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output. All right, NAB 2025, let's check

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out some

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stuff. Okay, so here we are with the

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very coveted GFX Aterna. Um, there's

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been so much hype surrounding this

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camera and you know I'm obviously

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interested because I am a user of the

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GFX100 Mark II. Like I love that camera.

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Absolutely one of my favorite stills

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camera and so it's interesting because

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there's so much hype surrounding this

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camera but the camera's already out. So

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people can just buy the GFX100. It's

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interesting because this is obviously a

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much nicer form factor, but like images

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are technically already out because

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they've basically just traded a lot of

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how the GFX100 was built into the

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Eterna. So, it's got the same sensor.

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It's got the same image quality, but

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there are some new things that we have

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learned just from here at NAB. From what

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I've been told, I think there is plans

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to do some sort of EVF option. On this

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unit right here, we see like a 5- in

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kind of LCD screen. you kind of really

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need an EVF if you're doing any kind of

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handheld shoulder work. So, it's kind of

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really crucial. And so, we've all come

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to know and love the uh default EVF

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that's from the GFX100. And so, one idea

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that I had and and from what I've been

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told is that they want to just somehow

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integrate and port that to be able to

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use this on this body because I love

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that EVF so much. I always compare it to

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like a little IMAX screen for my

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eyeball. So, another thing I think is

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really interesting right now is the only

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audio in right now is currently a 3 and

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12 mm on the back, which is nice to

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have, and from what I've been told, I

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think there's going to be some sort of

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integrated top handle XLR solution

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similar to like an FX6. So, I don't

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know. In my opinion, it just kind of

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seems like in the same way that the FX3

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relates to the FX6, it's kind of pretty

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similar to the GFX100 and the Eterna

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because what are the main reasons that

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you would choose an FX6 over an FX3? A

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big one would probably be internal

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variable NDs. This has internal variable

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NDs up to two to seven stops. So, one

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thing I really did want to flag is that

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since the majority of this camera has

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just been straightly ported from the

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GFX100, one kind of concern I had was in

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regards to the ISO because normally on

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the GFX100 when you're shooting Flog,

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you can't go below base ISO. Like, you

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can't rate downwards to 640, 500, stuff

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like that. So, I am hoping I'm assuming

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that since this is more

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cinem. But the whole idea is that like

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this would be a great A camera and then

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people would use their GFX100 as a great

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B camera. But if this is able to change

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its ISO and go downward and the GFX100

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can't, it's like, okay, now I have to

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come up with some other solution and

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then use NDS on my B camera and it would

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just be nicer if just across the board

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if I'm shooting an F-OG, let me just

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write my my ISO downward. So quite

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possibly what I think is one of the

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biggest draws for a lot of Fujifilm

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cameras is the film emulations. I

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they're probably my favorite and I love

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the GFX100 so much because when I'm

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shooting with a film emulation in RAW,

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that same film emulation carries through

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in my editing software. So, but one

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thing that's also being discussed is

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that when you're shooting an F log, um,

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being able to use those same emulations

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as a 3D L, because currently with the

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GFX100, you can only use those film

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emulations when you're baking in your

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color profile, which obviously doesn't

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really suit a lot of video production.

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So, currently when you're shooting FLOG,

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there's only some kind of generic kind

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of RECX 709 L. So, um, that's one thing

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that I'm interested in in seeing how

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they navigate is just being able to use

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those more. more so as 3D LUTs as you're

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filming emulation. So, another thing I

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find really interesting about this

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camera is that they've actually included

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the stock GFX 100 battery in here. So,

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you could actually use that same battery

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and obviously it's you're going to have

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a pretty limited recording capability

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with it. We don't know exactly what that

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looks like yet, but the theory is is

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that you can leave a battery in there

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and then, you know, power it off your

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regular gold mount Vmount battery and

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that brick battery will charge the

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internal battery. But what that does is

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is you're able to now hot swap batteries

