Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 23rd, 2009, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,557
Hello Paul, welcome to DVinfo.net.
There's...
Hello Paul, welcome to DVinfo.net.
There's nothing new there, just a cheaper version of a cheap version of a Steadicam (pretty ballsy only changing one letter from the original rather than coming...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 22nd, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 123,014
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 22nd, 2009, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 123,014
Nick:
If yours is glued on, how are you...
Nick:
If yours is glued on, how are you "calibrating" it...? If the Pilot monitor is not dead-nuts square to the camera platform it will give a false level. Another option is to use velcro and...
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 20th, 2009, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,038
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 20th, 2009, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,038
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 19th, 2009, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,109
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 19th, 2009, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,109
Hi Jack:
Roll up sleeves, here we go.
I...
Hi Jack:
Roll up sleeves, here we go.
I have my Steadicam package dialed into three Storm cases, two custom flight cases, three soft bags and a front box that travels loose when I'm working...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 18th, 2009, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,517
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Forum: Photon Management
June 18th, 2009, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,300
The standard hierarchy is that the DP oversees...
The standard hierarchy is that the DP oversees camera, lighting and grip departments. He will give his lighting instructions to the gaffer and key grip and they execute. This may be as simple as...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
June 17th, 2009, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,488
Honestly there are so many--action scenes are...
Honestly there are so many--action scenes are full of snap zooms and little reframes here and there to add energy; super-slow zooms during intense dramatic scenes; hidden zooms during pans and pushes...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
June 17th, 2009, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,488
The key here is "many, many years ago". For a...
The key here is "many, many years ago". For a long time, zooming was considered a dated concept following the initial craze in the 70's--you can see tons of them in amazing films (how about that...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
June 17th, 2009, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,488
The key here is "many, many years ago". For a...
The key here is "many, many years ago". For a long time, zooming was considered "dated" following the initial craze in the 70's--you can see tons of them in amazing films (how about that opening shot...
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Forum: Photon Management
June 17th, 2009, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,300
For what it's worth, I'll throw at you the...
For what it's worth, I'll throw at you the "Hollywood" version (p.s. Bill, LD's are only in the TV broadcast world, they'd probably shoot something like this on stage with green screen anyway).
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Forum: Open DV Discussion
June 17th, 2009, 01:52 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,632
I would say that the rule of thirds is pretty...
I would say that the rule of thirds is pretty much the same between a 4:3 and 16:9 frame--obviously the thirds are just further apart for 1:78. It's one of those basic sort of compositional...
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Forum: Show Your Work
June 16th, 2009, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,439
"The Perfect Sleep", now available on DVD
Well, it's good and bad news as far as I'm concerned--after a short theatrical run this spring, the noir feature I shot is now out on DVD. That's the good news. The bad is that there's no Blu-ray,...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
June 16th, 2009, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 21,488
When zooming, the effect is immediately obvious...
When zooming, the effect is immediately obvious on the frame and thus to the viewer. Consistency of speed and feathering of starts and stops are both critical to making zooms invisible (if that is...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 13th, 2009, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,326
Wow, you guys are going at this one...
Wow, you guys are going at this one gang-busters...maybe I'll have someone from Tiffen weigh in on this (or perhaps I can even convince GB himself to honor us with a bon mot)!
Jack, that site you...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 12th, 2009, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,326
It isn't a newbie question, no.
Believe it...
It isn't a newbie question, no.
Believe it or not, the majority of episodic television and feature films are NOT shot on Steadicam brand rigs! It's a long story of why this is the case, but of my...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 12th, 2009, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,326
This is a very interesting discussion!
...
This is a very interesting discussion!
Steadicam is a registered trademark (and is most strictly used with the ® after the name). It has become effectively generic to where anyone operating a...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 11th, 2009, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 123,014
I'm in regular contact with Peter Hoare, the...
I'm in regular contact with Peter Hoare, the inventor of the HoFo. The latest upgrades are coming along nicely and it's a smart move that he hasn't announced a release date until he knows he can...
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Forum: The View: Video Display Hardware and Software
June 10th, 2009, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,083
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 8th, 2009, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 123,014
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
June 7th, 2009, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 123,014
A few thoughts:
There are actually component...
A few thoughts:
There are actually component video monitors out there on Steadicams, specifically the Tiffen units (the Ultrabrite, and I'm not sure which other ones). They have been offering...
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Forum: Digital Video Industry News
June 6th, 2009, 07:37 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,632
Weather was indeed beautiful last night at the...
Weather was indeed beautiful last night at the show. It is indeed smaller scale as expected but this was not a bad thing perhaps. Neither Arri nor Panavision had booths and probably quite a few...
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Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions
June 6th, 2009, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,041
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