What do you think? Would you use this lidar system for your shooting needs?

@billyoung9538

4 ай бұрын

I feel like some one needs to create a phone app that gives an overhead distance meter. Then one could walk to a point near the camera, and if they tapped on the distance shown on the app's lidar distance feed back they could lock a distance range to give higher priority to. That way if a hand came forward out of the defined focus zone it will remain focused on the face. Likely-wise they could expand on this idea and let one prioritize up to say 5 focus zone points in the lidar's scan area.and it would evaluate those distances from 1 to 5 and focus on the highest priority zone that had something in it first moving down the priority list if nothing is found.. This could also be useful from a focus pulling perspective because then one could set up two zones and simply shift their focus priority. Anyhow Lidar has a lot more powerful potential than PD movie's are making use of with this unit, and that doesn't require any type of face tracking algorithm to achieve. It would be sweet if someone like PD movie eventually decide to take advantage of.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

@@billyoung9538 I think they are working on more complex focus options but I am not sure where they are in the process

@UriRa

4 ай бұрын

An absolutely working tool - when you understand the logic of its operation and use it correctly. There are no ergonomic problems that they cause, such as awkward removal of wooden elements. Everything is convenient when understanding comes) Works as it should. The original fastening is rubbish, point it away and victorize the block and stable fastening yourself. I've been working with it for several months for a couple of frames, now the tracking and on-screen joke on the monitor does not raise any questions in the video. Sometimes I shoot photographers with Laowa without autofocus, including options with f 1.2.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

I think learning its quirks is absolutely what helps. If I understand where it will focus and how it focuses, that is extremely helpful for execution

@UriRa

4 ай бұрын

​@@Ansonandco, Yes, it's not difficult. Control tool. You can see from me that it performs well in challenging environments for other types of lidar. This includes macro mode and overlapping frames. We have plenty of tools on the fp camera to control the operation of this lidar. The speed of starting and moving from camera to camera or changing lenses is a unique achievement. I find it easy to work with him. The only negative for me is that it refused to work in the cold, at temperatures below -15 degrees Celsius. The camera is working, the Gudsen Moza tools are working, and PDMovie is resting....

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@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Love you too! See you Sunday!

Thank you! Very informative video-sets my expectations and no problem keeping manual focus where needed. Grateful for the continuing Sigma FP content. This camera so underrated.

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! This camera is my gem

Yet another stellar video man. I am interested in checking this one out for sure.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Thanks dude!

This is amazing - Thank you for sharing this - I have the DJI Lidar Rangefinder, but setting that thing up is so complicated. This looks so simple.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

It’s definitely one of the more simple set up processes out there

Straight to the point, no waffle, very informative and helpful review. Love it

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Thanks dude!

Very good video. Appreciate!

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Man this thing seems to nail the focus (at times). Keep crushing it bro!

@Ansonandco

2 ай бұрын

When calibrated properly it does a really good job

Interesting!! Great video as always buddy.

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Thanks dude!!

Good advice, thanks

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

love the review. Thank you for this. The centering focus is a bit bummer yes but agree. Moneys worth

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it’s definitely the best option for the price

Great review! Have you used this LiDAR motor with 7Artisans Spectrum lens? I'm curious in a course of a sufficient torque for this stiff lenses. Also they have two different motors. One is marked as MINI and has less torque. I've figured out this is the best option for me but I'm worried about the torque.

Hey that following shot of a walking subject was so nice and gritty yet smooth. Was it handheld? If so did you rig the camera the way it looks in the thumbnail of this video or was it a compact rig setup like yours ( I saw it on your channel) btw big fan of your content and you'd make me get a Sigma for sure!!

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks - this was a handheld shot. If you have watched my Komodo inspired rig for the fp, that is the rig set up I was using.

Priority focusing on thirds and ignoring the subject in the foreground is ensured by the installation location of the lidar unit and works well in scenes at short distances where it is needed. focusing in thirds at a long distance with objects in the foreground is very easy to implement in manual mode due to the large depth of field that appears on any lens as the focusing distance increases.

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Good point!

@UriRa

3 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco, This is not a point of view, but an almost everyday practice!) A very convenient lidar, I began to use it often in product photography with lenses without autofocus.

I met factory guys recently on NAB show , they told me to set the infinity focus on wheel and wait for the auto focus will get you the function to focus on the object like face instead of hand in the center.

@Ansonandco

2 ай бұрын

It changes it to back focus. It will focus on the second layer of subjects in the frame. I was not able to get it to focus on my face while my hands were in frame

Your face lighting and studio and color calibration is very amazing how you do it?

This is what I've been using! It's not perfect, but it's good enough for 98% of what I'd possibly use it for. It wasn't worth the additional cost and hassle to get a more robust unit and I feel like LIDAR autofocus being in it's infancy at the moment, in a year or two when something better comes along - it will be easier to justify upgrading. I also like that it comes with multiple batteries and chargers for those batteries. Seems like a given for something like this, but you'd be surprised how many companies nickle and dime you on that kind of stuff.