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and just have a one fully charged GFX

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battery in the chamber essentially. And

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so that way you can just rip your

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battery off and it's kind of cool. It's

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kind of a really cool feature for a kind

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of an cinemmaentcentric camera just

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having a very very kind of short

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internal battery. Another thing that I

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thought was kind of uh an interesting

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decision were the card slots. So, I

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would say 95% of this camera is the same

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as the current GFX100 all the way down

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to the card slots, but I don't know if

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that's necessarily a good thing. I think

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I would have rather preferred two CF

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Express cards rather than one CF Express

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and then one SD card. I think that one

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SD card is obviously for proxies, but it

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looks great. It's a beautiful body. So,

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I'm excited to see. We don't know

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pricing or availability yet. From what

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I've been told, it'll be this year.

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It'll be under a million dollars and

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looks really interesting. All right, we

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got Jerel. Times up. Brandon here.

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What's the coolest thing you've seen

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this week at NAB

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85

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Orus T14? Incredible latest. Looks

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beautiful.

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Uh, most of the stuff I've been looking

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at is boring because it's live stream

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related, but I guess for other people, I

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think the autofocus on Blackmagic is

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going to be pretty cool. It's going to

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be uh helpful. All right, you heard it

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here first. Brandon is hopping on the

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Blackmagic train. Super excited. Yep.

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Cuz uh they asked me am I shooting red

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and everything's a red so we're

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together. Okay. So I first saw these

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batteries last year at Core and these

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are the Snaps and they finally given me

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what I wanted which is basically a 98Wh

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hour version of the Core. So personally

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I really love this whole platform and

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I've been using these a ton. Whether

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it's for auxiliary power just having a

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personal battery bank or leaving one of

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these on a director's monitor. They're

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just so versatile. I just got these new

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plates. So, these are great because you

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can just adapt the core platform to an

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existing Vmount or gold mount. So, I'll

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leave one of these on my director's

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monitors. And so, whenever I really

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quickly just need to swap batteries, I

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can just latch them on together and then

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power passes through. No cables, no

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fuss. And whenever I need to swap, I

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just pull it off. It's great. And so

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obviously I've been really excited just

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for kind of a more standardized

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capacity. And the really cool thing

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about these, obviously they're a little

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bit bigger, they're a little bit

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heavier, but you can attach them to the

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plate and they also now lock. So no

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matter what I do, it's it's fully

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secure. It's on there. So it just does

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that with these little teeth that kind

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of bite into the plate itself. So that

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way you have full confidence and

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security that this battery will not fall

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off. And then from there, if I wanted to

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lock this one and then for instance add

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on another 98 watt hour and lock this

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one, now I essentially have what's a 200

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watt hour battery that's fully secure

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and locked off. And then if I just need

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to pop it off, I can just pop it off.

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For me, a big selling point of the whole

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Snap ecosystem is that you're able to

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stack as many as you want and then

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charge them all via USBC and then I can

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just charge them all and the power

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passes through each battery and makes it

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super super convenient, especially when

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you're traveling. So, I love this whole

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platform. I've been meaning to do a

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video on these also, but I'm super glad

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I held off, honestly, because the whole

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ecosystem now feels a lot more complete

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with the new 98 watt hour Snap Extreme.

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So, I'm super excited about this one.

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So, another new product from Core and

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sort of building off the Snap platform

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are these new Snap M. So, they're

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basically the brick style batteries, um,

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BPA, BPU, NPF, um, those style of

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batteries, but with the whole Snap

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ecosystem in mind. So here we have, you

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know, BPA, BPU. You can kind of line

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them together with magnets here and

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again charge them via one USBC cable and

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it passes through the entire stack. And

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the cool thing is is that you can have

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different uh a different mix of

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batteries. So even if you have all

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different battery styles, you can just

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charge every single one um all the way

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through with one USBC cable. So again,

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the versatility with this kind of

