Scott Sheriff
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[Andrew Ball] “Does the 504hd only allow for 1 panhandle? Should this fact not influence my decision?”
There are mounts for two so you can use the handle right/left handed, but you usually only get one with the kit, so be sure to budget for an extra.
The weight rating is 16 lbs, so with camera, lens, external zoom/focus, and two pan handles you might be getting close to the listed weight rating. It might be worth checking the actual weight of your gear the way you plan to configure it. If you are over 13-14 pounds, you might consider moving up in size to the next bigger head so you have some headroom for growth and to deal with imbalanced loads.
FYI a Manfrotto pan handle weighs 11 oz.Scott Sheriff
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[Andrew Ball] “My budget is no more than 250 or so per tripod. Your thoughts?”
I don’t think that is enough budget for a new set of sticks and a fluid head. Anything that you can buy new for that kind of money is going to be junk. And in an environment where it’s going to be used by a lot of different people, with varying levels of competence, something that cheap will be broken in no time, and that money will be wasted.
I have this camera, and you want something like a Manfrotto 504 head, and matching set of sticks at the minimum. You can get a kit with a head, sticks, pan handle and nice carry bag for around $750.
There are some Manfrotto kits for smaller cameras, that are around $400, but these are not rated for cameras over 7-8 pounds. Using one of these with a heavier camera like the 110 risks a failure that could potentially damage the camera/lens. At a minimum these pods will just wear out quickly once you exceed the weight rating. Ideally, you want a weight rating several pounds more than the listed weight of the camera, since the makers tend to quote weights of cameras in their most minimal configuration. In the real world cameras also tend to gain weight somewhat.Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Toby Tomkins] “FYI Scott the download links on the apple links you sent haven’t worked for a while )-:”
My bad, I tried the links, which worked, but I didn’t hit download since I already had these files on my HD. Now I see what the problem is. I know a friend of mine got 2008-04 from somewhere not that long ago. I wonder if the updates have been moved somewhere else, or if there is a mirror site somewhere hosting them?
Slightly OT.
Yet another thing where apple totally lacks any cred. Here they are, big promoters of ‘the cloud’, and they can’t bother to archive these tiny support files. It’s this type of thing that makes me distrust online archival, in favor of my local HD. At least if I lose the file on my end, I know who to blame.
I don’t see what the point of taking these files off the support site is. Is apple really that hard up for HD space? And if your going to take down the support files, why leave the info page and download link up?Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Rafael Amador] “Just for the curiosity, can you explain it?”
That was a while back, and my memory might be somewhat fuzzy, but I’m pretty sure all of the non-QT format outputs still rendered out OK and the 10 bit bug was limited to QT formats.
Two-step output. Usually export image sequence, then converted that to PR422.
There were some other wonky things in 4.1, so 4.1.1, is definitely the way to go.Scott Sheriff
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Hi,
Both are on the apple support site.
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Pro_Apps_Updates_2008_004https://support.apple.com/downloads/Pro_Apps_Updates_2008_005
Either will get you to 4.1.1
They only get you the last .1 rev. You already have to be at Shake 4.1 for them to work. If you bought an earlier version of Shake like 4.0, you’ll have to find the paid update to get to 4.1.
The only real thing the .1 final rev does is fix the render out noise bug. There is a workaround to get a noise free Prores file out if you’re in a bind and can’t get to 4.1.1.Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Grant Wilber] “What I don’t want to be doing is have clients thinking why the heck it took me an hour to look for music or three hours to make titles which they think are simple. I’m trying to stay away from clients that get nitpicky about things, but wondering if there is anyone that goes go into detail for their invoices – if you feel people question it or you don’t have people return.”
Since I mostly charge on a sliding scale, or a la carte, I just put the number of hours (up to the next 1/4) doing work associated with the major job categories within a project. On flat rate jobs, I still break out the time spent on the major production categories.
Shooting, Logging, VO recording, Editing, VFX, etc.
So, if a client comes in with a large amount of still or negs I have to scan for a post session, I put down the hours for that because it’s less per hour than editing. Now if I have to scan a pic or two during an edit session, I wouldn’t break that out, it’s just editing. A quick VO, or some quick dust busting on a few frames, or anything else incidental would work the same way. I usually make the call at about a half hours worth of work. Anything less than a half hour just goes into the category for similar type work, as it’s not worth the effort to keep track of it.
If it were me, doing needle drops would probably be lumped in with logging, or possibly audio production, and not broken out separately, no matter the time it takes since it’s basically logging or a production function.Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Andy jackson] “Read my dilema before you even think of carrying on in this shark infested business.
Just my 2 cents worth.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/17/876369“
LOL, the thread about the 800# gorilla in the room. The thread that will not die.
Or since we are all geeks, instead of the 800# gorilla, lets say that some are trying to warn of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, while others just want to talk about this afternoons match, the weather, their digital watch or anything but the Vogons.The only thing I disagree with is your analogy of “shark infested business.” While there are a few sharks, they are easily avoided and not the difficult to deal with. A better analogy might be a business that is being consumed by a school of Piranha. In the end, the only thing left will be a few bones. There won’t even be any Piranha left.
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Phil Slatter] “n them around for online use. I do it regularly, it’s a bish bash bosh edit that usually take 5 mins. HOWEVER, I’ve upgraded to Mountain Lion and since then I’ve had no end of problems, specifically, my renders are taking forever and often I’m getting the famous “General Error”.”
Lack of ‘clean install’, would be my guess.
https://s290368705.onlinehome.us/2011/12/01/the-clean-install-conundrum-%E2%80%93-how-to-properly-update-your-system-for-the-final-cut-user/Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
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It’s not as uncommon as you think. In the freelance world you have to take what comes along for the most part, and sometimes for various reasons it isn’t something you want your name on. Sometimes the producer won’t do ‘uncredited’ so you have to settle for a pseudonym.
Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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I have to agree with Mike and Mark. I learned to edit the old school way where you worked from either a script with TC, or a shot list with TC and massaged from there. I still much prefer this when editing for other media professionals, as apposed to acting as an uncredited producer in the editors chair. I also agree that learning to let go of some of the creative control is a good thing and it take some getting used to doing that, a well logged and prepped edit session this is the best approach to achieve your goal and still retain control of the most important creative aspects of your project.
The real problem is that many of the ‘new’ editors either cant, won’t or are just not that good at that disciplined type of workflow, and us seasoned editors that can do this no problem are getting harder to find as many have moved on due to the business climate we find ourselves in.Scott Sheriff
SST Digital Media
Multi-Camera Director, VFX and Post ProductionThe Affordable Camera Dolly is your just right solution!
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair