[Shawn Miller]

“I was being facetious when I said fear.”

I know – I wasn’t exactly serious either. Apologies if I seemed less than playful. 🙂

BTW – I did see your footage from another machine. It looked good… I’m anxious to see even more variable framerate “stuff” from the EX.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Perhaps it’s less of a “fear issue” as much as not “hanging out” on a particular forum on a regular basis. 🙂 I’m sure your video is stunning, but I could’nt see it, I got a black frame and a QT control bar. Do you have that footage posted in another format?

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Nice footage – the EX1 seems to produce a nice picture without much effort. I would really be interested in seeing “over and under cranked” footage from the “Mini-Alta”. 🙂

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“Shooting on any camera with a bad tripod will make any camera “lightweight”.”

I was actually speaking in a literal manner… the HVX isn’t very heavy, so it’s fairly stable on a less than robust tripod.

“Many use the HVX for much more than news shoots. In fact, the P2 workflow is probably the least suited for unscripted shoots or live events.”

Good thing it can also record to tape eh’? I actually shoot a fair number of live corporate events with the HVX. Sometimes P2 is perfectly appropriate for the situation, sometime it isn’t.

“If you are simply framing, then why not just buy a $50.00 tripod at Walmart, save $450.00.”

I’ve actually had to do that before – there’s a HUGE difference between a $50.00 tripod and a $500.00 tripod. 🙂

“Reducing your shooting style to framing because of a bad tripod seems silly doesn’t it?”

In the context of the original post, no. All I’m saying is that the Bogen tripod is perfectly appropriate for the stated purpose… that’s all.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

I think we may be overlooking the fact that the application doesn’t call for beautiful pans and tilts. The HVX is a very light weight camera, and covering news style live events doesn’t exactly require a lot of adjustment (once properly framed). In this case, I think a $500.00 tripod might be exactly the right thing. Just my poinion. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

I’m running the entire suite, although I only use AE, Premiere, PhotoShop and Illustrator on a regular basis. Those apps (plus Cinema 4D) are all solid. The only thing you really have to be careful about is drivers. 🙂

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Bold Data Systems sells laptops with no OS or WinXP (if that helps).

https://www.boldata.com/config.cfm/model_id/408/config_for/base

Thanks,

Shawn Miller

[Shawn Miller]

I’m running multiple workstations (at work and at home) three are dual dual-core Xeons with 4GB of RAM on XP Pro (32 Bit), Two are dual quad-core Xeons with 4GB of RAM, one 32 Bit one 64 Bit… the dual quad-core machine on 64 Bit XP is noticeably snappier in AE and WAY faster in Cinema 4D (especially for rendering and previews). IMHO, 64 Bit XP is worth it just for the ability to add more RAM. As budget becomes available, I plan to move all of these machines to 64 Bit XP and max out the RAM.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Fantastic – thanks for you help, Brian.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“Or the new Duel system adapter for the MacBook.”

It works on Windows laptops too. 🙂

https://www.duel-systems.com/products/adapters.aspx