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As long as she doesn't return the sentiment and buy you an emerald green crocodile handbag for your next birthday ;)

Depth of field is shallower with a bigger sensor - this is one of the major reasons for the sudden popularity of the 5DMkII for video - you can get that "sexy" out-of-focus background when doing close-ups of people, etc. A bigger sensor doesn't necessarily yield "better quality" since they use...

The hyper-wide angle is indeed the limitation with most video cameras. Apart from a few minor technical issues, I believe there's actually a very valid reason for this - hyper-wide video just looks bloody awful unless you really know what you're doing and want to use the effect deliberately :)...

Yes- you'd need flash to "fill in" the face (or a silvered reflector, but that's not so easy ;)). As Chris said - one of the auto mode on that camera should help - this is a common scenario. The keyword you should look for in the manual is "backlit" - that's what you are attempting here - a...

Mmmm.... why this insistence on using a stills camera for video? If you want the best video, why not use a video camera? Dollar for dollar (and gram for gram), a dedicated camcorder from Sony et al. will comfortably outperform a stills camera "that can also do video clips".

because gold doesn't tarnish/oxidize, so it's the best way to make low-resistance sliding/switching contacts - like bullet connectors that are gold plated. EDIT: typo - reversed my intended meaning :)

That eye-wateringly expensive PDB also introduces 16 potential points of failure - and the way it's arranged, you can't even heat-shrink the bullets together. And the point of gold-plating the whole thing is what, exactly? Sorry, but to my mind, the ultimate example of a (poor) solution looking...

and http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikon-d600/

Released AFAIK - their forum says all pre-orders have shipped.

I can't be sure, and the author may have fixed it - but I do remember encountering a possible bug when specifying a custom battery pack. Try choosing a standard battery pack that's close to the spec you've entered, just to make sure the figures don't change wildly.

ah - now I understand ;) You mentioned vertical CG placement in your DIYD write-up - that's an area of great interest to me. Hanging the camera under the centre of the disc is clearly a practical necessity rather than an optimum solution. The ideal is to have the CG coincident with the centre...

Unfortunately Canon plays the "feature spread" game very effectively - if you want 1080/60P, it's available from Canon - it just costs more. :)

Sorry - still need to know (from the earlier thread and the DIYD write-up) - what is "D/L"? Re: the "efficiency loss" with a coax setup - you really need to test with higher-pitch props on the bottom. Of course, then you have test to different combinations of pitch, different profiles...

Rob - interesting stuff - but I don't think it's fair to divert this thread with this material - perhaps start a new thread to disclose and discuss this very interesting research?

Ok, just a communication breakdown - the implication was that the video contained something relevant to the discussion :) Not sure what you think I'm being "rather critical" of, Denny - and as to "stunning" you all, I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone in that way - should I? ;)

This RX1 is not really relevant to AP, I think - it's a close-quarters photojournalism tool. No wired/wireless remote control (but a threaded mechanical release by the look of it) and only HDMI out. More interesting IMO is the NEX-6 - if they publish the specs for the wi-fi link. The rate at...

Well that was a waste of 6:48-worth of my morning ;) - nothing about AP in there! I assume you just meant "single rotor"?

Impossible to say without seeing exactly what you are doing - try posting some screenshots. I've found eCalc to be very good - but it does need to be understood and set correctly.

It should be perfectly obvious, Denny, that I'm poking and prodding at the Zenmuse and how it works precisely because I don't know. Not having one in front of me (and not being rich enough to buy one just to look) I can only rely on information gathered here from owners, combining that with what...

Interesting - of course, they should be mounted in compression - but since neither side of the mount is "fixed" then I think that normal rules don't necessarily apply. Zenmuse certainly breaks the rules, being in tension and also using 12 of them (which is probably way different to their...