ken koller

Thank you for all the replies. There are multiple shots however the speed ring at this point is looking like the best bet.

To answer your questions. I'm not sure on the exact revolutions per minute I'm looking for, but I'm visualizing using a phantom for some really high speed stuff and Red Epic for the rest. So when in use with the phantom the revolutions are going to need to be quick enough to make the effect play. Chris, the curve sounds good for one pass, but I would like to get multiple revolutions. I would prefer not to spin talent as it will effect wardrobe and props.

I am looking for a method of circling my talent at high speeds in combination with high speed photography. I have already looked into Pacific Motion Control's Cheetah dolly and it's speed is too slow for my purposes. Any ideas? Thank you. -Ken-

Thank you all for your help. I dont have nor need 216 TB of information, yet, but can you tell me a little more about your setup that you have?

Yea I have had a very difficult time finding someone who sells their products.

I looked further into Cache-A and they seem like a really good solution, problem is I can't find pricing anywhere. Suggestions?

I took a quick tour of their website and found no pricing information. They also seem like a relatively new company, which makes me skeptical, not of LTO4 drives, but of this company. I have heard stories of someone using a certain brand of tape drive, only to have that company go under and retrieving their data at a later date to be very difficult. Does anyone here have experience with this company, or have used their products before? As a side not, we are using strictly Macs will this be an issue?

I have searched around in this forum and have not come across this topic. Hopefully this is not a re-post, I am also aware that this is a cinematography website, but I have found it to be full of smart, respectful, and helpful people. My situation is that I work for a small production company. We shoot interviews and concerts on a regular basis. Primarily we have been filming with DVXs and some other miniDV cameras. As we start to shift towards HD however I am becoming concerned with how to properly backup our data. This data includes HD footage we have imported off of our P2 cards when we shoot with our HVX, in addition to terabytes upon terabytes of video files and final cut project files from 3.5 years worth of filming, capturing, and editing. Up until this point the solution has been to buy more hard drives. This has been done due mainly to budget constraints. Now however we are coming into some bigger business. So I am looking for a safe, secure, and relativly affordable solution for backing up footage on site, as well as storing copies of this data off site, just in case. Up until this point the best solution I have been able to conjure up was to set-up a large raid array, such as a LaCie 16TB 2x4big Quadra Bundle that can be upgraded later to a 32TB capacity, and the purchasing a tape drive to backup this data and store it off site. Is this a reasonable/safe/secure system? Any and all help would be appreciated, thank you. Also let me know if I left out something.