Rennie Klymyk
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[Richard Martz] “I’m trying to capture some ordinary DV footage.”
Are you sure it’s “normal DV”? Consumer cameras that record in extended play can cause similar problems if played back in a pro deck. If that is the case you will need a consumer camera with the “extended” feature.
and ohh, is there a link to the blondes?……. (actually don’t worry about that, google would undoubtably turn them up along with 500,000 others!)
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Studio Exchange in Burbank claims to have them in stock and is selling them on ebay.
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[Eric Hansen] “as i understand it, shallow depth of field is a function of the focal length of a lens”
This is a common misconception. Depth of field (DOF) is dependant on the apature and the film or CCD size. The smaller the imager the greater the DOF.
35mm converters typically have a macro lens that attach to your camera lens which focuses on a ground glass the size of a piece of 35mm film. You then use 35mm lenses to focus on that ground glass.
It’s all relative to the creatures and objects we see and film in our world and size of the capture device (CCD or film) and apature we use to record their images. In our world if you filmed the same object with a variety of cameras with different sized imagers at a given apature so that you fill the entire frame DOF will be like this:
A 1/3rd” CCD at F:2.8 = DOF—– [_____________________________________________________]
A 2/3″ CCD or 16mm film = DOF [___________________________________________]
A 35mm Film = DOF —————-[_____________________________]
Panavision + 70mm film = DOF -[________________][Eric Hansen] “also it seems like a tele converter lens would be a lot easier for hand held work as it seems that all 35mm converters need to be put on a tripod with rails or a follow-focus system.”
You would need to get back farther in order to frame the subject and in some interiors this may not be possible. Also don’t forget, to hand hold a camera the shutterspeed must match the reciprocal of the shutterspeed. A 50mm lens should have a speed of 1/50th sec. (using this old film rule you can still judge when to hand hold a video camera at a given focal length). Hand holding a 150mm lens is not such a great idea. Also the fact that a 150 will flatten out a subject. A persons head looks wrong, the ears seem to be 1″ past his eyes. A telephoto compresses distance while a wide angle exagerates distance. While a 50mm lens on a 35mm camera is reffered to as a “normal” lens and thought to replicate our preception of distance and perspective, due to our binocular vision an 85mm lens on a 35mm camera more closely matches a natural, realistic image of a person’s head.
To get less depth of field you will need the 35mm converter or you could buy a RED and shoot real 35mm video!
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Have you tried trashing your preferences? Goole FCP rescue (free). After trashing prefs, shut down, connect and then start camera, then boot the computer and open FCP.
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I’ve had a Japanese client for 15 years and they tell me on most comon products there are 2 Japanese versions, one of which has an “i”suffix and it is known as “international” model with english characters. You would definately want to check this before buying an HPX555.
When I go to this site here in Canada I am instantly recognised as to my location and everything is in Canadian currency and the payment goes to one of the 2 largest Canadian banks so that is reassuring. The site lists an AG-HPX500 PRELIMINARY which seems to indicate that model will become available soon as well as the HPX555 which is curently available. Clicking on the Guarantee once you add the item to your basket, they offer their own 12 month guarantee “as per manufacturer’s guarantee” as well as “Mack 2 year pro video international warranty”
I have been purchasing products out of the country for 20 years to take advantage of this type of savings albeit I have been buying from the US where due to the larger consumer base manufacturers have provided better deals. I can often save as much as 35% even after duties and taxes. To me this just reflects global market trends and the ability of a large global company to offer very competative pricing. The fact that several cow members have reported dealing with this company successfully in the last 2 years is very reassuring and I’ll be comparing their offerings along with B&H when I’m ready to make my next purchase.
That said, there is no substitute for a good relationship with a local dealer who can imediately pass you a loaner over the counter when your camera dies in the middle of an expensive shoot or go to bat for you regarding warranty repairs etc.
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If I buy the academic version will I still be able to upgrade to the iphone2? It should be out shortly after and mac rumours reported it will have a weed eater too! (for attacking blackberries)
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[Michael Pierre] “It’s weird that I’m using firewire when I have a Kona 3.. but I guess it’s not a limitation of the Kona 3, it’s a limitation of the DSR-11. “
“Use the proper tool for the proper job”. Walter’s advice of the dv timeline is what I’d do here too. DV over Firewire is component video albeit DV component video. It is perfect for what you are doing.
The Kona 3 combined with FCP is a top class video toolset capable of uncompressed video editing (Chris isn’t joking). DV is really the bottom of the barrel in the toolset.
The S-video capabilities of the kona cards are great for ingesting and outputting to analog sources and for sd monitoring. The adapter cables are worth having around.
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Yes, I was curious about that too. I have a client who uses the consumer version for producing web content and POS and it’s been a pain. A second client just purchased one as well. I haven’t upgraded to FCP6 yet but that’s another incentive. Hopefully it handles both AVC codecs equally as well.
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Contact tech support imediately if it’s still under warranty. The Apple warrantee is time rated so the older your monitor is the less it’s worth. If you read the fine print of the warantee they can replace and repair with used parts which is what happened to me. My 11 month old 23″ was replaced with 3 old used ones till I finally got one (with the same amount of dead pixels as my 1st) and that actually worked. I was without a monitor for over 3 weeks while all this was going on.
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To heck with the manuals, I’ve just signed up for Apple’s Expert iphone training program. It’s a 10 month intensive coarse for only $8,999.99! I’ll come away an expert with no need for the manual. However I’ll still need to lay out another $499.00 for the coarse text books. The iphone should be available in Canada by the time I graduate too!
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