Your mx500 equipment at DVinfo.net

Marco Mezzalana · March 13th, 2004, 07:42 AM

Hi,
what's your mx500 equipment, microphone, lens, hood, and more...I would to say so I can compare mine with yours, maybe some accessories are unknow for me, let's start:

i have the mx500 (trying to find a hood :-( )
A shure c606 microphone when I have to shot dialogue scene
And a "few euros" tripos (it does not allow me to do panoramic, the head doesn't have a fluid movement)

and you?

Frank Granovski · March 13th, 2004, 03:01 PM

For my MX300 this is my list:

3, "2-hour" batteries (good for 1 hour)
UV, polarizer, several Cokin filters
Manfrotto 128RC head / 055pro legs
Apex 191 mic / Senn MZS6 shock-mount for hot-shoe
cleaning cassette
spare miniDV tape
Lowepro Nova 5 soft case
DV Caddie

Come on, people, give it up.

Emmet Lucey · March 14th, 2004, 01:53 AM

manfrotto sort of smooth tripod
quickstream dv drive
hollywood lite steadycam
two big batteries
japanese waterproof suba case for swimming in rivers
raynox 5000, i like it so much it sleeps under my pillow
tiffen dv filter pack
azden smx-2 shotgun
hip pack that always has my canon digital rebel also, ready 2 go...
liquid edition for rescuing much of my film :-)

what i am missing is .....

a sunny / hazy day filter that allows me to achieve deep, good color saturaton on a foreground person, whilst also capturing the saturated colors in mountains / sky several miles distant.

i ge the foreground ok, but these beautiful skys and mountains consistantly look well laundered and faded ...........

i have tried both tiffen and pentax uv filters, no luck ....

Marco Mezzalana · March 14th, 2004, 07:23 AM

Uh, I'm very poor....

Ah what's "Apex 191 mic / Senn MZS6 shock-mount for hot-shoe"?
I don't know, it's a microphone right? It's bettere than a classic microphone with cable?have you a link with price, carateristic...ecc.?

Uao, a professional equipment....

Frank Granovski · March 14th, 2004, 03:02 PM

See this thread about the Sennheiser MZS6 shock mount:http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=22417 (It won't break the bank - $50 Canadian.)

See this link for the Apex 191 cardioid mic: http://www.apexelectronics.com

(Which also won't break the bank - $99 Canadian.)

You will need an XLR to 1/8" adaptor/cable, and you'll want a sock for the mic.

Adam Folickman · March 15th, 2004, 03:28 AM

Emmet says "raynox 5000, i like it so much it sleeps under my pillow".

Whoaaa... How do you sleep comfortably ?? Don't do it man, you will hurt your neck !! ;-)

My list:

Raynox HD5000 WA lens (it sleeps alone)

43 MM Rubber lens hood (seems to work well when I'm not using the Raynox - no vignetting) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=116974&is=REG

Panasonic 256 MB SD card

Panasonic AY-DVMCLA Mini-DV Cleaning Tape

Panasonic CGR-D28 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack (7.2v, 2800mAh)

B+W 43mm UV Haze 010 (MRC) Multi-Resistant Coating Glass Filter

Tiffen 43 mm Polarizer Filter

I need to get a Tripod one of these days

Emmet Lucey · March 15th, 2004, 03:52 AM

fit it between your shoulder and neck, plus u get wide angle dreams:-)

anyone want to solve my landscape problem .... ?

Frank Granovski · March 15th, 2004, 04:11 AM

"anyone want to solve my landscape problem.... ?"

You mean this:

Quote:

a sunny / hazy day filter that allows me to achieve deep, good color saturaton on a foreground person, whilst also capturing the saturated colors in mountains / sky several miles distant...i get the foreground ok, but these beautiful skys and mountains consistantly look well laundered and faded...i have tried both tiffen and pentax uv filters, no luck .

That's a DOF and white balance problem. With infinity, you'll get the background focused, but you have to also white balance that background.

