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  1. Bolex Switar 10mm RX Wide Angle Lens, Mint condition, one the best i've seen, comes with original case which is like brand new & lens caps, $375

     

    Bolex Switar 25mm RX f1.4 Lens, Exc Condition, comes with lens caps, $150

     

    Can email photos of both lenses & do trade via ebay/escrow if necessary. I have a feedback rating of 38 at 100%.

  2. Daniel & Landon...

     

    Sorry guys but you still have no concept of the economics of life. Remember that jobs in the film industry are hard to come by. Not only that, but how much time & money have you spent trying to break into the industry? How often do you think about working in the film industry? How much time have you spent researching films, books, online forums, discussing the industry, sucking up to the right people, etc.

     

    Film jobs are not like "normal" jobs. Normal jobs are much easier to come by, generally less stressful, usually pay better & have better conditions.

     

    Lets say you finally break into the film industry after years of freebies, hard work & years of research, what happens if you make some mistakes on the job? Maybe upset the wrong person & says "you'll never work in the film industry again"?

     

    Most people who work in the film industry are very devoted, have films 24/7 on their mind so its a "full-life-time" job, not to mention are very good at it. With many regular jobs you just rock up to work, clock on, get through the day, clock off & go home knowing theres plenty more work tomorrow, & usually still get paid reasonably well in comparison to many film jobs. If you get sacked from a regular job, who cares? You'll find another job somewhere else usally quite easily.

     

    Its funny ya know, here in Australia we have heaps & heaps of jobs in the building industry. Many of my mates work in building & are earning anything between AU$50,000 to $100,000. They have little stress, know theres heaps of work & once they clock off the job exits their mind. You never seem to clock off with a film job, you're constantly trying to educate yourself after hours, its your life....

     

    Film crew should be compensated appropriately, simple as that.....

  3. hi all,

     

    sorry for the silly question but what exactly are video dailies? Also what is Kodak Keykode?

     

    Are dailies basically low grade telecine of the processed film onto dvd, vhs, etc or is it video from the video assist on a film camera?

     

    The reason i ask is i've been shooting a fair bit of 16mm neg film lately & my actual usage ratio varies a fair bit (i'm shooting surfing so not all shots are keepers) To save money by not getting everything high grade telecined, am i better off economically getting all the neg film low grade telecined onto dvd or vhs with some type of timecode which matches the neg? Is that what Kodak Keykode is?

     

    Hope this all makes sense...

  4. ok so theres quite a difference between a back light & hair light?

     

    yes David, i did mean black in terms of negative fill. yes the term black reflector is wrong, should be called black absorber! i've been wanting to experiment with a black flag in an outdoor shoot i'm doing for one of my short films so i thought i'd ask for any advice before i try it out...

  5. hi all,

     

    2 questions..

     

    1: In what situations would you use a black reflector? i understand it absorbs light, so it could eliminate reflections from a side wall etc so i assume it gives you more contrast... but in what type of situations would you use it as opposed to using a silver reflector? (perhaps this is a broad question)

     

    2: When using a hair light or back light, how many stops should this be over your key light to be effective?

     

    thanks.....

  6. thanks for the explanation David... the scene i'm shooting is not showing a particular place which is polluted, its more being shown as a generalisation of how a place can look once its polluted.

     

    thanks for the still frame too. i've been considering using some tri-x super 8 as i have 2 rolls in the fridge but since i'm cropping the super 8 image to a 16:9 ratio i'm not sure if theres enough room on the 8mm frame to play with... plus i think 16mm would be more stable.... i'd like it to look dirty & gritty but don't want an unstable image or pixelation....

  7. hi all,

     

    in my short doco i need a shot of a city in black & white. i'd like to make the city shot look dirty as its for an environmental documentary & i'd like to show the negative effects of pollution.

     

    which black & white film would be best? which filter (if any)? would over or underexposing help? would a cloudy day, sunny day or sunrise/sunset be best? the film will be transferred to mini dv for editing.

     

    preferably 16mm stock as i'm cropping a standard 16mm frame to 16:9 for tv but super 8 is also an option.

     

    thank you...

  8. Hi;

     

    but I've already got a handheld HD Camera only cabable of short loads..... Its called a Bolex! (just kidding) Fun!

     

    Olly

     

    haha... funny....

     

    as a joke i went onto a DV message board & started a post with the title "New HD Camera Announced" & said the specs were HDV, HDCAM, DVCPRO HD, 1080i 24p up to 64p, interchangeable imaging device, huge latitude, etc etc.... after getting 17 reply posts in a matter of 20 mins, everyone was asking for links to pictures etc so I gave them one.... a link to a pic of my RX5...... haha

  9. ok so lets fast forward in time....

     

    HD or digital movie cameras become mostly used on movie sets & film is rarely used. You can get the latest Super Duper George Lucas Signature Sony Model HD super proton pixel digital movie camera for budgets that even most indie filmmakers can afford. You dont have to worry about film costs etc, the camera does a lot for you, correcting many of your mistakes or can easily be fixed in post by a 13yr old computer whizz kid.

     

    ok maybe i'm being a bit to futuristic but is it just me or is anyone else slightly worried about their jobs if the above statement is sort of true? I know some new jobs will come from digital cinema but what about all the film related jobs? the loader, processor, telecine jobs, assistants, etc etc.

     

    I can only assume less people are needed once digital acquisition becomes used more, or am I wrong? This is the main reason why i'm not a huge fan of digital movie making....

     

    Your thoughts...

  10. yeh i shoot a fair bit of surfing stuff but have lately been getting into other sports too as well as completely different stufff like docos, short films etc...

     

    most of the good water filmers i know use either Bolex's or Photosonics or Milikin's in housings. I was thinking of a Photosonics camera for myself. I dont know if i'd bother going to extent of housing it i just wanted to experiment with things like filming running water, people jumping in the air, etc just to muck about with for fun, although its not cheap fun!

     

    no i never got the K3 i got a Bolex RX5 instead. admittedly i haven't used it that much but when the waves are good enough with the right pros i'll use it more. usually just shoot video which i have a water housing for.

     

    do you shoot surfing too?

  11. nice looking housing Erik.

     

    I have a housing for my Sony PDX10P which I had a guy custom build for me. Since I do surfing shots it has to be lightweight. I'll post some pictures of it if you'd like to see it.

     

    Do you have any controls on your housing? Mine has on/off, record, zoom & focus on/off.

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