Kevin Rossiter
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What Canon need to do next is fix the EOS 7D video “zoom” problem with a firmware upgrade.
It appears (tho’ I’m not sure) that the aperture starts clicking, and quickly opening and closing during zoom when shooting video.
This makes the footage look quite “interlace wacky”, and unusable.
Excuse my poor description of these errors. It seems no one quite knows what they are yet.
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Our lead Camera Op just picked up one of these
https://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=19356
The Canon EOS 7D
The video quality is like something from a $40,000 camera.
The downsides are flicker when zooming (though not when panning or tilting), plus the footage has to be encoded before it’ll work on our platform (PPro & Matrox).
It can overheat too, though it cools very quickly.
And like any computer, it can crash.
But the quality is a dream.
The world is changing fast, and I think Sony & Co will have to watch out.
It won’t be long before somebody makes a film with one of these.
Thumbs up from me.
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Mark, Thomas, Martin … thank you for your valued advice and endorsements.
There are some good prices in there.
Funnily enough we’ve actually had a short break in teleprompt shoots, which has been handy, to say the least.
Thanks again for the help.
kevin
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We use yousendit for mailing video files.
But they also have a 2 gb limit https://www.yousendit.com/cms/compareaccounts
Generally we prefer to stream than upload, obviously
But now with footage being saved to card when it’s filmed, I’m wondering if we can avoid having an overseas camera operator post the tape rushes snail mail, and instead upload directly via an email file delivery service.
Anyone doing this?
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I’m veering towards Jeff’s side here.
Borrow a camcorder, shoot a couple of 1 minute interviews with colleagues answering product FAQ, then get a friend to tidy the 3 clips up on $40 Vegas package.
Then send it to Marketing to post on the company blog.
Why take this approach?
Companies dither for ever over what to buy, and when, and how much, ie, nothing will happen, or ever will 🙂 🙂 🙂
It’s better to offer leadership and go and do something first, and see if it’s liked.
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When clients prefer me to take care of duping (because they’re too busy, too lazy, or it’s beneath them) I tell them that we mark it up and that we overcharge (relatively speaking), and that they can get it miles cheaper online.
A few still let us do their duping. But most take our advice.
I prefer to tell them before they figure it out for themselves and secretly call me a “rip-off bastard” (while smiling to my face, of course 🙂 🙂 🙂
But moving on:
How many here now have regular dupe clients?
Like clients who used to order 50 disks a month, regular as clockwork, that suddenly vanished overnight ie they now order online.
The other thing I hate about dupes (ranting now … he he) is the sheer messy bother of them – printing, boxes, paper, posting, blah.
(I’d better stop ranting now … meep)
But I won’t:
Where clients want our delivery expertise today is how to successfully stream with mp4, tagging videos, video site maps, web site screen sizes, how to provide alternative bandwidth streams, nice looking players, ipad & iphone compatibility etcetera etcetera
Streaming options is the new “dupe”, and they should pay for this know-how, and not get it free.
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I hate DVD. I always incline my clients towards getting their own dupes done.
If I do the dupes, I have to mark up, and I know they’re going to sooner or later suss out my mark-up, and one of us is going to feel ripped-off 🙂 🙂 🙂
Charge them for a master and artwork, them let them get on with it.
(I know, this isn’t the answer requested 😉
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timothy says “it’s probably a person to run powerpoint/music-type things.”
Didn’t they used to be called Assistant Stage Managers 🙂
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Thanx for the kind words, Nick.
Only today I offered an existing customer a discount deal and he said it was still too dear, and implied he’d look further (shrug)
Business is fairly brisk, but prices are still low. We can make ends meet, and still go on holiday etc …
… but the villa? Forget it 🙂 🙂 🙂
kevin
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Is this some outdated ex-TV slang term that doesn’t apply to corporate?
I’ve never heard of it.
How did the term arise? What content?
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