Howie Long's GH2 debut at DVinfo.net

Kevin McRoberts · August 18th, 2011, 05:20 PM

Contacted by a new client, "just getting a few short statements for some web videos, shooting at the talent's house." OK, nifty, brought along a couple lights, my GH2, and plumbed a G1 Sennheiser wireless pack directly into it. I've done weekly church announcements with this setup for months, confidently. Simple one-arm interview kit.

I didn't know for certain who the talent was until I showed up at the mansion...

Anyway... pretty simple, but happy with the results.

Behind the Mic presented by Allstate - SI.com

Patrick Janka · August 18th, 2011, 06:14 PM

Congrats on the gig. Did you use available lighting? The brown wall to his right had some serious artifacting going on...high ISO, compression? What lens did you use?

Kevin McRoberts · August 18th, 2011, 07:45 PM

Shot with a leica Summicron-R 2/50 at 2.8, ISO 200, FSH. Lit with a RIFA-55 key, Pro-Light backlight, and a household "warm" fluoro on the back wall. In and out in about an hour.

The background is all from compression... Its been through at least three different sounds of AVCHD encoding (in cam, then shrunk and resized for ftp, then their edit and encode). How's a simple gradient to cope?

Jeff Harper · August 18th, 2011, 10:14 PM

I'm anxious to see your work Kevin, but I'm getting no video, just blank player window. I don't know if it's my browser or what, but I've refreshed the page repeatedly. Any suggestions?

Mark Slade · August 18th, 2011, 10:56 PM

I can't get it either....maybe they are down???

Mark

Jeff Harper · August 18th, 2011, 10:58 PM

Thanks for chiming in Mark, I feel better, I thought I had some issue with my ISP, I had no idea what was going on.

Jeff Harper · August 18th, 2011, 11:09 PM

Outstanding Kevin, great lighting, nice example of 3 point lighting. Howie looked great. Yes the wall was clearly compression artifacting, nothing to be done, as you already know. Leica is nice lens, and looks great.

Audio was perfect also. Great job.

August 18th, 2011, 05:20 PM	#1
Kevin McRoberts Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 700	Howie Long's GH2 debut Contacted by a new client, "just getting a few short statements for some web videos, shooting at the talent's house." OK, nifty, brought along a couple lights, my GH2, and plumbed a G1 Sennheiser wireless pack directly into it. I've done weekly church announcements with this setup for months, confidently. Simple one-arm interview kit. I didn't know for certain who the talent was until I showed up at the mansion... Anyway... pretty simple, but happy with the results. Behind the Mic presented by Allstate - SI.com __________________ Freelance pudgy bearded lighting camera operator www.mcbob.tv

August 18th, 2011, 06:14 PM	#2
Patrick Janka Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 623	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut Congrats on the gig. Did you use available lighting? The brown wall to his right had some serious artifacting going on...high ISO, compression? What lens did you use?

August 18th, 2011, 07:45 PM	#3
Kevin McRoberts Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 700	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut Shot with a leica Summicron-R 2/50 at 2.8, ISO 200, FSH. Lit with a RIFA-55 key, Pro-Light backlight, and a household "warm" fluoro on the back wall. In and out in about an hour. The background is all from compression... Its been through at least three different sounds of AVCHD encoding (in cam, then shrunk and resized for ftp, then their edit and encode). How's a simple gradient to cope? __________________ Freelance pudgy bearded lighting camera operator www.mcbob.tv

August 18th, 2011, 10:14 PM	#4
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut I'm anxious to see your work Kevin, but I'm getting no video, just blank player window. I don't know if it's my browser or what, but I've refreshed the page repeatedly. Any suggestions? __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

August 18th, 2011, 10:56 PM	#5
Mark Slade Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 121	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut I can't get it either....maybe they are down??? Mark

August 18th, 2011, 10:58 PM	#6
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut Thanks for chiming in Mark, I feel better, I thought I had some issue with my ISP, I had no idea what was going on. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

August 18th, 2011, 11:09 PM	#7
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: Howie Long's GH2 debut Outstanding Kevin, great lighting, nice example of 3 point lighting. Howie looked great. Yes the wall was clearly compression artifacting, nothing to be done, as you already know. Leica is nice lens, and looks great. Audio was perfect also. Great job. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."