Cameras... love them, hate them
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So I've been driving myself crazy lately with an audio issue that's really not an issue. I work with the same C300 very often, and I've been noticing some strange interference just recently. I notice it during sit down interviews when I listen to the camera return...I hear little blips like digital crickets. the thing is, audio from the mixer is clean, so it's not the mics picking up interference. I've swapped out my cables and breakaways to the camera, so it's probably not them. Every so often I just start hearing these blips, very very softly in the background. It's not something you would notice unless you're listening for it, but I hear it loud and clear now. Thi…
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Let me preface this post with the fact that I have been working on a small documentary piece and was hired to shoot video, stills, as well as capturing audio (yes, that is unfortunate). With our shoot requiring some international travel and thus a smaller footprint, I decided to leave behind our MOVi/C100 stabilization rig in favor of the much smaller DJI Osmo. Doing so allowed me to shoot with the Canon C300, but could also mix in a little stabilization when needed. My question going into the shoot was how practical would it be to do a walk and talk setup while still recording our subjects conversations? I knew that one of my shoo…
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Published on Feb 5, 2016 100% shot with the iPhone 6 After almost two years of tinkering and tweaking I finally achieved the result I was looking for No iPhones were harmed during the making of this video (I still use it everyday)
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Hi all, Wondering which version of RED's bottom fan might impact recordings of the human voice the least, or which might be most transparently removable in post. Has anyone run noise reduction (RX or Audition) specifically on dialogue, both with Bottom Fan 1.0 and 2.0? I've heard that fan 1.0 has broad-spectrum white/brown style noise. And fan 2.0 has noise that's more distinct and more localized to certain frequency bands. Anyone compare the results after removing either type of noise? Is one cleaner to remove than the other? Thanks!
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Hi, I'm doing a film soon where the director wants to shoot some of the material with a vhs camera (he didn't specified yet what model they will be using). I assume that vhs cameras don't have any crystal system for keeping sync, right? Supposing we do short segments of dialog only, do you have any idea if we could get away with it or single-system is the only way to go (not a very good one also, and this supposing I could send some audio to the camera, which I don't know yet)?
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I'm looking to get into some docu-style film making for my hobbies and other endeavors. I'm not too savvy on cameras these days so I was seeing what ya'll recommended. Are 7d's and 5d's still hard to beat? I'd prefer something that was: 1. Easy to move around with and conceal 2. interchangeable lenses 3. Priced at no more then $1500 4. Sensors that are great in low/no light. Any info/tips are appreciated. Thanks, Michael
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Simultaneously shooting movies whist fighting climate change!
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This story was told to me by Dougie Milsome who had been the focus puller on Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. There was a scene which Kubrick wanted to have lit by candle light alone - and what is more a candle unaided by any enhancement such as a tiny light stuck to it. The film stock in the mid 1970s was not suitable to be pushed to that limit without severe degradation, so a lens was borrowed from NASA that was very, very fast; it did the trick and the result can be seen in the film. Extraordinarily beautiful. Dougie told me how he coped with the almost non-existent depth of field that posed a problem for shooting this scene. The slightest movement toward or …
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Hey guys, Wanted to ask a quick question on the forum here about the Canon C300 Mark 2. I have used its previous model in the C300 awhile back where I was having minor timecode issues. Does anyone know, Does the Canon C300 Mark2 hold timecode well without the addition of a Lockitbox? Trying to make the Audio footprint as small as possible on Camera Rigs. Thanks!
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4ch audio http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/the_new_eos_c300_mark_ii_revealed.do Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
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Hello guys, I'm Daniel, a sound mixer from Germany and iam quite often in this forum, because the answers you get here are always very useful. Thanks to Jeff for making this forum possible! I will have a 2x90min shooting for TV next month, using an Alexa (no problems here) and a BlackMagic Cinema Camera. The DOP wants to use the Blackmagic together with a gimbal stabilizer. Because a gimbal uses Motors to stabilize the camera I wanted to know if anyone of you could tell me about the noise a gimbal usually creates. Is it a problem to record clean audio when a gimbal is on set? I know, there are different types of gimbals but I don't know yet, wich one will be used. I'd l…
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I was on a film shot in Techniscope in the 70s, Apocalypse 2000 in which Kirk Douglas played a starring role. It was an Italian co production which I suppose explains the choice of Techniscope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techniscope There was a sequence where the camera was attached to the door of a car (maybe a Rolls Royce) by a giant sucker arrangement as they drove past Buckingham Palace. The artist who was driving did not allow for this and wiped the camera out by driving too close to the street furniture. Much amusement from the crew, hardly disguised at all. Later on in Rome we shot in Safa Palatino Studios, https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
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How the West Was Won (1962). John Ford, Henry Hathaway,George Marshall & Richard Thorpe Cinematography: William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, Charles Lang & Joseph LaShelle Anybody work with one of these cameras ?
