Rennie Klymyk
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[charles pierce] “Besides, ever heard of NAFTA? There was a total screwing of American workers if ever there was one. Canada gets free ingress into the US market while American workers have to have a freakin’ passport and 50 reasons just to cross the damned border.
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As a Canadian I can relate to what Rick is talking about. One thing I’ve learned in 30 years when crossing the border is NEVER say you’re going for any kind of work no matter how trivial unless it is for something big and all the clearances have been negotiated well in advance. I’ve seen a lot of Americans working here with no clearances and have rented gear to a few.I know we aren’t supposed to get political on these boards but NAFTA has always been more feared by Canadians than Americans and it is grossly misunderstood by most. Look at it this way, if you were going into a kind of merger with a company over 10 times your size on a particular project who would you suspect would be going to get the the best deal. Do you think the big guy is going to play santa claus and hand you all the cream? The recent reference to NAFTA during the last Obama – Clinton rebuttal proved to be nothing more than dirty politics. Canadians also have been loosing manufacturing industry jobs. The migration of our jobs is not to Canada, USA or Mexico. We can thank our own model citizen billionaires who are moving their plants and factories to Asia for the sake of their own personal gain along with a handful of shareholders. What they failed to realize is we can’t be purchasing their products they ship back if we no longer have the jobs.
Just as we as individuals need to communicate and partner with others, countries also need to trade outside their borders. Complex agreements like NAFTA will always have those win some-loose some scenarios but geographically we should be looking at the positive values NAFTA offers us in our corner of the global village.
Karl, I think you should rent. I had a crew show up at my door who’s camera was zapped by the new hi-dose ex-ray at the airport and it was out of commission. As far as shipping goes, packing your gear in your car and going across town is one thing but packing it to ship via Fedex is entirely different. It will get banged around a lot more. Camera cases wherein each individual piece is fitted into a tight foam pocket is safe. Other equipment cases such as lighting kits often have no foam fit cases so some extra packing is in order if you ship.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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[Nick Griffin] “Fake credentials these days probably is a bad idea, but back in the day adding a nice thick laminate with a neck lanyard to the “pass” made it all the more real. Not that I ever did that.
“This all kind of reminds me of my childhood and how my mother instilled in me the taboo of telling lies and how that was something I must never do. Fear would overcome me anytime I felt I was being involved in any kind of lie with my friends or siblings. Things changed a little bit one day when I was about 7 (years old). A group of free thinking 7 year olds revealed to me the concept of a white lie. A white lie was ok, no body got hurt and only a bit of fun or some kind of good came out of it. These were kind of opposite the deep dark lies I’d known about. Comprehending this “white lie” concept was itself exhilarating to me and would leave me elated for several years afterward when ever I participated in one.
I think there is a saying that goes:
discretion is the key to valor. The same hold true for this topic, a little discretion is in order these days but there will always be some justifiable uses for the “white credentials”.“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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Can you add those 2gb ram you took out into your octa for 6 gb in it?
On a side note I just installed the latest itunes update and on opening I got this message:
iTunes requires QuickTime 7.4.5 or later to play videos purchased or rented from the iTunes Store, or to use music purchased from the iTunes Store in other applications (such as iPhoto or iMovie)
I hope this update is more than just some type of watermark detection for said copyright media.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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I think any profession that involves team work to complete a project, a good understanding of all the roles involved by everyone on the team will create the best team.
Scenario “A” If he were to buy some gear and enter the work force now chances are he would land a position and remain there for a long time doing only a few roles. In 2 years he will be good at those few roles.
Scenario “B” On the other hand if he were to go to film school for 2 years when he comes out he will be in a much better position than in scenario “A” to enter the work force. A good film school education will expose him to all facets of the production process so he understands the role of the next person down the line. A good camera man or sound person will make the editors job much easier and so. Now, fast forward 10 years, the jump start from having been exposed to the whole picture early on in film school is paying off whereas if he went with scenario “A”, he may only now be being exposed to some of the fundamentals of the industry.
