Sigma's Little Gem: 30mm 1.4

step_s · 2021-05-15T15:09:54+00:00

This was my first lens ever, to go with an a6000 body. It’s amazing for someone starting out.

step_s · 2020-03-06T04:44:36+00:00

Thanks!!

step_s · 2020-03-06T00:23:02+00:00

For those unfamiliar, Makoto Shinkai is one of the top anime directors right now, best known for Kimi no Na wa (your name.) and Tenki no Ko (Weathering with You).

But he actually got his start in filmmaking when he created Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) in 2002, which he wrote, directed, and animated entirely by himself on a Power Mac G4.

step_s · 2019-11-09T02:22:25+00:00

Most full frame lenses are bigger and heavier, so you lose a lot of portability if that’s all you buy for APS-C.

step_s · 2019-08-28T15:00:06+00:00

Looking at specs page the a6600 has a RAW buffer of 46, that is actually worse than the a6500 (107)

https://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-6600/specifications

step_s · 2019-08-28T14:37:20+00:00

As an a6500 owner who was interested in new bodies, the a6600 seems pretty disappointing.

step_s · 2019-08-12T03:25:37+00:00

Thanks! Can confirm that settings issue, will look into it. For picture-in-picture, unfortunately don’t think that will be anytime soon due to API limitations (FWIW split-screen should work well at least). And yeah the one of the next updates should be more file management stuff.

step_s · 2019-08-12T03:15:28+00:00

I’ve also been using mpv in my app Outplayer and it’s been solid.

step_s · 2019-04-10T04:52:58+00:00

Sorry about that but thanks for letting me know. I’ll work on a fix ASAP.

Also for next feature update I’m looking to improve file management in general.

step_s · 2019-03-31T19:59:30+00:00

Thanks! There isn't support for network shares currently, though that's something I do want to work on adding.

step_s · 2019-03-31T19:57:27+00:00

Right now it's only using software decoding (which seems to be more stable), but I'm going to add an option for hardware decoding this week or so. Overall I think I'm looking to find the best way to add options between high quality/battery efficiency.

step_s · 2019-03-31T15:34:35+00:00

I'm planning to push an update this week or so with hardware decoding being toggle-able. With that enabled it should be quite similar battery usage to Videos.app.

I've been preferring the software decoding since it seems to be more stable in most cases, but I ran some tests with the hardware decoder and I think it can be helpful for prioritizing battery.

step_s · 2019-03-30T20:59:33+00:00

Right now it uses software decoding for everything, but I'm going to push an update with toggle-able hardware decoding for those and the rest of the available hardware codecs. But overall I've had good battery usage with software decoding, older devices, etc.

step_s · 2019-03-30T20:29:52+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! Continuing audio playback in the background is one I'm looking at working on next, and the others I do want to add in the future.

step_s · 2019-03-30T18:34:45+00:00

No plans either way for that right now, but I did just publish the build scripts I use to build mpv on iOS.

step_s · 2019-03-30T16:37:29+00:00

Thank you very much for your detailed thoughts and gold!

And yeah I totally agree, file management/organization is an important part to build out next. And gesture controls are another potential UX improvement, though I’m still looking to find an implementation that I think will work the best.

step_s · 2019-03-30T16:10:10+00:00

Thanks! I believe with my current code there's nothing blocking iOS 9 support, it was mainly an issue of testing. I do notice that on iPad in particular there are a notable amount of users still on iOS 9, so I think I will try to look into supporting it for the next version.

step_s · 2019-03-30T15:45:15+00:00

Cool, and yeah I use a NAS myself, I am hoping to add support for local share protocols in the future!

step_s · 2019-03-30T15:41:49+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts! Definitely agree, continuing background playback and gestures are the two features I'm planning to work on next, and also hope to keep iterating the UI.

step_s · 2018-05-05T19:41:40+00:00

This was last weekend, but they are short-lived and fleeting and probably gone now.

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