Emmet Lucey · March 15th, 2004, 04:30 AM

that's what i was wondering about ..... i have printed out one of these blue warm cards... i'm going to see if that helps ...

i saw a nice documentary last night of a woman training for everest in a lush coastal landscape - brilliant foreground colors on her tent & clothes, deep saturation miles distant..... that's what i am after. can't figure out how they do it. (besides having anexpensive broadcast camera of course ....)

Frank Granovski · March 15th, 2004, 05:43 AM

You should be able to get that kind of footage with the MX500. The resolution and the color saturation is there. It's a very capable cam.

PS: I put my friend, Buck, under my pillow at night. Buck model #119...and my wife now sleeps on the couch. :-))

Tavis Shaver · March 15th, 2004, 12:45 PM

That's totally funny Frank because the #119 (100th anniversary edition) sleeps beside my pillow at night.

My kit is a gs100K with no accessories as of yet...
I will get the senn k6/me64 w/ the at8415 shock mount when i finally get audio gear tho.

edit: How's the 191? I really need to upgrade the standard mic on my gs100 and i might not be able to afford the senn for a while.

That shock mount is better than the beyer 86?

Frank Granovski · March 15th, 2004, 02:55 PM

I haven't used the Apex 191 yet. Bryan Beas sent me an XLR to 1/8" adaptor, which hasn't arrived yet. Yes, that Senn shock-mount is a lot better. See what I thought about the Beyerdynamic EA86 here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=22085

Guy Bruner · March 15th, 2004, 06:54 PM

Emmet,
Have you tried a polarizing filter?

Frank Granovski · March 15th, 2004, 07:05 PM

Speaking of polarizers, I can't get my polarizer to work right on my DVL9500's because I can't see anything! Thanks to their low resolution LCD and viewfinder. On the other hand, my MX300's screens are high resolution so I can actually see when the glare is blocked when I rotate the polarizer.

John Kennedy · March 15th, 2004, 10:58 PM

might just be an exposure thing... is there more or less light on your foreground subject... next time you get the conditons you want go out and play around with f-stops... try going one and then two stops down from 80% zebra;s.... then go one or two up... compare the footage and see if it makes a difference...

Just my two cents...

Cheers

March 13th, 2004, 03:01 PM	#2
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	For my MX300 this is my list: 3, "2-hour" batteries (good for 1 hour) UV, polarizer, several Cokin filters Manfrotto 128RC head / 055pro legs Apex 191 mic / Senn MZS6 shock-mount for hot-shoe cleaning cassette spare miniDV tape Lowepro Nova 5 soft case DV Caddie Come on, people, give it up.

March 15th, 2004, 10:58 PM	#15
John Kennedy New Boot Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Regina, Canada Posts: 20	landscaping.... might just be an exposure thing... is there more or less light on your foreground subject... next time you get the conditons you want go out and play around with f-stops... try going one and then two stops down from 80% zebra;s.... then go one or two up... compare the footage and see if it makes a difference... Just my two cents... Cheers

March 13th, 2004, 07:42 AM	#1
Marco Mezzalana Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 85	Your mx500 equipment Hi, what's your mx500 equipment, microphone, lens, hood, and more...I would to say so I can compare mine with yours, maybe some accessories are unknow for me, let's start: i have the mx500 (trying to find a hood :-( ) A shure c606 microphone when I have to shot dialogue scene And a "few euros" tripos (it does not allow me to do panoramic, the head doesn't have a fluid movement) and you?

March 14th, 2004, 01:53 AM	#3
Emmet Lucey Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: lillehammer norway Posts: 67	manfrotto sort of smooth tripod quickstream dv drive hollywood lite steadycam two big batteries japanese waterproof suba case for swimming in rivers raynox 5000, i like it so much it sleeps under my pillow tiffen dv filter pack azden smx-2 shotgun hip pack that always has my canon digital rebel also, ready 2 go... liquid edition for rescuing much of my film :-) what i am missing is ..... a sunny / hazy day filter that allows me to achieve deep, good color saturaton on a foreground person, whilst also capturing the saturated colors in mountains / sky several miles distant. i ge the foreground ok, but these beautiful skys and mountains consistantly look well laundered and faded ........... i have tried both tiffen and pentax uv filters, no luck ....

