Andre Labous

On front left side....hold cancel toggle down at the same time as flipping menu toggle down. Then flip menu toggle to on. Menu's will then display on monitor.

Any thoughts on lighting forest for early morning fog. Expansive wide shot then close cuts to spokesperson. Shooting in HD for broadcast. Most likely on Sony F-900/3. I especially don't want it to look like it's smoke from a forest fire.

In the maintenance menu page 11 you can select the internal fan to max. It runs high enough that you'll hear it.

Nick. Appreciate the input. I will be a grandpa, 7 year old girl, 40 yr. old man and woman. I'll try to get in character per your suggestions.

Shooting 16x9 for broadcast. HD for HD Channels, letterbox for Standard. I've been considering parallax (good word) and ways for compensating. Have been drawing ways to achieve that. Considered using high hat on mini dolly track raised to eye level. Suggestion with offset.........will angle of view change w/ an offset. Also pan at the head or at the offset?

Have been asked to shoot POV shots of people at dining room table. I use the innovision probe lens for tabletop often. Director asked for primes so I have a set of Zeiss Digi Primes standing by as well. I have done a test w/ the probe and it enables me to have it directly next to the actors head to give a better viewing angle due to the small diameter of the probe. My question is what focal length at a 2/3" target will give me the best results. Also am considering hand held. Not shaky hand held but hand held nonetheless. The camera is an F-900/3. Please don't suggest mounting a camera to their heads. :)

At this point the gap between expense is not as great as it once was. My apologies if I strayed from the meat of this discussion.

Initially responded to why HD over SD. Not as science but as a way of getting budgets. Not from other DP's but from agencies. If now into theory... what about recording at 125-140 megabits on HDCAM as opposed to 50 mbs on the SDX 900? Also SDX 900 640 ASA? I've shot w/it numerous times. Did not notice it being twice as fast as F/900. My silly LCD/Plasma in the home reference refers to what I see when I watch television. Lower mbs more squares (digital info) I see. Thus when I'm messin w/ black gamma's, y gamma, knee, color, etc., my recording rate is handling that information. It's there before the downconvert. Lines of resolution no longer a factor but the look I manipulated is getting there. Yes downconverted. Again I don't have a film projector in my house. Why shoot film? I do agree they're are amazing SD cameras out there. I still have to use them. I think panasonic has totally kicked butt in that department. And although the SDX is a sweet camera, it's time to trade it in for the HDX 900. I shot recently 2 weeks at the Daytona 500. Think I saw a hand full of SD cameras. HD cameras everywhere.

Wow. My first post. Didn't realize it could get personal. Based on your experience I would assume you could be more mature. I have plenty of experience in DigiBeta and own an F-900/3. I don't assume anything. I shoot for clients who trust and respect my knowledge of HD. It has offered me far more lucrative opportunities and creative options, more so than SD ever did. Congrats on assuming you are the sheriff of experience.

Oops......first time on forum. Why shoot film if people don't have film projectors in their living room? I tell my clients why not use the best electronic originated footage. I can think of reasons why. 1. Faster ASA. Most SD cameras are rated around 160 ASA. HD cameras are much faster. My f/900 is around 320 to 400ASA. Translates to better in low light. I often key interview subjects w/ a 300W tungsten light through a full silk and get a good exposure. 2.Better latitude. Able to adjust for Highlights w/ the knee, point, slope functions. Blacks can be adjusted for ranges rather than just master. 3. Better color control. User matrix, multi matrix, etc. 4. Frame rates. 5. 125 megabytes/sec. Recording. Translates better to bigger LCD/ plasma's in the home theatre. 6. All these are achieved at 12bit at the brain. As opposed to the 8 bit recording. 7. 16x9 Frame 8. It will always be HD 9. Intercuts w/ film better 10. It's the latest greatest!