Sony F-900 & night time shooting.

cyunman · February 4, 2005

Dear Shooters.

Hi, I had a problem when I was shooting Some Street Lamps with Sony F-900 + Carl Zeiss Digi Prime Lens at night time.

Recently I was shooting a night scene near Countryside. Far from severa street Lamps & countryside Rail Station (which were far away from us), It was so dark.

It was a crane shot. The camera was starting from the actor's face, and then it started doing jib-up and show the whole town. The last frame was showing landscape & street lamps (which were quite far away), etc. As soon as the camera was picking up the street lamps, there was very wierd lans flare showing up. It looked like a Cross or a Star.

I could not do anything else because they were so far away from us. Some people might like this flare, but I did not. The flare was very different from the film ones. Any good advice to get rid of this kind of lens flare?

Mike Brennan · February 4, 2005

Dear Shooters.
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I could not do anything else because they were so far away from us. Some people might like this flare, but I did not. The flare was very different from the film ones. Any good advice to get rid of this kind of lens flare?

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Was it a mark one model of f900 ?

Mike Brennan

cyunman · February 4, 2005

Hi,

Yes. The model was Sony F-900. I was also using Digi Prime Lens. By the way, what do you mean by mark one model of f900?

It was my first time to use HD Camera.

Edited February 4, 2005 by cyunman

David Mullen ASC · February 4, 2005

Hi,

Yes. The model was Sony F-900. I was also using Digi Prime Lens. By the way, what do you mean by mark one model of f900?

It was my first time to use HD Camera.

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He means was there any chance you accidentally had the filter wheel switched to "A" instead "B"? "B" is clear for 3200K but "A" is a clear 4-point Star Filter. On the later F900/3 upgrade, "A" was changed to an 85B filter.

Mike Brennan · February 5, 2005

He means was there any chance you accidentally had the filter wheel switched to "A" instead "B"? "B" is clear for 3200K but "A" is a clear 4-point Star Filter. On the later F900/3 upgrade, "A" was changed to an 85B filter.

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Yes and also new f900s (not upgraded mark ones) has different/changed optical characteristics of ccd block or IR filter, that reduce flare when shooting pinpoints of light.

Mike Brennan

cyunman · February 5, 2005

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I believe that I set up the filter B (Clear for 3200K). However, I might make a mistake because I was using the monitor to check the Lighting.

Anyway, thanks very much.

By the way, is there any good workshops for HD Camera? Like short time (maximum 4 weeks) but intense workshop. I am really considering of taking some time off, and take some kind of workshops. If anybody knows, please let me know. Thanks again.