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  1. Robin R Probyn
    Are you trying to do us out of a job.. :)
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    Just finished a long 42 day shoot in Singapore with F5/CN7 .. iDX CW7 wireless.. all performed well in very hot humid conditions.. One problem that just came out of no where was a huge notice in the VF one morning.. about 20% of the VF saying the internal battery needed changing.. there was no warning before.. camera is only 2 years old, ENG camera,s these batts would last up to 5 years.. but not on the F5/55.. (Fs7 when the camera is on, it is actually charging the internal batt) Replacement,after totally useless Sony Singapore "help" .. i.e. just dont answer the phone all day.. was done by myself in the hotel.. a bit nerve wracking .. as you have to take the side door off.. looking inside the camera with bits lying around all over the place is not for the faint hearted in the middle of a long shoot.. luckily the battery itself was easy to find in Singapore.. So just a word of warning if anyone is heading off on location.. with F5/55.. with a 2 yr old camera.. at least take a spare battery with you and a decent screw driver.. ( not like me!)..
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    Ok sorry.. just an idea.. thats how my camera achieves slo mo.. you set to eg 50 but within a 25p main frame rate setting.. you can choose 50p in another setting, just to shoot 50p for "normal" motion..
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    Nick Well TBH I wouldn't agree with Tyler as far as being a Jack of all trades.... for the very reason Tyler states.. everyone on low budget stuff is doing it.. and they will be stuck in that world.. my opinion only.. Im older.. but I have only done camera work.. from being a loader.. blah blah.. the usual road.. I dont want to edit or do sound or be a writer.. and I wouldn't be any good at it.. my interest is camera only.. as it seems your is too.. 6 years is not that long.. at the end of the day a huge amount of being "successful" is to do with luck.. all the big time DP,s had one crucial film or random meeting that got them noticed.. combined with the skill too of course.. stick at it as long as you really want to.. to shoot features/TV drama straight out is very hard except for the non/low paying ones.. have you looked into say corporate video production.. this is one field on the rise with bigger budgets and decent gear these days.. poor mans commercial .. but decent pay and good reel material as they are becoming alot more sophisticated these days..
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    I think given that even the camera plays these files at normal speed.. you have just recorded at 50 fps.. rather than 50 fps within a 25fps setting.. my camera can do this too.. but you have to select the 50 fps.. within a 25fps setting that is your main frame rate.. to have slo mo.. I think the problem is your settings in the camera itself..
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    The agent I bought my easy rig 3 from has offered the install for free.. you need to drill a hole etc.. not sure its a good idea to do it yourself unless you have some knowledge of the rig.. I would ask your agent ,possibly its a world wide service offered by easy rig agents.. dont know for sure..
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    ah right.. yes there seems to be some sort of time limit to edit.. as far as I can see..
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    Of course, when you shot an underexposed scene, you should use ND filters to preserve the possibility to choose the Aperture only for Depth of field (Soft or Deep focus). Do you mean over exposed..?..
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    But come on.. there really was alot of bad lighting in the 70,s esp.. I don't really think it has to do with slow stock.. there were alot of big budget films that really you would sacked from the first rushes these days.. the general level now is probably the highest it was ever been..
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    Re above post.. alot of dreadful..
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    But come on.. there was not of dreadful lighting in the 70,s and 80,s.. on big feature films that the average film school student could light better these days.. its amazing you watch some 70.s/80,s films and cant believe the lighting is so badly done.. massive multiple shadows..hugely over lit sound stages.. not a shadow in site... of course there were the master pieces .. but on average these days the camera work is alot better than 70,s/80,s.. the overall standard is incredibly high now.. alot of films are still woefully bad but they nearly always look at least good to fantastic.. its the scripts that are the worry..
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    Classic case of less being more .. how he wasn't Oscar nominated for that role is nuts..
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    AFAIK Sony Slog in Cine EI mode works the same way.. its just shifting the mid grey level up or down..
