Greg,
Given that you don't have a way to adjust the focus while you shooting with a Steadicam or similar stabilizer, the long DoF of DV is a life-saver. Until you zoom in significantly, you should be able to set a medium distance on the lens and shoot away. By the way, Steadicam is by no means limited to wide angles only--it's very common to shoot longer lens stuff, and it can look great. |
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On DV the DOP issue is not a factor to justify not having a good monitor or not paying attention. You must always check and double check the focusing before the shot. If you are on a non-pro (students/indie eg.) production, please encourage your mates watching the monitor to spot out-of-focus problems. L |
cheers
Luis, Charles.
Many thanks for your input. Clear and to the point. I love this place much to my wifes consternation. I've been here only a short time but it seems Mr Papert is a pretty big hitter in these parts. This may not be the right place but I believe Charles did a pretty extensive demo on the magicam rig would you say that is the best bang for the buck at the low end? Cheers (muchos respectas) Greg |
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Yeah, check out the Magiqcam threads for more info on that. I haven't tried the latest version but it looks good. I don't really make recommendations on one rig over the other, although I think the Flyer is the strongest performer in its class, albeit the most expensive. |
Coming in a little late in the game, but I'm wondering if since the lenses are interchangable there will be the equivalent of a lens shading feature on the camera. This is available for the 900 and the varicam (I believe) and could well be a neccessity (sp) for any interchangable lens HD camera. Most likely this option would be buried in a menu structure some where.
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I think that's a feature that got left behind at this pricepoint. |
Charles,
I am considering going the HD100/mini35 route over other HDV/mini35 options mainly due to ergonomics - before that I had been strongly considering the Z1/FX1 HD by Sony. Since you have used the HD100 with the series 400 mini35 I was wondering if you could tell me what the highest f-stop you were able to achieve before seeing any ground glass (if any) - or is this "completely" eliminated now with the series 400? When you shot with the DVX100 did the series 400 eliminate all ground glass from appearing when shooting about f5.6? Many thanks for your answers. |
Good question.
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Hopefully Charles Papert will catch this... I'll try the mini35 forum. Sorry for this mix up. |
yup, I posted the response over there.
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No worries Dennis, I have peeled your posts off that other thread and merged 'em with this one.
The P+S Technik thread that Charles mentions is located at: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=49410 |
JVC is now linking directly to the article about this footage.
http://pro.jvc.com/prof/Attributes/i...&feature_id=19 |
So obviously they've seen this thread. Unfortunately no one (from JVC) has taken the time to post any information pertaining to the bugs in the initial release. I hope that means they're working on fixing the issues.
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It's listed under their article section as well:
http://pro.jvc.com/prof/Attributes/a...&feature_id=09 |
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