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Its great to see so many people from good old Blighty on here!
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Hey Annie, still not that many female camera ops!
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Hi Kathy
Did not mean to ignore you. I didn't see your post. I started doing this two years ago. Was asked to do a 'simple' corporate film that turned out to be quite complex. Bought and learned Avid Liquid (make that 'started to learn) and how to use a camera, do sound, lighting etc too. Have done a bit more corporate stuff and am currently completing a really fun and interesting commission to make five films about musicians for distribution via the web. I have a mostly finished film about sailing across the atlantic that I made on spec. May get this released as a cover DVD on a sailing magazine. Some more corporate and specialist TV channel stuff possibly in the pipeline. I wonder what the other Brits on DV info do? |
Funny, I didn't see Kathy's post either - must have been because it was on the next page, and I hadn't noticed a new page had been started!
My video is mainly for myself, but I also provide clips for others to use. Wildlife only. I give a lot of illustrated talks, and I have started using video clips alongside photos for that. |
I live in South London.
Using DVX100 indoors, on tripod, for music shows, and HV20 outdoors. |
Patrick - you seem to be mixing 4:3 (DVX) and 16:9 (HV20). Or maybe you don't use both cameras on the same shoot.
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I got the impression my post moved from one page to the next, might just be my imagination though!
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Colin Reid called me about a spare time project that he was organising but I've been too busy to participate. Maybe there are other projects or other ideas? |
Tom,
I use the HV20 outside, as it is amazing in good light. Indoors, I still want the extra sensitivity of the DVX100. I did shoot a Gilbert and Sullivan performance using the DVX100 as my main camera, and the HV20 locked down to cover the whole stage. To get maximum light sensitivity the HV20 was shooting 25p, and the DVX100 50i. Colours were more saturated with the DVX, and there was more noise on the HV20. Even with some correction in Vegas, they were not a very good match. However, as the cuts were always between HV20 on wide shot, and DVX100 close up, I think it was not too distracting. It helps that the soundtrack was excellent, using top quality audio equipment in a dual system. The final DVD was 16:9, letterboxing the DVX100. Vegas upscales really well. In fact, I think I could probably have got away with upscaling the project to 1440 x 1080, but there aren't enough people with blu ray players yet. Patrick |
Update on Brits
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Mike Beckett [Antrim] Simon Bradley [Portsmouth] Alastair Brown [Glasgow] Alex Calderhead [Cumbernauld] David Dwyer [Cardiff] John Estcourt [Ayrshire] Richard Gooderick [London] Derek Grogan [Larbert Scotland] Annie Haycock [Pembrokeshire] Anthony J. Howe [Wales] Phil Kay [IoM] John McPaul [Inverclyde] Gary Nattrass [Cornsay Durham] Tony Neal [Fareham] Kathy Stannard [London] Paul Thomson [London] Jamie Walshe [Cambridge] Neill Watson [North Yorkshire] John Westbury [Portsmouth] Plus a few more who have been around a bit longer: Andy Graham [Lanark] Allen McLaughlin [Paisley] Alister Chapman [Bracknell, Berkshire] Duncan Craig [Leeds?] Mat Thompson [Chelmsford Essex] |
I'm here too - part of the UK, even if we're a bit remote and talk funny!
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In compensation you are now top of the list of those added (thank goodness for the edit facility). |
*chuckles* Don't worry Colin, it takes more than that to offend me!
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It will just encourage them :P |
Been listed by Colin on another thread, so here's an intro.
Stills photog shooting mostly editorial cars for tuner car magazines, supplying words and pictures. Using Canon 1DS and Capture One RAW processing, plus usual stuff. Very excited by Scarlet by Red as a motion camera that can supply stills similar to 1DS resolution. Currently only got a simple Canon DV thing bought to shoot footage of my kids growing up, but looking to shoot more motion footage. Main markets will be stock footage of cars / driving plus self publishing features online with video content and looking to get into creating more complete features and very open minded as to how that will pan out. Very open to ideas from others and quickly realising that creating features is a team effort and not a single bloke output like stills photography... Neill W |
Not again!
Here's one last update for now. I don't want to keep doing this in case I get bumped off DVinfo for posting endless lists when the info is here (somewhere) anyway.
