Don Greening
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[Rawad Rhayem] “I actually don’t like the viewfinder on the camera as it is always either too dark or greenish.”
That’s adjustable.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
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[Rawad Rhayem] “I shut it off and have it set to 1/100 but another videographer has it 1/60 …can someone explain all this to me please.
“It’s generally accepted that to start with, the shutter speed is set to double the frame rate. For example:
- if your shooting format is 1080i 59.94 (60i) then shutter is set to 60 fps.
- if your shooting format is 1080p 29.97 (30p) then shutter is still set to 60 fps
- if your shooting format is 1080p 23.98 (24p) then shutter is set to 48 fps and so on.
The lower the shutter speed the brighter your picture will be because there’s more time for the light to hit the imagers. This means that setting the shutter speed higher is also another way to darken the image in addition to adjusting the iris. If you’re shooting with electrical lighting it’s also a good idea to increase the shutter speed in multiples of your frame rate to avoid any rolling shutter or light pulsing issues.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
[Bala Chandran] “When you dragged them to the timeline there must have been some repeats,”
In FCP 7 that happens a lot, actually. You just have to be vigilant as to the length of what you’re dropping in and delete any repeats.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
Perhaps this 2 year old answer to a similar question may be useful to you:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/142/873993
If you need further enlightenment type the following into the search text box at the top of this page:
“export to SxS” without the quotes.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
[Bob Cole] “But now I need to supply clips to another editor who is using Liquid Chrome (a discontinued AVID NLE) on a PC.”
Is this person a hobbyist? Is the editor going to be working on an SD or an HD project? If it’s SD you can transcode your clips to DV NTSC anamorphic or DV50 Anamorphic and he/she should be able to read those. If it’s an HD project ask what codecs he CAN work with. You need to find a common format. See if his NLE can work with DVCProHD. And remind him that if he wants to continue working with modern day formats he’ll have to upgrade to a present day NLE.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
Your NLE’s are out of date to work with today’s camera codecs. A little research before you bought an EX1 would have saved you a whole lot of grumbling.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
Thank you
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
So the crack is just to the rear of the zoom rocker on the horizontal part of the handle? What’s the condition of the vertical support piece just below the rocker that connects the handle to the camera body? Do you have any sort of bottom reenforcement plate such as the one at the following link:
https://shop.dm-accessories.com/collections/ex3-products
I don’t really see a relationship between the cracking handle issue and the bottom mounting area of the EX3 but you should know that the stock camera tripod mounting plate is terribly weak. Shortly after the EX3’s first came out Sony realized there was a design fault on the bottom because it wasn’t completely flat and was prone to flexing causing tress cracks. Sony came out with a piece of plastic to reduce the problem but in my opinion a proper 3rd party plate is a must.
In my opinion, once you start to add weight to the bottom with such things as a universal camera mounting plate, matte box, an Anton Bauer battery etc. you should never pick up all that weight with just the handle because it obviously wasn’t designed for it. I’ve got a rod support rig for a Ki Pro Mini on my EX3 and I always have one hand supporting the bottom when I pick it up. I have no cracks on the handle. There’s a small chance that a proper mounting plate will distribute the extra accessory weight across the entire bottom of the camera instead of just the stock tripod plate and that may help the handle issue, but this is just an untested supposition on my part.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
Make sure you’ve copied Alister’s settings exactly. I don’t know what part of his web site you got the profile from but check out his ‘how to’ YouTube video about the 4 kinds of gamma curves that come pre-programmed with the EX cameras as well as when to use them.
https://www.xdcam-user.com/how-to-videos/
It’s the second one down.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com -
By your company name I’m assuming your housing is for under water. Put the battery on the camera but also hook the camera up to house power using the supplied cable and battery charger. Set the charger to DC OUT, and push the STATUS button. You didn’t mention what sort of camera you have, but on an EX1R the button is located under the handle.
Cycle through the status screens until you reach the battery/card info to see what the status of the battery is. If the battery scale is missing or very very low you’ll have to trash it and get another. I don’t know what the warranty on a BPU60 is or are you talking about the supplied BPU30? A set of flashing lights on the battery usually means it’s now a boat anchor.
– Don
Don Greening
A Vancouver Video Production Company
Reeltime Videoworks
http://www.reeltimevideoworks.com