James Meagher

I am about to shoot a live ballet with lots of DLP projections and some LCD projections involved in the staging. I am shooting with 3 HVX200s, and will have very limited time to run tests before filming begins - so if anyone has some initial insights on what I should expect and how to go about this I would love to hear it!!! Cheers, James

Hello again, I've just purchased a Canon auto zoom 814 electronic (7.5 - 60mm, f1.4). I'm planning on using it for a project I'll be shooting first thing in the new year and will have very little time to field test it. I plan on using the manual aperture controls and metering the lighting myself with my light meter. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the amount of exposure lost in the camera due to the viewfinder optics etc., etc... If I'm shooting Plus X 100... Should I be rating it considerably slower than that? I expect a certain amount of loss, but if it's as high as a stop then I need to be thinking about another stock (Tri-x). Naturally I'm hoping to have the time to do my own tests on this matter, but due to the camera being in transit, holidays, deadlines, working with musicians... the more info I can glean sooner rather than later, the better! Thanks, James

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions regarding Super 8mm to HD transfers (telecine). I'm shooting Plus X for a project and would love to have it transferred into 720p or 1080i/p for my editing and final output needs. Thanks, James