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Very little in life is either all good or all bad. Take plastic water bottles, for instance. We hear the horror stories regarding BPA and see the images of over-stuffed landfills and could rightly assume that plastic water bottles are a scourge that need to be removed from our society.
But classifying plastic water bottles, or the bottled water industry, as just 'good' or 'bad' misses out on some of the subtleties behind this issue – and even some of the good that the growth in the bottled water industry represents.
Before you make your next bottled water purchase, or next time you find yourself taking sides in a plastic water bottle debate, ensure that you are armed with the good, bad and the ugly facts below:
The Good of Plastic Water Bottles:
Recent data indicates that the bottled water industry brings in nearly 12 billion dollars each year. Before we dig into whether or not this represents a good trend, let's first acknowledge that if nothing else this indicates that Americans are on a water drinking kick. And considering some reports indicate up to 75% of Americans suffer from dehydration, and that our own First Lady had to schoolmarm up the airwaves to plead with us to drink more water, this can't be a bad thing, right?
The Bad of Plastic Water Bottles:
In the Pacific Ocean is a trash vortex as big as the size of Texas. Much of this trash vortex is made up of plastics used in the manufacture of products like plastic water bottles. Some studies indicate that 10% of all plastic used will someday make it into our oceans. On top of this, 80% of plastic water bottles will end up in landfills where they will slowly degrade, releasing toxic chemicals along the way. This is about as far from good as you can possibly be.
The Ugly of Plastic Water Bottles:
As of 2009, one person at the FDA was in charge of bottled water oversight, per data cited by the bottled water documentary Tapped. That's one person overseeing the safety of a multi-billion dollar industry. Tapped, and several other sources rightly report that most water used in plastic water bottles differs very little from the water pouring from your municipal source. The key difference, of course, is that bottling water exposes it to BPA, an industrial chemical used in plastics that may seep into food or beverages.
For those that are comfortable with the small risk posed by BPA or with the fact that the bottled water industry has a relative lack of oversight, there is one more ugly fact that is sure to trouble anyone: bottled water, by the gallon, is twice the cost of gasoline. Here's the math:
20 oz bottle of water = $1.50.
One gallon = 128 ounces.
128 ounces = 6.4 bottles of water.
6.4 x $1.50 = $9.60.
If you are drinking one bottle of water from time to time, and you are responsible with your trash, you will likely experience only the good of bottled water. But if you are buying it consistently by the case, you could wind up spending thousands of dollars lifetime on a product no different, no safer – and potentially more harmful to your health and to our planet's health when taken in large doses – than what you could get by turning on your tap.
If you are trying to break a bottled water habit, or at the very least trying to significantly cut back, here are some products that we would recommend. Note that making the switch to any of the products below will give you the great taste you are looking for from bottled water, provide you with a beverage with significantly fewer contaminants – and, of course – save you money in the long run:
1. Faucet Water Filtration Systems – manufactured by brands ranging from Culligan to Brita, a faucet filter will easily connect to most sinks and reduce up to 99% of contaminants that can cause water flavor issues. Simply turning on your faucet will give you the great tasting water that bottled water can only hope to achieve.
2. Water Filter Pitchers – While Brita may be the most popular, brands ranging from PUR to 3M offer water filter pitchers that give you the same great tasting water, virtually contaminant free, that is easy to chill to fridge temp.
3. Water Filter Bottles – most that buy bottled water will do so on the go, rather than at home. Water filter bottles from companies ranging from Brita to Klean Kanteen start at around $23 and will filter up to 99% of contaminants from 20 or more gallons of water. These things pay for themselves after just a few uses – and like their in-home counterparts, will give you great tasting, virtually contaminant free drinking water that bottled water manufacturers only wish they could promise.
The growth of the bottled water market means we are drinking more water as a culture. If we can just scale back our dependence on bottled water, and focus instead on just drinking water, we can take the good without the bad that comes along with it.
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November Survey Results at a Glance:
- Rural Mainstreet Index climbs for a third straight month to a healthy level.
- Largest one month increase in the farmland price index since initiation of survey in 2005.
- Drought expected to increase 2013 pasture rentals by just over 10 percent.
- More than four in 10 bankers think the wind energy tax credit should end on Dec. 31, 2012.
- Approximately 70 percent of bank CEOs expect high corn prices to be a significant challenge for ethanol producers in 2013.
After experiencing negative fallout from drought conditions in June, July and August, the Rural Mainstreet economy expanded for a third consecutive month according to the November survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state area.
Overall: The Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI), which ranges between 0 and 100 with 50.0 representing growth neutral, climbed to a solid 57.5 from Octobers 56.6.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said, Our survey indicates that the Rural Mainstreet businesses are shedding the negative impacts of the 2012 drought. However, given the continuing lack of moisture across much of the region, this economic respite may be short-lived.
But national issues are also playing a role. According to Dale Bradley,CEO of The Citizens State Bank, in Miltonvale Kan., The biggest (economic) issue we face soon is the fiscal crises with a locked up Congress.
Farming: The farmland-price index took its biggest one month jump since we began the survey in 2005. The November reading soared to 83.9 from 71.7 in October. This is the 34th consecutive month that the farmland-price index has risen above growth neutral. Farmland prices and cash rents are soaring at what I believe are unsustainable paces. For example, last month there was an auction of cash rent contracts in southeast Nebraska. Contracts went for a record $550 per acre per year for non-irrigated land. Right now we are seeing cash rents and farmland priced for perfection. Land prices and cash rents will be heavily dependent on 2013 drought conditions, agriculture commodity prices and interest rates. Any of these three factors could be a significant issue or problem for the Rural Mainstreet economy in the months and years ahead, said Goss, the Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics at Creighton.
