Ernie Santella
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Don’t buy the RAM or extra internal drive(s) from Apple, they are way overpriced. Get that stuff yourself.
Ernie Santella
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First, I have not tried setting it to ‘dark’ and have always left it in ‘Normal.’
From my manual, it says: “This is enabled when the recording format is set to 720p”
Normal: Normal shooting shall be executed in this mode.
Dark: Distortion of compressed video images that may occur at dark parts of the video image can be suppressed in this mode.
Distortion of compressed video images on other parts may increase.Ernie Santella
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DRW brings an important point. Something I learned a long time ago is a little trick I do.
On every invoice (to real clients as well as discounted clients) I always list in the invoice something at No Charge. It doesn’t have to be anything big and expensive, but that does two positive things. One, the client feels good about getting something for N/C. Two, it puts them in a position of feeling bad about asking for another discount on that invoice as they feel, well, I’ve already gotten a discount. Trust me, it works!!!
Ernie Santella
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I’ve had some occasional RF warnings too. Could it be a tape stock issue? I was using Fuji tape. My old BetaCam would give me false RF warnings when using certain brands of tape stock other than Sony.
Ernie Santella
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If you or your Gaffer have a light meter (Spot meters work best) use that to get a nice flat match to the green behind the person. I wouldn’t shoot without one and my keys are always a breeze to key. Reason being, it’s just one less thing to mess up your key to have it mismatched around the person.
Ernie Santella
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Just something White will help tremendously as the darkgray color is what just absorbs the heat/sunlight. I would definitely consider that Portabrace white cover. Another thing to condsider is possibly having some type of simple white cloth cover made at a local seamstress shop. I’ve not heard of any other brands that come in white.
I bought the Kata 11 cover for my 900 which I really like, but wouldn’t use in a hot climate.
Ernie Santella
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Are you shooting hand-held or set-up shots on sticks? I’ve shot quite a bit in Arizona with a Varicam (which is known to be a very hot camera) We did two things to help. A simple white towel over the body helps enormously. Another thought is to try to rig a tiny umbrella to the hot shoe mount. Try calling a company like F/VESCO out her in Denver, Dean Schnidner might be able to rig something up for you, they have tons of grip gear and camera mounts available. They’ve built/designed all kinds of stuff for me.
Ernie Santella
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You can mix 1 & 2 gig pairs. They just need to be in the correct place. Here’s a link to Apple. It’s a pdf that explains it perfectly.
Ernie Santella
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Walter,
How are you capturing HDV in DVCProHD?
Are you digitizing from a HDV Deck with Component out into a AJA IoLA? Or is there a way to use Firewire and convert to DVCProHD?Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
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panny also gets you on the camera mic. It’s now a non-standard 4-pin stereo onboard mic. I was hoping to save a few bucks on that too – but no.
Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
http://www.santellaproductions.com