I have this on excel and will try to keep it reasonably up to date but the problem is more that I didn't know how far back to go. There are some UK folks who posted last 2 or more years ago and doubtless there are others contributing to forums that I don't particularly follow. I've removed one or two names of people who are not actually based in the UK. Jamie Allan Nottinghamshire Phil Bambridge Bristol Mike Beckett Antrim Simon Bradley Portsmouth Alastair Brown Glasgow Stuart Burns Dundee Alex Calderhead Cumbernauld Niall Chadwick Chelmsford Essex Alister Chapman Bracknell, Berkshire Damian Clarke Lincolnshire Duncan Craig Leeds? Alan Dunlop-Walters Newbury David Dwyer Cardiff John Estcourt Ayrshire Mark Fry Oxford Andy Graham Lanark Richard Gooderick London Dave Gosley Hampshire Derek Grogan Larbert Scotland Tom Hardwick Billericay Annie Haycock Pembrokeshire Paul Hazeltine West Kent Donal Heath London Vince Hill Pembrokeshire Anthony J Howe Rhos-on-sea, Wales Terry Hulf UK South East Melvyn Jones Telford Phil Kay IoM Paul Kellett Bristol Mike Marriage NE of London Colin McDonald Glasgow Allen McLaughlin Paisley John McPaul Inverclyde Gary Nattrass Cornsay Durham Tony Neal Fareham Steve Norman UK Peter Parker Preston Colin Reid London Graham Risdon Wiltshire Mark Rook Aberystwyth Ed Smith Hampshire Kathy Stannard London Ian Stark Hampshire Gavin Thomas UK Mat Thompson Chelmsford Essex Paul Thomson London Sean Vincent Hitchin Tony Wade St Leonards-on-sea Jamie Walshe Cambridge Neill Watson North Yorkshire John Westbury Portsmouth Andy Wilkinson Cambridgeshire John Wyatt West Country Andy Yoong Belfast |
Colin, great list and thanks for taking the time to get it together. Maybe one day soon some of us will start collaborating with each other!
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And me.
I've gotta XH-A1 Paul W. Hazeltine [West Kent] |
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Only joking guy's ....and I'm based in the United States of Britain too But very lowly when it comes to filming and even posting! Phil |
... and Uncle Tom Cobley...
Matt Bigwood Gloucester
Phil Bloom London Michael Brennan London Ron Chant West London Chris Coulson Kent Max Coyne Richmond London Brian Drysdale Belfast Rob Evans Berkshire Paul Gallagher Omagh Paul R Johnson Lowestoft Andy Nickless Worcester Dan Parkes Brighton Russell Pearce Birmingham Jonathan Richards Hull David Scattergood Manchester Steve Shovlar Dorset Marc Smith Leeds Tony Spring London Richard Wakefield Surrey Simon Wyndham Malvern Philip Younger Warwickshire |
Irish list contributors
Slightly delicate point here to do with geography rather than politics.
If anyone on the list who lives in Eire wants their name added to the "Brit list" which I seem to be running, I would be very happy to do this but I don't feel I should do it without being asked. I'll include the names in the next complete list posting James McBoyle Dublin |
I'm Here! havn't posted for a while but read all the time, from Birmingham Freelance cam op editor,A1 SGpro etc :)
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You shall go to the ball! (Sorry I've had a couple of pints while watching Foye's war on DVD). EDIT: and the names keep being added to Uncle Tom Cobley's list above. |
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I only started playing with my first camcorder this year, and mostly have been shooting football matches (I'm a Shamrock Rovers fan) and producing highlights reels from the footage. Having found I enjoy getting out and filming I'm stepping up from my ultra-cheap camcorder to a Sony HVR-HD1000, which should hopefully help me learn and grow. |
Hi there
I'm a complete newby to this forum, running a small production company from richmond west london. Still shooting SD DVCam for web based work, but that will change at one point.
Hope yopu are all tickerty - boo and having a productive day! LOL max :o) |
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I can't edit any of the previous posts now so I've had to start yet another list of additions. There must be a better way of doing this!
David Braund London Michael Connor Durham Alan Craig Warrington Dave Robinson Conwy Wales Ian Savage England Matthew Stokes Fleet I make it 82 now. I'll post the lot again when we hit the century or possibly before. |
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I have added everyone to an Excel list (did it for my own benefit originally) - could this be put on site here with a link to it so that others could add themselves? This way you (or anyone else) would not responsible for continual additions. It would of course mean that others would be responsible for not messing up the list. I am guessing that the "Data Privacy Act" somehow prevents this although inclusion in the list would be the responsibility of the body adding their details. Alternatively - I would bet the search field *Country* could be added to the "Find Members" facility in the "Members List" which makes a whole lot more sense in helping find co-workers, friends and neighbours. Of course those not wishing to show up on that might object......and so on we go.... |
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Just did a search using UK in location and 899 came back. A cursory glance showed me that some were UKraine members and no doubt there are going to be others fed back erroneously.
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The way around it...
The way around the issue of missing persons presumed gone after long term communications gaps and listing those who don't want to be listed would be to add a facility for those who do. Example;
The folks over here in the UK who do want to be known, be available for a meet one day, be communicable on the phone perhaps for advice or help and possibly even share work load or projects could enter their details in a register for UK based operators who do want to share their details. The fact it is opt in means that no-one is in it without their approval. It would be simple enough to organise by extracting data from the members database possibly by inclusion of a tick in your profile that says show me in the results of a search for other members in a geographical location - i.e. UK. No tick means you don't show up in the specific search. I wouldn't worry about getting any attention to this - big brothers will have been watching every move this string makes...If it makes sense to them I would think they'll adopt it for all members / states and locations, after all the forum is here to enable it's members to help each other. |
Excel Brit list
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Trying to upload an Excel file with the 85 Brits so far listed. I haven't tried this before so it may not work first time. Thanks to Dave Gosley for suggestions and sharing his list.
