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codyman

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  1. There's a GPS attachment for the Betso timecode boxes.
  2. Tom Duffy is your guy when it comes to Tascam stuff. I had a crappy NP-1 that was a little bigger than normal ones (I guess) get stuck in the back of my HS-P82 once and he sent me the entire shop manual in order to disassemble the required parts to get it out manually.
  3. Anyone been on an agency shoot where they turned the camera to shoot "vertical" for smartphones / social media? A part of my film school dreams died that day. Friends don't let friends shoot vertical video...
  4. I wasn't around for the "good ol days" but one thing I've learned in my so far relatively short career is how it's very important to maintain a good working relationship with the AD on set. The smoothest sets I've been on were ones with capable and understanding AD's whom you basically get to the point where you don't even need to ask them for things, they come to you automatically (Time to wire talent / do you want to turn this noise source off etc). You don't want a relationship with an AD where they just presume things or don't seem to care (Roll Sound! While you are literally mic'ing the main actor right in front of their face). That being said, there are some AD's that are just useless and they'll disregard you (just dealt with one like this recently after a string of great ones) and it just makes you and the boom op miserable and stressed the entire production. Character flaw? Maybe. But often times the "above the line" are trying to shoot that feature that was originally scheduled for 30 days in 25 (without any cuts) so everyone is just running around like a mad man in general.
  5. I think my buddy uses that same battery to power his Lectro SRb and he's had good luck with it so far.
  6. codyman

    camera link

    Trick is to snag a Block 25 one (they can be had cheap) because there's going to be a little bit of a frequency hole between the uplink/downlink of the cell transmitters in the 600mhz range here stateside.
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    camera link

    Any Lectro transmitter capable of transmitting "IFB" should work with the G3 series.
  8. codyman

    camera link

    I use a Lectrosonic IFBT4 as a transmitter for my IFB headsets and funny enough, a Sennheiser G3 can pick up a Lectrosonic IFB transmitter signal no problem / sounds great so I use that on cameras. Two AA NiMH batteries in a G3 receiver on camera lasts 12 hours easy.
  9. On narratives, I usually am able to keep tabs on who was given what # IFB, however losing two to an agency gig is not surprising at all. I find when there's an agency on set, it's a game of "me too" where everyone seems to "need" an IFB even though half of them don't actually listen in and are too busy looking at their phones. That being said, of course producers on those gigs always want to bend over backwards for anyone even remotely affiliated with the agency (which I get) so unfortunately it always ends up as a game of hide and seek with IFB's where the agency is given ten hours head start to try to "I put it down somewhere over there" and for you after a long day to try to find them all.
  10. Anyone having a problem with a flickering backlight on their SRc? My SRc just got back from the shop a month ago and now it's intermittently "flashing" the backlight. It seems the backlight will dim / shut off randomly then come back on, but then be fine for an hour or so before doing it again.
  11. Very cool piece of kit. A little more high tech than my "poor man's talkback" setup of boom op on an MM1 + lectro transmitter + Motorola walkie borrowed from production. We've got a fancy neoprene belt thing for all the accoutrements that we've dubbed "The Bat Utility Belt" which is pretty rad at least though!
  12. Here's the patent from Zaxcom My guess is, whenever/if ever the patent "expires", a firmware update *probably* would be provided that magically allowed you to transmit AND record at the same time.
  13. Very cool! Does your company sell direct or just through dealers/OEM (noticed the Hi-Q Remote Audio batteries).
  14. I used to use Eneloop Pro Black's which were fine/OK but they were starting to give me issues after about 2 years of heavy use. Was curious as to what else was out there in the nimh battery world and stumbled upon all these articles about the Ikea Ladda batteries. I just got them last week so TBD on long term reliability but so far I've been very, very impressed. I bought 40 batteries and 3 Ladda 4 bay chargers for just over $100. The chargers come with really long cables but are just typical IEC320 C7 ones so I bought three one footers so they can charge easier on my cart. I start a new show this coming week so I'm looking forward to how well they work... can't beat $6.99 for four 2450mah batteries! I think the new ikea in Burbank has literally 2000+ packs on hand if any LA folks are looking to try them out.
  15. I just time tested some brand new, hot off the charger Ladda's in an SMQv at 100mw and got 8 hours in one transmitter and 8.5 in another for reference...
  16. I'd be shocked if bluetooth would work car to car for Wingman. Maybe someday we would be able to have Sound Devices --> bluetooth wingman --> cell network --> 2nd phone/device? That would be pretty awesome even if there was horrible latency just to be able to keep an eye on things such as recording status and levels...
  17. 657-663mhz for the "unlicensed" guard band of Block 25. 614-616mhz of Block 24 will be available as well. https://en-us.sennheiser.com/spectrum
  18. Can't speak for the automix on the Nomad but I always drop my 633 bag in the picture car, set conservative levels, turn on Dugan Automixing, and then monitor via R1a's in the follow vehicle. I'd rather have a mix get weird (rarely happens) than have ISO's that are fading in and out from RF issues.
  19. That seems up to code...
  20. Yeah at this point I should follow the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" ideology. Currently I'm using 190wh V-Mount batteries which last about 2/3rds of a day on set for me (and I have three of them). One day I might splurge and upgrade my cart to a PSC Cartpower or something similar but at this point I've been doing more bag than cart gigs so rather than forking out for an all new distro and cables, I think I'm just going to stick with what I have for now!
  21. How did you like the film? It's a shame that it didn't do better at box office here stateside but I commend them for not watering it down, even in the marketing. A personal favorite of mine for '17 thus far!
  22. I'm currently using a Remote Audio BDS which has been working great, but I'm curious if anyone has any ideas as how to maybe power the BDS off an AC adapter and then if power fails, have a battery input kick in? It would be great to do this for sit down shoots / bag cart stuff. It seems like buying a PSC Triple Play might be the only way to do such a thing but I thought it would be worth asking if anyone has any novel ways to do it!
  23. Depends on how much you want to spend at first. If you're on a budget, can't go wrong with an SM57 with pop filters. Key is mic placement and having talkers know the proximity effect on a microphone. At least that's what my brother and his friends use for their podcast do. Sounds "fine" but then again they are not pro's and are just recording in living rooms and get about 100 listeners an episode so they aren't exactly looking to spend a ton of coin on it.
  24. Any Arclight would be good, especially the one in Hollywood. Bonus is that they don't tolerate talkers and texters...
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