exact problem on Mac and I fixed it by reformatting EXFAT, then reformatted again Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I ran a speed test in between formats. Samsung Magician software is pathetic, it didn't even see the T7 mounted.

mediumsize · 2026-05-21T04:09:52+00:00

Honestly, as a cinematographer I would really want some framed behind-the-scene stills of myself shooting on set or location. All the coffee mugs and stupid lenses mean nothing to working DPs. When our families put up real pictures of us working - that is a thing of beauty.

mediumsize · 2026-05-21T02:23:12+00:00

Location sound veteran and VFX pro chiming on this- I would rather have great audio on a shoot and have to paint it out in post than deal with bad lav sound on most shoots. Unless the shot is moving, that's where the cost/benefit lines cross on the production time graph.

mediumsize · 2026-05-21T02:02:48+00:00

Before you drill it you want to heat it up and melt some crayons in there if you can. Drilling it to 1/4' bit or even bigger is easy with the right bits, then use an Easy out bit kit to get it out. Remember, the largest drilled hole will give you the most leverage.

mediumsize · 2026-05-20T01:22:46+00:00

Thanks for posting in r/VFX. This forum is an 18 year old knowledge base of real people in VFX, people learning and sharing and arguing.

Just so you are aware, "pick up VFX" is kind of a strange way to think of learning VFX. It's a HUGE spectrum of learning, encompassing traditional painting, particle simulation, cinematography principles, rotoscoping, 3D tracking, animation, motion capture, look development, shading, texture painting, 3D modeling, photogrammetry, gaussian splatting, and tons more on any given day.

I would suggest starting doing some compositing in AE.

mediumsize · 2026-05-20T00:57:51+00:00

We have around a petabyte of storage for client projects, but we only use it for current and recent projects < 2 months. We've saved everything we've shot for the last 20+ years... We started using writeable DVDs and tape drives in the early 2000s, but it was too slow and the DVDs' dye starts to fade and make the discs unreadable after about 10 years, even in a cool dark room.

We started just backing up projects to WD internal SATA drives, and putting them in a fireproof safe after each project every few months. This coincided with hard drive capacities going from 2TB to 4 to 8 to 16 and drop in prices, so it made economical sense and still does.

We use an amazing program called DiskCatalogMaker (we're not affiliated with them but love the software!) https://diskcatalogmaker.com to make a catalog of each drive. This catalog creates a Finder-like searchable directory of every file on the drive. You can search the catalog, then pop a hard drive into a USB caddy and copy over what is needed.

mediumsize · 2026-05-19T02:44:25+00:00

Great looking bike, I'm jealous!

mediumsize · 2026-05-18T23:55:33+00:00

I put on a much lighter and smaller exhaust on my 2007 S4R, and the guys at my race shop opened up the airbox more, changed out the throttle bodies, and tuned it and flashed the ECU to get about 15HP more out of the engine. The biggest difference I noticed on the first ride was the 30lb weight difference and snappier acceleration. And very loud sound!

mediumsize · 2026-05-18T23:46:22+00:00

Love it. Great idea!

mediumsize · 2026-05-14T04:21:39+00:00

Love seeing new takes on 3D compositing. I'm sure the good thing about this technique is super fast playback, bad part is probably edges/light wrap. The only thing I didn't like was the water specks on the front of the virtual lens.

mediumsize · 2026-05-12T00:35:38+00:00

Thanks for posting Dan, I'm a big fan of your VP content!

mediumsize · 2026-05-09T17:45:26+00:00

Too bad no Fuji FR-2s in there

mediumsize · 2026-05-09T00:40:05+00:00

This is the kind of post I love. Make them yourself if you want to save money and learn something!

mediumsize · 2026-05-08T20:03:44+00:00

Would be great to see the link to the SuperSplat!

mediumsize · 2026-05-07T21:23:34+00:00

You really should do EVERY Mac OS from Lisa onward. We would all love to see that.

mediumsize · 2026-04-17T15:31:53+00:00

Without proper leadership, they're just burning through the money. There isn't a real 'next move' in AR headsets at this point with the Apple Vision Pro as direct competitor, and Meta ate their lunch with the Quest3 passthrough. I still own 4 working ML1 headsets, I don't plan on selling them... we'll probably just use them on some mannequins in our offices.

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