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Martin Hong

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  1. So you still have to get the recorder plus the ssd. Maybe $9000 is not the best deal?
  2. That seems odd, usually you can change the volume separately when you record using the input 1 & 2, but onboard mic only works together. Check if your stereo mic is set the the same degree, probably one is on 120 and the other 90. I guess.
  3. Thanks Travis Because i am more photographer for now than videographer, that's why i am aiming on still lenses rather than Sony Lenses, not like i am making a fortune with what i am doing, hence i give priority to photography, obviously if things go well i'd rather get the Sony lenses to avoid problem. What about the focusing, seems that adapter has the electronic contact, the focusing is fast or there are some problem with the motor?
  4. I am considering on getting this one, but i own Canon lenses and not sure if its worth to get the Sony lenses.. Have anybody tried an EF adapter on Sony's camera?
  5. Tape or film? I haven't recorded anything with tape for about 3 years. Since digital became cheaper and had better quality
  6. Digital Bolex and Black Magic are both S16 format, DB comes with a limitation of ISO range of 100, 200, 400. As for Black Magic Cinema there no official data about it. Nikon D800 is a great DSLR when it comes to the still photography, but as for the video, you can find footage comparing to the Canon's, Canon slightly has better image quality (not on 4:2:2, tested footage from camera) Specially the sensitivity. When you use high ISO on the camera you'd get noise. Another thing to consider comparing to the other two cameras that is the Full Frame size, despite that it uses Line Skipping (another artifact to consider) So that you have: Imagery Area vs. Sensibility vs. Color depth As for the VFS work, 4:4:4 12bit seems more likely what you are looking for.
  7. Well 8 bit color depth is good enough for TV production, i think thats where they aimed at the first place, since you only have 24fps with 4K. Then in the scene where the actors are running in the street, shot on 1080p 60fps, so 4K wasn't there, which means the final project was brought down or was meant to be 1080p in the first place. Once again the remarkable performance of this camera is the sensitivity, lots of night scenes with natural ambient light around, no noticeable noise in the footage, just like the C300 / 5D MarkIII... Still a DSLR is a DSLR, they were designed to take photography, and as for the price, I dont think $15,000 is the right one, since the 1Dx is less than the half of it: $6,800, basically you are buying a 1Dx with 4K recording on it.
  8. The title of this topic is very confusing, how desperate you are? Have you tried to get some financial support from someone else for this project? are you the only one in the course who can't afford the film stocks? Either way you can have a try with some cheaper alternative, like the LomoKino, is fairly cheap and uses 135 35mm film, that you can still get for a good price in the market. There are limitations, but surely you can do something better with it when you have dedication to what you want to do. http://microsites.lomography.com/lomokino/
  9. Hi Morgan, haven't tested the new 5D mark III yet, but Nikon D800 offers uncompressed HDMI signal that you can use an external recorder for better codec. Still picture wise, Nikon D800 has 36.3 megapixels while 5D Mark III has 22.3 megapixels. However 5D Mark III offers significant improved auto focus system and up to 6 pictures per second. Also one thing to consider is that 5D Mark III is about 500 dollars more than Nikon D800.
  10. Same here, except the Digic 5 processor, and some slight upgrade, 22.3 megapixel isnt much an upgrade form the MarkII, unlike the new D800 and it does have uncompressed HDMI signal output
  11. Great camera for studio photography, although the video doesn't mark big difference, seen the shorts shot on this camera, Joy Ride was more likely shown how well the performance is under low light situation, but not impressive, because Canon is there already. But, there's an uncompressed HDMI output, still no words how well it does, or can handle 422 recording... gotta wait a little bit.
