Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
May 22nd, 2010, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 48,462
Andy:
The old saying "you have to learn how...
Andy:
The old saying "you have to learn how to walk before you can run" is never more appropriate than with Steadicam.
While it's undoubtedly fun to run down the street chasing someone with a...
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Forum: Helping Hands
May 18th, 2010, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 451
Views: 201,622
soundman needed for Steadicam workshop
Hi there:
I'm teaching one of my advanced Steadicam workshops in LA on June 7th and 8th. The second day has the students shooting an elaborate "one'r" with their rigs, a scripted scene with four...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 16th, 2010, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,645
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Forum: Photon Management
May 15th, 2010, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,645
OK. Given that, here are some of my thoughts.
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OK. Given that, here are some of my thoughts.
To me, the shot itself doesn't feel striking. It doesn't have much emotional resonance. It's essentially neither here-nor-there. The film appears to...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 15th, 2010, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,149
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Forum: Photon Management
May 12th, 2010, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,645
Poor Perrone, can't escape that Chiaroscuro...
Poor Perrone, can't escape that Chiaroscuro thing! I renamed this thread and removed that from the title.
I agree with Dan that this is more like it!
I do have some thoughts about this image...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 10th, 2010, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,645
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Forum: Photon Management
May 9th, 2010, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,645
This begs the question, Perrone...if this is...
This begs the question, Perrone...if this is intended as a demonstration to those who are new to lighting, what is to be learned if the sample footage is not as intended?
While Youtube's...
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 8th, 2010, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,746
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Forum: Photon Management
May 7th, 2010, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,149
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Forum: Photon Management
May 7th, 2010, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,149
Perrone:
While I have spent much of my...
Perrone:
While I have spent much of my recent career on big sets, I find myself more often than not on much smaller ones these days as I am focusing on DP jobs over operating jobs. The economy and...
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 7th, 2010, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,746
It sure does, in the sense that all lenses are...
It sure does, in the sense that all lenses are designed to cover a certain format, outside of which they will vignette, show focus falloff or both. Modern cine lenses are designed to cover Super35mm...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 7th, 2010, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,149
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Forum: Photon Management
May 5th, 2010, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,350
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Forum: Photon Management
May 5th, 2010, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,350
haha, it wasn't TOO bad, no! Very pretty.
A...
haha, it wasn't TOO bad, no! Very pretty.
A lot of this sort of thing depends on what variety of coverage you have planned. It may be OK to move the fire sources around from shot to shot if that...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 5th, 2010, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,350
Marcus:
In my experience shooting this...
Marcus:
In my experience shooting this scenario you don't have to worry much about spill as fire is a pretty omni-directional source--you expect to see the effect play all over (in fact it will...
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Forum: Photon Management
May 5th, 2010, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,149
Light meters are still great for establishing...
Light meters are still great for establishing ratios and base stops but the response curve of HD is different than film (for which they are designed) and they become somewhat useless in low light. I...
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 4th, 2010, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,746
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
May 3rd, 2010, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,746
Don't lose sleep over this one! If you are an...
Don't lose sleep over this one! If you are an iPhone/iPod user, there are now a dozen or so DOF apps available, and the good ones cover still formats as well as cine. I use pCAM, which has a lot of...
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Forum: Silicon Imaging SI-2K
May 3rd, 2010, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,380
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Forum: Silicon Imaging SI-2K
May 1st, 2010, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,380
Alex:
My personal suggestion is that one you...
Alex:
My personal suggestion is that one you start building out that cage with lots of accessories you will find that the advantages of holding the thing out in front of you start to diminish....
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Forum: Photon Management
May 1st, 2010, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,229
While flos can be a small problem with color...
While flos can be a small problem with color shooting (I say "small" because anyone who has shot on film knows that that medium is far more sensitive to the mired shift, represented here by the green...
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Forum: Silicon Imaging SI-2K
May 1st, 2010, 01:17 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,380
You've got a nice concept in that the handles...
You've got a nice concept in that the handles effectively surround the camera, so you are theoretically guiding it from a common center of gravity (somewhat along the lines of how the Steadicam...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
April 30th, 2010, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 10,579
Yes gents, none of this makes any sense unless...
Yes gents, none of this makes any sense unless you are forthcoming about any effects, either in-camera or in post, that are applied to the footage. James' notes about the color adjustments are a good...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
April 28th, 2010, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,762
The whole point is that once there are...
The whole point is that once there are alternatives, the challenges of shooting with a system designed to do one thing and being used for another will force them in to the background. Just a couple...
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