This month bankers were asked how much they expected 2013 pasture cash rents to rise as a result of the drought. Overall a 10.1 percent increase is expected. However, 12.5 percent of the bankers anticipate growth of more than 21 percent for 2013.
In terms of the ethanol industry, moreover, 69.7 percent of the CEOs indicated that high corn prices represented the biggest challenge for ethanol producers in the region in the coming year. Another 16.6 percent think government policy toward ethanol represents the industrys biggest challenge for 2013.
The farm-equipment-sales index slipped to 60.4 from Octobers 60.5.
Banking: After plummeting for October, the loan-volume index expanded to a still weak 47.8 from Octobers 44.2 but well down from Septembers 70.2. The checking-deposit index advanced to 75.1 from Octobers 66.7, while the index for certificates of deposit and other savings instruments rose to an anemic 45.5 from 42.0 in October. Despite the 2012 drought, farming and non-farming businesses have remained financially healthy with solid cash balances, said Goss.
Hiring: Novembers hiring index expanded to 53.0 from 51.5 in October. Hiring for Rural Mainstreet businesses is improving albeit at a slow pace. The uncertainty surrounding drought conditions and the fiscal cliff are restraining hiring even as the economy expands, said Goss.
Confidence: The confidence index, which reflects expectations for the economy six months out, sank to 45.6 from Octobers tepid 50.7. The uncertainty surrounding the national economy including the fiscal cliff, the farm bill, and energy policy are negatively affecting the economic outlook of bankers, said Goss.
The national elections continue to have impacts. As stated by Jeff Bonnett, president of Havana National Bank in Havana, Ill., There are election blues in this area of the state.
This month bankers were also asked whether the wind energy tax credit, slated to end on Dec. 31, 2012, should be continued. Approximately 41.8 percent of bank CEOs support ending the tax incentive while 49.2 advocate for renewing it. The remaining 9 percent support increasing the level of the incentive.
Home and retail sales: The November home-sales index advanced to a healthy 62.0 from 59.8 in October. The November retail-sales index increased to a tepid 51.5 from Octobers even weaker 48.6. Much like the national retail sales numbers that came out this week, Rural Mainstreet businesses are experiencing lackluster sales. At the same time, the Rural Mainstreet housing market is improving rapidly with record low interest rates and a slowly improving job market, said Goss.
Each month, community bank presidents and CEOs in nonurban, agriculturally and energy-dependent portions of a 10-state area are surveyed regarding current economic conditions in their communities and their projected economic outlooks six months down the road. Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming are included.
This survey represents an early snapshot of the economy of rural, agriculturally and energy-dependent portions of the nation. The Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) is a unique index covering 10 regional states, focusing on approximately 200 rural communities with an average population of 1,300. It gives the most current real-time analysis of the rural economy. Goss and Bill McQuillan, CEO of CNB Community Bank of Greeley, Neb., created the monthly economic survey in 2005.
Colorado: For a second straight month, Colorados Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) moved above 50.0. The November RMI slipped to 51.8 from 53.0 in October. The farmland and ranchland price index increased to 63.1 from 52.4 in October. Colorados hiring index for November was 38.9, down from 49.8 in October.
Illinois: For a second straight month, the RMI for Illinois moved above growth neutral. The November index climbed to 65.9 from Octobers 56.5. Farmland prices bounced higher with a November reading of 79.5, up from Octobers 65.1. The states new-hiring index increased to a still weak 49.8 from 45.8 in October. Jim Eckert, president of Anchor State Bank in Anchor, said, Most of my customers are in a funk over the election results and expect the recession to get worse in the coming years.
Iowa: The RMI for Iowa for November advanced to 61.3 from 57.0 in October. The farmland-price index expanded to 80.1 from Octobers 70.2. Iowas new-hiring index for November increased to 50.2 from Octobers 49.1.
Kansas: The Kansas RMI for November climbed to 63.1 from Octobers 57.3. The farmland-price index rose to 82.3 from Octobers 71.7. The states new-hiring index increased slightly to 51.7 from 50.2 in October. On the other hand, Dale Bradley, CEO of The Citizens State Bank, in Miltonvale said, Drought in Kansas is increasing (in impact).
Minnesota: The November RMI for Minnesota rose to 63.0 from 57.2 in October. Minnesotas farmland-price index bounced to 84.6 from 76.3 in October. Minnesotas new-hiring index was unchanged for November at 53.2. Pete Haddeland, CEO of First National Bank in Mahnomen, said, Our economy is doing very well after a normal crop with great prices.
Missouri: The RMI for Missouri climbed to 55.5 from 53.9 in October. The farmland-price index for November increased to 56.7 from 51.2 in October. Missouris new-hiring sank to 34.6 from Octobers 48.5.
Nebraska: For a second consecutive month, Nebraskas rural economy moved into positive territory. The November RMI rose to 57.7 from Octobers 56.1. The farmland-price index rocketed to 86.2 from a much lower 66.5 in October. Nebraskas new-hiring index increased to a weak 51.3 from 46.6 in October. Rod Cornelius, president of Pinnacle Bank of Grant, said, No changes noted in pasture rent, unless Southwest Nebraska receives some moisture, there probably will not be any grass to graze.
North Dakota: The North Dakota RMI for October advanced to a regional high 86.7 from 67.1 in October. The farmland-price index expanded to 89.5 from Octobers 82.3. North Dakotas new-hiring index rose to 88.3 from 77.5 in October.
South Dakota: The November RMI for South Dakota increased to 57.7 from 56.5 in October. The farmland price index climbed to 85.6 from 68.4 in October. South Dakota's new-hiring index for November rose to a still weak 48.0 from 47.9 in October.
Wyoming: The November RMI for Wyoming expanded to 60.6 from 57.8 in October. The November farmland and ranchland price index expanded to 79.2 from 68.6 in October. Wyomings new-hiring index remained below growth neutral with a November reading of 49.6, up from 48.1 in November.