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Show up this morning, scan for a clear channel, and my scans are nice and clean, 1 or 2 pixels at most. Then the robo cams fired up, and my scans look like this:
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Hey All, I know lots of you use the handy resource on soundrolling.com to check over different timecode options for different cameras and so I have updated it and moved it into an area which hopefully makes more sense and gives you video tutorials on most of the popular cameras along with additional notes of others, check it out and make a little account, https://soundrolling.mykajabi.com/store/czmsZcyP Cheers, Matt
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Hello, Just to announce that the first indication on Weapon fans are a big improovement over the Epic's one. I would push production to go with the Weapon if you have this choice. The fan noise seems less a problem now. Here a encouraging Weapon user statement: Pat
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Hi all, I have a shoot coming up with the arricam lite 35mm. Is there anything I should watch out for? Is it very noisey? (I've asked that they make sure it has a barney. ) Any help and tips are greatly appreciated, Cheers, Pete
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Hey wondering if anyone has worked with the new digital Bolex. Seems like more of a toy than a real production camera. [arbitrary spinning wheel control]. Looking for experiences / successful work flows for getting usable audio into camera- I found the meters a little weird to use. [initially lining up -20] With an internal SSD and no playback function, Ill have to wait until tomorrow to hear about the results.
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Is there a way to have the fans turn off while the Red Epic is recording? J.D.
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I'm trying to sync EPIC with my Ambient Lockit 203 but I couldn't figure out what format of Genlock signal I have to use ? Using that Lemo 4pin to 3 BNC adaptor cable, the camera is receiving TC without any problem but do not see Genlock (GEN and SYNC sign is grayed out on screen). We are shooting on 5K 2:1 25p. The format I've choosen is HD1080p 25 frame rate. The firmware seems the last beta version 5.x.x... After an hour or few of internet search, I only figured out after the shoot that on the RED manual indicated that the Video Sync connector receives RS170A Tri-Level sync signal on pin 4, the GENLOCK BNC connector. Does that mean I have to set to plain SD N…
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I'm using an SRb for the first time (Zaxcom convert) in the slot of a Panasonic camera. I have the output set to +5 and it sounds too hot. I lowered the output to -10 and it sounds fine now. What are your settings? Is this normal/typical?
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For all our sports camera friends out there. 11789274_870162073069574_921841507_n.mp4 Hmm seems not to be displaying correctly I added the direct YouTube link - jw
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Hey everyone. I'm currently on a production with a Red One camera and am having some trouble jamming Timecode directly from the 788t. It's one of my first projects with timecode so I'm very aware that it could be my fault. The 788 is in 24 Hour run. Red settings: Sync OFF, Output OFF, Cross OFF. I am first plugging the machines together but I can't see any timecode input in the 788 without first hitting the output option on the Red. After doing that I am able to jam it and I get a little yellow link icon up the top of the Red's display. At first I thought the battle was won but checking the TC on the display indicates it's off from the 788 by 1 hr 20 mins.. Any and …
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I continue to be amazed by the GoPro cameras (not that they are necessarily part of our professional world). The latest offering is so small, so powerful while still being incredibly user friendly. I don't own a GoPro yet but I would really like to get one soon.
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Hey guys, We're using a SD 788T SSD as our master clock, jamming Ambient lockit boxes to it and then jamming both Alexas. We have not been putting the lockits on the cameras as camera department were initially not keen to have them onboard. We started with the standard morning and after lunch jam, but we're told by post that both cameras are drifting by up to 7 frames by the end of the day. We jammed each camera 4 times yesterday - morning, mid-morning, lunch and mid afternoon - to the same result. Even though each camera is accepting the timecode jam and says "system good" after each jam, the drift is incrementally increasing. Today, we put the lockits on the…
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