David Campbell

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Mr Mullen notes: "The number of missed-focus shots were on par with most 35mm movies, especially in that budget range. I didn't notice anything unusual in that regards other than early on, a montage of areas in Whitacre's house where a shot of his stairwell, looking down, was out of focus for no particular reason, considering it was a wide shot with no actors in it." Sometimes the easy shot does slip by with no one noticing a problem until too late to fix. I thought the following quote from Art Adam's account of shooting a mv on the Red One and the Red zoom was interesting and may apply though I've only circumstantial reason to think this. ... "Then there was the saga of the RED 18-85 zoom. This is, in theory, a great zoom: it encompasses the entire range of a normal prime lens set, and it opens up to a T2.9, which is quite handy when shooting with a slow camera like the RED. Unfortunately accurate focus marks are an as-yet unrealized upgrade option: when horizontal, the markings on the RED 18-85 lens that we used were fairly accurate, but they drifted severely when the camera was tilted at a severe angle. For example, while shooting off the scissor lift at a 45-degree down angle and with the zoom fully wide at 18mm, eye focusing on a subject 20’ away yielded a distance of 50’ on the lens. Under such conditions one can’t zoom in, focus and zoom out as the focus doesn’t track properly; one has to pick the proper focal length and use the RED’s focus-checking digital zoom to verify sharpness." You'll find the rest of a very good article here- http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/aad...s_music_vid_vr/ David Campbell

Hi, I would call it a spindle to core adabter and try Birns and Sawyer, Alan Gordon or similar shop. They disappear when the loader downloads the exposed film from the magazine and leaves the adapter in the film core the exposed film is wound on. If you used the camera recently and can contact the lab where the film was processed you may find they are holding it for you. Good luck. David Campbell

David you are a very patient man. Your assistant should certainly take the monitor into Panavision Dallas in his off time and have the problem resolved. If real world experience is the goal this is what he/she must do in the real world. You are working in the land of Rodriquez and so there are HD savvy crewmembers in the Austin, TX area. Perhaps someone has a contact and can bring in an experienced camera tech to watch and help your camera crew improve their working practice. Teaching the crew to use the gear is not your job obviously but one must do the best with what is available. On the slow zoom trouble I wonder if undoing the zoom motor and hand zooming several times from long to short and back might spread and warm up the lube and help keep the zoom smooth on your slow zooms. Your grace under fire is admirable. Hope things improve for you. David Campbell

The sequence with Cruise moving through the crowd shot through Spanish Dancers in red in Mission Impossible II was mesmerizing, very good looking picture all the way through. Also you must see True Romance if you haven't yet. Haven't seen Paycheck or The Big Bounce yet though. David Campbell

I bow to Mr. Irwins practical experience in this matter but as the conversation seems to be turning on esoteric pivots I will point out that instead of circles of confusion you are dealing with elipses of confusion in anamorphic photography and dof will be a different sort of the same for each mm. Just for fun... David Campbell operator/ steadicam dscmove@yahoo.com