F3 4:4:4 recording solution? Forget the gemini!

[Luc De Wandel]

Alister, entered my e-mail in your link as demanded, but no download...

[Peter Corbett]

Same here...it's broke.

[Alister Chapman]

if you click on the link again, after entering you email, you should get the download link.

[Barry Nolan]

Alister,

I've tried your link 5 or 6 times in the past 5 hrs. with no luck.

Barry

[Peter Corbett]

Ditto. Just tried it again and nothing happens.

[Alister Chapman]

I've changed the login method. Registered users should get the download link automatically.

[Barry Nolan]

Alister,

OK now. Thank you
Barry

[Peter G. Johnson]

Originally Posted by Dan Keaton

I thought the import tax for Australia was 10%, but I could be wrong.

Import tax to Australia is 10% and then you add on Customs Duty. What a complete rort! I've been stung a number of times with this, which is why you have to be discerning when importing to Australia.

A$
Customs value EXAMPLE ($1200) (Cval) 1200.00
Customs duty (Duty) @ 5% of Cval 60.00 (Payable)
International transport and insurance or postage (T&I) 150.00
Value of the Taxable Importation (VoTI) (Cval+Duty+T&I) 1410.00
Goods and Services Tax (GST) @ 10% of the VoTI 141.00 (Payable)
Total payable Duty + GST 201.00

When buying over the internet

[Alister Chapman]

There is a similar tax situation when importing into most countries.

Across Europe for example a product imported from outside Europe will be subject to VAT. In the UK VAT is 17.5% (As corrected by Mike below it's 20%). Then there is also import duty which will depend on the type of product, but between 8% and 15% is common.

The exporter of a product when selling to another country does not generally have to add any taxes to the product. But when selling in ones own country there will be sales taxes and/or VAT to be added, which is often why overseas goods often appear on the face of it to be cheaper.

[Mike Marriage]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

In the UK VAT is 17.5%.

20% since 4th January 2011!

[Alister Chapman]

Doh! I do know that but my brain refuses to accept 20% VAT, especially on a weekend when I'm jet lagged :-)

[Ron Aerts]

Originally Posted by Cees van Kempen

Is the difference related to ProRess vs. XDCam or to 10bit 220mbps vs 8bit 35mbps? Or in other words, will capturing with nanoflash at XD Cam HD422 @ 220mbps be comparable with the proress example or with the SxS card example? I don't have a F3 (yet), but have a nano and consider the F3.

Cees, you're welcome to use my F3/Zeiss CP2 for a test

[Cees van Kempen]

Thanks Ron, I might come back to this at a later stage.

Cees

[Doug Jensen]

Originally Posted by Cees van Kempen

Is the difference related to ProRess vs. XDCam or to 10bit 220mbps vs 8bit 35mbps? Or in other words, will capturing with nanoflash at XD Cam HD422 @ 220mbps be comparable with the proress example or with the SxS card example? I don't have a F3 (yet), but have a nano and consider the F3.

I have 50GB of test footage available if you want to seriously compare the differences between various codecs. PMW-F3 S-LOG & External Recorders Test Drive

[Alister Chapman]

We shot a Duran Duran concert with 12x PMW-F3's with NanoFlashes recording at 80Mb/s on Friday. We chose NanoFlashes as they are highly reliable and the amount of media generated by 12 cameras shooting for over 2 hours each is very manageable. Lot's to consider when choosing a recorder, not just image quality. As there are no plans for a heavy grade (I created a PP specifically for the shoot by experimenting at a previous DD gig) it was felt that 8 bit would be plenty. Shooting with ProRes HQ would have generated around 3.5TB of data compared to the 900GB that was shot with the Nano's. Not a job for a Gemini... that would have been 26TB from the 12 cameras! Don't forget that we are also creating a backup of everything so all the numbers given can be doubled when you include that, plus a further 300GB from the mini-cams and crowd cameras.