@Tokyo-Slim

4 ай бұрын

But yeah, as noted in the comments below, the batteries are fidgety and hard to remove. I find this to be preferrable to ones that fall out too easy though. :)

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

I do agree that lidar is in its infancy. I feel like PDmovie is open to exploring updates and how to make it better. I saw in my notes that they are trying to figure out how to deal with more complex shots and that excited me

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Oh for sure!

@itacatv2146

4 ай бұрын

But it has to be at least slightly better than the camera internal AF for it to make sense?

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

@@itacatv2146 it depends, I would still use it with my lumix s5iix when I want to use my cine/manual lenses.

According to PDMOVIE, there is a follow focus mode that can be locked onto the background, which can solve the problem of hand gestures interfering with the subject when taking selfies.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Yes, that is available. But I never got it to work to where it can do the complex focusing they mention

Would love to see a PD Movie Live Air vs dji Focus pro creators bundle video. DJI really frustrates me with their pricing.

Nice sir

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Ajay!

@AjaySingh-228

4 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco You are welcome sir

I had the one without LIDAR. I ended up returning it because the battery solutions were not only bad, but the batteries themselves were difficult to remove from the system. I wish they would re-design then power supply system.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

While I do love the self contained battery. It is definitely not the best. Thankfully it last for a really long time

this thing is awesome, one just has to do the calibration right :) works even on my small converted Sony RX0 with old cinema lenses :D

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

I will say the calibration, while simple, can be a pain to get it right. I had to calibrate my lenses a few times before it picked up

@ArminHirmer

4 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco hehe yeah, after a few trial and error I got it working nicely (even on the SL2 hehe)

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

@@ArminHirmer I’m glad I’m not the only one lol

@ArminHirmer

4 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco :D

Are you able to “pause” the autofocus very easily? So in essence, center frame, grab focus, turn off, recompose?

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

You have to press the power button on the motor itself. So while it’s easy, it may be kinda awkward

@JayandMack

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate your response! That is definitely a bit awkward and not convenient. Is the response immediate? Or does it take a second?

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

@@JayandMack it is immediate

@JayandMack

3 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco thanks for the info!

It can be useful if it has AF-S, otherwise using continuous AF with only the central point is very limiting

Do you have any videos how to setup??

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

There should be a link in the description directly to PDmovies set up process. That is what I used to set up

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@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

🫶🏻

Um. Yes! I need one now.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Dude hell yeah! It definitely helps when you don’t have lenses that use AF

@ClickPrintPlay

4 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco just thinking of my Blackmagic cams. I don’t have Instagram anymore by the way.

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

@@ClickPrintPlay I mean absolutely!

Which do you think is better for a gimbal set up, a lidar with a cine lense or just get a autofocus lense

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

If you can, AF lens for sure

I would like more than 5 profiles, and would like to make it harder to switch to autofocus when using it as manual focus control

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

It does seem a little finicky to switch between AF/MF

@UriRa

4 ай бұрын

Just buy a second one and leave one channel empty. This will give 9 lenses in memory and stable operation at short distances in manual mode.

hope u get the 7 artisans zoom cinelens

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

I asked… they said no. But I’m persistent lol

I also own this and I had a problem with it not focusing to infinity if nothing was in front of the lidar. But your shots seem fine. Did you have an issue with that?

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

There is definitely a couple shots in there that it did not hit infinity focus, that drove me nuts. Definitely an issue

@robertpaterson5477

3 ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco yeah. seems like it should be an easy firmware fix though

Hey there, random question but do you know if they sigma FP has some sort of IR cut or OLPF? I just tested some cheap Neewer ND filters, 4x5.65, even stacked two of them 3 and 4 stop for a total of 7 stops of ND and my blacks came out just fine.

@Ansonandco

Ай бұрын

I THINK it has an IR cut, if I remember correctly when I moved over from blackmagic, I could stop using my IRcut filters. OLPF is only in the fp L

@elysiumimpressions4187

Ай бұрын

@@Ansonandco Got it, thanks. Thats valuable information. I pre ordered a Pyxis 6k, and wondering if I just got lucky with the fp have IR cut, which, it seems like it does. I know BM is known for having IR pollution, but I couldn't resist the new box style, I/O, full frame, preview LUTS etc lol.

Can't you offset the lidar focus area from centre somehow? Something pd smart to think about in future versions

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

I think they are working on allowing for more complex focus options, but that may come with time

always before u want to order something u make a video about it

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Perfect timing? Hahaha

Will this work with anamorphic?

@Ansonandco

3 ай бұрын

Yes

pfhheeewww... so I don't need to sell my Live Air 2 unit, yet...

Would like to see a performance comparing between this and AF lens on S5ii?

@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

May have to do a follow up, but I did set it up to replicate one of the scenes from a recent short film and it did not perform as well. It suffers from focusing on the closest object in the frame

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@Ansonandco

4 ай бұрын

Nice! I’ll Check it out