Ryan Mast
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Try a CO2 or propane powered airsoft or BB gun — it’ll give a little bit of a kick if you hold it loosely. Some gas-powered airsoft handguns actually have a blowback action.
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Try looking at some of the Fujinon or Angenieux lenses for 2/3″ cameras designed for covering sporting events, like this:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/462711-REG/Fujinon_A42X13_5BERD_F48_A42x13_5BERD_2_3_42x_ENG.html—
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A while back, Tim Dashwood mentioned that his software company was working on a tool to manage HM700 & HM100 video files, splicing together multiple clips, copying the files, etc.
Dunno what became of that.
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For professional production, I think that there are enough good solutions on the market already that MPEG licensing won’t affect us much. For capture and post-production,there already are solid proprietary codecs like ProRes, REDCODE RAW, DNxHD, etc on the market with affordable, usable hardware support.
Licensing fees might make it infeasible for small production companies to legally manufacture BluRay or stream H.264 independently, but I suspect companies like LimeLight, YouTube, Vimeo, etc would use their license purchasing power to offer streaming solutions for small businesses.
I’m not worried at all.
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Once you do work for free for someone, you won’t be able to charge them for your work in the future. That’s okay. Do awesome work for them for free, then use that as a portfolio piece to go rope in well-paying work from new clients.
It’s much easier to leave by saying “I’m sorry, I just don’t have time to do that for you right now” and recommend someone else, than saying “You need to pay me $xxx now.”
If someone asks you do something for them for cheap or free now, promising to give you well-paying work in the future, it’s almost always a lie. Instead of working that angle, ask for something else in exchange — their help to find other clients, credit, introductions to other people, etc. Works out better for everyone.
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Hi Wayne,
The 550D overheats much less than the 7D. I ran it for about an hour and a half in room temperature without it shutting down — it’ll give a warning, but that’s all I’ve gotten so far.
I think you’re crazy for using the 550D alone as your primary camera. Get a real video camera for your primary shot and audio, then use a couple 550Ds or 7Ds for cutaways.
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It’s XDCAM EX. 4:2:0 color space.
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I encourage my clients to post the videos on YouTube or Vimeo instead of hosting it internally, for two reasons. The video player is a familiar UI. Users can play, adjust volume, jog, and share it easily. And, it’s easily findable from YouTube/Vimeo search.
Just realized yesterday after several conversations about this… that I have most of the videos on my site hosted. Not following my own advice. 🙂
At any rate, if you host your video, it’s good to post it on YouTube/Vimeo as well so people can find it and share it easily if they don’t go to your main site. Todd’s correct about YouTube suggesting related videos that may be from your competitors — but then viewers from your competitor’s videos might find yours too.
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I absolutely agree with Jon — the firmware update helps a bit, and the image is far cleaner in 720p than 1080.
I caution you against lowering the master black — you will lose some image data. If you need to, crush the blacks in post.
I’d also recommend lowering the Detail setting to at least -3. I have my camera set to -7. Add whatever sharpness you’d like in post, not in-camera.
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Are you shooting in 720p or 1080p? Do you have noise reduction turned on? How high do you have detail set at?
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Meteor Tower Films
Video creations for music, art, & theater.
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