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Received: Sun, 15 Dec 2002
Greetings Conrad,
You will be pleased to know that that 7-year-old Richters dill seed is happily reproducing itself in my garden here. It is sooooooooooo beautiful!!!
The basil seems to be affected with some sort of blight which is turning some of the leaves brown, but of course that isn't your seed: it's local. But OH MY! it's a fine hedge!
The English thyme never appeared on the scene, but the Italian Parsley is gorgeous. The Richters lemon balm seed (also as old) has produced some lovely tea enjoyed by all who have tried it and made some great garnishes, and I am going to take a couple of plants up to the nursery keeper in Aburri Gardens this Thursday, Insha'Allah. I'll be hitting him up for a tamarind pod.
I have been enjoying my own lettuce and okro [okra] here for months; the tomatoes have been hit with a blight and so rather unsuccessful, a surprise. I have wonderful eggplant, the fat round type, almost ready for the moussaka. Wish I had some local oregano to go into it, but no such luck.
It must be nice to hear garden news at Xmastime, LOL.
A very Merry Xmas to you and your family and may God Bless your enterprise and all your endeavours.
My warmest greetings to your wife.
Yours truly
Niela Peach/Laila Suraj, Ghana, West Africa
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How To Build CyanogenMod Android for HTC Incredible 2 ("vivow")
How to Build CyanogenMod for Incredible 2 (codename: vivow)
This CyanogenMod build walkthrough is auto-generated specifically for the Incredible 2 based on the device template at Template:device_vivow. You can find similar build instructions for every officially supported device. See here for more info.
- 1 How to Build CyanogenMod for Incredible 2 (codename: vivow)
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Build CyanogenMod and Cyanogen Recovery
- 3.1 Prepare the Build Environment
- 3.2 Create the directories
- 3.3 Install the repo command
- 3.4 Put the ~/bin directory in your path of execution
- 3.5 Initialize the CyanogenMod source repository
- 3.6 Download the source code
- 3.7 Get prebuilt Rom Manager
- 3.8 Prepare the device-specific code
- 3.9 Extract proprietary blobs
- 3.10 Turn on caching to speed up build
- 3.11 Start the build
- 3.12 If the build breaks...
- 4 Install the build
- 5 To get assistance
These instructions will hopefully assist you to start with a stock Incredible 2, unlock the bootloader (if necessary), and then download the required tools as well as the very latest source code for CyanogenMod (based on Google's Android operating system). Using these, you can build both CyanogenMod and Cyanogen Recovery image from source code, and then install them both to your device.
It is difficult to say how much experience is necessary to follow these instructions. While this guide is certainly not for the very very very uninitiated, these steps shouldn't require a PhD in software development either. Some readers will have no difficulty and breeze through the steps easily. Others may struggle over the most basic operation. Because people's experiences, backgrounds, and intuitions differ, it may be a good idea to read through just to ascertain whether you feel comfortable or are getting over your head.
Remember, you assume all risk of trying this, but you will reap the rewards! It's pretty satisfying to boot into a fresh operating system you baked at home :) And once you're an Android-building ninja, there will be no more need to wait for "nightly" builds from anyone. You will have at your fingertips the skills to build a full operating system from code to a running device, whenever you want. Where you go from there-- maybe you'll add a feature, fix a bug, add a translation, or use what you've learned to build a new app or port to a new device-- or maybe you'll never build again-- it's all really up to you.
What you'll need
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- A Incredible 2
- A relatively recent computer (Linux, OS X, or Windows) with a reasonable amount of RAM and about 50 GB of free storage (more if you enable ccache). The less RAM you have, the longer the build will take (aim for 8 GB or more). Using SSDs results in considerably faster build times than traditional hard drives.
- A USB cable compatible with the Incredible 2 (typically micro USB, but older devices may use mini USB or have a proprietary cable)
- A decent internet connection & reliable electricity :)
- Some familiarity with basic Android operation and terminology. It would help if you've installed custom roms on other devices and are familiar with recovery. It may also be useful to know some basic command line concepts such as
cdfor "change directory", the concept of directory hierarchies, that in Linux they are separated by
/, etc.
If you are not accustomed to using Linux-- this is an excellent chance to learn. It's free-- just download and run a virtual machine (VM) such as Virtualbox, then install a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu. Any recent 64-bit version should work great, but the latest is recommended.
You want to use a 64-bit version of Linux. According to Google, 32-bit Linux environment will only work if you are building older versions prior to Gingerbread (2.3.x)/CyanogenMod 7. However, as of 10.1 CyanogenMod does not build with 64bit host binaries on some systems. You will have to set something like
BUILD_HOST_32bit=1 in your environment when building on such 64bit system.
Using a VM allows Linux to run as a guest inside your host computer-- a computer in a computer, if you will. If you hate Linux for whatever reason, you can always just uninstall and delete the whole thing. (There are plenty of places to find instructions for setting up Virtualbox with Ubuntu, so I'll leave it to you to do that.)
So let's begin!
Build CyanogenMod and Cyanogen Recovery
Prepare the Build Environment
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You only need to do these steps the first time you build. If you previously prepared your build environment and have downloaded the CyanogenMod source code for another device, skip to Prepare the device-specific code.
Install the SDK
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- If you have not previously installed adb and fastboot, install the Android SDK. "SDK" stands for Software Developer Kit, and it includes useful tools that you can use to flash software, look at the system logs in real time, grab screenshots, and more-- all from your computer.
Helpful Tip
While the SDK contains lots of different things-- the two tools you are most interested in for building Android are adb and fastboot, located in the
/platform-tools directory.
