New doco filmed on EX1 and Letus Extreme at DVinfo.net

Phil Bloom · March 7th, 2008, 11:17 PM

I started filming the project with the working title "Nightshift" in LA this week.

Shooting on 2 ex1s. One with a Letus X on and one without.

Go to my blog to read about my problems and successes and see some screen grabs.

Henry Dale · March 8th, 2008, 04:32 AM

Phil, I generally find your stuff really interesting, but I just went for a root around in your blog, and individual pages are taking so long to load that I gave up after looking at very little of what there is to see.

It might be my slow connection, but I can't recall having this problem on any other site I visit regularly. Have you considered inserting links to your clips rather than embedding them in the page?

Phil Bloom · March 8th, 2008, 11:39 AM

no idea what you problem is Henry. Nobody else has reported a problem and I certainly don't have one.

I won't put links on. Presentation is key. They load super fast for me.

Randy Strome · March 8th, 2008, 04:35 PM

For what its worth, it intermittently fails for me as well. Could be an Iweb/Windows/IE thing with the QT's. Sometimes it will load and play, sometimes a fail to execute error. Love the content when visible though!

Benjamin Eckstein · March 8th, 2008, 05:22 PM

Bloom, hope it was worth it if you did, in fact, get married in Vegas last night. I mean it didn't work out well for Britney, but you may have better luck!

Phil Bloom · March 8th, 2008, 06:03 PM

it's just been annulled!

Adam Ginsberg · March 8th, 2008, 11:15 PM

you ought to consider posting links to the work referenced in the thread title and save us all a few clicks!

this stuff is gorgeous, hopefully we'll be able to check the doco out upon completion. if you need a 2nd ex1/lex combo for whatever reason in nyc just let me know~

Phil Bloom · March 9th, 2008, 06:11 AM

Adam,

C'mon think of the exercise! A few extra clicks never hurt anyone!

Piotr Wozniacki · March 9th, 2008, 06:38 AM

Phil,

As you know, I'm seriously considering the Letus for my EX1 - were it not for your marvellous stuff, I probably wold not.

One question returns, though; let me put it in a somewhat provocative way:

I never used 35mm adaptors with my 1/3", or even 1/4" inch cameras. I bought the (not cheap) EX1 because its 1/2" imagers were supposed to give me shallower DOF. And since the better is any enemy of the good, now I'm going to spend even more to put the Letus on it!

Now, how much economically justified is this? Please, give me ONE reason for the EX1/Letus combo picture being better (and worth this extra money) than say my old, good V1E with Letus! Of course, the codec quality aside as this is quite another matter (and can be resolved by recording 10 bit 4:2:2 from any of the two); just from the "optical" point of view...Heck, I guess that with some 35mm lense + letus, the difference between the EX1's 1920 and the V1's 1440 is no more important, either!

George Kroonder · March 9th, 2008, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

no idea what you problem is Henry. Nobody else has reported a problem and I certainly don't have one.

I won't put links on. Presentation is key. They load super fast for me.

I'd have to agree with Henry... your blogpages do often load slowly here too. However, just now it was ok.

George/

Peter Wiley · March 9th, 2008, 06:14 PM

I generally don't have problems with Phil's website (I am also a fan). There is a bunch of javascript used on the new pages, so those with problems might want to make sure their browser is up to the task. Browsers still vary a great deal in their javascript support.

March 7th, 2008, 11:17 PM	#1
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	New doco filmed on EX1 and Letus Extreme I started filming the project with the working title "Nightshift" in LA this week. Shooting on 2 ex1s. One with a Letus X on and one without. Go to my blog to read about my problems and successes and see some screen grabs. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

March 8th, 2008, 04:32 AM	#2
Henry Dale New Boot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cardiff Posts: 17	Phil, I generally find your stuff really interesting, but I just went for a root around in your blog, and individual pages are taking so long to load that I gave up after looking at very little of what there is to see. It might be my slow connection, but I can't recall having this problem on any other site I visit regularly. Have you considered inserting links to your clips rather than embedding them in the page? Last edited by Henry Dale; March 8th, 2008 at 04:34 AM. Reason: removed redundant and repetitive wordage

March 8th, 2008, 11:39 AM	#3
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	no idea what you problem is Henry. Nobody else has reported a problem and I certainly don't have one. I won't put links on. Presentation is key. They load super fast for me. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

March 8th, 2008, 04:35 PM	#4
Randy Strome Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Haiku, HI Posts: 203 Images: 12	For what its worth, it intermittently fails for me as well. Could be an Iweb/Windows/IE thing with the QT's. Sometimes it will load and play, sometimes a fail to execute error. Love the content when visible though! Last edited by Randy Strome; March 8th, 2008 at 05:40 PM.

March 8th, 2008, 06:03 PM	#6
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	it's just been annulled! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

March 8th, 2008, 05:22 PM	#5
Benjamin Eckstein Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 380 Images: 1	Bloom, hope it was worth it if you did, in fact, get married in Vegas last night. I mean it didn't work out well for Britney, but you may have better luck!

March 8th, 2008, 11:15 PM	#7
Adam Ginsberg Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: United States Posts: 36	you ought to consider posting links to the work referenced in the thread title and save us all a few clicks! this stuff is gorgeous, hopefully we'll be able to check the doco out upon completion. if you need a 2nd ex1/lex combo for whatever reason in nyc just let me know~

March 9th, 2008, 06:11 AM	#8
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Adam, C'mon think of the exercise! A few extra clicks never hurt anyone! __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

March 9th, 2008, 06:38 AM	#9
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Phil, As you know, I'm seriously considering the Letus for my EX1 - were it not for your marvellous stuff, I probably wold not. One question returns, though; let me put it in a somewhat provocative way: I never used 35mm adaptors with my 1/3", or even 1/4" inch cameras. I bought the (not cheap) EX1 because its 1/2" imagers were supposed to give me shallower DOF. And since the better is any enemy of the good, now I'm going to spend even more to put the Letus on it! Now, how much economically justified is this? Please, give me ONE reason for the EX1/Letus combo picture being better (and worth this extra money) than say my old, good V1E with Letus! Of course, the codec quality aside as this is quite another matter (and can be resolved by recording 10 bit 4:2:2 from any of the two); just from the "optical" point of view...Heck, I guess that with some 35mm lense + letus, the difference between the EX1's 1920 and the V1's 1440 is no more important, either! __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

March 9th, 2008, 06:14 PM	#11
Peter Wiley Major Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lewisburg PA Posts: 752	I generally don't have problems with Phil's website (I am also a fan). There is a bunch of javascript used on the new pages, so those with problems might want to make sure their browser is up to the task. Browsers still vary a great deal in their javascript support.