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Alberto Larios-Saavedra

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  1. Hello all, I'm looking for an SR3 battery charger, shoot me a message if you have one available.
  2. How much for the grip truck? Could you send me pictures? Thanks!
  3. I kept some exposed film in my fridge for almost a year! Finally last month, I had it developed and transferred to HD and it actually looks pretty good to me.
  4. I needed one because there was just too much sunlight for an outside scene, and in this case, so much light that the light meter showed and overexposure reading. So in other words, it was just trying to get a properly exposed image on tape (it wasn't for depth of field, which to be honest, I hadn't even thought of). Thanks for the help.
  5. When you throw an ND filter on the camera, are you supposed to compensate for it?
  6. I have an Arri SR 3x3 mattebox for sale. This is the one that with the adapter that mounts onto the light mount shoe (not the one that mounts onto the light weight rods). It has two filter trays, one of them rotates. I'm asking $250.00. I think this one works for other 16mm Arri cameras (but I'm not sure). Email me for pictures (I cannot upload because they are larger than allowed here).
  7. Does anybody know what a CTO2B-ND.09 filter does? At least that's what the small letters written on the filter itself say. I know, it's part neutral density but I don't know what the other part could be, (the filter itself looks like an ND filter, very dark).
  8. Thanks Nate. Do you know if I can use a baby tungsten? Not the same output but it still would help a little bit. Thanks,
  9. Does anybody know if I can use a portable generator (a 6k) to power a 1.2 HMI light? The generator would be rented from one of those places for do-it-yourself home projects and I would only hook the one HMI light, nothing else. Would I have any flickering issues? Thanks,
  10. I read here in a posting I can't seem to find, that running the camera to drain batteries every month will keep them in good working condition (when the camera is stored and not used very often). My question is, doesn't the camera get damaged when not running any film through it? Is there a better way for maintaining batteries? I hope I am being clear with my question. Thanks,
  11. I've got one that I purchased brand new a couple of year ago for a project that never happened and now I need to sell 'cause I need cash. It was only used for some tests (it's still in the original shipping boxes!). I paid $4,100 but will take $3, 300 for it, you pay for the shipping. Let me know if you are interested. Thx.
  12. I have a Sony VX2000 that I occassionally use and never had any problems with it; however, I just shot something this morning and all the wide shots came out very soft. The closeups were all fine. It seems to me that it's a back focus problem, but I'm not sure this camera has that function. Does anybody here know what the problem might be? Is there a setting or a button that I might have changed by mistake and is causing the images to be out of focus? I read the manual, but I couldn't find any reference to back focus. Any information will be much appreciated. Thanks.
  13. Thanks David. It's a magnetic ballast. I'll make sure the front face is tightly closed. How can I check the fuse? Like I said, this is the first time I use an HMI light fixture.
  14. Yes, I waited about another 20 minutes before trying to turn it back on and nothing.
  15. I just purchased a used Arrisun 12 light from Visual Products and received it yesterday. I was testing the light today and it went out. This is my the first time operating an HMI light, so I'm a little worried. Before operating the light, I read the general operating procedures for HMI lights in the Set Lighting Technician's Handbook. So I followed the instructions, turn the light on and leave it on for about five minutes. Everything is fine. Turn the light off. Wait about 3-4 minutes to restrike (at this point I didn't unplug anything nor touched any other buttons other than the "Off" button on the ballast). I then push the "On" button, the light makes the sparking sound it made the first time, but it doesn't turn on anymore and everything went dead. Did I do something wrong? I checked the globe and it seems that it indeed burned out (the middle filament is broken). If the globe is bad, will the "Off" switch light up when the ballast is plugged in? I hope my question is not confusing (I tried to be as clear as I possibly can). Thanks.
  16. It really is astounding the time that David takes, even as busy as he is, to thorougly answer a lot of the posts here. It truly shows his dedication to the art of cinema.
  17. I might do some tests with Muslin diffusion and I have a few questions: 1. If a throw a light through it (2k) what's the safest distance to be placed near the light? 2. Is there a big difference in color between regular muslin and bleached? Thanks,
  18. I'm curious, compared to a Vario-So 10:1, T* 3.3 zoom lens, how is the image quality produced by the Zeiss Super speed prime lenses? I'm especially interested on the 12mm and 50mm. Does anybody have any stills of images shot on primes? Any info will be appreciated. Thanks.
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