Install the Build Packages
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Several "build packages" are needed to build CyanogenMod. You can install these using the package manager of your choice.
Helpful Tip
A package manager in Linux is a system used to install or remove software (usually originating from the Internet) on your computer. With Ubuntu, you can use the Ubuntu Software Center. Even better, you may also use the
apt-get install command directly in the Terminal. (Learn more about the apt packaging tool system from Wikipedia.)
For both 32-bit & 64-bit systems, you'll need:
- Note: Ensure the version of openjdk you install here corresponds to the version of Cyanogenmod you're building: Java 7 for CM12 or Java 6 for CM7 through CM11
bison build-essential curl flex git gnupg gperf libesd0-dev liblz4-tool libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools xsltproc zip zlib1g-dev
In addition to the above, for 64-bit systems, get these:
g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev
Also see http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html which lists needed packages.
Create the directories
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You will need to set up some directories in your build environment.
To create them:
$ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/system
Install the
repo command
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Enter the following to download the "repo" binary and make it executable (runnable):
$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Put the
~/bin directory in your path of execution
In recent versions of Ubuntu,
~/bin should already be in your PATH. You can check this by opening
~/.profile with a text editor and verifying the following code exists (add it if it is missing):
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
Initialize the CyanogenMod source repository
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Enter the following to initialize the repository:
- Note: Make sure the cm branch entered here is supported on your device.
$ cd ~/android/system/
$ repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b gingerbread
Download the source code
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To start the download of all the source code to your computer:
$ repo sync
The CM manifests include a sensible default configuration for
repo, which we strongly suggest you use (i.e. don't add any options to
sync). For reference, our default values are
-j 4 and
-c. The
-j 4 part means that there will be four simultaneous threads/connections. If you experience problems syncing, you can lower this to
-j 3 or
-j 2.
-c will ask repo to pull in only the current branch, instead of the entire CM history.
Prepare to wait a long time while the source code downloads.
Helpful Tip
repo sync command is used to update the latest source code from CyanogenMod and Google. Remember it, as you can do it every few days to keep your code base fresh and up-to-date.
Get prebuilt Rom Manager
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$ cd ~/android/system/vendor/cyanogen
then enter:
$ ./get-rommanager
You won't see any confirmation- just another prompt. But this should cause the Rom Manager apps to be loaded and installed into the source code. Once completed, this does not need to be done again.
Prepare the device-specific code
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After the source downloads, ensure you are in the root of the source code (
cd ~/android/system), then type:
$ source build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch
You should see a list of devices, including something like
cm_vivow-userdebug. Select it by typing its number. It is possible that
lunch does not display your device. In that case try
$ lunch cm_vivow-userdebug
$ lunch full_vivow-userdebug
If all goes well, you should see that vivow-specific directories are downloaded automatically.
Helpful Tip
If you want to know more about what "
$ source build/envsetup.sh" does or simply want to know more about the
brunch and
lunch commands, you can head over to the Envsetup_help page
Helpful Tip
Instead of typing
cd ~/android/system every time you want to return back to the root of the source code, here's a short command that will do it for you:
croot . To use this command, you must first run
. build/envsetup.sh from
~/android/system. Notice there is a period and space (
. ) in that command.
Extract proprietary blobs
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Now ensure that your Incredible 2 is connected to your computer via the USB cable and that you are in the
~/android/system/device/htc/vivow directory (you can
cd ~/android/system/device/htc/vivow if necessary). Then run the
extract-files.sh script:
$ ./extract-files.sh
You should see the proprietary files (aka "blobs") get pulled from the device and moved to the
~/android/system/vendor/htc directory. If you see errors about adb being unable to pull the files, adb may not be in the path of execution. If this is the case, see the adb page for suggestions for dealing with "command not found" errors.
Your device should already be running a build of CyanogenMod for the branch you wish to build for the
extract-files.sh script to function properly.
It's important that these proprietary files are extracted to the
~/android/system/vendor/htc directory by using the
extract-files.sh script. Makefiles are generated at the same time to make sure the blobs are eventually copied to the device. Without these blobs, CyanogenMod may build without error, but you'll be missing important functionality, such as graphics libraries that enable you to see anything!
Turn on caching to speed up build
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You can speed up subsequent builds by adding
export USE_CCACHE=1
to your
~/.bashrc file (what's a .bashrc file?). Then, specify the amount of disk space to dedicate to ccache by typing this from the top of your Android tree:
prebuilt/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G
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system. The stuff that will become your ramdisk is in a folder called
root. And your kernel is called...
But that's all just background info. The two files we are interested in are (1)
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Now you can flash the
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Success! So....what's next?
You've done it! Welcome to the elite club of self-builders. You've built your operating system from scratch, from the ground up. You are the master/mistress of your domain... and hopefully you've learned a bit on the way and had some fun too.
Now that you've succeeded in building CyanogenMod for your device, here are some suggestions on what to do next.
Also, be sure to take a glance at the Dev Center on this wiki for all kinds of more detailed information about developer topics ranging from collecting logs, understanding what's in the source code directories, submitting your own contributions, porting CyanogenMod to new devices, and a lot more.
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RED MTF plots
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April 20, 2012, 11:32:55 AM »
[EDIT:] I get your point: even what I sarcastically called "honest" pixel counting is not a completely reliable measure of resolution so ... [/EDIT]
Quote from: Graeme Nattress on April 20, 2012, 11:28:41 AM
"Again my point was just that there is some ambiguity in attempts to indicate resolution by a single sensor spec." - absolutely, which is why we've often posted MTF plots to tell a better picture of what is going on.
That is great, I had not come across those ... can you post links for the current models? I do not think anyone will accuse you of crossing the line into advertising if you do that in response to a question. And update us with RED Dragon MTF links when available, please.
