[Don Hertz]

I didn’t think Neoscene could go to ProRes but I see in the tech specs that it will on FCP systems. Looks like they have a trial version so I’ll download it and give it a run. Thanks for pointing it out.

Don

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[Don Hertz]

Brandon – I’ve done some testing between Grinder, EOS Plug-In, and Compressor and will post the results shortly in a new thread.

Don

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[Don Hertz]

Yes. Luckily I’ve always backed up my cards to another hard drive prior to importing but I wonder how many poor editors out there are sitting down for an edit and finding a critical clip missing. I’ve spoken with the Magic Bullet wizards and am preparing to try their import plug in. For $49 its not exactly going to break the bank if we’re not entirely happy with it.

Don

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[Don Hertz]

Thanks for the feedback. Those Kawa Photo lens adapters you are using only go for $15 compared to a previous post which listed a 16×9 adapter for $250. Do the $15 adapters work OK for you? Are there any drawbacks to them? The 16×9 adapter says you need to strip off some of the weather seal around the lens you are attaching to – do you have to do that with the Kawa Photo adapters? Also, are you using them on G series lenses? We have two G lenses and two D lenses. I’m not too concerned about the D series lenses but would definitely like to have the G lenses functional.

Thanks for the help.

Don

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[Don Hertz]

Yes, I probably will rent a solution first before spending the money – we’re not too far from Chicago and I’m sure I could pick one up there for a few days. One of the links Doug Beal noted does say that using and adapter with the EX3 isn’t going to give us as much control of depth of field as going with a larger sensor – so I’m thinking about trying out the Canon DSLR solution first to see what we think. We’d be using it only as a b-roll camera, no audio, and short 10 to 30 second takes so I don’t think the audio issues and overheating problems others are encountering would be a big issue for us.

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[Don Hertz]

My previous post SHOULD have said “NO Dollies and Jibs”. I made a typo and said “NOW dollies and jibs”. Sorry for any confusion. Believe me, clean audio would come before any extras!

Don Hertz

[Don Hertz]

Once again, appreciate the suggestions. This IS a very low budget production and having reviewed the choices they are making, I feel they have compromised appropriately. They won’t be able to afford ADR, their IS no production accountant, and they definitely can’t afford a real studio right now. On the other hand, unlike some clients, they do clearly understand the limitations of their budget and what they can expect as a result of the choices they’ve made. I know it won’t be perfect in the end, I’m just trying the think of any little tricks I can implement in advance to make it “as good as possible” considering the situation. Implementing a bunch of sound blankets with a lav mic sounds like it is going to at least help the situation quite a bit and because of the budget, there’s now sweeping camera jib or dolly moves that are going to make placing blankets near the talent difficult.

Don Hertz

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[Don Hertz]

Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds like my best bet will be to just put blankets everywhere I can manage.

I wish it were “supposed” to be a warehouse location. That would make life easy now wouldn’t it?

Don Hertz

[Don Hertz]

I had thought about moving blankets, but hadn’t considered just renting them. Good idea.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Don

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[Don Hertz]

I appreciate the information. It falls in line with what I am experiencing. My web engineer informs me that 97% of the traffic to our site is using Flash 9 or higher – which coincides with Adobe’s numbers. But it sounds like you are saying there was a revision to Flash 9 that added H264 capabilities – so just because they are using Flash 9 doesn’t mean it is going to work.

We use On2VP6 heavily now and I may look into that newer version with improved quality (hadn’t heard of that). You said it still maintains playback compatibility with Flash 8 – so the improvements are in the encoding algorithms – not so much the playback?

Don

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