Hey from DC
 

Just joined.... looking for crew members, collaberators, etc....


casey

NoVa here....just North of the mixing bowl.

Howdy!

Hey Casey, welcome aboard (H)DV Info Net, good to have you with us!

Hey Casey, I sit down here in Richmond,Va. Welcome

Welcome, I'm in the DC metro area, just outside the Beltway on the MD side.

Yup... count me in, but for what? Let me know what projects you have going on... all of you guys. Have gear, will travel.

Welcome, Fairfax myself, willing to travel.
Any other HD100 users around the DC Metro area?

One shot charlie it seems

HD100? I wish! :) I've got an old VX1000, but I'm still thinking of selling it and upgrading.

Also, does anyone have the new Steadicam Merlin? I have a Glidecam 2000 and wanted to try one out and see which one I like better. Otherwise, does anyone know of a local shop that has both in stock to try?

I have a Merlin at work. Not very good with it yet, but that just gives me an excuse to play with it (ahem) practice more. I've never seen a Glidecam in person. I wouldn't mind an exchange of demonstrations. If others are interested perhaps we could have a DC DVinfo gather/demo.

Uh oh! If this happens, you gotta count me in.

I presume no one has any projects they're working on? I drove by the set of Evin Almighty this past weekend to see if they needed help, but they looked like they had things under control.

Me too, I have no experience using glidecam type stuff. I'm in the market for a good set of sticks. I want to lock it down and treat it like a heavy 35mm camera to get the best 24p look.

I'm also in the market for a good script, good actors, good place to rent the 13.3x lens, good production software, good locations to shoot at (recently drove around the Bull Run national battlefield area not far from where I live, lots of possibilities there)

I'm interested in some urban locations for a short coming up this winter. If anyone has any leads, I'd greatly appreciate it.

With regards to the Glidecam demo, I worked with a guy out of the D.C. area a few months back on a music vid that owns a Glidecam V-8. Perhaps he'd be interested in demoing his wares if a show-n-tell were to take place.

Joe; I've got a small light kit and am willing to help crew if I'm available. What type of locations did you have in mind? Let me know. As far as everything else on your list, I think you're still a bit ahead of the curve with your HD100.

As far as actors go, didn't you guys have Stonehenge up there a few weeks back?

Tim...Yes, but I was coming back from NAB and forgot about it. I hope to make the next dcsalon meeting to contact local talent. I would love to do a music video just to get real time experience with the camera and editing issues. I've heard there is a good film community down in Richmond.

I"ve been driving around bringing the camera with me, shooting anything that seemed interesting. Urban areas would be fine too. I'm hoping to make it up to Gary Ubereks shoot tonight or tomorrow. Maybe take some behind the scenes footage. I've got lots of stills of cast and crew from last time I worked with him.

Have you found it difficult to balance... and what camera are you using?

Me and my business partner will probably be dropping some $$$$ soon on 2 of the Panasonic HVX-200's.

Perhaps a meeting this summer would be good to look at each other's gear.....

DVX100a. (I would love a chance to look at the HVX200 if you get it Matt.)

It took a little while at first to get the hang of balancing it. After some encouraging words from steadicam operators on another thread I stuck with it and I'm better at it now. The slower your movements the easier it is, but I think that's not Merin specific. And the whole thing was new to me really so I don't know if it was any more or less challenging than the Glidecam would be.

I bit the bullet and ordered a Merlin. I can't wait to compare the two. I shoot a lot of children videos for parents and I've enjoyed the performance of my Glidecam 2000 with my forearm brace - smooth shots of kids running and climbing stuff, and they never seem to stop! But as you can imagine with its design, my biceps and shoulder muscles really burn after a while and I have to set it down periodically to rest. I'm hoping the Merlin will cause less fatigue.

Loving the Merlin. I still like the Glidecam 2000, but if anyone is interested in buying it locally, let me know. You can email me at srtred@gmail.com