Last Edit: April 20, 2012, 11:38:53 AM by BJL
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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April 20, 2012, 11:36:20 AM »
The plots are buried in the depths of Reduser somewhere. I recently did some Epic MTF plots, but I've not had them published yet so we'll see what happens now that the chaos of NAB is over. I'll post back over here when they're available.
(Me, marketing, never! I just love to talk tech and talk to people who make great images.)
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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Quote from: Graeme Nattress on April 20, 2012, 10:59:51 AM
b) Canon's idea is reasonable enough, but if you were to take their sensor data (as you'll soon be able to do with the C500) and properly demosaic then properly downsample to 1080p you'll get a better looking result. I've done that exact experiment with RED data to confirm how that demosiac arrangement works. In other words, there are better ways to decode that raw sensor data, but they're more expensive to implement (in terms of processing power, heat, weight etc.)
That's fascinating, Graeme!
Do you have any mathematical insight as to where the gains come from? Naively looking at the information one might guess that 1920 x 1080 4:4:4 derived from a sensor with RGGB blocks ought to do as well as anything else. Is it the anti-aliasing optical filter you have to have? I guess with that scheme you are fighting the need to anti-alias the red and the blue twice as much as the green, so maybe you lose out on the green resolution you could have had if you'd done the deBayer to a 4 pixel block then downsample. So I could see that maybe if you are using a more sophisticated algorithm doing some sort of deconvolution over multiple pixels, you might win if you do the deBayer first?
It has always bothered me that I don't really understand why perceived sharpness and detail are so much better if you start from a very highly oversampled sensor. The artistic side of me absolutely knows that a 5D mark 2 shot downsampled to web-friendly 1280 pixels looks crisper and sharper and more detailed than a 5D mark 1 shot with the same lens, but the physicist wonders how there can be much of a difference when both are downsampling so dramatically. I also noticed that doing an unsharp mask before downsampling, and again if necessary at output, gives a more natural crisp result than doing it just once as the final step at output resolution (which used to be the conventional wisdom).
There's no denying that footage from my Scarlet looks utterly, utterly fabulous downsampled to 720p, compared with footage from my AF100 downsampled from 1080p to 720p. Oversampling *REALLY*, *REALLY* helps and oversampling a lot seems much better than oversampling a little. I just wish I understood where these perceived gains are coming from physically!
Cheers, Hywel.
Last Edit: April 20, 2012, 11:57:00 AM by Hywel
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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April 20, 2012, 12:01:37 PM »
Good question Hywel!
If you look at a bayer CFA quad:
and make one RGB pixel out of it, if you don't apply any filtering in the process (so just "binning", and averaging the greens) the green value's spatial location is centred on the quad and the red and blue values are offset half a diagonal pixel. This will induce some mild colouration on sharp edges. The averaging of the greens is a very mild filter and helps very slightly with aliasing, but not much. Remember downsampling is a sampling process, so adequate filtering is needed.
When you do a full demosaic to RGB, you're now in the position where you can apply a proper filter before downsampling, which will lead you to a more co-sited RGB result (vastly reduced colour fringing on sharp edges) and a sharper image with less aliasing.
There's too many factors in play to properly figure why your downsampling example is different.
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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Quote from: Graeme Nattress on April 20, 2012, 12:01:37 PM
(snip) the green value's spatial location is centred on the quad and the red and blue values are offset half a diagonal pixel. This will induce some mild colouration on sharp edges. The averaging of the greens is a very mild filter and helps very slightly with aliasing, but not much. Remember downsampling is a sampling process, so adequate filtering is needed.
When you do a full demosaic to RGB, you're now in the position where you can apply a proper filter before downsampling, which will lead you to a more co-sited RGB result (vastly reduced colour fringing on sharp edges) and a sharper image with less aliasing.
Ahhhh, smart. Thank you! I hadn't been thinking of it in terms needing co-sited results. Of course that makes sense. You have three sampled monochrome images slightly offset from each other, so handling that offset as well as you can is vital when you downsample. Then it makes sense that you can do a better job of that by deBayering to full resolution with a good algorithm before you downsample.
I'll be slightly less impatient with my Mac as it chugs through my R3Ds at full deBayer now :-)
(I know, I know, I should get a RED Rocket. I fully intend to purchase one when the money comes in from selling the first shorts shot with my Scarlet! It's bearable with CPU renders while I sleep for the moment )
Cheers, Hywel.
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April 22, 2012, 08:52:38 PM »
Sorry to take the subject off the rgbg discussion, but since you have RED's ear, a few suggestions and comments on the Scarlet, after using it for 4 weeks straight.
1. 6k upgrade. Though I don't know what I'l do with it, I'm sure it will be a better sensor. Thanks.
2. Scarlet form factor. Complicated, but nice weight, works with just about everything, hand held, stedicam, sticks, crane. Once again Thanks.
3. Red Cine-x and Rocket are to improves in all aspects was including stability. Thanks.
4. Scarlet screen. Beautiful, great resolution, big. Thanks
5. Scarlet file, Good high iso, a little smooth for my tastes but easily fixed. Thanks along with RED Gamma 3.
Wish List.
1. Please give us an option for a matte screen. Even with a shade, even with medum ambient light, turn and track the wrong way and you go from seeing the image to seeing your own reflection.
2. Autofocus. Don't need it all the time, not even most the time, but if their is a firmware fix to stop the hunting, please have RED address it. For some things autofocus can be brilliant, for others, well so far it's a manual focus camera.
Not a big complaint, but a little help would do.
3. Nikon Mount. Maybe it's me, but I've got years of manually focusing Nikon Lenses in my brain and manually working a Canon lens just kind of throws me. I can do it, but I have to practice and try to remember each time.
I have both large sets of Nikon and Canon Lenses and would rather go the Nikon route, especially the Zeiss as I love the sharpness.
