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Hi Everyone, I am selling all my gear as I no longer need it. It is all up on ebay, so please feel free to make a bid. If you would like to purchase something but don't want to use ebay, please let me know you offer as I will consider selling it privately. In addition to the ebay items listed below, I also have a great super 16mm Aaton LTR package and Jumbo Harrison film changing tent that I will be putting up shortly. Please let me know if you want more info on them. American Cinematographer Manual - 9th Edition - Hard Cover - ASC http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120070317?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 Sekonic L-758Cine Digital Master Light Meter (L 758 Cine) http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120077561?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 MARK Vb - The Director's Viewfinder (MK. Vb) + Wide Angle Lens http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120099749?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 Gossen Luna-Pro SBC Light Meter (Luna Pro) http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120104827?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 Cinebags CB-10 Cinematography Bag - Link New (Cine Shoulder Bag) http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120127600?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 X-Rite ColorChecker - Color Rendition Chart (xrite macbeth chart) http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120102025?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 X-Rite ColorChecker - Grey Scale Balance Card (xrite gray) http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120102790?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 Rodenstock Depth of Field Calculator http://www.ebay.com/itm/251120126342?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1061 Thank You. Ben.

Hello, Does anyone know what the television series "Modern Family" is shot on? I'm assuming its a HD camera, maybe a Varicam? Thank you.

i am interested in this package. Where is the camera located? can you please email me at bgilovitz@me.com thank you.

Thanks everyone for their replies. I think my initial problem was not understanding how to read the characteristic curve of a stock properly, and a general non-understanding of flashing, negative density, etc. However over the last couple of days thanks to a lot of reading, and everyones posts, im pretty sure i understand how to flash a negative. I understand that testing is still important, but i just wanted to get my head around the fundsamentals, and understand what is ment when someone says they want to flash 20% (or 0.20) [i understand that % is not correct, but it seems like a lot of people refer to it that way]. I actually did some tests yesterday using 35mm stills photography (in preparation for the real test) and i had some really great results. So once again, thank you all. Benjamin Gilovitz.

thank you for your help, unfortunatly i think it is over my head, do you know of any good material/articles i can read to understand this a bit better?

Hello, I am looking at doing some tests with pre flashing stock. However, before i do this i want to get my head around a few things. Firstly, how do i determine d-min for a given stock. When i look at characteristic charts for a stock it gives info for blue, green and red layers separately. How do I find the d-min of a stock? Am i just supposed to pick a colour (green is in the middle) and go off that? I am going to flash the stock by shooting a grey card. Now say a stock has a d-min of 0.50, i want to do a 0.10 flash. How do i find out how many stops under to shoot the grey card to get a 0.60 density? Obviously this is going to vary depending on stock (and batch). I plan to shoot on kodak vision 3 500T 5219. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You.

It was shot over a couple of very cloudy days so we got a very nice and consistent soft light. The film was shot 2/3 stop overexposed with no filtration (apart from ND's). I am sure to bring this music video to the telecine as a reference, however what I'm more interested is how someone would describe this look. To my untrained eye it looks desaturated, contrasty and possibly some cyan in the blacks? Is that right? How would you describe the look of this clip? Thanks.

Hello, I've just finished filming a 16mm short film on kodak 50d. I was looking to obtain a similar look to this music video: http://mattiasmontero.com/music-videos/the-libertines/ My film was shot in a very similar location as the outdoor field scenes in this clip. Any recommendations on what I would need to do in telecine/online to get a similar grade? Thanks