Stephen Williams
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The first one fitted better to the lighting & look. The shallow DOF was hardly shallow in any case....a compromise that failed. Does it matter either way? No not at all!
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aAssuning you used 30 fps to smooth out the motion, then play back at 24/25 then nothing has changed so yes.
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Using your light meter..
Stephen Williams replied to Josef Heks's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Fairly quickly you will just be able to use your eyes for that! -
The pics are here:- http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2011/05/03/reds-60k-epic-m-camera-gets-torn-down-by-the-fcc/ http://tinyurl.com/3qa5tzv
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Using your light meter..
Stephen Williams replied to Josef Heks's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Tahing a basic light reading is very easy, don't try to get complicated! An incident reading will be fine, it's an average reading so will be correct! A spot reading is 'Advanced' use, most beginners will screw up their exposure because of using one. Google 'zone system' if you want to use a spot meter. I usually know what I expect the meter to say so will tilt it until is says what I expect! -
Shooting car in green screen
Stephen Williams replied to Bruno Zotto's topic in In Production / Behind the Scenes
Why is my first question, what are you trying to achieve? -
Macro of water blister?
Stephen Williams replied to Olivier Martinez's topic in Lenses & Lens Accessories
Whilst the Optex is very good, all the lenses are wide so close ups are a no no. (OK it is possible to get an image at exaxtly 1:1 without a lens) -
I assumed you were a guest of theirs along with Keith!
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Where to ask for help?
Stephen Williams replied to Pawel Saladziak's topic in Business Practices & Producing
Thats a good reason to use a shipping company. I get the feeling there is more to this, like not wanting to pay import duties on arrival. -
"Ambush" tests comes to mind!
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I generally piss off rental houses by insisting every lens goes on a colimator & the depth is measured. I also like to use an autocollimator. There was somenody making a pocket autocollimator which he sold on Ebay for $175, unfortunately he has retired! In some countries in Europe it's an insurance requirement that a film test is done & every lens is tested. The results looked at on a microscope. However most of the productions I work on don't have the budget to test or for insurance!
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Taping out does not chect the FDD which is whats important, your just checking ground glass & lens collimation combined. Using an autocollimator is very quick set the lens to infinity, look through the eyepiece & then look through the autocollimator, 30 seconds & you know the lens, ground glass & FFD are all correct.
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Still Lenses vs. Cine Lenses
Stephen Williams replied to Benjamin G's topic in Lenses & Lens Accessories
Mechanics, Quality control, more user friendly & hand made. Lenses produce an image circle, so it's BS about cine lenses being more widescreen. -
With a traditional film camera you measure the FFD. You are checking the lenses to the ground glass not the focus on the film. Using an autocollimator you can check the GG & Film with the camera running.
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50% Upfront is fairly standard. If the client goes bust without paying, do you really want to cover the loss yourself? It happens quite often, personally I am bored with bank rolling people who are richer than I am. It's a business, making money is important, cash flow kills more business than anything else.
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Ask for 50% up front, if that will cover your lab costs, if not try to invoice month by month with a smaller deposit.
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Normally on a large job one would ask for stage payments. How long will this take from start to finish? Stephen
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Camera rigging to roller coasters
Stephen Williams replied to Patrick Kaplin's topic in Grip & Rigging
I had a shoot on a rollercoaster about 6 years ago, here is a picture that gives you an idea of what was involved. Stephen -
Could you tell me what single lens costs $180,000?
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Very little is going, most DP's are 'Kameramann'. There are more RED 1's per capita in CH than anyhere else in the world, however very few proper kits with motion picture lenses. It's the land of 'My mom bought me a R1/5D/7D' & will work for peanuts. I get the feeling there are more films made in the French part but very low zero budget. I actually lost a job to a 'DP' offered himself & camera for free.