3. Cine-X. Two needs, well make that three. The ability for real single channel corrections that are on sliders (see lightroom). The ability to get a quicktime movie that plays in quicktime 7 that matches cine X. I know this is an apple issue, but something is screwy with the gamma from Cinex to quicktime, (in any flavor). The ability to lightly vignette the files. Nothing drastic, but just enough to give that slight corner darkness or brightness.
4. This one is big. Some kind of locking mechanism or more stable sound inputs. Those mini plugs are a nightmare. I've bought all versions from straight out to L shaped and they just aren't secure and a slight move makes them pop. Anything to help in this regards will let me sleep a lot better at night.
5. Sound playback. Maybe I'm missing something, but to playback a clip and not hear sound is a heart stopper. There may be a function I've missed in the setup, but I can't find it and I've looked, test, tried, rinsed and repeat.
6. A quick start document. The RED operational guide is the only camera manual I've ever read and I've read it three times and it's kind of all over the place. I know this is a complicated and amazing device, but something that allows A user to pull out a sheet or two read through it and find an issue on setup would be golden. As you know, most of us start production tired due to heavy pre production and schedules.
I've become use to the Scarlet and most things are second nature, but sometimes a brain fart and oops, it's back to what was that setting I was looking for. It could be simple, just format, resolution, sound input and ouput, etc.
Other than that.
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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April 22, 2012, 09:17:33 PM »
Nikon mounts are coming in August. The latest word from Jarred:
"Nikon Mounts are officially off hold... time for a little Nikon love.
Electronic Nikon Mount Aluminum $700.
Electronic Nikon Mount Titanium $2200.
Ships early August."
I do agree that the user manual could be organized a little better and a quick start guide would be helpful ... but with a resource like REDUSER ... most questions get answered pretty quick.
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Re: RED carpet bombs NAB
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April 22, 2012, 09:18:55 PM »
1) More resolution, better dynamic range. Price for Scarlet upgrade is TBD, for Epic it's $6k.
3) the RC-X team are really working hard, and are very responsive to bugs, issues etc.
Thanks for the wishlist:
1) I'll ask on matte screen.
2) Yup AF is tricky. I know a team is constantly working to improve this and that some AF lenses work better than others.
3) vignette is a lovely idea - I'll put that forwards. Gamma is a pain, and mostly afaik in Apple's court. Not sure what you mean on the single channel controls, pm me and I'll figure out what you're suggesting.
4) I'll ask the guys on this.
5) In the works as far as I know.
6) We're working hard on educational materials, and this is obviously one that should be done. I'll ask our education team.
Thanks for the quality feedback,
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April 23, 2012, 04:23:52 AM »
Thanks for the info on the Nikon Mount. I'll inquire with my RED rep is there's a list, (whoa do I hate lists), but really thanks.
As far as RED user net, I kid about the fanboyism, but it does have a lot of resource, though I just don't have time to dig through it. Maybe it's my key wording, but we tried to find info on the scarlet sound playback in camera and never found anything substantial, though we gave it very little time, as for 5 weeks our crew has been sleeping about 5 hours a night tops and has done 4 countries in that period.
For single channel corrections, I really mean those little color squares in light-room with slider adjustments. They go red, orange, yellow, blue, cyan, magenta, etc. I know those aren't real rgb values, but it allows hue, luminance and saturation of each of those colors.
Case in point, on this gig, we had a lot of voice over from real subjects and rather than just run sound I we shot a portrait style on a white background, for an effect I want to do on the 4 videos. As these are subjects from around the world in virtually every ethnic lineage, they're are a lot of color changes in skin.
We had one scene with a very white western man next to a beautiful woman of African decent. The man had a magenta hue the woman slightly orange. This can be corrected in curves but is tricky and time consuming.
Go into light-room with a still image of faces and find that function with the color squares and you'll notice what I mean.
For vignetting, it sounds a like a trick (it is), but early on with digital video I would slightly vignette the piece. Most of us have locked in our head that film lenses and film cameras slightly degrade from the inside of the frame out and I played on this and made it work.
There are plugs for this, apple even has a vignetting setting, though most are kind of funky and don't look film like, more effect like. Light-room is good at this, but early on I did it in FCP using layered timelines and masks. I can't tell you the number of times clients, duping houses, people in our industry would say, "that's great did you shoot this super 16 or 35 and I'd say digital video and they'd say we know it's digital video now, but what format did you shoot on and I'd say "digital video". I'm convinced the vignettes plus the coloration and throwing slight focus gave them that impression.
As far as Scarlet sound playback. Sound is a monster, as you know. Even the most talented sound techs, in the most perfect room can drop the ball and when the issues is not caught quickly we have hell trying to fix it. I always (or nearly always run two computers with max digital red red rockets installed and with the Scarlet we have to pull the SSD run it through the computer and listen. With the Max digital case it runs a fan so we have to disable it to not interfere with the shooting and as you know running a 4k file without the RED rocket, even in the latest powerbooks, is somewhat slow and takes a while to spool up.
As you also know every minute of production time is costly and the sooner they fix the playback on the Scarlet the better my life will be.
As far as the mini jacks, I just find them very spotty. I would have loved real xlr inputs, or at least the R1's mini xlrs. they lock and are stable. If your team knows of any more substantial solution for this, please, please let us know. In fact I'm so aware of the mini inputs that a lot of time I'll run an R-1 for sound collection, not really as a visual B cam but just because it gives me a visual reference to pair the sound later and I know the R-1 inputs are safe.
One more note then I'll stop boring everyone, but for the first time we had a problem with one of our R-1's. I'm not blaming RED because that one body has been to hell and back and I got complacent and thought it was virtually indestructible. So stable that I left our second R-1 back in the studio, because we were carrying over 1000 pounds of equipment as it was and baggage overage in europe is a fright. Next time the second R-1 comes along. I could kick myself.
