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John Fishback
July 4, 2011 at 8:49 pm in reply to: Premiere encoding

I’ve used Media Encoder and Compressor and feel Compressor has much more control over encoding parameters. If I decide to switch to PP I’ll keep Compressor. I also use Squeeze 7.

John

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John Fishback
July 4, 2011 at 7:56 pm in reply to: Volume of self DVX100 Be

There’s a free program called The Levelator which can even out dialogue levels. I’ve had both good and bad results. You don’t have a lot of control of the app. Not sure if this is what you’re asking about.

John

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John Fishback
July 4, 2011 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Wireless Mic Interference

Another useful tool from Sennheiser:

John

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John Fishback
July 4, 2011 at 5:57 pm in reply to: Auto Leveling Wonder

I’m a bit late to this party, but I have a suggestion. You probably know where your talent will be raising their voices in a scene. Before you shoot or during a rehearsal, monitor your audio level and adjust the loudest sounds so they don’t clip. Give yourself at least 10 db of headroom. You can always raise the audio level in post and this approach will preserve some dynamics. I have a Marantz 671 and it has both a limiter and AGC. I usually leave on the limiter (I still ride levels), but always avoid the AGC for reasons mentioned above.

John

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John Fishback
June 24, 2011 at 4:17 pm in reply to: Offloading in the field

Good point. In the field we use a mirrored drive and a second drive. And, the drives always travel separated – carried by two people in different cases. It’s good to be a bit paranoid about your data.

John

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John Fishback
June 23, 2011 at 7:14 pm in reply to: Offloading in the field

IMHO you should add a step to your field workflow – checking the files on your field drive after off-loading your cards. We always play each clip for a few seconds to make sure we see video and hear audio. Just because you see a clip on a drive doesn’t ensure it’s good. Our shotlists now have two columns by each shot. The first is checked when the clip is shot and the second when the clip is played off the drive.

John

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John Fishback
June 23, 2011 at 7:05 pm in reply to: Getting Color spots/grain when recording on P2 with HVX200a

This can be caused by dirt on the card and/or connector. I periodically use a can of pressurized air to blow out the connector socket.

John

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John Fishback
June 20, 2011 at 9:52 pm in reply to: Color Correcting P2 cards on set

FCP will ingest P2 relatively quickly on its own and Calibrated’s MXF Import allows instant access to P2 in any QT program. Color grading could then happen in FCP with various plugins or in Color. That said, the AF100 isn’t a P2 camera. It records using AVCCAM. That can be transcoded into FCP as ProRes with Log & Transfer and I think ClipWrap will also work (and probably is faster).

John

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John Fishback
June 19, 2011 at 8:49 pm in reply to: AF100 lenses

We have an Olympus Zuiko 14-35, too, and it’s an excellent lens. It’s not a parfocal so won’t hold focus during a zoom. Think of it as a variable prime. It does allow very fast adjustment of the frame. It will autofocus, but we usually use it with a Zacuto follow focus.

John

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John Fishback
June 19, 2011 at 3:05 pm in reply to: significant advantages on the F3 over AF100 to justify the cost

We love our AF-100. We’re using a Ki Pro Mini to record and the images are wonderful.

John

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