March 14th, 2004, 07:23 AM	#4
Marco Mezzalana Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 85	Uh, I'm very poor.... Ah what's "Apex 191 mic / Senn MZS6 shock-mount for hot-shoe"? I don't know, it's a microphone right? It's bettere than a classic microphone with cable?have you a link with price, carateristic...ecc.? Uao, a professional equipment....

March 14th, 2004, 03:02 PM	#5
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	See this thread about the Sennheiser MZS6 shock mount:http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=22417 (It won't break the bank - $50 Canadian.) See this link for the Apex 191 cardioid mic: http://www.apexelectronics.com (Which also won't break the bank - $99 Canadian.) You will need an XLR to 1/8" adaptor/cable, and you'll want a sock for the mic.

March 15th, 2004, 03:28 AM	#6
Adam Folickman Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 125	Emmet says "raynox 5000, i like it so much it sleeps under my pillow". Whoaaa... How do you sleep comfortably ?? Don't do it man, you will hurt your neck !! ;-) My list: Raynox HD5000 WA lens (it sleeps alone) 43 MM Rubber lens hood (seems to work well when I'm not using the Raynox - no vignetting) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=116974&is=REG Panasonic 256 MB SD card Panasonic AY-DVMCLA Mini-DV Cleaning Tape Panasonic CGR-D28 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack (7.2v, 2800mAh) B+W 43mm UV Haze 010 (MRC) Multi-Resistant Coating Glass Filter Tiffen 43 mm Polarizer Filter I need to get a Tripod one of these days

March 15th, 2004, 03:52 AM	#7
Emmet Lucey Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: lillehammer norway Posts: 67	fit it between your shoulder and neck, plus u get wide angle dreams:-) anyone want to solve my landscape problem .... ?

March 15th, 2004, 04:30 AM	#9
Emmet Lucey Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: lillehammer norway Posts: 67	that's what i was wondering about ..... i have printed out one of these blue warm cards... i'm going to see if that helps ... i saw a nice documentary last night of a woman training for everest in a lush coastal landscape - brilliant foreground colors on her tent & clothes, deep saturation miles distant..... that's what i am after. can't figure out how they do it. (besides having anexpensive broadcast camera of course ....)

March 15th, 2004, 05:43 AM	#10
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	You should be able to get that kind of footage with the MX500. The resolution and the color saturation is there. It's a very capable cam. PS: I put my friend, Buck, under my pillow at night. Buck model #119...and my wife now sleeps on the couch. :-))

March 15th, 2004, 12:45 PM	#11
Tavis Shaver Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 209	That's totally funny Frank because the #119 (100th anniversary edition) sleeps beside my pillow at night. My kit is a gs100K with no accessories as of yet... I will get the senn k6/me64 w/ the at8415 shock mount when i finally get audio gear tho. edit: How's the 191? I really need to upgrade the standard mic on my gs100 and i might not be able to afford the senn for a while. That shock mount is better than the beyer 86?

March 15th, 2004, 02:55 PM	#12
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	I haven't used the Apex 191 yet. Bryan Beas sent me an XLR to 1/8" adaptor, which hasn't arrived yet. Yes, that Senn shock-mount is a lot better. See what I thought about the Beyerdynamic EA86 here: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=22085

March 15th, 2004, 06:54 PM	#13
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	Emmet, Have you tried a polarizing filter?

March 15th, 2004, 07:05 PM	#14
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Speaking of polarizers, I can't get my polarizer to work right on my DVL9500's because I can't see anything! Thanks to their low resolution LCD and viewfinder. On the other hand, my MX300's screens are high resolution so I can actually see when the glare is blocked when I rotate the polarizer.