LGR - Sassy's Green PC/Shuttle XS35GT (Patreon)
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Howdy, folks! Got another LGR computer retrospective/restoration-ish thing for your early viewing pleasure. This one is all about a nifty little PC that I found while thrifting some years back, known as the Sassy's Computers Green PC from 2011. Yeah it's a little mini PC running Windows, billed as a lower-power, eco-friendly desktop to the people of Asheville, North Carolina. Which is just down the road from me here in the mountains of NC! I don't get the chance to go hyper local very often when talking about a computer, so that's something. And yeah, in reality it's just a Shuttle XS35GT V2 that was assembled by Sassy's back then, but still. It was a nice change of pace to talk about something literally close to home.
Oh! And this is also the first LGR episode that's been recorded entirely with my newest camera: the Lumix GH6 from Panasonic. Scenes were captured using its ridiculous 5.7K 60fps mode. That's a resolution of 5728x3024 at a 300,000kbps bitrate! The resulting file sizes and encoding time are enough to make me wanna cry, ha. I'm not sure how often I'll use the full capabilities like I did here, as it's probably only worth doing so for certain shots where the additional resolution and bitrate will be well-utilized. But still, I'm putting it through all its paces and having a good time doing so.
By design, the visual results here shouldn't look too different from my usual Lumix GH5S fare, if at all. Like, it's still being uploaded in 4K for YouTube and the site does its usual compression crud to the final processed video regardless. But yeah, I'm still figuring out the new color science, white balance handling, shutter speed and ISO options and all that, so there's a good chance I'll need to tweak some settings going forward.
And of course, thank you for your support here on Patreon, since it's your backing that makes upgrades like these feasible!
This may be the last upload for another week or so, I'm really not sure yet. Things are very much rolling forward with the house I'm buying and the closing date is fast approaching at the very beginning of April. Either way, I hope you enjoy this technological diversion with the Sassy's Green PC!