Adamo P Cultraro
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P2 vs. Tape
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Except for the fact that the HDX900 is an orphan now. You'd be a fool to buy that cam over an HPX500. Same functionality, no tape.
I have an HVX200 - it's a camera that's used interchangeably on the show 4400 with an F900 - you can't really tell. Plus, it has p2 recording capability and variable frame rates - something the HDX900 doesn't have.
The HDX900 seems like a dinosaur now that the HPX500 is out. I'd take an HPX in a heartbeat. I'd never go back to tape....it's dead.
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If you want SAG actors your production must be a SAG signatory. I say your production - not your company. Example - you decide to make a short film - that short film must come under a SAG agreement to cover the talent.
Sure, a SAG actor can be naughty and just work for you - it's really his problem not yours - but he faces a host of trouble from SAG.
Actually, my wife is a SAG actress and I use her all the time in my stuff without asking SAG. I figure if I have to check before I film my wife SAG can go piss up a rope. But she could get in trouble, theoretically.
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An Amazing case, but as usual, zacuto is pretty proud of their prices.
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IMHO you can light all you want but if you aren't filiming at 24p/30p your stuff will look like video, plain and simple.
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Why not jus do this in post? Most NLEs have this capability. In Sony Vegas for example, use a glow and then tint the glow to the color you want. Apply a 25% B&W effect and voila....dream sequence. Most of the Illusionist was simply post work anyways.
P2 vs. Tape
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Well I suppose the HPX500 is a better narrative cam for the price compared to an HPX2000 - but it's moot to me since the next cam after my HVX will be a RED.
I think that as the price of the panny cams goes up - there really are diminshing returns on the bigger models, especially as a narrative filmmaker. Who the hell is really going to notice the picture on an HPX2000 being radically better than my HVX. I shot the F900 on many projects and I'd say the pic quality of the HVX is 90-95% of the F900s for a fraction of the money.
The only reason I'm buying a RED is the price per value ratio compared to cameras like the HPX2000.