Matias Nicolas

Hi! Im going to shoot a miniature: a tree falling down breaking a fence on the woods scale 1:10. The art dept is building rhe maquet. I read in the AC manual that for scale 1:10 I need to shoot al 75 fps to feel real a miniature tree falling. But what about lenses and T stop? And light? How should I do to feel It realistic and natural?

Hi! I have to shoot a miniature: a tree falling down and crashing to the floor in scale 1:10. I read in the AC manual that that I should shoot it al 75 fps. But whixh lense docyou recomend? Wide angle? Normal? Which T stop? Distance ro object? What about light?

Hi! I have to shoot a miniature: a tree falling down and crashing to the floor in scale 1:10. I read in the AC manual that that I should shoot it al 75 fps. But whixh lense docyou recomend? Wide angle? Normal? Which T stop? Distance ro object? What about light?

And, a And which is the best way for you to illuminate a jungle, with this haze, and not seeing the white light when the haze in near the haze that you start kind of seeing the lights?

So, to shoot in a cold place or hot place changes the haze? Cause Im shooting in a hot and humid jungle (ground level cero).. But we are doing tests in the woods, ground level 1000mts above the sea (cause the jungle location is really far from the production company).. Do yo think this chages sth in the moving or not of the haze?

Cool, but our problem ithat we need the smoke to stay without moving..

Jaja... excelent video! Yes.. We are trying sth similar, but is not working really cause we are having some wind... And I hate! when smoke moves...

Hi, which is the best way to have a dense haze in the woods and not seeing the haze moving? So as to see the light of the flashligths?

Ok, but what happens in the dark areas... should I bounce some or more light in the shadows? what happens with specularities?

Hi, I'll be shooting a tv serial, contemplating the HDR. That means, shooting digital as if it was a negative, thinking of future technology. As today you can buy an HDR tv, there is no content for HDR yet. So they are trying us, dp's, to start thinking in HDR when shooting digital.. Any expierence?

Can you explain a little more : '' so bounce boards and spark operated torches were used often to fill in where necessary" Cause im going to shoot a horror movie with lots of scenes with torches in a cave, and we wan't to feel real inside it.

ok.. but i need to shoot everything at nigh... its better to go for higher iso? to put a light like a lite panel? to use a green filter in front of the lens? what do you recommend?

ok ! Yes, I remember the Zeiss set lenses with bayonete & PL adaptor ... and the traingular bhookes... but I will avoid those lenses I think ... But I need the 1.3 !! jej

HI, i'm shooting a horror sci fi movie in 2 two months, and I'm having the same issue. FLashlites with dimmer (not a real dimmer, but you push the back botton, and youll have 3 positions of less light, strobo, and S.O.S signal ... those flashlights allways flicker when dimming... You can try it without dimming, or choose one without dimmer. THe maglite allways are very powerfull... and as Phill sais, its better to have 3 flashlights, one for long distances, and anotherones for short distance, with some ND filter inside.. And watch out batteries ... yo'll need a lot !

Good answer !! thanks! I think I'll probably shoot with the Sony F55 4k Raw, with a lite panel on top, ... and make some test's. Then I will add green, grain, contrast, etx, in color correction !

It depends on what is your quality standard.. Obvoisuly it's better to choose a set of 4 filters instead of one: 1 for nd.3, another for n.d6 , 1n.9, 1nd1.2, 1.5 ..etc ... With variable's nd you loose some quality: image turns a little green, and you'll have problems with sunlight coming on to your lense... But, if you only want a variable nd filter, choose allways the best brand.... Tiffen is not on your list?... yo should try that one ...

O! thats a good info !!! thanks !!! cause there is an old set of MK1 in Colombia ..

We are trying to avoid day for night.. case me need to feel dark in the jungle.. it's a terror sciene fiction movie ... me need to hice the monsters, and we have torchs, flashlights, etc... but thanks !! Although, how is the best MUST's to shoot day for night? Sun light is better? or better a cloudy day? I really never done day for night ...

We will be shooting between the 24 - 35 & 50 lenses... Its true its difficult to find more lenses in between ... And Im shooting in Bogota, Colombia, and there is only one set of these mkIII ... production is panning to subrent them from Mexico .. It's a pitty the 2.1 vignette in the corners...

Cool reference ! But we are looking sth more real .. like "The Ritual"- a terror movie ... this one works more to the look we are looking for..

Well, as I didn't shoot with the MKIII ever before, your knowldege for me is important... cause it is hard to find 2 sets of highspeed in Colombia. But I think I can find 2 sets of 2.1 here, and also additional lenses... Do you really think, it is better to shoot with the 2.1 Car Zeiss? Cause I was planning to shoot really wide open... I've shot with the 2.1 some stuf in the past and I like, them... Now Im more use to shoot with S4 or similar price... but the directors are insisting to shoot with the MKIII... cause they want to soften the image also I prefer to avoid a Softfx... I don't really like those filters, and get messy with flares... they wash all the image when flareing lights to the lense...

Ok! This test is really usefull! thanks !! ... But... have you done it with a person's face?

I've been googling for some info, yes... and what I found is that if the night is too dark, I'll probably don't get any imagen.. so I have to light a little but not too much ... and also using sth like a small lite panel or a small tiny led in top of the camera to get the bright on the eyes of the actors... Bt I don;t really know if this camera shoots night vision in 4K, or If I'll loose some quality while shooting with this sony... Cause the other thing is to shoot with mi sony F55, and the grading it in C correction, but I think I prefer to shoot it real ...