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ecosystem and platform just for

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traveling alone, I think is really

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really cool. So obviously I really love

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this whole Snap ecosystem. The one thing

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that I would really love and and I've

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passed this along too is that these

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plates are really cool because you can

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obviously adapt them to your existing

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systems. What I personally would love is

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a little bit of a thicker plate, but

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that has USB PD Pro ports integrated

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within the plate itself. So that way,

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you can imagine if this was on your

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camera and I snapped this on, um, I

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wouldn't necessarily need to repatch all

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of these different cables that are

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powering my accessories. So again, just

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if I was able to just have all of my PD

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Pro cables just directly integrated in

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here, even if this is like a little bit

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thicker, a little bit heavier, I would

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love just being able to snap a battery

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on and then just forget about it. So,

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uh, but one way to kind of circumvent

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that currently is to just use two snap

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extremes. So, for instance, if I have

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this plate, I can lock this in so it's

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not going to fall off. And then I can

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think about this first battery as like

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sort of my power plate. So, all of my

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ports can run into here. And then that

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way I can just stack a second one on

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here. Obviously, doubles my capacity,

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but then all I need to do is just take

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off this last one and then swap that out

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with a new brick and without having to

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touch these ports. One thing to note

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about doing that though is that if say

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you have two batteries that are both at

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100%, these are both going to discharge

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at the same rate. So one thing to think

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about if you do want to kind of end up

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doing that hot swap solution is

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discharging these both equally so

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they're both at kind of a lower level

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maybe one or two LEDs and then at that

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point then you can start swapping and

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then once you add a new one it'll

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discharge from the one with a higher

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capacity first. So, um, say these are

10:28

going down and then now I'm down to one

10:30

blinker. I can then swap this one out,

10:32

put on a fresh one, and then it will

10:34

just draw from this last battery that I

10:37

just added. So, kind of a workound

10:39

there. It's definitely something that

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I'll probably be doing. Um, just kind of

10:43

another neat solution as opposed to

10:45

using something like a shark fin, which

10:47

kind of widens out your build. The these

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are still really, really small, really,

10:52

really thin. So again, I'm a really big

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fan of this platform and I'm excited to

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see where this goes. Okay, so we're here

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at Sony. My very first uh priority was

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talking to a rep and seeing what the

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status update was in terms of the Morano

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firmware because I and I think a lot of

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other people have been patiently waiting

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for version two, which you know a year

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ago Sony had quoted March 2025 or later

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and it is now or later. So that seems to

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be a very fluid definition in terms of

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timeline. I asked one of them if there

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were any updates in terms of that

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timeline and they told me hopefully

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within a month of NAB. I think they're

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just ironing out some sort of bug within

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the firmware which I can totally get and

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appreciate. Uh at the same time it has

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also been a year since um the camera's

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release and we would just love to have

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clean menu overlays if I'm being totally

11:43

honest. They're also showing off the new

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uh mini Venice extension system. Um it's

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incredibly tiny. They have a really cool

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setup. um with the Rialto kind of rigged

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up with the its own custom airy cage.

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But for me, the big talking point was

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just the status update of the Pirano

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firmware. And if I'm being totally

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honest and transparent based on real

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actual interactions that I've had with

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some of the Sony reps, I don't feel like

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they like me very much based on my

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original Barono video, even though it's

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my primary camera that I'm using on a

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majority of my sets. So, it is what it

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is. But that's that. Hello. So, we're

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here. A wild crisp hair has appeared

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with the coveted Mantis. Um, I love this

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thing so much. Um, I got one later last

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year. I love it because it's obviously

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super modular. You can put it on speed

12:33

rail, you ready rig, you put it on a

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easy rig, and like I just love this

12:37

thing so much. Yeah, I've been seeing

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you rocking it on the ready rig a bunch.

