Martin Hong

You will always have to sync in post, the key is always use clapboard to later help the sync task in editing. I have Zoom h4n and Canon t2i and so far i only got a windshield for the zoom h4n, boom mic or any external mic are needed, the Zoom h4n onboard mic are only good for ambients sound, dont expect them to do a good job on recording dialogs from distance. As Zoom h4n has built-in phantom power, but its powered by only 2 AA batteries so it wont run that long, unless you plug it to the power adapter. Pre-amp would be also helpful for the external mic signals, they are often used in field-recording as well.

So far i didnt find any other websites or blogs that has contents like that. You might want to search cinematography related videos on Vimeo or youtube, then see if you can find anything, sometimes they have websites in the description, thats how i found that website.

Hey, have you tried to place a black paper in front the light source blocking all the light and poke two tiny holes at a position that lays on the actor's eyes, when he steps in the position?

well hurbutvisual's blog has some interesting articles you can look into them, there are some floor plans and details as well http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/category/equipment/lighting-2/

Not long ago Sony released an external monitor http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/762763-REG/Sony_CLM_V55BDL_CLM_V55BDL_Portable_LCD_Monitor.html 5" 800x480 LCD display, runs on Sony's battery. Not sure what size you are looking for, but this one is compact and nice, and is not that expensive..

I know what you mean, but what really frustrates me is that i am no available to do what i want to do. I am still a student, but i am now living in Argentina, where the film industry is small, comparing to any other countries. What really costs me is that, the fact that everything costs a lot more, specially in equipments, where almost every item would cost as twice or even more comparing to the US, then your salary is 4 times less in the US, so makes things more than 8 times harder to do. As for now i have done several shorts and none of them were good, besides lack of acknowledges, equipment and budgets, the stories were all bad, that's because when i came up with something, my classmates come up with something else, then it became a recipe for a disaster. I do my best and learn from the mistakes, there will always be something good to make in my head, but to really make it real as the way i thought, is another matter. Good thing is that you learn from that, knowing what not to do. Feel really bad about the work you did? yeah of course, but then you stand up and grow experience from it. At least in your case was falling into a lame story telling film production and lack of quality of the work.

What I have been doing is sync the audio on the editing software, you can try to match the waveform from both audio files, it does not match perfectly because the video was recorded in 23.976 while the audio was recorded in 0:00:000 format, so you dont have a perfect match. However, I never had problem synchronizing them, they still match and theres no big difference.. at least from my experience. Because i never needed more accurate sync...

Hey Clint, I own Zoom H4n and it can record WAV file up to 96kHz/24bit, and it costs 299 dollars. Also has 2 XLR inputs and built-in phantom power (although you might need to plug it to the adapter for an extensive usage time, because it runs on 2 AA batteries). Overall its a great product for the price. If you are thinking of something even better, then you'd have to go after something else...

Use the 4 channels mode you will get 4 channels recording. Otherwise, on the Stereo recording mode you get to choose either on-board mic, ext mic input or the XLR (6,35mm jack), when you use those two inputs, it records into one single stereo file.

Hey, i have installed it to my Canon t2i (550D) It works great but i have had problem in the post-production. I don't quite understand how to use the LUT-buddy, I'm using Adobe Premiere CS5 and couldn't see the difference when the LUT that came with the profile was loaded. However, when i used After Effects CS5 I could see the difference, but yet had problem with the contrast, it was showing a very high contrast and the image was horrible. So all i did was doing some saturation thats all. I couldnt really figure out why it didnt work out on my Premiere, since i have download the LUT plug-ins that Red Giant has provided on their website, which you can download for free. Other than that, the CineStyle profile works nice, allow you to capture more color information.

You mean something like this? http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/659090-REG/Rosco_101_07400_5609_RoscoView_Window_Film_56.html

Hey Tom! To be honest i have never had chance to work with professional FloLights Kits like those. But I am starting to build my own CFL kit with softboxes, since they are reasonably affordable and deliver good quality of light. Those are used commonly in video production, require low power, don't generate heat, and come with different color temperature for the choice. Of course they won't be the only source of light, but they really do a great job specially on the video production, i have heard they are used in film production too, just few minutes ago the DOP from the film Biutiful share his experience in the film and what he did for some scene, he mentioned flolights as well. I am using them for Photography and short film production.

That'd depend the situation you want to create. CFL deliver a good quality, plus the softboxes it should look great, you can also choose the color temperature since they come with different colors. Pros: Requires less power, does not heat up like the traditional lamps, longer lifetime. Cons: Not dimable. Even it runs on high-frequency, it still cant be used for high-speed purpose. Has an output limit (unlike other light sources) As for the tungsten kit with softbox, i think is a terrible idea, why? because tungsten lamps heat up fast and can reach high temperature, you are literally having ovens there. Not sure if those softboxes are built to resist the heat that tungsten lamps generate, even they do, when you shoot indoor you will have to consider to get some venting system to cool them off. Pros: Higher output. Cons: High power consume. Generate heat. You should really look into what you are going to do, then decide what to get. But i recommend you to get both so you have more choice for the future.

Hey there, I've seen that many other users have given their feedback.. So i will give mine in a short summary If you got enough money you should get 7D. Reason, the extra money you are paying for are: Better body construction, magnesium alloy and weather sealing. Although 60D has weather sealing too, just not as complete as 7D's Dual image processor - 60D has only one Better viewfinder - 100% coverage. Uses CF memory card And the rest are just not that important i think, 60D has the vari-angle LCD and it has 1,02 million dots v.s. 7D's LCD (960k dots) 60D has built-in effects (not very useful for professional use i think) Otherwise, many professional would choose 7D over 60D for many reasons. Although I'm going to get 60D soon because the economic reason. But, if you are patient enough, i think canon 5D markIII is on the way.