dan freshman

Hello. I'm looking at This vs this specifically. Is there any reason Rosco Cinescreen is a better choice? It is quite more expensive for less of a roll. I'm sure there's a good reason why? Thx

I know DOP choice makes snapgrids for tube lights. Unfortunately they are out of my budget. I'm wondering if anyone has come across DIY versions of these? It doesn't have to be super rugged, as im guessing thats where the DoP choice stuff gets pricey but looking for any advice. 

thx

dan 

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I have the RS2 rigged to a rig wheels cloud mount on our roof with the 12 magnets and ratchet strapped across the top. Can anyone advise on top speeds with this? The ronin motors seem fine but just curious any safety concerns I’m not thinking of. I haven’t tried it on the highway but I’d like to. 

I'm looking for a solution for rigging this device this device  to 1.25" speedrail. Is there some kind of pipe clamp with a cheeseplate on it? Or whats the best way to rig a cheeseplate to pipe.  Thanks for any advice 

Hello. Hope this is the right place. I have a high sight mini and am looking for some replacement cable options. Can anyone tell me anything about this cable , such as material or elasticity? It's been tough getting this info from the manufacturor (they are great quality cables from high sight but are pretty expensive for what seems like another brand would work). Thanks for any advice. Some links below: 

link to high sight mini

link to cable cam Line

-Dan 

I work for a studio that is thinking of utilitzing LED walls instead of green screen just for interviews. Do people recommend any specific brand or site? It's tough to find much info on that ones specific to cinematography. Thanks for any advice. 

Hello. I have one extra of these that i'd be happy to get rid of. 

The rail is 8’ and the fixture isn’t certain yet but will weight roughly 8lbs 

Hello. I have some speed rail with a fixture on the end that we want to be able to tilt at will. It would be combo stand,  then a piece of grip hardware like a menace arm Ear then the speed rail that comes out of it. Is the Ear a good choice for something like this? It would always have someone holding it but a little bit of tension with the ability to tilt would be good. Also, those Ears look like at certain angles, if the grip head isn't securely fixed, that it could slip. Is there a better setup for this? 

thanks for any advice.

Dan 

Hello. I have some speed rail with a fixture on the end that we want to be able to tilt at will. It would be combo stand,  then a piece of grip hardware like a menace arm Ear then the speed rail that comes out of it. Is the Ear a good choice for something like this? It would always have someone holding it but a little bit of tension with the ability to tilt would be good. Also, those Ears look like at certain angles, if the grip head isn't securely fixed, that it could slip. 

thanks for any advice.

Dan 

56 minutes ago, Phil Rhodes said:

Atomos also have a little recorder in the Ninja range that has no display and is intended for this sort of situation. Or, yes, hyperdeck shuttle, or even Nanoflash, which will give you 50Mbps MPEG-2, which is super easy to handle for more or less everything if not particularly wonderful quality-wise.

Thanks for this info. When you say not wonderful quality wise, if this the only data being recorded does the quality degrade from what would otherwise be on dvcpro HD tapes? 

I work for a company that wants to keep shooting on HDX900s that they own. However, they pretty have run out of DVCPRO HD tapes stock and can't find it worldwide. Can anyoone recommend good external SDI recorders? I am looking for an emphasis on memory space and being light weight,  over monitoring or tools. Thank you for any suggestions. 

-Dan 

Hello. I'm trying to figure out how this image was lit and possibly some incite into post if it was a heavy grade. It seems like there is a strong back right edge and then some large soft source in front camera left. I tried to do something similar (with very limited resources in comparison i'm sure) which is below the first image. I had 2 10x10" Westcotts. One that was reasonably close as a key from camera left just in front and the other as a back edge camera right. So much feels off about my shot. Because of how close my key is, you can see all the pings in each berry cell but mostly its just the contrast feels off. In the first shot it feels like its a large soft source further away but somehow theres this perfect rolloff looking left to right on the berry and then this powerful edge that somehow edges the yogurt but doesn't hit the spoon. If it is large sources further away, how is this light being controlled? I'm also guessing they had a camera with a larger color depth (I am on an a7s ii with a custom cine4 picture profile) and also a large post workflow that I didn't do at all. I would love to hear other people's thoughts on it and the myriad of reasons the first shot is so good.

Thanks.

Hello. I've been doing some macro stuff with a lightweight camera (a7s ii with cage and a variety of lenses). I've been using the Rhino EVO 24" with the arc. It works decently. My biggest gripe is that for macro shots, you can really see the camera shake and you can't touch the camera at all during its move. I've found that the slider with the arc, then a ballhead, then the camera is too much height between the camera body and the base of the slider. So i'm in the market for something new and looking for something that can take a bit more weight. Anyone have anything they like? Thinking outside of a mirrorless/dslr bubble. It seems like there's a ton out there these days and it's hard to wade through it.

thx,

Dan

Hello. Are there guidelines somewhere to adding images to a post? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm having trouble figuring the best method and what parameters need to be followed to do this optimally.

thanks

dan

I see posts mixed in places like reduser and dvxuser and also ebay but i'm wondering if anyone else has good sites for looking at used lighting, G&E, and expendables for sale. Thanks.

I just bought a cloudmount and am looking for the adapter plate to connect the gimbal to the cloudmount. I bought a cinemilled universal ronin one but the threadings are not spaced evenly with the rigwheels plate. Rigwheels offers a plate for the Ronin but appears to be only Ronin-m. I am having trouble verifying if this adapter plate will work with a full size ronin. Does anybody know? Or anyone have a link to the proper plate that could utilize 2 screws instead of one?

thx

dan

Hello,

I am helping shoot a series of interviews on a green screen with a sony f800. I have a variety of skin tones to shoot and am just wondering if people have advice for really nailing the exposure on both the green screen and the subject. The lighting is very flat. I have it with a 17inch monitor with a waveform and I have been keeping the lighter skin tones a bit under 70ire and the darker skin tones around 50. But I still feel like there is a lot of guess work on my part and i'm not sure how to fine tune it to be perfect as far as targeted exposure levels with the waveform and zebra stripes.

Thank you for any advice!

dan