Marla Hettinger

Thanks for the replies! I've seen the blcakmagic but not the Video Devices nor the Atomos. I'll look into those thanks. Thanks! Marla

I do sound and quite frequently I work with the NanoFlash that records video and audio on CF cards. It's been discontinued and curious if anyone has heard of a comparable replacement?

Thanks for everyone's comments. Glad to know it's not just me : )

Thanks phillip I do record sepetately so I know I am covered. I've listened back and it's fine as well. Was just curious why its happened at different times but same type of camera. Thanks for your reply marla

I've searched this forum and haven't seen anything related to this so I hope others can help. I"ve worked on a couple jobs with FS7's recently where my return from the camera seems to be noisy. Once it was a clicking noise and another time a hum and now it sounds like time code. When I plug my headphone directly into the camera, it's clean, no noise. On all three shoots it's been an onboard monitor that seems to cause the problem. I haven't heard anything from post. Has anyone else experienced this, and did you do anything to solve the problem? Would it help to replace my mini return cable? I appreciate any advice. Marla

I would be interested in those cables as well...

great info! thanks for sharing!

Tom, this sounds interesting… but I can't get my head around the rubber mount and U-stick it around the fuzzy... If you get a chance can you post a pic? thanks Marla

dont forget your power strip ... for charging everything at one time... and your power converter if you need one. I tend to always forget these

I see this was a post from January... was curious how these last two have held up over the past few months. Any issues or lockups? Want to buy one but still waiting...

Thanks for all the advice. These are top of the list Directors and Actors and they barely want to sit in long enough for the interview. Me asking them to stay still and talk less with their hands probably won't go over well. I've already pushed the envelope with having them take off jangeling jewelry and ticking watches. Okay thanks Marla

I like to put my wireless next to the mixer in the orange section. You can fit 4 in there with the elastic "slots". This keeps more room available in the pouch area. marla

I know that clothing noise regarding lav placement has been discussed to far great lengths, I've googled it. But ... My question is, what about clothing noise being picked up by the boom. It's the fabric making noise that's being picked up by the boom to the point where I even doubled checked to make sure I split the lav and boom. A heavy cotton shirt that makes noise when the person moves around or a nice lined suit jacket with a starched shirt. These situations are in an interview setting, where the person hasn't brought any change of clothes and won't take off the jacket. I am using a 416 Sennheiser for the boom mic. it's driving me crazy... anyone else? Marla

a dog clicker works great and easy to carry and quicker to mark. My 2 cents Marla

Thanks for all the info. I ended up going into the menu setting and changing the level to +20. When running my hops to the camera, hat seemed to be a good place on the status screen for about mid level when I popped up tone. When I plugged my hardline beta snake into the camera and ran tone, it seemed to fall into that same place. I also tested a mic and tried to get the meter to peak at my loudest voice so I was comfortable that it wouldn't over modulate. Right or wrong, that's what I did. Thanks again for everyone's quick response! Marla

I am having issues with setting the level on this camera. pmw-F5-CineAlta- 4K camera The meters don't show decibels. You can change the audio in the menu but it seems when I go to -20 it's lower than zero but setting it at Zero seems to low. any help with this would be great. Of course I am on a shoot right now and any info someone can help me with would be great! Thanks! Marla

Update... I survived the arrested landing! It was cool, kind of crazy we sit backwards in the plane with no windows and very loud! But, we had helmets and big ear protection. So it was all good! We hit the ground running, unfortunately I had to put my gear together because they wouldn't let me travel with it out of the case. It was a tour of about 10 people so I couldn't hold them up. No one cared about my wireless freqs, I ask several people and with no good response I figured I would deal with it when someone tapped me on the shoulder to tell me otherwise. I only had one small freq issue but for a short period of time. I was pretty amazed myself! My rig with a 788t and 4 wires and camera hops with 4 np1's weighed in at 28 lbs. up and down MANY flights of stairs . Gabe, THANKS for the heads up about earbuds to wear under the helmets and ear protection! They were fretting about it until I said, "no worries I have earbuds to wear under the earprotection" and they had a huge sign of relief. It was a good experience and I appreciate everyone who offered up their experience. Oh yeah, I didn't get to experience the catapult takeoff because we road the carrier into San Diego. Marla

For curious minds, I will be flying in on a C-2 greyhound. From the pics ive seen, I don't think it has windows. So that should be interesting. I believe it's called an arrested landing (tail hook) and a catapulte take off. Still listening to everyone and I appreciate all the advice. From Gabe, he suggested earbuds to be worn under the helmet/headphones provided by the navy while on the deck. My options are limited, they are doing a walk and talk so wireless are needed. I will do the best I can and make suggestions as we go. It could be b-roll then covered with audio when we are below deck. We'll see. I will give a full report when I return at the end of the week! Thanks again! Marla

Wow! Lots of great info here! You guys are awesome! I did PM Gabe and he has provided me with some great info as well. Basically, it's a walk and talk, so my options are limited but I have some good ideas to suggest. Gabe did say take some earbuds to wear under the big helmet and sound protection so that's a great idea! I'll take note of the rf shields and see about requesting them. I am still listening so if something else comes to mind, I would love to hear about it. I will report back next week to let you know how it goes? Thanks again! Marla

Hi there! I will be doing a walk and talk tour with 4 people on a working aircraft carrier, in the middle of the ocean. Was curious if anyone knew of any frequency issues I may run across. I plan to use lectro's 411a's with smv/smqv's. We are going to try and get the question answered through the thread of contacts but I wanted to do my own research knowing there are probably many sound people who have done this. Any thoughts would be great! Thanks Marla

I have had several of mine fixed at Wilcox Sound near Burbank, CA. It's about $100-ish. His name is Muni and he has fixed my old sonatrims's and the crackly sanken's. Hope this helps! Marla Hettinger sound mixer Los Angeles, CA