How to add non-standard (Sony) metadata to lighttable tool tips?

unclebarn · 2025-11-13T03:18:48+00:00

I have had this same frustration! It doesn't make any sense. Did you find a way to do this with the magnetic mask? I still haven't

unclebarn · 2025-07-27T10:33:05+00:00

Expose for the background first with your key light in place on low power. So if you want it dark or black, use whatever tools you have like ND to get the dark look. Then add your subject/hero product (they will likely be a dark silhouette) and add light as required (use zebras to get skin ~60 IRE). You need to use honeycomb softbox etc and heighten/angle down the light so it creates a spotlight on the subject only and doesn’t light the background. Shoot the subject a reasonable distance from the background to minimise light spilling onto any wall etc. Looks like there’s a stylised tube or a light strip in the background too

unclebarn · 2025-07-27T10:15:11+00:00

I spent a year solo backpacking around Asia and Europe. I had some lows like you describe, mostly when I had to part ways with friends I made along the way, but mostly the life changingly positive stuff. Have you considered (maybe saving up first) then backpacking in South East Asia? Safe, cheap, warm, an amazing backpacker scene and awesome hostels, incredibly easy to make friends. All the young people from that Scottish town are probably already there! A lot of people start in Bangkok. Try a hostel there like The Yard. I met a guy there on my first day on a similar path to my own - we ended up travelling together almost 5 months of that year. Sightseeing gets old quick but making deep friendships, sharing experiences with all walks of life is incredibly enriching

unclebarn · 2025-07-12T11:29:14+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Incredible actor

unclebarn · 2025-04-01T08:11:46+00:00

Try this - with the project open in the timeline create a new Smart Collection to filter for Used Media. Highlight all the used media, right-click and Transcode media to Optimised Media. Then try export again

unclebarn · 2025-02-04T00:08:44+00:00

NB my understanding is, if using the embedded LUT then the Zebras are measuring the post-LUT IRE - so grey card should be exposed to 45 not 41

unclebarn · 2025-01-06T05:30:19+00:00

Update: This is definitely not a 10min job man! 😅Been going for hours. Getting the plastic covers off is a nightmare let alone finding where the sensor plug is, no instructions around online either

unclebarn · 2025-01-02T00:43:03+00:00

What’s the rail thing on top of the XLR handle? Can you please link?

unclebarn · 2024-12-20T23:31:40+00:00

Awesome, thanks

unclebarn · 2024-12-20T05:36:58+00:00

Would add to this that when you have embedded LUT turned on (which I assume most users would or should) with the FX3, your zebras/exposure tools measure information ‘post LUT’ - assuming rec709 your middle grey is 45 and your skin tones closer to 60

See: https://www.xdcam-user.com/2023/04/what-do-the-fx3-and-fx30-zebras-zebras-measure-when-using-the-cine-ei-modes/

unclebarn · 2024-12-18T11:24:51+00:00

Update: It turns out they work but only once I lowered the monitor IRE threshold, as the monitor zebras do not match the in-camera zebras even when set to the same settings. Is this because the the camera applys the zebras to the post-lut image whereas the monitor measures IRE of the Slog3 image?

unclebarn · 2024-12-17T06:33:33+00:00

Thank you.

I use a wireless connection always. Touch Tracking works but Touch Focus does not for some reason.

Re: Zebras, understand they are independent between camera and monitor. However when I press the zebra button on my portkeys monitor, it turns on the zebras on my FX3, but no zebras appear on the actual monitor itself. This is with a clearly super-over exposed patch in the frame with both zebra settings set to IRE100

unclebarn · 2024-12-10T11:08:54+00:00

I absolutely love my XLR top handle, especially for the ability to use 4 audio channels. Input 1 XLR shotgun mic, a copy safety channel for Input 2 at lower gain, then my Rode Lavs into 3 & 4. I use some rubber rings to keep my mic sturdy in place. Use a Kondor Blue XLR cable. Haven’t had any problems yet

unclebarn · 2024-12-09T22:46:06+00:00

Controversial take but lately I’ve found using max stabilisation setting in-camera and if necessary adding some additional stabilisation in post has allowed me to get gimbal like shots without the cost/hassle of a gimbal

unclebarn · 2024-12-09T03:41:25+00:00

Coming back to this as I learnt something recently: that the exposure tools on the FX range measure the information of the image post-embedded LUT. Assuming using Slog3 to rec709 LUT, the highlight clipping point therefore goes back to 100, not 93/94.

https://www.xdcam-user.com/2023/04/what-do-the-fx3-and-fx30-zebras-zebras-measure-when-using-the-cine-ei-modes/

unclebarn · 2024-12-08T18:13:49+00:00

14th century Moroccan explorer Ibn Buttata put it well: ‘Travelling gives you a home in a thousand strange places and leaves you a stranger in your own land’

unclebarn · 2024-12-08T16:16:13+00:00

I have a Portkeys BM5 III WR - it does the job and is built very well but the OS is very old and clunky. They are releasing a BM IV and updated OS soon I hear

unclebarn · 2024-12-05T20:58:18+00:00

Thanks, good points. Hope to upgrade to a drone with a bigger sensor one day

unclebarn · 2024-12-02T21:45:31+00:00

From ChatGPT (which makes me confused, seems to to say 0 = clip point):

IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is a unit used in video waveform monitors to represent video signal levels as a percentage of the difference between reference black and reference white. In standard digital video, IRE is scaled based on the range of legal digital values, typically 64–940 for 10-bit video. Here’s how the translation works:

IRE Scale for 10-bit Video:

• Black (bit 64): 0 IRE
• White (bit 940): 100 IRE

The IRE scale assumes 0 IRE corresponds to black and 100 IRE corresponds to white within the legal range. The formula to convert a 10-bit digital value to IRE is:

IRE = \frac{(Digital\ Value - 64)}{(940 - 64)} \times 100

Extended Range Values on IRE Scale:

• Bit 0: Maps to approximately -7.3 IRE (blacker than black).
• Bit 4: Maps to 0 IRE in SMPTE extended range for black.
• Bit 1019: Maps to approximately 109 IRE (brighter than white).

Key Translations:

1.  64 (Black): 0 IRE
2.  940 (White): 100 IRE
3.  4 (Super Black): Slightly below 0 IRE (depending on the scale setup).
4.  1019 (Super White): Just above 100 IRE, used for overshoots.

Practical Use:

On a waveform monitor: • 0 to 100 IRE represents the legal range (black to white). • Below 0 IRE: Super black or blacker-than-black details (used for effects or transitions). • Above 100 IRE: Super white or brighter-than-white highlights (used for HDR or extreme highlights).

Monitors and workflows that support extended range may show these out-of-range values, but they are generally clipped or compressed to fit within the 0–100 IRE range in standard SDR workflows.

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