Allen Achterberg

If you're not completely comfortable with judging the color temp by eye, if you have a color temp meter that helps, or do as I and others do, take a still with a digital camera (no flash) or even a video camera. All The Best! Allen Achterberg

John, My best wishes will be directed to you, and your health. You have taught me a lot on these forums, from reading you past replies, and want you to know whatever the case is, I will be thinking of you and hoping for the best! Good Luck John! Allen Achterberg

I've got a 35BL II, 1xMag,1xPrime Lens Blimp,1x Battery and Cable runs good and quiet. Very small package...interested? B-Mount* All the Best, Allen Achterberg

Yes, they shoot a lot of independant films on video, like "Open Water" that had infinite focus throughout the film if I recall correctly.

I'm looking to buy a 35BL Video Elbow. If you have one for sell, please let me know. Thanks, Allen Achterberg

SOLD! Thank you

thanks for the good reply. I'll give them a shot, see what they do. I just didn't want to shoot with them and have the image coming back looking like a 70's flick. thanks! All The Best, Allen Achterberg

thanks for the link, I'm actually more interested in examples of images taken with these lenses. I didn't find anything on the site that showed footage from them. Thanks! Allen Achterberg

the Zeiss Jena is 24mm and the schneider is 35mm. I don't really trust them, so I haven't used them. Thanks for the reply, All The Best! Allen Achterberg

Has anyone ever used any of these lenses? Carl Zeiss Jena Flektagon's Schneider Kreuznach Cine-Xenon's They are in Standard mount, I believe commonly used with the Arri IIB/IIC Models. Any thoughts? Warnings? What are they capable of really, if anyone has any images taken with one of these lenses I'd really like to see. All The Best, Allen Achterberg

Wow! Good Luck with your quest! All the Best, Allen Achterberg

if anyone has any examples of these anamorphic lenses I'd really like to see. All The Best, Allen Achterberg

Got it, Awesome David Really appreciate the info. All The Best!

David, I wanted to ask you, in I believe the 2nd scene of the move, where we first see Cuba Gooding JR and Helen Mirren, there is a shot where she is leaning forward, and he is relaxing on the couch rather distanced form her, It looks as if you used a Diopter. Is this the case? Thanks, Allen Achterberg

Shoot a test, this will give you a better idea of how the films handle contrast. A test will give you the best idea of what the image will look like. All The Best, Allen Achterberg

I actually grabbed that the other day and saw it. I really really enjoyed it! The scene at the bottom with the digitally pushed colors threw me off, didn't see it coming so not only was it visually interesting, but the story was damn good too. Simply inspirational David, Thank you for the tech info as well. All The Best, Allen Achterberg

I'm not exactly sure what camera gear they use on these shows, there's a reason it's cheaper to buy a bolex than to rent one of these packages for a day. They use much better optics than that of a Switar for sure, think more about lenses than about the camera body. If a bolex is what you can afford, then it's what you can buy. I don't think you'll be displeased, just don't forget the price difference and the optics you are using. You could look for a S16 Bolex, or convert the one you buy. Wouldn't hurt to do a little testing either. All the Best, Allen Achterberg

Asking $450.00 OBO. Not $500.00

I bought a 4GB Panasonic P2 card for a project that cancalled, and I must sell to regain those funds. I've only inserted it into the camera Once, it has never had any data written to it, nothing deleted and never formatted. It is practically Brand New. I'm Asking $500.00, Comes in packaging with warranty that I've yet to look at, so you get it as i recieved it. Brand New. If interested, Please messege me or write to AllenAchterberg@gmail.com If you write to my email account, I'll get it and respond sooner but the choice is yours. All The Best, Allen Achterberg Item location, Santa Maria CA.

When shooting with a silent aperature the Groundglass you speak of outlines the TV safe area's for the larger frame.

Either way you slice it, on the miniDV tape the frame rate is always 29.97fps, the pull down is added to do this. When shooting in 24PA 2:3:3:2 is used, when you capture the NLE removes the extra frames the pulldown created to give you 23.98 (24P) I'd always edit in 24P to make sure anything added in post matches the motion. Then do the pulldown in AE or your program you use to convert it for DVD, I use procoder2 which allows me to add the pulldown from 24PN source Material. Good Luck

dvx wont give you a "Soft film look"

yeah, or that intern will drop off film. Either way, being an assistant be it a 1st, or the intern is a job full of responsibility, very important jobs. It's a lot of work either way you slice it. All the Best, Allen Achterberg

I may be mis interpreting your question, but it doesn't sound like a wide angle lens will solve your problem. If you put a wide lens on, you will see more on top and on the bottom as well as from left to right. If you can, try shooting 16:9, and if you are, perhaps a matte like 2.35:1 if you can. But as I stated, I don't fully understand your question, but from my interpretation it sounds like you have onjects on the top of the frame and the bottom of the frame that you don't want there, and going in tighter won't give you the wide shot you want. Hope this helps, Allen Achterberg

exactly, but the problem in teaching the 3 point light setup is that students think that there are rules to lighting. When this isn't the case. As you stated, they should be tought the concept, but it should be made clear that there are no rules, and light does not HAVE to be motivated. All The Best Allen Achterberg