Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
September 6th, 2012, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,500
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
August 23rd, 2012, 05:15 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,124
Re: Lens Repair
You might be better off just trawling eBay to see if you can pick up a cheap relacement. I've seen plenty of kit lenses sell for about $60 there, which might even work out to be cheaper than...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
August 7th, 2012, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,936
Re: Need to buy a new lens ASAP - Sigma or Canon?
Just to make things more confusing for you... I'd pass on the Simga as there's better options available now - like the new Tamron 24-70 VC.
The old Canon 24-70 is also still a great lens, but I'd...
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Forum: Nikon Photo for HD Video
July 30th, 2012, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,920
Re: Master Guide to Rigging a Nikon D800/D800E
For off the shelf DSLR sports housings, Aquatech are the go-to brand. For more specific purposes, SPL offer custom-made housings, and are pretty much the industry-standard for surf photographers.
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Forum: Nikon Photo for HD Video
July 30th, 2012, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,920
Re: Master Guide to Rigging a Nikon D800/D800E
A pretty comprehensive guide you have put together there Sareesh!
A few little things I think are worth mentioning:
You do not really mention the benefits of a steadycam system. It really is a...
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Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds
July 25th, 2012, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,672
Re: EX3 .mov files on PC.
Alister, I can only operate on what I've been told.
Either way it was easy once I knew what I needed to do... just borrowed a friends MAC and used MPEG Streamclip clip to convert everything to...
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Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds
July 23rd, 2012, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,672
Re: EX3 .mov files on PC.
Well, I tried out a few of the programs with no luck... because it turns out the files have been transcoded to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec).
I only found this out after the Calibrated XD Decode...
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Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds
July 23rd, 2012, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,672
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Forum: Micro / POV Camera Systems
July 23rd, 2012, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 156
Views: 49,141
Re: GoPro Protune
As long as it's available by November I'm not too fussed... that's when I'd really like to have the new features as I'll be shooting some footage to cut into a short film - the first time I've used...
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
July 22nd, 2012, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,188
Re: Photographer hostility?
Brett, I agree with you that flash, espescially on camera, is not always a necessary, and the greatest shots are usually achieved by great use of natural light, but this was after all a press event....
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Forum: Micro / POV Camera Systems
July 22nd, 2012, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 24,412
Re: Attention serious documentary filmmakers!
If you'd like, I'll give you a whole bunch of reasons why shooting a doc with a gopro is not a good idea. Then you'll be inspired to go and prove me wrong!
Seriously though, I could picture a doc...
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
July 19th, 2012, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,188
Re: Photographer hostility?
Haha, I like this one. Sometimes is wish I was a nastier person just so that I could say things like this to people. Instead I usually just smile, nod, then ignore them.
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
July 18th, 2012, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,605
Re: Non-OEM batteries for Canon
I had three non-genuine batteries for my 60D and they were all junk. One fell apart after a two weeks use (cracked open at the joins in the casing, was never dropped or mishandled). One did not sit...
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Forum: Sony XDCAM EX Pro Handhelds
July 14th, 2012, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,672
EX3 .mov files on PC.
Hi all,
I have been given some footage shot with an EX3 that was then downloaded onto a Mac in a .mov container using the Sony software. As far as I know these are the original files and there has...
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Forum: Tripod Sticks & Heads
July 6th, 2012, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,101
Sliding plate for 502HD & 701HDV
Hi all,
Can anybody confirm that the Manfrotto 701HDV and 502HD heads will accept the same sliding plates?
I'm ready to pull the trigger on a new tripod and monopod combo for DSLR shooting....
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 5th, 2012, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 6,199
Re: Compact Flash import problem
Do the files play ok inside the Premiere media browser window? I often find that card-based formats such as DVCProHD on P2 or AVCHD will play fine as individual clips in the media browser but when I...
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
July 3rd, 2012, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,188
Photographer hostility?
I was at an event yesterday shooting for a documentary, which is being shot on RED Epic and DSLR's. Yesterday was the major unveiling of the commisioned sculpture which is the subject of the doco, so...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
June 27th, 2012, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,305
Re: Should Premiere and After Effects be merged?
Thanks Ann, I'd overlooked the circle effect. Instead I had been using the ramp effect and blend modes, then using the transform effect to make it wider.
I suppose with multiple layers it is...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
June 25th, 2012, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,305
Re: Should Premiere and After Effects be merged?
I wouldn't like to see them merged - that would result in one severely overcomplicated program - from a programmers perspective and a users perspective. Not to mention it would throw the whole...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
June 25th, 2012, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,288
Re: Light leak overlay/transition?
Light leaks are usually video clips that you lay ontop of your footage and then use composite modes to remove the black background (usually screen mode for the most natural effect, but other modes...
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Forum: Photo for HD Video (D-SLR and others)
June 24th, 2012, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,871
Re: What frame rate for mountain bike video?
I'd shoot it at 50p and edit on a 25p (UK standard frame rate) timeline. That way you can easily halve the speed, or just drop every 2nd frame to play it at real time.
If there's certain things...
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Forum: Canon EOS Crop Sensor for HD
June 19th, 2012, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,579
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Forum: Documentary Techniques
June 16th, 2012, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,269
Re: Questions about "Fair Use"
I know this thread is a few months old, but I just stumbled upon it now.
NASA makes a lot of their footage available to film-makers free of charge. You might want to get in contact with the...
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Forum: Awake In The Dark
June 15th, 2012, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,763
Re: Big Waves in Fiji
Thanks for sharing, but for me, this is salt in the wounds.
I had booked flights six months in advance to be in Fiji for the Volcom comp. few weeks beforehand I had a whole string of wedding...
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Forum: Canon EOS Full Frame for HD
June 8th, 2012, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 26,431
Re: How 'waterproof' is the 5D Mk iii?
Film and digital an two very different beast when it comes to dealing with water. Film cameras, at their simplest, can be operated entirely mechanically. Now obviously the more advanced film cameras...
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