@davidhjlinberg

Go by what you see and compare, it's all very subjective. I'm flat out at work at the mo, but I will be playing with Sedna very soon. As Nick Driftwood said earlier...even after his mammoth test of Sedna he still needs the community to chip in and test away...the old patches are still great so don't be afraid to use them.

@driftwood, my hat off to you yet again! Loving your work...

@ignatius Yes of course, but still it's hard to know exactly what has improved when just testing and not know exactly what to look for. Then it's better to hear people who actually knows what has been improved to explain.

@driftwood, Some initial un-scientific testing - GH2, Sandisk SDXC 64GB, 95MB/s. HBR recording only (25p)

Loaded Sedna B. Looks great! Thank you. File won't wrap using Clipwrap. I am using Panasonic AVCAM importer plugin for Quicktime. Spans 1 x 4.29GB file but stops recording after the 2nd.

Loaded Sedna A. Crashes Quicktime 7 due to a problem with AVCAM importer. Can view the file with VLC.

Perian is not installed.

Nick, great work as always, thank you!:]

slightly OT, I noticed you've got yourself a 45-175 recently. How are you finding this lens, esp. compared to 14-140... Thx!

@davidhjlinberg i am no pro but from what i see the main difference between orion and Sedna is the way the sensor is interpreting image. From my humble point of view Orion gives very strong details in the shadow/dark areas of an image whereas Sedna seems to use more details in everything that is highlights...Overall i prefer the look it gives me, blacks are still there but it seems like highlights are so good looking that it pleases my eyes more, but i think it depends on the type of image you are looking for, the lens you are using etc...

Also from what Nick wrote before he worked on the red channel a lot, on my side it helps a lot making the greens smoother, i'm not sure why...but the overall image looks better to me, for what i want and like to do.

So yes it becomes now a question of subjectivity, i migth use Orion for a Predator type of movie while I'll use Sedna more for a Science of sleep type of movie (Michel Gondry)

@driftwood thank you again, when are you starting to receive donations for your movie project? I have to do further recording but so far Sedna C Q20 is working on a Transcend class 10 card with no apparent problem.

I have put the sedna a matrix in my own settings.
i take a shot with total wrong camera settings.
iso 500, shutter 1/4000 , F5.6 and lens on 14mm (olympus 14-150).
And it just still looks good...
Sedna makes a BIG differences with almost standard bitrates, really impressive!

I love you Driftwood.

Before to load the Sedna, I wan't to share this last clip shot with the Rocket v.2. I think that the detail is unbeatable. Driftwood Quantum Rocket v.2. Lumix pancake 14/48. Shutter 1/50. Smooth 4 x -2. Sorry I can't afford Vimeo Plus to upload HD, but in the COW can be seen full quality, just chose the size and enable HD: http://reels.creativecow.net/film/pink-on-an-underwater-grass-plantation

24p works fine. 720 SH and H both record 80,000-90,000 bitrate. So how should I lower this to prevent read error?

The patch says Video Bitrate FH/H = 7200000

Has anyone tried Sedna B AQ1 720p SH?

I've lowered the SH and H to 75,000 (75000000) and 65,000 (65000000) yet it only lowered the recorded 720 bitrate to from 88,000 - 92,000 to 84,000 - 88,0000. I suppose I try lowering them to 60,000 and 50,000.

Tried out Sedna AQ2 A, B and C in 60p sh mode all stopped recording with write speed error. Sedna Q20s work fine in 60p sh.

Quantum 9b 60p settings have been very stable for me, so now the question is...Sedna Q20 vs Quantum 9b for 60p.

I use Sanddisk 32g 30mbs cards.