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It's incredible with the Ronin. And I

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think what for me what really does it is

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that like it's so modular because you

12:45

can use it on whatever but then also

12:46

these elastic bands like depending on

12:49

your payload, depending on your

12:50

configuration, like I don't need to go

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out and buy a whole new easy rig just to

12:54

support lighter configurations. I can

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just swap out. Just swap to the blue

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bands. Exactly. And you get like super

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great vertical. I use it all the time.

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I'm using it for a short this weekend

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and we're doing a like it's purely

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handheld. So I'll be rocking the Mantis.

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I love this thing so much. Get your top

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handle. That's my new uh campaign is get

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rid of to your top handle. The closer

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you get to the body apex clamp, the

13:17

better it's going to feel. So, yeah. So,

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I've been meaning to do a video um

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solely on the Mantis. Um but I want to

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include it on a few more jobs first, but

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uh yeah, great seeing you. Good to see

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you, man. Nice to meet you. Me, too.

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This is another one I'm kind of excited

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about. These are the new Nissi Arius

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Primes. Basically, the bigger brother to

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the Athenas. I bought a set of Athenas

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because I needed some small version of a

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PL lens and so the only other option

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that I currently had was the Tokina

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Vista Primes which are just absolutely

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massive. So I just needed something

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small. That's why I got the Athenas.

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These are basically the super speed

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versions of the Athenas and the best way

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I can describe them are just super super

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creamy. Um, I love the way that the coma

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shapes like kind of towards the edges of

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the frame and the bokeh um towards the

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edges just kind of has this swirly

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effect that just really draws your eye

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to the center of the frame. So, I find

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them super super pleasing and it's cool

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seeing like these options available now

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cuz when you think about lens options

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five, six years ago, especially in terms

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of large format, like your options were

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pretty pretty limited. Now we have this

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overabundance and availability of

14:29

different styles of lenses. So these are

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really nice. I would definitely consider

14:34

picking a set of these up, especially if

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you're looking for like your first set

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of like pretty nice cinema lenses. For

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instance, I got my set of Tokina Vista

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Primes like six or so years ago for a

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little over 20 grand. I think you can

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get this five lens set for like just

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under 10. So, you're looking at kind of

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about half the price for a really kind

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of beautiful modern image quality. And

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especially if you're comparing them to

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something like G Masters, like I think

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they definitely have way more character.

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They're all 14 throughout the entire

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line. And they're not that much bigger

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than the Athenas. Um they're, you know,

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obviously a tiny bit chunkier, but still

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if you compare, you know, this 35 or

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even the 18 to a Vista Prime, like the

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difference is night and day. So, I

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definitely love the quality that are

15:20

coming out of these. and I'm definitely

15:22

keen on checking these out. All right,

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newies. They're great. Check them out.

15:28

Thanks, dude. Okay, so this one's

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actually one I'm actually pretty excited

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for. It's actually a piece of software

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from Peak 2 and it's their first time at

15:34

NAB. It's basically like a media

15:37

management software where you can have

15:39

an aggregate view of all different types

15:42

of media, which I think is really

15:44

interesting, especially in today's kind

15:46

of creator economy when we're having to

15:48

deal with photos, videos, all kinds of

15:51

different file formats. Um, it's kind of

15:54

really cool having one place where you

15:56

can kind of see everything on a visual

15:58

timeline. But the cool thing that Peak

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does is that it'll scan through your

16:03

source material and then use AI and all

16:06

of that buzzwordy stuff to actually

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recognize what it's looking at. So then

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from then you can use natural language

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to search for a specific item. So if I

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wanted to search for mushroom or if I

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wanted to search for any kind of

16:19

specific item, it will be able to detect

16:22

and pull that kind of in a similar way

16:24

that like Google Photos kind of does.

