Mark Broadbent

Hello, I am selling my one year old Hotrod Cameras 7D PL Deluxe Kit. Kit includes: Hotrod Cameras/Canon 7D PL body Hotrod Cameras Central Support Hotrod Cameras Universal Hand Held Grips 4 x Canon LP-E6 Batteries 2 x Canon battery chargers 2 x Zacuto 10” rods Extended warranty with 1 year remaining. This will be transferred to purchaser. Camera is located in Brisbane, Australia however I will ship worldwide at buyers expense. Price is AUD$4000 Image and a bit more information about the camera here - http://www.markbroadbent.com/7D/7D%2...for%20Sale.pdf Please contact me on +61 409498504 or mark@markbroadbent.com if you are interested or have any questions. Mark

For surf work you are better off looking at dedicated surf housings, which are usually custom built on a camera by camera basis. Such manufacturers include SPL, DelMar and Aquatech. A bunch others and links to their sites can be found on my Surf Photographers Forum. http://www.mbphoto.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2 Cheers, Mark

2.5Ks have been working fine for me for the last 5 years that I have been shooting with them :) Having said that most locations do have more. Usually 2 or 3 X 16A. We just use 10A as a general rule of thumb to give ourselves a buffer. The draw from a 2.5 is actually 10.4A however they are always rated in the specs (listed on the head) as 10A fixtures. Cheers, Mark

That was me. Lav, like myself is located in Australia. In Australia we have 240V power so a 2.5K runs fine on a 10A circuit. Most houses with semi modern wiring run 10 or 15 Amp circuits.

I took it as a 5K tungsten. Don't know of any HMI other than those you listed above 2.5K.

As soon as you look at 5Ks you limit yourself to either a generator or a studio/location with high amp 3 phase power. With a 2.5K you can run of a standard circuit but probably won't be able to run anything else so you will have to make sure you have access to multiple circuits. Also HMIs don't like running of fluctuating generators. They have to be synced to 50Hz or they probably won't strike. In Brisbane look to Generator Hire Service as they do a lot of film work.

Hi, I see you are in Brisbane. Best bet is get yourself over to Premier Lighting and have a chat with Darren or David. If they arn't too busy he will happily pull out their various HMIs and fire them up for you to see for yourself the output and differences between PARs, Fresnels etc. *disclaimer - I don't work for Premier but when I was just starting out they were extremely helpful and encouraging, and still are. Cheers, Mark

Thanks Kris, yes, the clip did have a fairly heavy grade done. Mainly crunched, greened blacks and a soft black vignette through some of the scenes. Here is a link to a section of the clip - http://www.markbroadbent.com/video/Dont%20Call%20Demo.mov Cheers, Mark

Hi all, having been reading posts on this site for several months I thought it was about time I posted something. Following grabs from a music video. Super 16 7274 Car interiors lit with Kino MiniFlo Studio with 1Ks rigged back edge and side of set. Kino tubes behind bottles in bar area. No added fill.