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after ya fire the photog, just runb out with yer camera and cappture what ya need.
You’ll find over and over you as an editor are in a better seat to grab what is needed than a news photog seeing himself as a DP.
these are budget eaters, in my book and you can easily scoop up the entire production next time around.

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just grab optimal exposure than treat in post as desired.

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you’ll just be doing thr effects in AE, not editing in it.
I just shoot what is needed in cases like this. No need to make things hard.

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I set zebras at 80 and look for em in hilights but never count on that being the finished exposure. I edit everything I shoot so I count on making it perfect in post later.

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outside of internal adapters, you are gonna head toward a real dolly track or steadycam.
I have to admit I no longer mess with such things. Fram cameras getting better to my NLE’s stabilization, man I don’t have time to waiste laying a bunch of track and missing a shot.

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HDMI is not compatable with an avid. You’ll need a regular IO for NLEs.
HDMI was developed by your cable network in an effort to tell you you can get uncompressed HD in componant form on your hom television.

…which is absolutly false.

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man, you can see those stats in your bins under statistics.
wont help ya find the omfil file name though.
again, I’d just use AE.

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10k?
hell yeah. man, you need nothing more than a Sony FX-1 for less than half your budget.
Documentaries demand absolutly nothing, man. You make them up on the fly.
Don’t let a budget or lack of limit you in any way.
truth is, yu can shoot a great doc with a 200 dollar miniDV camcorder from best buy.

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squibs are yer buddy, dewd.

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I hear ya.
For me, the added overhead simply added more hours to the day.
I easily turn it off now at 6pm which is not something I could do when I had to pay all that overhead. I can honestly say I truely dont care who that pisses off. That is not a luxury I could afford with a 7k a month overhead.
I now edit and shoot for folks I like to be around. Man, that rules.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy good company.
Now, I weed out all but the above.

sweet.

if you feel you must venture into debt, man just fullfill where ay need to. They need a lounge? furnish one. They need wireless, get it.
they need a perfect master? for me it’s easiest to just tell em when it’ll be ready.
I like editing in my undies.