Bill Totolo

Looking for a peer in either Electronic Production or LA Area. Please PM. Thanks,

That's quite an impressive list of hobbies. I'm afraid I'm very boring by comparison. I do enjoy reading and writing. Currently reading: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad; "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss and "Proust and the Squid" by Maryanne Wolf. I also get great pleasure out of long walks at night. I have various routes but the longest is 6 miles roundtrip and takes me to an eclectic video store. Then there's the internet with all the podcasts, director's commentaries on DVD's, playing guitar, and cooking italian food from my family's handed down recipes. Wish I had the scratch to travel, it always gets spent on camera equipment.

Great find, Jonathan. Thanks for posting.

I thought I noticed a similarity, so I cropped and added cc: Funny.

I've been selecting the best apertures for each of my Zeiss, Nikon and Canon lenses, selecting that F stop, then using ND + pola to get me to that stop. So I'll set my Zeiss at 3.5 then use my camera Iris for exposure control (having gotten my exposure in place with my ND's and/or pola). Make sense?

Adam, let me ask your opinion, I've been shooting for about three weeks with the RRM2 and have recently received my Letus Extreme. I'm happy with both units, each has it's own personality, but I feel neither will prove reliably sharp enough for a theatrical release. I've carefully focused each and humbly feel my settings are sharper than other works I've seen. What are your findings?

This does not reflect my experience with the IndiFocus. I got one about a month ago and have used it on several shoots with different lenses. Very smooth and predictable to me. I had one shoot where I was going between the RR FF and the IndiFocus, and liked both.

This does not reflect my experience with the IndiFocus. I got one about a month ago and have used it on several shoots with different lenses. Very smooth and predictable to me. I had one shoot where I was going between the RR FF and the IndiFocus, and liked both.

My secret lair: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31639295@N00/

"Silence of the Lambs" always does it for me, and the look of many of Fincher's films would fit the bill.

Thanks. Specs: HVX (720P/24PN), M2, Nikons (24, 50, 85, 100, 135). ND filters and a circular pola. Using shiny boards, nets, and flags on set. No cc yet. That's about it, really.

Though extremely visual, shooting in Palmdale has been... interesting. Latest screengrabs from desert car shoot:

Well done, Marc. You really started off with the eye candy. What kind of mounts did you use on the beemer?

I'm currently renting one from: www.hdcinemagroup.com

Here's a couple std. def downconverts from the weekend. Minor cc, not final: Still shooting.

Anyone in L.A. have a hostess tray for rent. Producer is looking for security deposit/credit card hold as opposed to insurance. Tried a three point suction mount last week, just wasn't stable enough for an HVX w/ lens adapter. Thanks.

Sounds like a good opportunity to me. Shoot the race, get b-roll. Be prepared for interviews at the track, which will probably end up looking a lot better than std. intvws set indoors w/ 3 pt lighting. Always turn your weaknesses into your strengths. What you can't fix, focus. Good luck.

Saulie, Can you explain where the exposure to lead comes from? I'm thinking about using this technique but now I wonder if I should be concerned.

Irony. This never happens to me because I'm a staff shooter, but my goal for 2008 is to go out on my own, so I've been booking a lot of outside work. Of course I read this thread and low and behold, whattya think happens?

How big was the cat??

Anyone know where I can rent a Sticky pod in Los Angeles? Thanks,

What if this were a day exterior? I'm shooting something similar and have some ideas but would love to hear from the collective. bt

Why is this movie being lauded for academy awards? The themes and structure were very well crafted but the acting was so overwrought at all times I could barely stand it. It felt strained on every level, the music swelling at all the emotional moments as though I needed to be told what to feel. I felt many of the director's choices were overly stylistic. Everything I seem to admire came from the book and/or screenplay. The execution felt lackluster. The sad thing is I wanted to like it.

That was an amazing lesson, Nick. Thanks. I didn't realize they were used in "I'm Not There". The section you described had a nice feel to it. What do you think a set of these lenses would cost today?

Expensive and/or difficult to mate these to PL mounts?