Andronico Gonzalez

I recommend you to shoot on color, but calibrate the monitor to B&W. This way you can feel comfortable lighting, and use the 3 8-bit channels info in CC.

I like Vimeo, with the standard account you have 500mb and one HD video to upload per week, and with the plus account you have unlimited videos in HD and downloadable .flv and original versions. You can password protect your videos or create groups or channels for more tools.

If you want only to edit any 24" to 30" LCD Monitor is a good investment, For a decent price look for HP or Dell. But if what you want is accurate color representation for a decent price Eizo are the best LCD Monitors, they have some 10 bits models: http://www.eizo.com/index.asp Another option is the awards winner HP Dream Color: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF...71-3648397.html Good Luck

Hi, That Nike commercial was made with the SI-2K Mini rigged in a helmet. Recently I rent my cameras for some POV commercials, we use a skydiving helmet:

I found this site from UK, Production Base.

I use Vimeo as a window to show my reel and all my work because of its capacity to upload hd content. A lot of Directors, DP's, composers, etc. use it to. You can search in the channels, there are a few focus only on reels.

I have another solution, probably is not the best solution but sometimes can help. You can make DVD'd with clips and menu in DIVX HD, you can have all your material in any resolution you want. This DVD'd can only be play in PC. Or you can program in Director a Interactive DVD that can auto-run, in both PC and MAC, a menu and clips in .mov, .flv and .swf in any resolution.

It really depend on the shots and the camera the kind of equipment you need. Most of the times is easier to use a cinesaddle and strap the camera: http://www.cinekinetic.com/ Sometimes you need more elaborated camera rigs like the matthews: http://www.filmtools.com/instcarmo.html And also sometimes you need something more advanced than just a car mount, the best way to go always is to talk with a Grip with experience that can analyze and discuss with you the scene.

I didn't know this, we are trying to contact Ari Presler since a few weeks ago because we have some upcoming 3D projects and we wanted the necessary accesories for our SI-2K equipments to do 3D, but he isn't answering his email. I watched some videos of the NAB and in one Jason Rodrigues did 3D shots with one full SI-2K and 2 sensors, I didn't know there was a catch.

Hi Ram, Why you use 2 laptops to capture the material, if you can capture in one single file with the latest version of the Cineform Raw?. I looks interesting your 3D rig, upload some shots so we can watch the work.

I don't think any netbook has the recommended especifications since are designed to be portable and run internet, not to process 2K uncompressed data. It's like te Macbook Air that it's CPU hasn't enough power or even a Gigabit Ethernet card. I know what to look for in a laptop, what I was really looking was someone that can tell his/her experience with a certain brand and model.

A few weeks ago I rent my SI-2K cameras for the new wolverine videogame commercial. The DoP selected 5 cameras to work, one 416, two Eyemo's and my cameras. The Director refuse to work all the SI-2K planned shots because I have the full camera and not only the Mini with a laptop in a backpack like in Slumdog Millionaire. I prepare a backpack with the camera inside and put the Mini sensor in various rigs: A motorcycle Helmets, a skateboard helmet, a vest with two shoulder mounts, a vest with a chest multi position arm, and a 10 feet pole. With these rigs the camera movements were really impressive, all the hardware worked almost perfect, but at last the Director refuses to use them, he wanted a light laptop. I start this topic because I want to buy a laptop that can be my second weapon of choice. I want to know the experiences of other SI-2K Mini users with different brands and models of laptops. My only laptop experience was with a Macbook Pro with bootcamp, it was powerful enough to work but the temperature sometimes corrupts the data, some files had frames with bad pixels. And someone told me that the new models had changed the Gigabit Ethernet card. All suggestions accepted.