Dave, I worked out how to search the members list and like you found the 899 hits. In addition to those from the UKraine, it also brings up folks from MilwaUKee! There are almost certainly other spurious hits if one can work them out. ( It reminds me of the early days of school internet access, when we were puzzled why the town of Sc***horpe had apparently ceased to exist). Oops, sorry, forgot this is a family show. |
Just tried a search on Wales, and came up with 35 members - though some could have been from New South Wales
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Since it appears we have a fair number of folks operating in London, I thought I would ask this just on the off-chance that someone was able to help. It is a bit of an imposition so I will not be too disappointed if it isn't possible.
My daughter is one of the prizewinners in a Bebo.com/Fanta "want it-win it" competition and in addition to winning an iPod Touch, her photo is to be one of those featured on a big screen in Piccadilly Circus. I don't know which building the screen is on, but as I am writing this I can see it on the web cam http://www.camvista.com/england/lond...illycircus.php Her photo is to be displayed "from Monday 7th July for a week" according to Bebo. Here's the cheeky bit. If anyone happens to be passing and has a phone with a camera, it would be great if they could take a picture of the scene as the webcam in Piccadilly Circus does not enough resolution to see much detail. The mugshot Bebo is to feature is attached. If anyone can help TIA but I know it's a long shot. The only possible excuse for posting this is that if anyone in London has a compelling need for free footage of any landmark, famous building or scene in the Glasgow/Central Scotland area, I have an XH-A1 and would try to help. |
Damned shame, I was up there filming for two days solid ten days ago - in the Rex cinema just round the corner!! Would have done it just for the heck of it..!
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Dod â Chymru Ynghyd
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It's hard to decide who to omit, but leaving aside those those whose "last activity" was several years ago (as well as NSW) I came up with this: Paul Burgess Brecon Wales David. G Burt Penymynydd, N Wales Robin Davies-Rollinson Cardiff Wales David Dwyer Cardiff Wales Annie Haycock Pembrokeshire Clive Haydock Caernarfon Wales Vince Hill Pembrokeshire Wales Anthony Howe Wales Owen Hughes Cwmbran Wales Harley Jones Cardiff Wales Steve Phillipps Wales Chris Powell Mid Wales Bruce Rawlings Cardiff Wales Dave Robinson Conwy Wales Mark Rook Aberystwyth Wales Tim Ward Aberystwyth Wales Gwynne Williams Usk Wales It could well be that some of the others are still viewing DVinfo without logging in. |
DVinfo Scotland
A similar search on Scotland produced 81 hits. Leaving aside those those whose "last activity" was several years ago:
Paul Black Scotland Mark Boggis Glasgow Scotland Alastair Brown Glasgow Scotland Scott Brown Aberdeen Scotland Rikki Bruce Glasgow Scotland Stuart Burns Dundee Scotland Alex Calderhead Cumbernauld Scotland Mark Campbell Dundee,Scotland David Carter Glasgow Scotland Scott Cassie Peterhead Scotland James Collinson Glasgow Scotland Nicole Dolder Edinburgh Scotland George Duncan Burghead Scotland Christopher Dunne Edinburgh Scotland John Estcourt Ayrshire Scotland Steve Garvie Fife Scotland Jeff Goddard Perth Scotland David Graham Glasgow Scotland Andy Graham Lanark Scotland Henry Gray Selkirk Scotland Duncan Grieve Glasgow Scotland Derek Grogan Larbert Scotland Roddy Horsfall Glasgow Scotland Kathleen Little Glasgow Scotland Peter Mackay Scotland Scott MacKenzie Glasgow Scotland Gary Masson Aberdeen Scotland Colin McCaffery Aberdeenshire Scotland Colin McDonald Glasgow Scotland Allen McLaughlin Paisley Scotland John McPaul Inverclyde Scotland Stewart Menelaws Scotland John Millar Scotland David Miller Edinburgh Scotland Ross Milligan Scotland Tom Park Glasgow Scotland Eric A Robinson Edinburgh Scotland Martin D. Smith Dundee Scotland John Steele Glasgow Scotland Jennie Stenhouse Glasgow Scotland Martin Trotter Scotland Lenny Warren Glasgow Scotland Sandy Watt Glasgow Scotland Ian Wright Edinburgh Scotland Keith Yuill Scotland Of course, not everyone may have used Scotland in their location. I've included some from Edinburgh UK and Glasgow UK but have neglected to search for Auchenshuggle UK or Auchtermuchty UK and the like. As with the list of DVinfo users located in Wales, it could well be that some of the others not included above are still viewing DVinfo without logging in. |
There is at least one other from Wales that seems to have evaded your list - and I only remember him because we happened to meet one evening. And his last post was only a few months ago.
I haven't seen Wales spelt Chymru before - usually it is Cymru (pronounced Cumry for those who are unfamiliar with the Welsh language) and mutating to Gymru depending on the preceding word. I don't speak Welsh, beyond a simple Boreda, and Nosdar (good day and goodnight) |
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