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[Rick Wise]

Chuck, thanks for the update and the pictures. I agree that price does not always mean the best for the job. Thanks again.

Rick Wise
director of photography
San Francisco Bay Area
and part-time instructor lighting and camera
grad school, SF Academy of Art University/Film and Video
https://www.RickWiseDP.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwise
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com

[George Socka]

Semi relevant thoughts:

I have no problems editing 5D2 footage directly in Premiere Pro CS3

Totally agree that the huge costs of the current DSLR video accessories are off the wall. Especially if that stuff is made in China, although I have not looked that closely.

Is follow focus overrated? Years of shooting with “real” video cameras have made me appreciate auto focus, but in the end focus is mainly locked off anyway. The few dramatic scenes where focus changes from a near to a far performer may be justification, but in the film world (so I hav ebeen told) that is all shot with a stand mounted camera, not something hung off somebody’s shoulder. A 5D on a tripod can easily be refocused with just the focus ring.

Nobody has addressed zooming, which every real video camera has done since Vidicon (sp) days. I would love to see that implemented on one of the DSLR rigs. The half inch rails people might be onto something good – just connect their focus thing to the zoom ring.

George Socka
BeachDigital
http://www.beachdigital.com