Gary Robinson

Hi Guys,

I've been powering my Arri 2b and BL2 with xlr to red and black connector cables to 12v 7amp sealed lead acid batteries. I previously had the cables put together at Ametron. They don't do custom cables anymore. Do you know where I could get these cables made?

Thanks John,

Because the Arri 2B captures a smaller image, when cropped for 16x9 will it look much grainier?

Thanks

Gary Robinson

www.sharpcut.com

Hi Guys,

I have an Arri BL2 and an Arri 2b (with way more mags and easier to shoot with). If I'm transferring the 35mm footage to HD, how big of quality difference will I see after the transfer with the BL2 vs 2B? Looking at a previous film, the 2B has borders between the frames while the BL2 is almost solid images with just a very small line between the frames. I"m using the same lens on both.

Thanks,

Gary Robinson

www.sharpcut.com

Hi Guys,

I finally got my lemon Arri BL 2 fixed to the point it's useable. The motor is working, but when I load some mags, and start to run the camera, the buckletip switch is switched almost immediately, turning the motor off. Normally this switch is tripped at the end of a roll. Is this switch tripped by improper film loading? Can the switch be removed? What problems can lead to this switch being activated?

After years of repair of a lemon BL2 I bought, I'll finally be able to shoot with it. There are dial settings for 24/50hz or 24/60hz. Is there a difference in shooting at either of these settings?

Thanks Frank,

I'll look into it.

Have you checked the flange depth and ground glass on the BL2? With your Angenieux zoom at 250mm the is a less depth of field at the subject and more depth of field with the lens at 25mm, but at the film plane, it is opposite. At the film plane, the depth of focus is much more shallow with the lens set at 25mm than at 250mm! Check your flange depth and ground glass. If it was the lens, it would cause the same problem with both cameras.

 

Hope this helps - it should be cheap to check and fix.

Hi Guys,

I have Angenioux 25-250mm lenses on both my Arri 2b, and BL2. I haven't shot with the BL2 yet, but I noticed that on my BL2 only, when I zoom in and focus, I lose focus when I pull out to 25. Any ideas on why this is happening?

Thanks,

Gary Robinson

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Any idea on how this will effect Red?

Hi Guys,

I went to the Cinegear Expo. Red didn't have a booth this year, but I hear they gave a nice demo in the theatre. I saw a demo of the Sony F23 HD camera which was very highresolution, but for me, it paled in comparison to the Fuji demo with a clip from David Mullen's work on "The Astronaut Farmer." Any other notes from the show?

I'm going to direct my first feature this year. I have some money for production and attaching actors, but I don't have the full amount so I'm putting together the package before I hit investors. What are the options for attaching DP's to a project assuming they like the script? Pay or Play offers? Some money down?

I've never really used Adobe so I don't know it's strengths. I think Avid Xpress is pretty good for longform work, with Final Cut Pro not far behind.

"The Room". It's so bad, and so fascinating in so many ways, that it's almost a must see.

Hi Rusy,

I edited in Speed Razor 5.5 and still have Blade, although I don't use either because the company is out of business. In those apps, you click "file" then "add media" and select your clips.

Hi Jim,

I'm excited about your developments with the Red camera. Workflow is a huge issue in this forum and in all areas of production. How will we be able to edit footage from the Red camera?

I shot some film with my Arri 2b that was rejected from the lab. I think the perfs were torn because I threaded it wrong, shot highspeed, and did lots of starts and stops. Are there any labs that are particularly good at processing and repairing damaged negatives?

I just got back from the Cine Gear expo in LA. I saw a pretty impressive demo of the new Eterna stocks from Fuji (kudos to David Mullen who was mentioned in the presentation) even though the projector was having focus problems. Between the new Fuji stock and the newest Kodak stock, which 500 speed do you think has the least grain?

From what I've seen, I really like the Panasonic HVX 200 and the JVC hd100u. Under those conditions, with no assistant to unload P2 cards, I would feel safest with the long loads of the JVC hd100.

Great work, Marc! I didn't see any shots I didn't like. The only suggestion I could come up with is that some producers and directors like to see a couple shots of how you handle standard face to face dialog scenes.

Thanks guys. Where would you place HDV? Right over digibeta. While editing trailers, I've had some mini dv's transfered from digibeta that looked terrible, while the betas transfered from the same source looked much better. Have you guys seen any cases where minidv's transfered from digibeta looks noisy?

I usually transfer my 35mm footage to Digibeta and Beta Sp simultaneously. Has anyone seen the difference in quality between transfering to Beta SP and Mini DV? Which looked better? What are your formats of choice for 35mm telecine (including hd) ranked by preference?

I just saw it from the 5th row, and certain shots looks very grainy. Is super 35 normally more grainy than anamorphic?

Have you tried tobincinemasystems.com I have two motors and speed controls from them. The support is great.

I've been using a couple of 12v sealed lead acid batteries for my Arri 2b and BL2. I think it may be a good time to get a battery belt. How are you guys powering your cameras? Where did you get your battery belts or batteries?

I got a manual for the Arri 35bl at hollywoodmanuals.com

I bought an Arri 2b on Ebay. Ebay usually has a number of cameras but be very careful when you buy.