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    I assisted Barry Ackroyd for 6 years.. and you may be surprised how much thought is going into his camera work/lighting.. its not throw the XTR on the shoulder and shoot.. (and there are sometimes big lights used..).. but its all meticulously planned.. but sure he's from doc,s and follows the idea that the lighting and generally the camera should never over power the story.. But its all horses for courses.. you wouldn't shoot Willy Wonker/ Alice in wonder land in doc style.. .. nor would you shoot Captain Phillips held hostage in a life boat about to have his head blown off with perfect back lighting .. and fog filters.. even casting sets a mood.. the medic,s at the end of Captain Phillips were real medics who worked on the ship.. and so they look like real medic,s in a very powerful scene.. never seen Tom Hanks act like that before..
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    Im not sure if the Fs5 has it.. but Slog3/SGamut3.Cine is probably going to be the easiest to grade than just Slog3 setting, without the .Cine.. (hope that makes sense!) its not a huge gamut but still bigger than P3.. and the primaries all line up with the Rec 709.."triangle"
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    Hi Ziggy Apart from obviously a decent laptop and decent HDD,s.. Shotput pro is the pretty much the standard software used.. its $99 well spent.. I believe a new version is coming out soon.. but you given a license number when you buy and can up grade for a small sum.. most productions now will insist on a hash check down load and a down load log for insurance purposes.. drag and drop is a big no no .. and in my experience .. usually 3 separate backups are made.. shotput is handy as you can download to multiple drives at the same time.. although it slows down a bit ofcourse..
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    Maybe you are worrying too much .. Rec 709 is the recommended (the the Rec bit) display levels for TV,s world wide.. its very outdated now and only allows for about 7 stop dynamic range.. camera,s can now capture alot more ..about 14 stops in log mode.. But at the end of the day you will have to get your image back to within those levels.. by grading.. the thing is you can start off with alot more info in your log footage..esp in highlight area,s.. then you just "massage" it all back down to REC 709.. thats it really.. nothing mystical or to be worried about.. no one wants to look at the Slog image,esp in the VF.. as its very washed out so apply just a straight 709 LUT.. or one you have made/bought yourself.. personally I use the built in 709 LUT in the VF and ext monitor for the dir.. easy.. as phil says .. just be very careful you are not recording the LUT onto your slog ! and that you are not recording any VF/monitor info from the camera SDI onto your rushes on the ext recorder.. eg frame marker lines.. turn off all display for what every video out port you are using to go to the ext recorder..
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    Yes agree re having your own camera for doc,s.. this used to be 100% the norm for freelance camera people.. in the 16mm doc days.. I have always has my own camera and only work with it.. its actually the only way to make a decent living in the doc /corp world... op only rates are too low..
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    Ive shot for Netflix with an F5 .. internal 4K.. as in 4096... thats all it refers to..
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    "You just assume I'm some wild idiot going around spewing poop".. assume ?
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    are you sure its not something happening in the lab..
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    Yes but the OP has specifically asked about the rate for a DP without any gear..
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    "Depending on who is financing the rate could easily get into the 1K-1500K range..." ​Im sure thats possible for a BSC or ASC DOP on a say, Martin Scorsese doc.. but these are very few and far between.. I don't think even a high end doc you will get these rates without gear per day.. Its all horses for courses, and there are alot of dependents .. eg a long shoot..Im currently on a 6 week shoot and the day rate is lower because of that.. but the per diem is high..or its good for your reel.. you have an interest in the subject .. you feel it should be made.. all sorts of reasons to shoot a doc.. but as a jobbing DP ,with a fair amount of experience, for a doc with a decent budget ,I dont think it should be lower than $500 per 10hr day..
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    Without any gear.. I would say between US$550 - 750 10hr day,which includes 1 hr lunch... low and higher rate for a broadcast feature doc .. always better to have your own gear on it though...
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    The forum,part from sometimes being quite funny,is ultimately to learn stuff..and I for one and Im sure just about everyone else here over the years has been caught out saying something thats wrong.. just simply not correct information.. and Ive been alerted to my mistake.. you learn something.. you might have made a bit of fool of yourself but you are the only one who remembers it after a day.. Even David and Stuart etc have been caught out a few times.. its not a big deal.. but some people will just never admit they are wrong.. a million excuses and straight BS flows forth.. yes not the end of the world.. but there are many people coming here for information on all sorts of things.. nothing to do with taste or who's the best dir.. just plain techie stuff.. and duff info for answers just has to be high lighted.. or people can/will really make big mistakes.. when they came here to learn ..
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