chris elias

Hey guys, im shooting a car commercial spec in a few weeks, im still trying to figure out my camera budget, i need to figure out by this week. Im planning on shooting with an HVX, P+S and Zeiss SS's but it may turn out to be out of my budget. It how ever gives me what i want as far as quick play back, easy work flow, 35mm DOF, and etc, although i could work without the "film grain". I can get the HVX for free but the P+S and Zeiss lenses and acces. will cost me. Now Im considering the SDX because i can also get that for free but i am very opposed to using the Fujinon zoom lens that accompanies it because i want better glass. Birns & Sawyer has this Canon HD Cine Style Prime lenses set for a decent price, and i wanted to see if anyone has ever used them with the SDX and if they liked them or not. Im aware the SDX uses a B4 Lens mount and i am unsure if these Canons will mount but i can, at the moment, only assume they will.

 

Any opinions?

Any other HD Prime Lens sets that you would suggest for the SDX? Possibly with a Camera House in/around LA?

 

Thanks, D. Nim.

Just finished using the SDX 900 with the canon primes on the opening of a series in Canada. The rental was reasonable and lookinmg at the stufff in post it looks great. It is better than using a HD zoom lens. The nice thing about the canon lens is they can mount on without the 50 adapter. We had to make a lot of lens changes for different looks fairly quickly so that made a big difference. I had a street lit up with balloons and T12's so we shot wide open as much as possible to get the most depth of field. I plan on using the package again as I was really happy. Only drawback was all my stuff was hand held so getting past the no grip arm took a couple of minutes to get comfortable with.

Chris

If you have a copy of the Goodman Guide, he walks you through the process in it. The rental house probably has a copy if you don't have access to one.

I did get one...however I am about 4 hours away from the rental house in a small city and the one I had disappeared on set. Unfortunately I am shooting 7 days a week and am here till December.

Looking for any tricks on the Panasonic SDX 900 Skin Tone Detail. I have always used a gate and adjusted with that but am not familiar with the settings of the Panasonic. I am trying to really soften up a clients face and skin tone and make some adjustments to make them "Younger" Any help on this would be great

Cheers Chris

Sorry wrong category