Rennie Klymyk
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[Vincent Becquiot] “Also remember that you are buying something you will very likely keep for decades. “
Take a look at the B&H web site. Tripods cost over $15,000.00 nowadays! Unlike audio and video they haven’t gone digital and of coarse never will. For this reason it is a more important investment than a camera which will have a shorter life.
A human simply can not achieve the constant speed and smoothness of a motorized pan/tilt head but a good tripod will come close. Fluid heads absorb the over/under pressure we exert on the pan handle during pans and tilts and help us achieve useable camera motion. The moment we see a speed change or bump during a pan on the screen we are immediately drawn out of the movie and reminded of the camera guy who shot it. A good editor wouldn’t allow the shot or have to cut on the bump.
Invest in a good tripod and you will always love yourself for doing so every time you use it.
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Hi Bruce
I was just making the point that the originator of the idea should own copyright. In most cases an author will write a book which may eventually be adapted for the screen by a screen writer, A writer may write a script for a play or a movie and a creative team at an ad agency may create a concept for an ad. These are professionals and they cover their butts so they get paid. The average lay person working at charity doesn’t know how to cover their butt however they still deserve the copyright to their own ideas.Most of us on these boards know that if we are having a coffee and get a vision and think OMG! this would be a perfect idea for Apple Computer!… and it’s right up their alley too! The 1st thing we won’t do is call Apple and tell them about it. We would have to script it and pitch a synopsis to them. We could even go so far as to film a mock up. If they liked it, most likely we would not be the ones filming it, they’re going to use the big boys.
We would have 2 choices, sell them the script or go to our local ABC computer store and see if they are interested in sponsoring the shoot on a break even scheme so you can shoot and use the video in your list of credits and they can run it on their web page and maybe run a local commercial and play in their store.
The point I’m trying to make is the originator of the idea should get copyright for it but of coarse they would need to script it first. By telling anyone first you release it into the public domain.
In the case of the original poster I’m trying to find out who provided the concept. It could be the charity did but lacked the knowledge to script it therefor have left themselves open to have that deserved credit taken away.
On the point of original camera tapes, in the digital world it is easy enough to make digital duplicates. If a client wants to take them elsewhere for more editing they will find out no one can do it any cheaper or efficiently than someone who has already been immersed in the footage already during shooting and editing of the previous project.
I’m not advocating they surrender these tapes if they feel this was never part of their original agreement.
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[Timothy J. Allen] “have a Producer and Director picking the shots for them and directing the lighting, models etc. It
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Sounds something like Apple’s warrantee on their 23″ cinema displays. They replace it with someone else’s old used one that had been sent in previously.
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[Tom Brooks] “We’ll see how fast they can get to Kalamazoo some day.
“Doesn’t the Chattanooga Choo Choo breeze right by there?
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I’ve had dew sensor circuit lock up problems in Key West after a heavy rain on a hot day. The main rule is to climatize your gear by leaving it in the local temperature prior to shooting. Keep gear in the trunk rather than inside the air conditioned cab. Trying to keep it cool and then bringing it out to shoot will cause condensation. Bring lots of silica gel packs and sealable bags. A picnic style cooler would be handy to store gear in to keep it warm once in an air conditioned hotel.
The HVX200 is probably better than any other camera. I’m not even sure if it has a dew sensor built in. Traditionally moisture forming on the tape caused extra friction on the heads/head drum which ultimately clogged heads, wound around the drum, etc. etc. Without a tape-head recording situation there may not even be a dew sensor in the HVX200.
I don’t have experience with the HVX200 in these situations so as Barry has indicated this may be a non issue. Maybe the engineers at Panasonic could give you some pointers.
Hey, isn’t that a large silica gel pack drawer on the right side of the HVX200 (under the hand strap)?
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Apparently it costs $800.00 to replace a burner on those things. (my pioneer dvr-111 only cost me $39.99 to replace in my G5 but then I did the work myself. And we bitch about apple ram.
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[Arniepix] “Arniepix”
Is that Arniepix or Arlopix?
[Arniepix] “Would those be color glossy photos? With circles, and arrows, and a paragraph on the back of each one, so as to be used as evidence against us in court?
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These cards were $499.00 for ever but they dropped about 6 months ago. I believe this is AMD’s (who bought ATI a year ago) reseller division.
I had ATI’s site in my favorites pile and this it where it goes now.https://www.directdial.us/us/shop/item/prod.asp?item=100%2D435338
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I think that’s the old card made for G4’s. The G5 if I recall uses dvi monitor connectors.