16:25

So, if you ever use Google Photos, you

16:28

usually are able to like type in bus or

16:30

type in film set and it will usually

16:32

give you a pretty good accurate res

16:34

result of what you're looking for. So,

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this is basically that and everything

16:39

kind of happens on um a local level. So,

16:43

if you guys have ever used something

16:45

like Plex, like a media server, it's

16:47

basically a similar kind of concept

16:49

where it uses your main machine as a

16:52

localized server. So, so it's really

16:54

cool. Obviously, the scan will take a

16:56

while depending on how much media you're

16:57

actually going through, but it's cool

16:58

because there are so many different um

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filter values that you could search

17:03

from. So, in this instance, we're

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searching through metadata. So, if you

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can see here, obviously, we're using

17:08

tons of different cameras. So, say for

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instance, I'm looking for an image that

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I took with a specific lens on a GFX

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camera. I can search for that specific

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lens and that specific GFX camera

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through all the metadata here if I know

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that I took a picture with that specific

17:23

setup. So whether that's Sony, whether

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that's Fuji, like it just reads the IPCC

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metadata, which I think is really cool.

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Another really cool thing is that you

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can search with all kinds of other

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different things um like similarity. So

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if you have u you'll find this a lot in

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like reference images when I'm pulling

17:39

from frame set or whatever. So if I have

17:41

a reference image and I say, "Oh, I

17:43

really like this image," I can drop that

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in and use that as my reference and then

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search my entire library or archive for

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images similar to that image. Um,

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another really cool one is speech. It

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will be able to basically transcribe

17:57

your media and then comb through and

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then find those exact keywords, whatever

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keywords you're looking up for in

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speech, which I I think is really cool.

18:05

Obviously, kind of in the similar way

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you can do with Google, you can just use

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natural language and input your search

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term and then find exactly what you're

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looking for. And another cool thing is

18:15

like when you're browsing through video

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clips, it'll actually kind of mark it

18:19

exactly where it found that reference

18:22

point. So if I search mushroom, it's

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telling me, okay, the mushroom is here

18:26

at 38 seconds. I'm always preaching

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organization and efficiency. So it only

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makes sense to also apply that to all of

18:36

our digital assets. So obviously I'm

18:38

only scratching the surface of what Peak

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2 is able to do. And and this software

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personally really really excites me. So,

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I definitely probably see myself doing a

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much more longer in-depth video of how

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Peak 2 works and and how it can be so

18:50

beneficial for us as creators. All

18:52

right, the man himself, Justin Porter.

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Uh, what's your favorite thing from this

18:56

week? From this week. So, I just found

18:57

out about the Ready Rig. I'm mad at you,

18:59

actually, because you should he should

19:01

have told me about the Ready Rig. He

19:02

should have known about the Ready Rig.

19:04

You should have told me about it. I

19:06

listen the Ready Rig. So, hear me out. I

19:08

use the Varo 5. I love it. But the ready

19:11

rig has so much more flexibility with

19:13

handheld movements. If you use the

19:15

Nimbus, that's the tool. That's the one.

19:18

So everything in NAV, I think most

19:20

exciting thing, probably the thing I'm

19:22

going to either buy right away or if

19:25

you're watching this video and you have

19:26

a soft spot in your heart, Ready Rig.

19:29

Um, it's that that's that's the thing

19:30

that I'm looking for. Another another

19:33

idea to pose to you and one thing that

19:35

I've done, ready rig with the Mantis.

19:38

So, I just talked to Chris about that

19:40

like literally an hour ago and he was

19:42

like, "Yeah, man. This is going to

19:43

elevate it. So, now you get control with

19:46

your tilt." And I was like, "Bro, like I

19:48

can't keep up. It's so much smoother."

19:50

Like, I love the Ready Rig. I have the

19:52

Ready Rig. Adam Mantis, of course you

19:54

do. He doesn't tell me any of the stuff.

19:56

You know how I got to find out? I got to

19:57

go to the source. I can't go to my

19:59

friend. My friend won't text me like,

20:00

"Hey, Porter, have you heard about the

20:02

Ready Rig?" Come on, man. That's cuz

20:04

that's cuz you that you're the gear guy.

