Timothy Brown

Most of your questons will be answered here: http://www.filmemporium.com/

Thanks for sharing your progress as always. Sounds intriguing and challenging. I'm sure the end result will look fantastic!

Greetings Jason, I've been tossing around that same question as I'm constantly upgrading and adjusting my kit on a very tight budget. My thoughts, and take them with a grain of salt, are that an HMI is a more versitile solution if you can only afford one unit. Of course there's always the option of a rental, but depending on your needs it "could" be cheaper to own. You can always create a soft source with the HMI by banging it into a silk or board and of course when needed, you can use it as a hard source with a longer throw. A Kino unit will provide a great soft source, I'm assuming you speaking of something like a Foto-flo 400 or a Diva unit, but it won't ever give you a hard option and you'll always have to have it close to the talent. With that being said, I opted for a Kino for now because of budget but am looking forward to buying a 1200 watt HMI in the near future.

Process and transfer for about $60 per 100'!

Hey Josh, Hey! I know you! I remember you from dvinfo. I guess our quest for quality and knowledge has led us over here to learn from the big boys. :D I have no idea about K40, but I too was where you are with an interest in film and looking for a means to do it inexpensively. I've been working with http://www.movielab.com/ . They do a pretty good job and I've been having 100' rolls converted to mini-dv for about $60. I know... it ain't cheap, but I think the process of shooting, transferring, and editing has been invaluable and worth every penny. Once you know the process, you can shoot and edit anything with anything! Or I hope, at least :blink: Good luck.

Mole Richardson 1K Baby-Baby Fresnel 2831 with 4-way barn doors, extra globe and full single and double scrims. This Baby-Baby is used but in very good condition and is functionally perfect. Asking $250.00 contact me at timothy_brwn@hotmail.com Thanks

http://kesslercrane.com/ Have heard good things about these. Have not used them personally, but intend to buy one in the very near future if they're up to the hype. Might want to give them a call to discuss your needs. The prices seem reasonable, but then again, you get what you pay for.

Greetings, Here is a pretty good article on video camera lenses and diffraction. It helps explain the "sweet spot" in layman's terms. http://www.dvinfo.net/canon/articles/article19.php

I think you've just discovered a market! :D

Comprehensive explanation can be found here http://hdvinfo.net/articles/sonyhdrfx1/compare.php. Tim

http://www.filmclass.com/scooby/ Tim

Greetings, Perhaps ebay, but use caution. The Chrosziel is the only one that will work "out-of-the-box" with the anamorphic adapter. Of course you could use an Arri or perhaps something from JBKcinequipt, but either is going to cost considerably more than the Chrosziel. Cavision has a new 4x5 mattebox available, but it's likely to cost about the same. You could always rent whatever you need for considerably less. -Tim

Wish I were at that point. ;) I looked at a K-3 but was not excited about the idea of winding it, so opted for a Scoopic. The K-3 that I played with did seem easy to handle and was light enough with a load of film, the viewfinder was clear and it seemed easy enough to work with. Just didn't want to deal with the winding mechanism. My 2 cents. -Tim

How do you shoot stills if you don't use a light meter, or am I just too old fashioned?

http://www.filmtools.com/ Lots of other goodies as well. Actually, I purchased a lantern and socket from them last week. Good guys.