Malcolm Matusky
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After an entire day of trying to get the damned thing to work, I came “alive” after I deleted the driver, and just plugged it in to let windows “find” the driver off the internet. ( I read that in a post on ?? forum I was trolling yesterday in desperation) Now it’s not writing points on the waveform, but it is changing the volume? this is quite bizarre.
VP12, that’s another issue, I cannot get it to load on my machine no matter what I do. I was part of the VP12 beta program and that software corrupted my OS and now I have to rebuild my system on another drive.
What fun!
I’ll post again if I get the BCF2000 working.
M
Malcolm
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I have the same camera/lens.
Every lens has a “sweet spot” You have to test your lens with a resolution chart, or equivalent to determine how much “sharpness” you are willing to accept. EX: f2.8 & f22 will generally be less sharp than f4,5.6,8. Most lenses are “sharper” toward the middle of their aperture, and with zooms, you also have to contend with focal length, but the “center of the lens” maxim still holds true, most of the time. You really have to test the lens at each focal length and with a variety of apertures to know your lens.
Lens flair, will reduce sharpness, as will under/over exposure as will filters. So test, test, test.
Cheers,
Malcolm
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Thank’s for the tip, I looked for that file and found it, but it had no reference to VP9, 11 or 12, so I left it alone as I did not want to crash my install of VP11. This has been very frustrating and I don’t have time this week to waste on VP12, For all the time I spent already I could have bought a new drive and did a fresh install of Win7 & VP12, I may just do that.
Cheers,
Malcolm
Malcolm
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One Nikon model, can’t remember which, check Nikon’s web site. Though at this point you may be better off with the BMCC
Cheers,
M
Malcolm
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Well,
When my disk arrived from Sony, I thought to uninstall 12beta, but an error message came up requiring me to get additional software from Sony. I have posted on Sony’s help sight, and have not recieved any help to date, just a link to a “clean uninstall” which I found and went through the procedure which did not help at all.
I tech support friend was able to delete 12beta, and many associated files in the registry, when I tried to install VP12 the disk would spin, the first screen came up and let me select “install vegas” then it would spin for a moment and stop. I downloaded the “update” from Sonys’ website thinking the disk had a problem, same issue, I would click on the ikon, and nothing would happen, zip, zero, zilch.
I completely uninstalled VP11, and DVD archatect 5.2, as well as any refrence to sony, vegas pro, etc I could find in my computer, and regestry, and there were hundreds of entries!
I tried VP12 from the disk and downloaded file, nothing, same result.
I finally reloaded VP11 & DVD archatect from Sony’s download file and it worked fine, just got my system back up and running. So I’m thinking the Beta versin installed a “kill switch” in my system that I could not find and it’s preventing me from installing VP12.
One interesting note, when I reinstalled VP11, my serial number was already in the system, and I tried very hard to find every Sony & VP file so I could delete it. Obviously there is something still in my system with program data in it, otherwise I would have had to install my user name and serial number for VP11.
This has been a huge waste of time, 2.5 days! and Sony has really caused an issue with my computer if I cannot install VP12.
My next step is to buy another hard drive, and then install windows fresh and rebuild the entire drive with all my software, that will take a week, but if I can figure out this install problem, then I’ll clone the C drive and save it as a back up and keep going with things as they are. This computer has been running for over two years, perhaps it’s a windows issue, but till now I have not had any problems like this, nor have I had any virus issues, as I run two virus packages.
I did disable the virus packages when installing, no go, and booted up in safe mode, no go, and turned off everything in the start up menu, still would not install.
The one issue I had with VP12beta, was that after I installed it, I went on location for a month, and neglected to uninstall it before it expired, that was probably a huge mistake, equal to installing beta software on my only editing system, which I’ll never do again, only on a cloned drive or not at all!
Asus motherboard, Intell i7 930, 12 gigs ram, win7-64 home premium, 2TB internal, 12TB external drives
Malcolm
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I got back into production in my late 40’s and took a hint from still photographers, lightweight, compact, folding, everything! I usually shoot alone and use 2 DSLR’s CFL’s in umbrellas or lightweight softboxes and a few LED lamps. All my gear is sized for the DSLR, no O’connor 100’s! or Crab Dollies for me. I started shooting with a Bosh/Fernse, then an Iki 79D, and a 1″ portable recorder, I think my entire lighting kit weighs less than that recorder.
All my cases roll or I have 2 hand trucks, I lift nothing I can roll and don’t work 10~24 hour days, ever. My longest “day” decades ago, was 36 hours, that was stupid, but at the time I didn’t know any better. Today, if I have a 4~6 hour “day” of production I’m done, as I generally work alone this makes sense for me, if I had a “crew” I might plan a longer shooting day if needed, but would make sure I’m lifting as little as possible during the day. You have to last physically or you are out of business. I also hike, cycle etc to stay in shape, and have a back-brace handy whenever I have to lift cases. Everything helps.
Good luck,
Malcolm
Malcolm
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“I would rather have separate (tracks) in production, and then mix in post”
That is what I should have said, I posted without reading my sentence!
Malcolm
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I have been shooting with DSLR’s (2) for a couple of years and would never use the on camera sound for anything but a “scratch track” to synch production sound from a decent recorder. Shoot double system and you will take advantage of great picture with the camera and great sound with a dedicated recorder.
Malcolm
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I shoot industrials & docs, went from a Zoom H4 & H1 to a Tascam DR680 6track. It’s a non-time code machine, but I have been using plural eyes with the other recorders and found it an acceptable workflow. For sit down interviews I was regularly using 3~4 tracks, and with the small recorders that was a mess. I did not want to mix on set, recording to separate tracks and mixing in the edit was the best solution for me. I regularly shoot alone and have found the DR680 easy enough to use on my own, though I still use the H1 for stashing on talent with a lav or rubber banding it to a camera mounted shotgun, works fine for rough audio, where I just need to get something useful.
One note on the DR680, it only has ONE pot (volume control) you have to select which track you want to adjust with a push button and then use the rotary pot to control the level. A little weird, but works fine for my work, you can feed the recorder with a mixer, but I have not needed to ride more than one channel at a time yet. An inexpensive 2×2 field mixer would give you 3 adjustable channels.
Naturally if you have the budget for a sound recordists, great hire him/her with their gear and your set, but most of the time I’m on my own and have to have gear I can use my self.
Cheers,
M
Malcolm
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I went from a 2 track H4 to a 6 track Tascam DR-680, and the Zoom H1. For me the larger recorder is great, I like having a lot more tracks to work with and was tempted to get the Tascam 100, but would have needed two of them, so the 680 was the one I chose.
I found two tracks limiting and did not want to get a mixer, I would rather have separate in production and mix in post.
M
Malcolm
http://www.malcolmproductions.com