[Mark Shepherd]

My Sony Z1 died and I made the move the Canon 5DMark11I about 6 months ago. As far as parafocal lenses with constant aperture, the only ones that I know of are the Canon 16-35 2.8 L (non IS), and the 70-200 VR11. The kit lens 24-105 is a great lens for video, but NOT a Parafocal. When you focus at 24 and zoom in, the focus shifts. Focus is a bitch in video, you have to stop recording to focus. The Live view with the 10X foom in works great for focusing (before shooting)

[Mark Shepherd]

Thanks for your input on thunderboldt. I am very aware of the data loss potential in using raid 0, but I need all the 8TB space and the speed of raid 0. I am looking at the G Tech 8Tb because it is only $750. I asked about “partitioning” the 8TB raid into (4) 2tb partitions so I can both organize my projects and “clone” each 2tb drive on external drives for back up. I don’t want to buy another 8tb for back up. Thanks

[Mark Shepherd]

I use a ScanDick Extreme 32gig Class 10. All class 10 are NOT the same. My old ADATA 8gig Class 10 will not work.

[Mark Shepherd]

[Shane Ross] ” You cannot make HD files and put them onto a regular DVD. It doesn’t work that way.” It works for me. I have been making SD DVD’s that look great, by importing a HD 1440×1080 60i ProRes LT file directly into EITHER Toast 10 or even IDVD. I am using 1440x 1080 60i settings because I have been shooting in HDV. The quality looks great, even on a 50 inch . It is a one step process, just drag the PRORES file into either program. It takes about 3 hours to encode and burn the first DVD from a 60 min source

[Mark Shepherd]

Thanks Sir, for the valuable information, BB

[Mark Shepherd]

Thanks for the info. So if I put my 2/3 in 19×8 that would be 152mm on the TELE end, with the 2x extender that equals 304mm, times the 1.3 factor equals 395mm. So in 35mm terms, 395mm x 5.4 equals 2133mm. Wow, no wonder I was seeing fleas on Trump’s hair @ 1000ft…

[Mark Shepherd]

Thanks for your response. It is one (1) external sata drive in a case using firewire 800.

[Mark Shepherd]

Thanks for your advice. Let me try to make my situation clear. I am shooting a project for a client (I am only shooting) and I am turning over the tapes to them to edit. They want me to shoot with a SONY Z7U camera in the HDV setting of 1440×1080 @23.97. I wish to use some additional cameras for some other POV’s which are not the SOny Z7U. One is a SOny Z1 HDV @ 1080I, and the other is a crash cam that shoots @ 1920 x 1080p @ 30fps on a MPEG-4 format. I want to take the footage from these cameras, put them into FCP into a sequence (different seg for each camera) that matches the SONY Z7U camera (HDV 1440×1080 @24P ) render it and out put the sequence into the camera (using it as a recorder) I have to give them HDV 1080p tapes @24p. No other formats. I know these is not the way to do it “right” but this is the way it is. Will it work? Thanks for your insight.

[Mark Shepherd]

You da man… Thanks

[Mark Shepherd]

Has anyone tested the new Nikon P100 with 1080P? It is a cheap $350.00 camera with a 26x optical zoom. I heard it takes crappy stills but the HD video is great at certain focal lengths it you hold the camera steady or on a tripod..