Sure, chances are that in scenario “A” he could get off on the right track and make so much money in the 1st 10 years he would be ready for early retirement and be able to set up MOM & POP in the process. He could also end up moving into the basement.
[Wayne Keyser] “My son (soon to begin his last year of high school) wants to go into professional camera/editing/post.”
These 3 words are key: camera/editing/post They are about 10+ different jobs. He has time to get immersed in them before he chooses his direction and film school will help give him that opportunity. How many employers can offer those experiences. I can see it now: Picture gets wavey and soft focus “you’ve been 1st.& 2nd ac; pa, and dop for the past 8 months, would you like to do some editing, compositing and graphics for a while?” “When you’ve gotten a grasp of that we’ll let you do some color timing and authoring if you like, we can just train someone else to do your old job” ” and oh yeah, you’ll be getting a raise too”
It’s difficult for any of us to say but I can’t see where a year or two in film school would hurt.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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Keep in mind for airlines and spot news on the street situations these Network/company id’s may work fine but many 1 of a kind gigs like rock concerts and international sporting events etc. issue their own credentials specific to the event. They are often color coded to permit different levels of access. Show up with anything other than official credentials and you will be directed to the media office for clarification. Using counterfeit press passes at some of these large events could probably get you a free room for the night with the security thing being what it is these days.
I remember listening to a radio interview with a survivor of a terrorist assassination wherein a video camera packed with explosives was used to do the dirty deed. An interview had been set up with the 2 officials who met with the camera crew outside and they all walked upstairs to the designated room together. Once inside the terrorists said something which let their victims know what was happening moments before they detonated, killing one and maiming the other. Sometimes the right thing to do is wait your turn and pay the price, leaving the advantages of press credentials to those who truly need them.
That said, how many times have you walked through a press gate without even a glance from security simply because of the size of the camera you’re packing.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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A lot of HDV users have reported incompatibilities when using tapes recorded in various Canon – JVC – or Sony cameras and trying to play back from another manufacturers deck. Apparently because of different GOP structures used in the different manufacturers formats there are some playback issues with some of this equipment. I have no 1st hand knowledge of this but I’ve seen many posts on these forums in the past regarding this.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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[Dan Brockett] “You do know that they were SD only and composite only, right?”
I seem to recall S-video option cards you could get. When the Flyer came out although you were editing composite it was digital composite which was huge back then. 1″ and beta formats were composite and it was 500 lines of it so it looked pretty good. The Toaster Flyer got around the generation loss. I only saw demos of the pc versions and by that era things had changed (and so likely did the transitions). Trinitys are available on ebay in the $500.00 range but Global systems has some protection on the sales of those systems (even the blue and orange boxes that were called Trinity) so ebay removes the ads. You are only allowed to sell parts on ebay. When people un-knowingly list them they only stay up for a couple days before the Global agents spot em and then they’re gone.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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Videonics mixers had similar effects and they now make an HD version ($10,000.00) but I don’t know if they added the 500 effects from the previous generation.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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The current breed require shuttered glasses to view. These folks have software to convert anything to 3d on your type monitor. You just have to feed your monitor from a computer running the software.
https://www.tridef.com/support/requirements.html
ZDNET has a movie that covers these currently available monitors here:
https://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=635
According to that the old colored glasses will kill the HD aspect of a 3d movie. You can find lots of 3d movies on dvd but I think they are all SD.
As we are all far too used to, there are 2 different types of 3d viewing being developed with different spin-off versions of each as well. Real-3D is a kind of holograph system and the Samsung uses Stereoscopic 3D.
Glassless 3D is in development for the future.
https://www.samsungsdi.com/contents/en/tech/disClass_07_01.html
OK folks… it’s time to put all those DOF adapters up on ebay!
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
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Yes, mini dv doesn’t lock audio like dvcam does. Even though it is supposed to remain with in +- 17 frames during recording it can and does drift more on long captures.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan