Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

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Mike Mas

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Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostSat Aug 12, 2017 12:06 pm

Hey guys I'm looking at getting a monitor recorder and looking at the BM Video assist but I can't find the the NIT brightness published anywhere. Since I shoot outside brightness is important. My buddy has the Shogun Inferno with 1500 nit but there is no options for me to review SD cards in the field.

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Re: Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostSat Aug 12, 2017 11:13 pm

Mike, look here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=62151

and here a comparison between Shogun Inferno and Ursa Mini 4.6k display brightness:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=60184&p=344405#p344405
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Re: Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostSat Aug 12, 2017 11:23 pm

Robert,

Thanks so much - super job on the comparison.

I do have another question that maybe you can answer for me. I would like to use the Shogun Inferno or Blackmagic for drone work to preview shots at the field. But I need something to display video from the SD cards from the drones.

I did manage to find a board on Ebay that has two SD slots that will fit in the Atomos drive slot but I don't think it will play either MOV or MP4 videos. any ideas on that or perhaps another device that will.

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Re: Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostMon Aug 14, 2017 1:32 pm

The BMD will also not play the format that is coming from your drone.. It needs the exact codec and framerate to match otherwise it won't play..

A laptop is one of the only good options.. Or record your downlink to a VA or Ato.. And review your downlink footage. ;)
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Re: Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostMon Aug 14, 2017 3:15 pm

Thanks for the reply - however the quality coming from the HDMI output on the transmitter is poor quality and not really usable unless for ENG applications.

Let me hit you with another question - is there any format I could load on the Atomos Shogun SSD to preview drone footage at the field?

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Re: Blackmagic Video Assist Brightness

PostMon Aug 14, 2017 4:02 pm

Yourmdrine ismrecording the good footage, and the downlink recording is just to "review" the footage, so it should be good enough to see what was recorded? Unless you can not tell when the drone recording starts and stops on the downlink footage?

If you want to check the actual footage for quality and to see what was actually recorded, then a laptop is your only choice, the VA or Atomos recorders are not going to work, as the drone video format does not match either device.
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