Matthew French

Hi all, I have just bought a Panasonic AG-AF101 for corporate jobs. I am looking for any recommendations on good micro four thirds lens'. Im looking for a couple of zooms a wide and a long and a macro lens for close up work. Ideally the faster the lens the better. Any suggestions would be great

Hi All, I was just wondering for my second camera assistant roles on my CV whether to put them down as 2nd AC or Clapper/Loader. I'm pretty sure there isn't any difference, just two names for the same role. Which in that case do you think sounds better/ more professional. cheers. :ph34r:

Hi All, I have decided that my knowledge of lens types is pretty poor. I have spent some time reading through this section of the forum and there is some great info here. I was wondering if people could post just a bit about their favorite lens series: the pros, the cons and why you consider them the best choice. Would be great to broaden my knowledge. Thanks in advance :ph34r:

I was just wondering if there are any books out there that are specifically catered towards camera operating? I have Cinematography: Theory and Practice which has some great sections on camera placement and the theory of shot composition (character relations etc.). cheers

This is to clean a follow focus disk, not a lens by the way. haha

I have used nail varnish remover in the past, just ask to borrow from make-up. Also I have seen an AC use aerosol spray, that seemed to work quite well! :ph34r:

"In the still photography world, what is going on is that people are taking multiple exposures and combining them. Let's say I do an exposure at a stop of 2.8. The next one is at 4, then 5.6, then 8, and 11. Depending on what I'm shooting, the 2.8 exposure could completely blow out the highlights, but it would have lots of shadow detail. And the f11 exposure would retain the highlights, but there would be no detail in the mid tones and the shadows. If we were to combine them, we'd have a single image with the most possible detail across the widest possible range. Today, that's only available in the still photography world. DynaMax is designed to do that for moving images. With those 6 red, 6 green and 6 blue photosites for each output pixel, you'll have the equivalent of shooting 6 images with different exposures at once, and blend them together to create a single high dynamic range image. You'll be able to capture extreme highlights, the near highlights, the mid highlights.... Today, that's only available in the still photography world. DynaMax is designed to do that for moving images. With those 6 red, 6 green and 6 blue photosites for each output pixel, you'll have the equivalent of shooting 6 images with different exposures at once, and blend them together to create a single high dynamic range image. You'll be able to capture extreme highlights, the near highlights, the mid highlights...." Read more here: http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-truth-about-2k-4k-the-future-of-pixels :ph34r:

The first thing I do after slating (other than getting out of shot of course) is marking up for the next slate. This means two things 1) I am immediately ready to go again after cut and 2) I am free to carry on doing my other 2nd AC jobs

I have also been looking at tripods recently. For its price is the Miller Arrow 55 worth a buy?

Hi All, I also had this dilemma a couple of months ago and I was looking at buying the AG-AF101 when it first came out. However, I came to the conclusion that at this stage in my career it wasn't worth spending that amount of money on a camera that will date quickly and is more of a prosumer camera than professional. What tripod would you recommend that isn't too pricey that still delivers a good smooth fluid head? I was looking at the Miller Arrow 55... any suggestions? Matt :ph34r: