Forum: Panasonic LUMIX LX / FZ / ZS Series
March 16th, 2021, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,621
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Forum: Non-Linear Editing on the PC
March 16th, 2021, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,018
Re: Capturing VHS to minidv tape
With a JVC HR DVS1 deck you can dub from VHS to MiniDV within the deck.
Blackmagic had a mini converter which can convert analogue composite/S-Video/component and two sound channels into HD-SDI...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
January 27th, 2021, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 19,007
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
January 23rd, 2021, 01:17 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 19,007
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
January 22nd, 2021, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 19,007
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Forum: Show Your Work
December 16th, 2020, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,638
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Forum: The TOTEM Poll: Totally Off Topic, Everything Media
November 5th, 2020, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,154
Re: Changes with Autodesk licensing
They could really shoot themselves in the foot doing the Adobe trick of cashcowing users into subscription and holding them hostage.
Breaking a perpetual licence is in essence breaking a moral if...
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Forum: All Things Audio
November 5th, 2020, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,414
Re: ORTF symphony recording
When I recorded the Fremantle Symphony Orchestra a few years back, I was experimenting with what mics I had during rehearsals until I was wisely counselled on this forum to respect my orchestra with...
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Forum: All Things Audio
November 4th, 2020, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,339
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Forum: All Things Audio
November 3rd, 2020, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,593
Re: Sound Devices SD302
As a long shot question, does anyone happen to know the product name and brand of the small LEDs in the audio levels chaser display in the Sound Devices 302 mixer.These or the sub-assembly PCB are...
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Forum: All Things Audio
November 1st, 2020, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,593
Re: Sound Devices SD302
Well win some and lose some. I sent myself slightly wild trying to make the phone work and was not in a fit state to sleep. Some years back I bought a field mixer off the eBay at what was then a...
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Forum: Tripod Sticks & Heads
October 31st, 2020, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 13,019
Re: Vinten Vision 22 head.
A small postscript to the Vinten 22 story. The tilt friction never really worked right. It certainly did not manage ground-to-air follows of aircraft in flight. The pan friction is better.
To...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 26th, 2020, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,153
Re: Pet Hate No. 64, "Cables"
In regard to the cables, one of my late grandmother's sayings springs to mind - "all knitted together like the devil's own crochetwork."
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 24th, 2020, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,323
Re: A lens is testing me
After a few travails I got it done. There are several ways one can put one back together and the front will be rotationally out of position. Everything has to be in a correct position for the factory...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 24th, 2020, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,299
Re: Star Wars with composer John Williams.
A legend along with John Barry. Every now and again in the work of some newer scorer, a you hear a trace of influence from one or the other come through. It is apparent that he was well pleased with...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 19th, 2020, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,323
Re: A lens is testing me
THE SIGMA LENS SAGA CONT'D.
Well there are all the lens groups finally exhumed from within the guts of the beast.
I also stand corrected. As well as fine oil splash, there is fungus in the...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 18th, 2020, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,323
Re: A lens is testing me
I have a NIkon AIS 35mm f1.4 which was also fungussed. When you do the secondhand rose you take your chances. I pulled that apart last night. Fortunately there was a how-to online which was very...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 18th, 2020, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,323
Re: A lens is testing me
Thank you Allan for your reply.
Alas, I have ventured in like a fool.
What looks to be fine fungus has turned out to be fine oil splashes. The deposit smears across the glass when wiped off....
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
October 16th, 2020, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,323
A lens is testing me
I have a Sigma 50mm-500mm f4-f6.3 zoom. Over the years the image has become a bit spotty. the nature of the design is that in dusty conditions encountered when chasing aeroplanes in ground-to-air...
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Forum: BlackMagic Cinema Camera
October 14th, 2020, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,324
Re: METABONES 0.71x Optical cell in BM URSA 4K PL
Just a little hint for folk to do their own fixit if you happen to have an URSA with a focal reducer fitted in the throat. My arrangement has a Caldwell (speedbooster) in the throat of a "big" URSA....
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Forum: BlackMagic Cinema Camera
October 14th, 2020, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,785
Focal reducers ( speedboosters )
Just a little hint for folk to do their own fixit if you happen to have an URSA with a focal reducer fitted in the throat. My arrangement has a Caldwell (speedbooster) in the throat of a "big" URSA....
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Forum: BlackMagic Cinema Camera
August 11th, 2020, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,022
Re: Big ursa magenta screen of death
The patched up "big" URSA still lives.
You get to see and do some fun things with a camera sometimes. This was filming a smoke generator test for a friend and co-writer of a film script..
He...
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Forum: BlackMagic Cinema Camera
July 17th, 2020, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,113
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
April 28th, 2020, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,336
Indieclub. Is it gone?
It was a lively forum for a good while then the following seemed to wane away. Most recently it seems to have fallen off the internet with some sort of domain dealer's page showing up. Does anyone...
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Forum: All Things Audio
April 7th, 2020, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,493
Re: Parabolic Microphone Suspension
As a hack, I would be tempted to examine using a bicycle rim with hub and spokes stripped out. Mutilate your parabolic dish by drilling holes around the rim, one less than the spoke holes in the...
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