20:06

You know what I'm saying? This guy

20:07

should already This guy should be doing

20:08

his research. You actually work. I don't

20:11

work. I'm just a videographer. You be

20:13

working. He's a cinematographer. This

20:15

man be working. He be working his

20:16

rounds. I just I pour water on my head.

20:19

It looks like sweat and I walk fast.

20:21

That makes people believe that stuff is

20:23

happening. Nothing's happening. But that

20:26

happens also while you're working.

20:28

Perception. Okay. So, here with the new

20:30

Blazar Mantis lenses, they're now 1.33

20:34

times anamorphic. So, you're basically

20:36

be able to shoot 235 uh no problem. Um,

20:39

from what I've been told, the new Mantis

20:41

lenses have been cleaned up a lot. So,

20:43

they have a lot cleaner look and image

20:45

and they're a lot sharper, a lot less

20:47

barrel distortion. So, their rear iris

20:49

element is actually oval. So, you're

20:51

getting that ovaly kind of bokeh like

20:54

across the range. And that also gives

20:57

you more of like a 1.5 or 2x look, which

21:01

again for a 13, I feel like this lens

21:03

has a ton a ton of character. And just

21:06

anecdotically, in the last six or so

21:08

months, I think I've probably added a

21:11

set of Remis lenses to my cart probably

21:14

three or four times, but for whatever

21:15

reason, didn't end up purchasing them.

