[Casey Petersen]

Saw B&H’s demo of the Zoom H1 and I am intrigued.

Do you have one of these that you’ve used successfully?

Thanks!
Casey

[Casey Petersen]

Thanks Alex, I can see using a trick like that in different situations I am in, rather than the scenario I’m looking into…I will give it a try using my Marantz PMD660 and Canon 60D or 7D.

Kind of what I’m trying to accomplish is also in regard to being extremely quick, easy, and lightweight.

I am already running the wirelesses into my Marantz, which works fine, but I’m trying to go one step lighter, so that I can get decent results with no more equipment than just the lav wire and a small box. Maybe there are even some decent voice recorders at Best Buy that might be able to use the same lav mics I have, however I have tried plugging into other devices with no success…maybe it’s powered?

I’m looking for fast lightweight setup, as well as the ability to be able to run-and-gun with the camera, while being discreet.

Thanks!
Casey

[Casey Petersen]

Have you looked into Treasured? https://aeroquartet.com/

[Casey Petersen]

Maybe if you are a really good colorist. I have been in this business for almost 20 years and only consider myself “pretty good”.

The issue I was having in my previous post was, why should I be removing contrast and sharpness, if I would only be trying to add it right back in post…especially given the time/effort it takes, plus the fact that 99.9% of my wedding clients would not be able to see the difference between the standard profile and a flat profile (given that I would be color grading each…just more so on the flat).

Here’s a question that goes the other way…have any of you added contrast/saturation/sharpness to a picture profile, rather than reducing it…in effort to do even less grading in post? I might try playing with that someday, just to see what happens.

Casey

[Casey Petersen]

Thanks! That’s basically what I’m wondering. I was afraid I was going to hear things like “I would never consider shooting anything without using a flat profile.”

For 90% of my edits, speed is an essential factor…my clients have X amount of hours budgeted for editing in advance…before the shoot even happens, so I need to be really good at balancing my time…is my time better spent on the technical side — color grading, or is it better spent on the creative side — story telling.

Casey

[Casey Petersen]

Oh wow…that’s quite different than what I thought.

[Casey Petersen]

Hmmm…haven’t actually tried a white card yet…I had been dialing it up in Kelvin mode. I’ll give that a shot.

[Casey Petersen]

Thanks!

That being said…can you make a recommendation as to specific brands that you would consider quality filters?

[Casey Petersen]

Thanks for your input!

I really doubt this customer would be interested in paying for an expensive camera rental, just to get this one shot. I think the best option for me is to do the best I can with what I have, and perhaps try to get the message across through creative editing instead of raw camera power.

Thanks!
Casey

[Casey Petersen]

Here’s a question based on a recent conversation with a friend…

Which would be better…a SanDisk 16gb Class 6 or a PNY 16gb Class 10?

Casey