VX1000 General Discussion (gear/set-ups, filming/editing, tips/advice, etc.)

[IpathCats]

Spotted on the sls stream

[CHONGO]

Spotted on the sls stream

Sk8rats blowin up

[mattchew]

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Spotted on the sls stream

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Sk8rats blowin up

Incredible. I identify heavily with that shirt.

A few months ago I was on vacation eating at a restaurant while wearing a Sabotage shirt with a VX on the back and a random dude came up to me and started talking to me about skating hahaha.

[IpathCats]

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Spotted on the sls stream

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Sk8rats blowin up

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Incredible. I identify heavily with that shirt.

A few months ago I was on vacation eating at a restaurant while wearing a Sabotage shirt with a VX on the back and a random dude came up to me and started talking to me about skating hahaha.

If I wasn't such a loudmouth, I would get it too haha.

[Billy Bitchcakes]

I know VXs were designed to work with the technology of CRT TVs but has no one worked out how to fix the deinterlacing problems when uploading to youtube yet? Surely there's a simple fix

[donkey]

I know VXs were designed to work with the technology of CRT TVs but has no one worked out how to fix the deinterlacing problems when uploading to youtube yet? Surely there's a simple fix

why would you want to fix it? it looks good

[Safarisuit]

I don’t think that’s from interlacing but when you have the sharpness turned all the way up on the custom presets it looks like that

[Billy Bitchcakes]

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I know VXs were designed to work with the technology of CRT TVs but has no one worked out how to fix the deinterlacing problems when uploading to youtube yet? Surely there's a simple fix

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why would you want to fix it? it looks good

How does the whole scene turning into jagged lines look good? Look at those rails, that does not look good to me

[nickpaolucci]

I don’t think that’s from interlacing but when you have the sharpness turned all the way up on the custom presets it looks like that

[Garth Marenghi]

It's also upscaled DV NTSC footage that's gone through exporting and youtube compression.

[lydius]

always hard to add detail that was never really there in the first place.

[CHONGO]

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I don’t think that’s from interlacing but when you have the sharpness turned all the way up on the custom presets it looks like that

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[Garth Marenghi]

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I don’t think that’s from interlacing but when you have the sharpness turned all the way up on the custom presets it looks like that

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Not true, at least not on DV PAL. I have mine set all the way up but it's never that drastic. Here's a similarly overexposed/highly contrasted image for reference:

[doyle]

Probably less noticeable on PAL because of the extra horizontal resolution (576 vs NTSC's 480). More pixels = smoother diagonal lines.

[Garth Marenghi]

Probably less noticeable on PAL because of the extra horizontal resolution (576 vs NTSC's 480). More pixels = smoother diagonal lines.

Yes, definitely. Meant to post this on my initial reply to help illustrate the significant difference between resolutions. Quite a leap even from 576 to 720p.

[basedworldballout]

The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

[pedro_mayn]

The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

Oh I can't wait to see what prices these re-sellers will put on these...

[suckmadeck]

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The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

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Oh I can't wait to see what prices these re-sellers will put on these...

[Garth Marenghi]

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The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

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Oh I can't wait to see what prices these re-sellers will put on these...

For the culture!

[donkey]

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The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

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Oh I can't wait to see what prices these re-sellers will put on these...

An ordinary lightly-scratched MK1 goes for upwards of $2k; I cant even imagine what these re-sellers are gonna sell the special 25th anniversary ones for

[suckmadeck]

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The 25th Anniversary release for the Century Optics MK1 is apparently happening soon. Seems the Instagram resellers have mainly helped fund the 300 copy run and are getting 200 or so copies to sell themselves. I guess just take it with a grain of salt but it looks fairly promising. Will just be a shame if they mark it up to stupid prices.

 

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Oh I can't wait to see what prices these re-sellers will put on these...

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An ordinary lightly-scratched MK1 goes for upwards of $2k; I cant even imagine what these re-sellers are gonna sell the special 25th anniversary ones for

[CHONGO]

Prepare your wallets.

