Forum: Helping Hands
July 18th, 2015, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 140,225
Need shooter for comedy benefit in Montreal 7/23
Hi all, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who is looking for someone to document a show for a great cause. The show is Thursday July 23rd in Montreal. Here is the info. Please email Jodi...
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Forum: Sony Alpha Mirrorless and DSLR
July 12th, 2015, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,699
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Forum: Sony Alpha Mirrorless and DSLR
July 10th, 2015, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,699
stills from new Ghostbusters feature, shot on A7S
Thought you A7S users might be interested in this. Hopper Stone, who is the set photographer for the Ghostbusters reboot currently shooting in Boston, uses A7S bodies predominantly with the Sony...
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Forum: BlackMagic Cinema Camera
June 20th, 2015, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,812
Re: Blackmagic URSA B4 mount
I'd be really hard pressed to imagine any logical reason to use B4 primes in this day and age. The major advantage I can see for using a 2/3" camera would be the versatility, range and weight of the...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
June 20th, 2015, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,448
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
June 13th, 2015, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,611
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
June 4th, 2015, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,611
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
May 25th, 2015, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 12,474
Re: Video Camera Stabilizers, quick question.
As always I'd suggest anyone getting into a Steadicam-style stabilizer to buy the Steadicam Operator's Handbook (on Amazon, etc), It's largely written for "big rigs" but even if you are working with...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
May 25th, 2015, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 12,474
Re: Video Camera Stabilizers, quick question.
I am actually 5 yrs "retired" from Steadicam operating but I think physics haven't changed much since!
Chris--a little nervous by the suggestion that you don't always need fingers on the post. It...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
May 24th, 2015, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 12,474
Re: Video Camera Stabilizers, quick question.
As always, it is what works for you. However I suggest you look at BTS footage of working Steadicam operators, or demos/interviews with the Steadicam folk at NAB etc. and you will see that very few...
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Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders
April 19th, 2015, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,695
Old HV20 returns as a working prop!
On the current series I'm shooting, we had a storyline where one of the characters wants to try out for "The Bachelor" so she has another character shoot her audition video. The footage from the...
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Forum: Taking Care of Business
April 19th, 2015, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,901
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Forum: Photon Management
March 16th, 2015, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,522
Re: need lighting input! HMI's & bright windows
Those results are consistent with what I suggested in my earlier post--you got satisfactory results with M18's through light diffusion, whereas I recommended M40's but would have used full grid or...
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Forum: Photon Management
March 7th, 2015, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,522
Re: need lighting input! HMI's & bright windows
I think this is the key to it all. By "I am tasked", Darren, I am assuming that you mean the client has specifically requested that you maintain detail outside the windows. If that is the case, this...
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Forum: Photon Management
March 6th, 2015, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,522
Re: need lighting input! HMI's & bright windows
Let us know how you make out. It's probably going to be tough to get the head back as far as you would need to in a conference room vs what you will be doing with the dancers, so maybe simulate your...
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Forum: Photon Management
March 6th, 2015, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,522
Re: need lighting input! HMI's & bright windows
I would recommend that you go to your buddy's rental house and shoot a test with the 1200's against a similar facing window so you can audition the setup (and maybe he has various diffusions skinned...
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Forum: Photon Management
March 6th, 2015, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,522
Re: need lighting input! HMI's & bright windows
A few more pieces of information are important to consider here, chiefly, what camera? Are you shooting log? The better the dynamic range of the camera, the more you can get away with less firepower...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
March 3rd, 2015, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,009
Re: Short flexible HD-SDI cable recommendation
This is a small company doing custom work, and their Megaflex cable is becoming the go-to for Steadicam and gimbal operators who demand a super-flexible BNC:
MegaFlex HD-SDI Cable | Media Blackout...
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Forum: Sony Alpha Mirrorless and DSLR
February 5th, 2015, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 16,472
Re: powering Sony a7s with external 12V battery
I was linking to the P-tap cable, they've added those battery solutions to the page since. I myself use Anton Bauer Dionics which are priced similarly, I suppose "outrageous" is all relative.
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Forum: Private Classifieds
February 3rd, 2015, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 1,003
Views: 311,325
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Forum: Photon Management
January 25th, 2015, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,061
Re: Dedolight & Litepanels "Daylight"
OK interesting. I haven't had the opportunity to use either of those units yet myself.
Green/magenta wouldn't show up in the Kelvin measurement though.
If you had the chance to take a frame...
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Forum: Photon Management
January 25th, 2015, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,061
Re: Dedolight & Litepanels "Daylight"
Or, it's possible the Litepanels may be magenta...!
The older Litepanels were not particularly color accurate. I haven't used the Astra models yet. Which model are you using?
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Forum: Private Classifieds
January 7th, 2015, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 1,003
Views: 311,325
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Forum: Private Classifieds
December 25th, 2014, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 1,226
Views: 327,697
Nanoflash kit
Very lightly used Nanoflash.
Screen was replaced due to a scratch. I kept the protective plastic on, as you can see in the pictures. When you peel that off the screen underneath will be pristine....
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
December 16th, 2014, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,086
Re: Deviating from the 180-degree shutter rule?
If you are looking for a rule of thumb, I would say that 45 degrees one way or another from 180 would be the most you could go without the effect starting to becoming noticeable, i.e. a 135 degree...
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