21:17

So, but that's the Mantis. I'm really

21:19

excited to check these out, and maybe

21:20

one day they'll actually end up making

21:22

it out of the cart. Okay, so quick stop

21:24

here at DJI. Just wanted to briefly

21:26

mention the Power 2000 expansion. So,

21:30

this Power 1000 has honestly become like

21:32

the foundation for my entire cart

21:34

workflow. Comes without comes out with

21:37

me on basically every single job. New is

21:39

this guy, which is basically a

21:40

standalone piece. It doesn't work by

21:42

itself. You kind of need to connect it

21:44

to an existing Power 1000, but basically

21:47

the capacity of this is twice as much as

21:49

this. So,

21:51

um, with the Power 1000, you're starting

21:53

off with around 1,000 watt hours. You

21:55

add this and then you have a total of

21:56

3,000 watt hours. And so, I'm really

21:59

interested in also adding one of these

22:01

because you could just stack one up and

22:03

then obviously just more than double the

22:06

capacity of this thing. So, um, really

22:09

quickly, just wanted to briefly mention

22:10

this. I love this thing. I use this a

22:11

ton. And this is the 500. I'll often use

22:13

this one as like a kind of a portable

22:16

block battery for my batteries. Um, I'm

22:18

sure you guys have seen those videos,

22:19

but just wanted to mention that really

22:21

quick. The Ready Rig is like the best

22:23

thing in the world, bro. Okay, so here

22:25

with the new Nucleus 2. Um, obviously

22:28

the original Nucleus was super super

22:30

popular. I still see the Nucleus 1 being

22:33

used on all the time from huge budgets

22:36

to small budgets. It's still probably

22:38

the most widely available handunit

22:40

system. So, it's cool that they finally

22:42

like integrated the new version. I think

22:44

this solves a lot of issues that I would

22:48

always run into with the first version,

22:49

which is that you had very limited um

22:53

information regarding where the lens was

22:55

at. So now you have all these different

22:56

readouts in terms of your iris. You have

22:59

a screen touch screen here where you can

23:01

cycle through different views. Here you

23:03

can see the zoom, focus, and iris. You

23:05

have another small screen here as well

23:06

as a digital readout on the focus wheel

23:09

itself. Um, this is also supposed to

23:11

have a limited amount of camera control

23:13

support. So, I think they're working on

23:15

FX3, FX30, eventually Blackmagic,

23:18

probably the Pixus. Um, and it does that

23:21

uh via Bluetooth. Um, and I think

23:24

they're just working on adding other

23:26

cameras like even the Komodo to that

23:27

list. So, these are the new motors. Um,

23:30

you can obviously see that they're kind

23:32

of color coordinated and you can kind of

23:34

customize each color depending on which

23:36

axis you're controlling. Um, one kind of

23:38

small note that I gave to them was that

23:40

it would be nice to see something a

23:42

little bit more um, useful in terms of

23:45

information on the screen. It's kind of

23:47

like the old motors where you would see

23:48

the wireless power level and the channel

23:51

number that you're currently on, but I

23:54

had recommended that it might be also

23:56

cool instead to display something like

23:59

the relevant information to that axis.

24:02

So, if this was the focus motor, seeing

24:04

actually another screen that could show

24:07

a bigger number of the focus position of

24:09

the lens or if it's on an iris, being

24:12

able to see visually a bigger number

24:14

that displays the actual iris you're on.

24:17

I think that would be super cool. So,

24:18

especially if you're pulling like right

24:19

next to the camera, you can just

24:21

visually take a look at the motor aside

24:24

from looking at the hand unit, just

24:25

having more useful information on

24:27

screen. So my last kind of bit of

24:28

feedback here is that I thought it would

24:30

be great to utilize the existing nano as

24:33

something like an OCU. So I love using

24:36

the OCU whenever I'm running with a

24:37

high- five because one, it gives control

24:40

back to the operator whenever our focus

24:42

puller is stepping away 101, whatever.

24:44

So being able to just if I needed to

24:47

quickly adjust my focus temporarily and

24:50

then relinquish that control back to my

24:52

focus puller, from what I'm told, it's

24:54

possible to do it with this. I would

24:57

love this to be integrated into the

25:00

actual lens profiles stored from the

25:01

nucleus. So being able to see all of my

25:04

lens info and relevant data here would

25:08

be super super cool. So the main reason

25:09

that this is interesting to me right now

25:11

is that I recently just sold my RT kit

25:14

to one of my ACs because obviously I'm

25:16

not an AC. I don't really pull focus,

25:18

but there are instances where I do need

25:20

a focus puller and sometimes that focus

25:23

puller might not necessarily have kit.

25:25

So something like this is obviously

25:27

super attractive financially just to

25:30

have as a piece of kit because one it

25:32

contains everything you need. It has a

25:33

hand grips, has a hand unit. Um and

25:36

again I've seen the original Nucleus is

25:39

still around on a ton of sets.

25:43

So I think it's pretty interesting

25:45

timing from my perspective here with the

25:47

Pro Shill Mackey. What's your favorite

25:49

thing you've seen this week? Um, I am

25:52

Lord Chill. So, my uh light that I did

25:56

with Xun. Um, we we did a soft launch.

25:59

Uh, I twisted the arms so we could talk

26:01

about here. Outside of that, more

26:04

chilling. We're at the Blazer booth. The

26:06

Beetle. I got the still it. We went to a

26:08

ghost town. Incredibly fun. It's one of

26:11

those lenses that are going to, you

26:12

know, allow you to have fun. You know,

26:14

we pick up cameras. We're like, "Oh,

26:15

time to go to work." and it kind of

26:16

kills the joy of why we got it's kind of

26:18

nice having a piece of equipment to like

26:20

kind of help inspire that creativity.

26:21

So, those are those pieces of kit are

26:23

always super cool. Yeah. Outside of

26:24

that, the Pixus 12K, I'm excited about

26:27

that. I was on the verge of, you know,

26:30

shilling for a Red Raptor Xmount, but

26:33

the 12K I'm like that might do what I

26:35

need. So, I think it does what a lot of

26:37

people need. Yeah. So, I haven't got to

26:38

test it though, so it could be Who

26:40

knows? So, obviously these super high

26:42

power fixtures are really cool. I use

26:44

them a lot in the dating show that I'm

26:46

usually on. Um, Nan Lux has the new

26:48

5000B and then Aperture obviously with

26:50

the XC52. The 2400Bs have become pretty

26:54

much a staple on that show. Um, but

26:56

honestly, what's more interesting for

26:58

me, especially with the work that I'm

26:59

doing lately, are the smaller fixtures.