  12. Looks like an interesting story.. Says that its a short film.. where can i watch this?
  13. Richard, I don't know if you have read both bills clear.. I personally support the anti-piracy act, the websites that stream, or provide download to the copyrighted contents should be taken down. However, SOPA/PIPA go beyond than that, let me give you an example. Shane Hurlbut, ASC, the cinematographer, that updates contents to his website and blogs, with his works provides people acknowledges of his works and personal experiences, he sometimes would post some clips/images of the movies he worked on as DOP, explaining what he did there with all the details. Now according to the new SOPA/PIPA bills, he's guilty by uploading those images and materials that, of course he doesn't hold the copyright of them, even he did work on them. By that means, all those studios/productions that support the SOPA/PIPA will automatically sue him, and worse thing is, he can't defend himself, as one section of the bills states. So you see, instead of fighting smartly against the piracy, this one acts more like dropping bomb everywhere till the piracy dies, causing significant collateral damages. Is it effective? i'd say no. Again, i recall, I support the anti-piracy act, but it should hit those place where should be hit, not using a big bomb to see if you get lucky. Of course, its all theoretically speaking, we'd have to see first how it will affect the internet and some other business.
  14. More: What Google has to say about it https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
  15. First of all, apology for those who got tired about talking SOPA/PIPA bills over internet. But as most of the member on Cinematography.com are from the filmmaking/audiovisual industry, one of the biggest victims from the online piracy, I thought I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about this two bills that had become viral and so controversial. For those who hasn't learned what SOPA/PIPA is about and why it cause big fuss, here's a brief explanation of why it's not welcome by the internet users. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc I personally support the anti-piracy act, but not this way, those bills are very bad written, and in extreme stupid way, that affects to those who has nothing to do with the piracy. I mean, if you want to fight piracy you gotta fight it smartly, not use extreme lethal force that cause big collateral damage, that could even slow the economy as the internet business receives a big block, and that is called, restriction to the freedom of speech....
  16. "fake" the aspect ratio? You might need to do some research about aspect ratio before you ask something like that
  17. For me, it's always smarter when you try to figure to achieve some visual effects without using CGI. That opening scene is awesome, very well done, in a genius way. It'd be very different if it was done by CGI, and definitely would look faker. I am the guy who supports the use of model and optical illusions, etc., to achieve a visual effects.. Rather than going to CGI without using your brain to figure what you can do in the physical world to created some visual effect. CGI should be saved for the last when you can't achieve something in real world.. Batmobile in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies wouldn't look real if it was created in CGI and not real scale model. You should continue the world with models!
  18. lol yeah, that's why i said its not wind friendly I still can't find any details from the inside construction.. Since i would like to experiment with something
  19. I knew that they don't put the entire lamp inside.. but curious how its wired and mounted inside.. We are talking about HMI and tungsten, those are tricky to handle, just as you said, i presume that the fabric isn't that heat resistant. Chris, what i meant was something like this For a overhead light it becomes easier since you dont need heavy duty rigs or cranes..
  20. Flying mattress in action... Does a very great job and eliminating the rigging problem.. Although not windy day friendly
  21. Recently i just found out about this cool lighting gear by Airstar.. they have balloon, fly mattress light that are amazing to be in the place where no other light can be.. But a question came to my mind.. how'd they fit the light in a flying balloon? Can't find tech spec on their website: http://www.airstar-light.com/corporate/en/cinema-tv-photo So i presume that the balloons are using helium, but how'd they manage to fit the light inside that's powerful enough.. with the heat problem? Helium is stable with heat going around? Just curious about how they work... anybody care to explain? thanks!
  22. Hey, have you seen the movie The Tourist with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie? This is how it looks in a movie.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8yIX2afs3Q And later there's another scene where he tells her that it's an e-cigarret So its up to you to judge if it weather looks like real or not
  23. I personally think, that Kodak needs to know how to evolve and adjust to the new digital era.. I mean, is always about money, small productions won't go to films because the budget, that's why digital is taking the place.. More and more bigger productions are starting to do the same, saves money and some time. Think about what happened to the film photography camera, professional and photography lovers are still using them, but they are not enough for Kodak to invest money on that to produce insignificant amount of film just for them. They why they stopped. Also think about what happened to Blockbuster, I think they didn't know how to adopt to the new digital era, internet and new generation TV took them down. I think a drastic change is needed to overcome this...
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