What happened was about mid way into the project we lost the ability to see changes on the monitor. WB, ISO, tint, etc. In fact to make the monitor look good we had to be a stop hot which we caught early on so we'd set the shot, set the camera and then go into cine-x for preview make corrections in cine-x and then set the camera to those settings.
Thank goodness for the raw file because until I caught this I had two sessions that were a stop hot and cine-x pulled them back and they look great.
I like the Scarlet, may grow to love it, (don't know yet), but if you can love a machine I love the RED Ones. I know them inside and out and I still think they shoot the most cinema graphic look of any digital camera I've owned, motion or still.
Sorry. One more suggestion. A hot shoe addition for all the cameras. I know that sounds silly, but we run a second camera mounted mike for sound scratch and sync and they're are times you want to mount a small led at the lens for just a slight fill. There are third party solutions, but if RED made one for the R-1 and specifically the Scarlet it would be in our kit the day it came out.
P.S. I'm sorry, but one more thing. Why won't the Scarlet run a Phantom powered mic? I like Rodes, much better than seinhauser (sp?) and for a quick set up nothing works better or faster than one or two mics on stands out of frame pointed to the subject (as long as the subject isn't moving). Also powered mics are a pain as nobody remembers to turn them off, so every day, the batteries have to be changed. Seems like a small thing but as you know time is killer in production and anything that works, works fast is a godsend.
P.S. 2. This may sound like a list of complaints but it's not. As of "today" nobody makes a raw file camera at the price of the RED and though an added step in processing, is well worth the security. I'm convinced that RED has pushed the whole industry and without RED Sony or Canon wouldn't have dreamed of a raw file (my opinion).
People can say what they want about RED's raw file if it's really raw or not, but I know a stop over is not the plan (see my above note), but the ability to pull it back and make it look great is te=rememdous asset so thank the RED team.
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Probably in the next build of firmware the scarlet might be able to adress phantom power.
At least this was Jim´s answer from Redusers "Questions thread" (I agree, Reduser is another black hole of time):
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Is phantom power coming in the next build
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Thanks Ulf.
You saved me two hours.
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Quote from: BJL on April 20, 2012, 11:15:48 AM
OK, Dalsa was first. (Whatever happened to Dalsa in digital cinema cameras anyway?)
What happened to the Genesis is some productions actually used them for payed gigs.
I was on a week long production with a pair of the cameras, & we came very close to getting lawyers involved.
Panavision employees referred to it as "The Science Experiment".
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Quote from: bcooter on April 17, 2012, 12:55:35 AM
Disclaimer. I'm over three weeks into a 4 country gig, Milan until Thursday, then off to London and none of us have had more than 5 hours sleep a night (that's being generous).
Maybe it's time to rethink your commute. The savings in airfare, & baggage overages, should offset the $400k price tag.
Google, & Autodesk, are using them regularly, with Sergey Brin owning multiple robots just for himself.
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Quote from: Bern Caughey on April 23, 2012, 12:36:53 PM
Maybe it's time to rethink your commute. The savings in airfare, & baggage overages, should offset the $400k price tag.
Google, & Autodesk, are using them regularly, with Sergey Brin owning multiple robots just for himself.
Talk about playing to the 1% or should I say the .00000001%, making half a million dollar toys for the new dot com rich.
I don't know man, I think we need to rethink this digital thing.
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Lack of audio playback is a real pain. Hopefully, that will be addressed and enabled soon in a firmware upgrade. They have indicated that a clean HD signal is right around the corner ... so that will make the Pix owners very happy ... and probably make Epic/Scarlet a real Alexa killer at their respective price-points.
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Quote from: ftbt on April 23, 2012, 07:51:22 PM
Lack of audio playback is a real pain. Hopefully, that will be addressed and enabled soon in a firmware upgrade. They have indicated that a clean HD signal is right around the corner ... so that will make the Pix owners very happy ... and probably make Epic/Scarlet a real Alexa killer at their respective price-points.
There is little I can write that RED probably doesn't know.
The Scarlet is good, a little buggy, great file and like most digital video cameras somewhat complicated.
What I would love to see is the audio playback addressed quickly and much, much improved autofocus.
I say autofocus because the way advertising has changed. We're now in a world that's not just a linear narrative piece, video or stills, we're in a multimedia world where especially in lifestyle advertising camera and subject movement changes the look of a video from a snore to something exciting.
If your shooting locked down and tracking someone walking towards the camera, almost anyone can reasonably pull focus. If you want to rush the camera at the subjects, spin around them, catch an expression over a shoulder then that requires a very good focus puller (which is going to make the rig heavier) or you need reliable autofocus.
Recently everything we've shot is started with the RED1's and/or Scarlet for safety and to establish the scene, but 75% of the time I grab the Sony FS100 and set it for autofocus and image stabilization and make the image interesting. I'm probably as use to walking backwards as I am walking forward.
Now the reason I bring this up is I guess the Epic and Red One have targeted to the Alexa, (I wonder how many dp's buy a Alexa vs. Rent). but the Scarlet seems to be a Canon and Sony competitor. If the Scarlet would have some of the features of the present and new to come 4k Sony, I'd not have to consider another camera.
I am positive that in 3 weeks when we get into the editing booth with the client, the imagery they will go wow about won't be the most refined, it will be the most exciting.
The issue with Sony isn't the camera, it's the lens offerings and none of us know how they plan to process our 4k raw. Those things RED thought out a long time ago and a RED rocket, regardless of price changes the game when it comes to workflow.
The issue with all the camera makers is do they take their mid range scarlets, Sony FSes, Canons and make them a competitor for their own higher priced cameras. Will Sony let the 4k FS loose and make it a huge sales success, or will they hobble it to protect F3 sales?
