Dave Perkal ASC

I use a PL on set. I can line up a big dolly move with track or dance floor quickly. I usually 99% shoot on primes so once the track/dance floor or crane position is laid it is a commitment. I move the camera a lot, even if its a subtle move or correction. Using the shooting lens to line up with a finder saves everyone time. The whole crew can see the shot and the lens without asking. Good boom operators, set decs, grips and elec just watch me call camera moves 1, 2 and 3 and they can see the focal length of the lens and they know what is in or out without asking. It saves time and needless conversations among professionals. Which means more time for lighting and crew rehearsal.

i just used it for a commercial airing during the NBA playoffs. I rated at 320. These are the Get Smart promos.

I am currently in prep on a pilot. The studio has made a decision to use the genesis(before I was hired-this seems to almost be a trend for tv). One of the things that I am concerned with is that video's sharpness looks so plastic. Video seems to have an artificial sharpness to the edges that, even while having a depth of field closely matching 35mm, seems to give it away. It is almost as if visually depth of field is treated as a binary, i.e. 0 or 1, on or off, rather than a more organic gradual fall off as with film. It almost looks as if at 180 degrees, it is actually a shorter shutter. One thing I will test is using a longer shutter 220 or 270 to extend that persistence of vision. Hopefully that will begin to add an element to help visually make a compromise. I know the dangers of a 360 visual smear and hope to avoid this. The monitors panavision gives you are interlaced instead of progressive. So on set it will be difficult to discern the effect of shutter correctly. Has anyone tested this with different shutter angles? Also what is everyones asa rating for this camera? Dean S. rates at 640 while others rate at 400. This will also be tested but just searching for opinions. thanks