27:01

Um, one of being the ADCs because

27:04

they're so compact and the build quality

27:06

is so kind of robust. They just kind of

27:09

recently announced this three light kit

27:10

which I ordered myself. So, actually

27:12

mine should be arriving today, which I'm

27:15

really excited for. Honestly, for a lot

27:16

of the jobs I'm doing, 80 100 watts is

27:19

more than enough from what I need. And

27:21

obviously just a huge huge fan of the

27:23

color fidelity of all the storm lights.

27:25

So,

27:29

and if this was water, can we have a cup

27:31

of water? Cuz I would do it. As a

27:33

cinematographer, bro, you want to make

27:35

sure your lights are clean.

27:39

How do you So if you just, you know, if

27:43

you just clean it a little bit like this

27:45

here, this this is a pro technique of

27:47

cleaning your lights. Yes. If you don't

27:49

clean your lights, they don't reach 100%

27:51

maximum output. So you want to make sure

27:53

all the elements, especially the heat

27:55

sink, is extremely clean. So I'm just

27:57

going to get a little more in there. You

27:59

want to also shake it around. You want

28:01

that to come out. See how it's coming

28:02

out the bottom? That's how you know it's

28:03

exceptionally clean. If it doesn't come

28:05

out the bottom, something's not right.

28:07

So you clean the light. Okay. Right. And

28:09

then it'll hit 100%. Right. Then it

28:12

turns this ADC into a gold mine. So

28:14

you're gonna start doing lighting videos

28:15

and little lighting tips like this. Oh

28:16

yeah. 100% man. Cuz you know I'm a

28:18

cinematographer. Cinem cineographer.

28:20

Yeah. Cinemographer. Yeah. So I do this

28:23

for a living. So you know if you follow

28:25

me it's just

28:26

portermographer.com. You'll see a lot

28:28

more of my my lighting tutorials. There

28:30

you have it. Easy. Easy. Pro tip from

28:32

Justin Porter cinemographer. I want to

28:34

just I just want to show the the fact

28:35

that it's going to reach 100% maximum

28:37

output. So after you clean the light

28:39

here, you know, you just you just take

28:41

it right just like this here and then

28:44

you power this bad boy on. And then you

28:46

know we'll we'll get we'll get max. Look

28:48

at that. See how we're getting maximum

28:50

output after we clean the light. Yeah.

28:52

Look at those specular highlights now.

28:53

We wouldn't have even achieved that had

28:55

we not have cleaned this thing first. I

28:57

wish I would have showed you what it

28:58

looked like before we cleaned the light.

29:00

Insane. Insane. Pretty dirty here on a

29:02

show floor. Yeah. And and what's crazy

29:04

about it is only Aperture is doing stuff

29:06

like this, you know. Um so if Aperture

29:09

sees this, they should send me a 1200X

29:11

so I can also show people how to

29:12

properly clean that light. Maybe an

29:14

X-T52 if they're feeling frisky. You got

29:17

power. You got enough power for an XT52?

29:19

I will find enough power for an X-T52.

29:21

Happy lighting. He just give me this wet

29:23

ass

Interactive Summary

This video provides a comprehensive overview of the latest technology showcased at NAB, including the Fujifilm GFX Eterna's cinematic features, the versatile Core Snap battery ecosystem, and new lens offerings from Nisi and Blazar. It also touches on Sony Burano firmware updates, Tilta's Nucleus 2 follow focus, and Peak 2's AI-driven media management software, concluding with a lighthearted segment on professional lighting maintenance.

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