[Paul Powers]

Don, I did get my footage to work. It wasn’t an issue of the cold…. it was the 60p.

I bought brosoft mts converter and it came through swimmingly. Hope you find out what’s wrong with your card.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

I did film in 60p or 60i…. I don’t remember which…. On that particular shot I used slow and quick mode and set the frame rate to 4fps… I had the shutter speed at 4 (cause it was dark) and the aperture was all the way open. My gain was set to 12db.

I am transferring all the footage to my Hard Drive and trying to convert from there. Maybe it will work.

However, I just read that the manual says to operate the camera between 32-104 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sean, if you can’t capture in FCP what do you do? I don’t have premiere. ( I don’t mean to hijack this post but hopefully this will help the original poster as well.)

Thanks…

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

I have been using the FS 100 since October and have had no trouble until today. This morning I went out pre-dawn to film the sun rising over Mt. Bachelor in Bend OR. Temperature was in the teens. I was very excited about the shot because it was my first real time lapse (besides practice shots) and it turned out great. I previewed it in the camera and it worked just like I wanted it to.

Tonight I went to use log and transfer and there is no information there according to FCP. I hope to fix this problem as we have 3 full day shoots in the mountains with talent next week and need to know I can trust this thing.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

Thanks to all.

Jonathan, I have heard that several times while I have been dealing with this issue.

“Point is: don’t give it away. There are dozens of reasons people buy things and price is only one. Unless you plan to be the discount guy all the time, charge more for your work. If you value your work, so will others.”

Guess I have to overcome the fear that others won’t be able or willing to pay what the project is worth. Immeasurable thanks to all, I think that this is really going to help our business.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

Yup, we underbid it. That gives me a good standard against which to measure. Thanks Chris.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

Thank you everyone for your responses.

Looks like I asked the wrong question… it’s not how much would you charge for these videos, but what are the principles behind charging?

Thank you Craig for all your help. I went to freelanceswitch.com and am working on the calculator. I have also been meditating on “Enough to sustain my business and my lifestyle within the cost of living of a given market.”

Steve, I like the idea of determining the rental price and amortizing the gear over it’s lifetime.

You both have helped me with a paradigm shift.

Thank you sincerely,

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation….” Don’t be one of them.

[Paul Powers]

Thank you so much for the advice. We do have a very nice spreadsheet that we plug numbers into when we bid, but we only bid for our time/ materials/ overhead etc…. not taking into account unpaid work…. that’s step 1. Thanks….