Ry Kawanaka

sold. thank you guys for looking.

This is a large size camera bag that can hold a lot of gear in it. I bought this last year but only lightly used once. It is like new. Excellent condition. It has two removable dividers and also has a ton of pockets. Very well made, heavy duty bag. You can see all the detail of the bag at filmtools.com. http://www.filmtools.com/supergripbag.html Retail price is $280. I'm selling this for $120 OBO + shipping cost. This is with blue tabs. pm me if you are interested or want to see more pics of the actual item. Thanks, Ryosuke

Thanks for the reply, Alex. Glad to know nothing was wrong with the kit on that gig. I wish the relay lens can lock on to front of the HVX lens... I wonder why ps technik didn't design the adaptor the way it locks to the camera securely. It seems to be a design flaw to me... Ry

Hi, I was 1sting on a lo-budget music video gig and we were using mini35 on HVX200. I wasn't given a time to prep the equipment so I just followed the DP's instructions. HVX and mini35 were already assembled. So I just set the back focus and checked a couple of lenses we were gonna use heavily. I noticed HVX wasn't securely locked into the mini35 relay lens. So I disassembled the whole thing but there's no locking system on the relay lens, so I just let it sit tight and tried not to touch the camera as much as possible. The DP said it's just the way it is, but I didn't feel comfortable at all. I was constantly in the fear of the camera sifting slightly without being noticed and mess up with the back focus. Is this the case of this HVX with mini35 combo? I just want to know for the future. Ry

hold the slate still for a second after you clap. then take it away. place the slate in the right positions for different lenses. (ie 5ft away for 50mm, 2ft for 20mm, 100ft for 100mm, etc.) don't clap too harsh when the slate is close to the actor's face. write the correct number clearly. am i forgetting anything? i wouldn't worry about the smart slate. just let the sound dept take care of it.

Hi, I've seen that happened. Just send the camera back to rental house and they should be able to fix it easily. Also there's a chance that the timing is shifted. So check the timing of the camera. Ry

I've always wonder how come samcine dof calculator has T-stop measurement as every lens has slightly different degrees of compensations. Does anyone have answer to this?? I know it's slightly off the topic but Mr. Williams post reminded me of this question...

Is he talking about cross process?

As long as you are not using super long electric cable between the outlet and the ballast, it should strike with regular house hold outlet. If you are using very long electric cable to draw the power from far distance, the voltage might get too low to strike the HMI.

They are just under different lighting environment. Ones on the top are obviously under sunny day sunlight and have quite a bit contrast. But the ones on the bottom are under cloudy sky. I don't know they really look overexposed (actually I didn't think they were too much of overexposure) but they sure look like the different lighting environment. Ry

Do the test before the shoot with the lab you are thinking to use. Contrast test, latitude test, etc. Underexposing a stop or so is usually recommended by a lot of labs. I rated my meter to ISO500 for 7217 stock and got a good result. Ry

Some parts of Spike Lee's Inside Man were treated with both cross process and bleach bypass. The look is very very contrasty and weird. There is a whole article on that film in the recent AC magazine. I have seen a lot of online reels that contain cross process or bleach bypass footage in this forum. Just look around the archive and you'll find a lot. Ry

Hello, I am shooting a Super16 short flim next month and director wants some halation effect on highlights (Hopefully, rims and practicals.) So I suggested to use Classic Soft 1/2 which was mentioned a few months ago somewhere in the forum. However, the director does not want the softened images. Is it possible to get Halation effects through Classic Soft not softening the whole image? I was thinking of pushing one stop or doing skip bleach to increase the contrast to sharpen up the softened image. Or should I just leave it and do these contrast control in the post? We are using 7218 and finishing on tape. Thank you for your help in advance! Ry Ohio

"March of Penguin" and parts of "Pola X" I don't know which stock they used. Ry

I saw the trailer on Apple website. It looked really Great!! May I ask what gel you used for the moon light in the night scenes? It looks like lagoon blue or some blue that is more close to cyan. Ry K