[Pusssy Runners]

Hi
I just bought a MK1 on ebay for my VX1000. When the mk1 finally arrive I realize that he was with a vx2000 bayo mount, did you know where I can find a new bayo ring for the vx1000? or if there another solution than the bayo mount?
thank you

[CHONGO]

Hi
I just bought a MK1 on ebay for my VX1000. When the mk1 finally arrive I realize that he was with a vx2000 bayo mount, did you know where I can find a new bayo ring for the vx1000? or if there another solution than the bayo mount?
thank you

https://www.deathlensfisheyesales.com/product-page/vx1000-bayo-ring-for-mk1
http://www.bayorings.com/index.php/vx1000-replica-bayoring.html

looks like the one from Germany is in stock.



out of stock...

[pj chad]

Has anyone ever had an issue with a VX1000 where manual focus doesn't work? Under normal circumstances, when you switch the focus down to manual, you typically see a hand with 'F' in it, and you can obviously move the focus ring and get it focused on the circle between the two triangles. However, on my VX1000, that manual hand with the 'F' is never displayed, and the focus ring does absolutely nothing. I know the focus switch isn't broken, because moving it down to infinity does produce a result.

[Allen.]

Has anyone ever had an issue with a VX1000 where manual focus doesn't work? Under normal circumstances, when you switch the focus down to manual, you typically see a hand with 'F' in it, and you can obviously move the focus ring and get it focused on the circle between the two triangles. However, on my VX1000, that manual hand with the 'F' is never displayed, and the focus ring does absolutely nothing. I know the focus switch isn't broken, because moving it down to infinity does produce a result.

Don’t know shit about that but that might mean that there’s some sort of disconnect between the shit that would trigger the manual focus and the actual focus internally. As always, hit up Kerry.

Anybody know anything about the VX2000’s internal clock battery? I want to set the date/not have to redo white balance and all that shit each time I use it or switch batteries out. The VX1’s clock battery is super easy to switch out but I can’t find the vx2’s

[CHONGO]

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Has anyone ever had an issue with a VX1000 where manual focus doesn't work? Under normal circumstances, when you switch the focus down to manual, you typically see a hand with 'F' in it, and you can obviously move the focus ring and get it focused on the circle between the two triangles. However, on my VX1000, that manual hand with the 'F' is never displayed, and the focus ring does absolutely nothing. I know the focus switch isn't broken, because moving it down to infinity does produce a result.

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Don’t know shit about that but that might mean that there’s some sort of disconnect between the shit that would trigger the manual focus and the actual focus internally. As always, hit up Kerry.

Anybody know anything about the VX2000’s internal clock battery? I want to set the date/not have to redo white balance and all that shit each time I use it or switch batteries out. The VX1’s clock battery is super easy to switch out but I can’t find the vx2’s

The cell battery? I know for me I have never had good luck after changing batteries and it reset all my white balance, f-stop and all that shit. On the vx2 I believe it's on the inside of where the LCD screen sits?

[TomCruz]

I am sure it's the same for the Vx2100

[TomCruz]

Has anyone ever had an issue with a VX1000 where manual focus doesn't work? Under normal circumstances, when you switch the focus down to manual, you typically see a hand with 'F' in it, and you can obviously move the focus ring and get it focused on the circle between the two triangles. However, on my VX1000, that manual hand with the 'F' is never displayed, and the focus ring does absolutely nothing. I know the focus switch isn't broken, because moving it down to infinity does produce a result.

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I would start with replacing this ^.  If that doesn't do it could be a # of things.  Usually want to start with the most obvious. If it's something you want to try and fix your self I can sell you the part.  If not hit up Kerry and he will take care of you.   

[shredslap]

Hey I need some help...

Got a new VX1000 and haven't done much with it yet. Put about 3 tapes in it. 2 recorded well, the 3rd tape is half solid and half glitched audio (sounds like a static jackhammer throughout the clips).

When I try to test it out with a new tape it still has that static jackhammer sound over the footage. Pretty much bummed. I filmed 3 tapes and logged 2 on it as well. But considering it was in mint condition and hardly used, I figure that wouldn't be enough to completely destroy it.... Any tips here guys?