In the last 2 years I've learned volumes about these cameras, files, workflow, pre production, production, etc. etc. etc. and my personal preference of file look is the R1with the MX sensor. To me RED got it right after a lot of trial and error. I love the look of the R1.
Then again when the rubber meets the road and time is compressed, the little FS 100 has a lot of smart features. Playback is a snap, real dual XLR connectors and the ability to mix sound take setting up and security of shooting a much easier and stable task.
Bottom line is in 5 years we'll see what happens. I assume Adobe with lightroom will find a way to give real professional color grading without workarounds. To me that will be the real leveler . . . maybe.
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April 24, 2012, 02:56:28 PM »
About the Arri Alexa,
It's true that Red compeats with Arri, and at the same time the products are slightly different.
I'd like to develop that point a little if I may because I think we often tend to compare the 2 cameras.
Here in the high-end avert, the camera mainly used is the Alexa, way before the Red cameras, and still a lot more than we imagine: film; but I'll talk stricktly about digital so the Alexa.
Each time I had the oportunity to ask, on a plateau or in private, why the Alexa and not the R1 or Epic ? the answer were not about film look (both have film look), or DR (both have wide DR) etc...
The main reasons the Alexa haunts the advert and cine-teevee crew is because the incredible simplicity and reliability of its workflow, both on set and in post, and the other main reason is because all experienced operators are "at home" as they are trained on Arri since they were sucking pacifier.
Very very rarely the Alexa is used in Arriraw config. It's very costly and everybody prefers the LogC - Prores workflow. The post prod of Arri files is really simple, simplier than Red and doesn't need so much power or redrocket. So, the Alexa is generally prefered for that reason and it produces superb flat files right-out-the-box, no transcode, no debayer but direct (done internaly in the Arri). In fact in any situation where also high volume of footage is requiered and delays are short the Alexa wins.
As an example, I can edit with my now 3 years old workstation, Alexa's files quite comfortably, no prob, while the latest Red 6K anouncement, no way. And right now I don't have the Redrocket so I use a workflow with the Avid that works for me but based on proxies or based on AMA, sometimes a DPX workflow too if I don't edit in Avid but all that need re-link or transcode at one point or another. More manipulation.
Red gives however, IMHO, 2 main advantages. One is the possibility to crop (or reframe, it sounds better); and of course the other advantage is the latitude and flexibility that Raw is giving, this point doesn't need more explainations for being so obvious. I think it has been demostrate many times here in this forum in any forms and colors.
HD format has no room to crop and solutions are costly. So if youy operate an Alexa in non-raw, you have very little flexibility on that aspect.
But if really short deadlines are required mixed with volume and high-quality R.O.T.B, the Alexa IMO still beats a Red system. Red on the other hand has the power and flexibility and price-friendly.
Both cameras produce beautifull footage and I think it's a question of priorities. They compeat, yes and no at the same time. I think both have found their niche-clients.
The photographer, by its training, nature, budgets and mentality will without doubt be much more inclined towards Red cameras. The Alexa will attract more the video-cine crew (Red does too) but I doubt many photographers will join the Arri club. You could eventually use an Epic for stills but not an Alexa.
The Red is more versatile, flexible, forgives much more mistakes, still photography friendly, and well priced.
I think that naturally, Red has a lot of potencial buyers within the photographic comunity (they are very aware of it) and the motion's of course; while Arri strictly targets motion crew.
The real Red competitors are going to be the Sony, Panas 4 or more Ks to come.
I also agree with James: it would be indeed highly desirable that we end to work within a sort of Lightroom or C1 for motion with advanced grading capabilities. It would also be great if we could end to have a standart RAW, although I doubt it will happen and I think that DNG in motion will end the same as DNG in still, a presumed standart that almost nobody applies.
It would also be very nice if all motion capable cameras would feature thruth xlr, as mentionned, phantom power would not be a luxury and if they could apply the rule of one-button-one-function I'd be eternally thankfull. Plus, sensors that would allow multiformat or at least the capability to project the cropping lines wich is generally not the case.
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Quote from: bcooter on April 24, 2012, 05:11:54 AM
What I would love to see is the audio playback addressed quickly and much, much improved autofocus.
The new camera firmware released last week supposedly contains. " ... New Autofocus Algorithms ..."
I haven't tried it yet, primarily because I shoot mostly manual focus Zeiss lenses. My only Canon autofocus capable lens is my Tokina 11-16. I do have a bunch of Nikon zooms and it will be interesting to see how (or if) autofocus works with them when that mount is released.
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Quote from: fredjeang on April 24, 2012, 02:56:28 PM
Very very rarely the Alexa is used in Arriraw config. It's very costly and everybody prefers the LogC - Prores workflow.standart RAW,
I just dont get why people dont crave to shoot RAW at the higher end.
I think that most cinematographers are simply a decade behind us photographers in understanding the power of a raw file
As for cost - it would seem that on set costs could be reduced too !
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Quote from: Morgan_Moore on April 24, 2012, 06:50:15 PM
I just dont get why people dont crave to shoot RAW at the higher end.
I think that most cinematographers are simply a decade behind us photographers in understanding the power of a raw file
As for cost - it would seem that on set costs could be reduced too !
Believe it or not, RAW has little, if any advantage over Arri log for color grading. Both formats record the full range that the chip can image. When the white balance is set "close enough" in Arri log, color grading is quick and easy without having to fuss with the RAW converter.
There is also the issue of the color reproduction of the RedRAW. From my experience with red color and red color2, I have not been very happy. Perhaps red color 3 has fixed these issues, but it was not released in time for my last film. This is the main reason I hear from cinematographers for choosing Arri.
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