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  • Steve Kownacki

    June 21, 2013 at 8:13 pm in reply to: Lighting Case for Flying?

    I have these
    https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3977721

    The handles don’t last too long; I replaced mine with a metal one from Lowe’s, latches don’t take much abuse either.

    Fits 3-4 regular stands and you can wrap fixtures in foam and stuff them in – 3-4 200 fresnels, a 300… can’t recall if I could fit a 650 in there with a softbox too & gelly rolls. Never had damaged goods.

    Not sure where you’re going but it may be easier to rent when you arrive rather than the hassel of packing stuff.

    Safe travels!

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    June 20, 2013 at 12:44 pm in reply to: The COW seems slow. Is this good news or bad?

    Holy moly… this thread is all over the place! Cool!

    Todd, we’re busy. And taking time for my family before fall gets too crazy. Something’s gotta give and it’s the online stuff.

    Nick, niche’s help for sure (I have 3) and simply keep people happy. I am certainly not “the best” but I sure can keep clients overjoyed, coming back and making referrals.

    I am not inexpensive, I am a biz owner.

    Bob Z – always keepin’ that “pipeline” full. You have to keep in touch with people/top of mind… or they forget you.

    Tim – love the memory lane stuff! I forgot about alot of it since 1991. Ahhh… Targa64+ with TruVista Tips… Crystal Graphics… rebooting your machine to change memory settings/IRQs/DMAs depending on the software… those were the days. I still have my P6000 card.

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    June 13, 2013 at 6:42 pm in reply to: What I feel is killing production companies.

    Hi Andy
    I thought you dropped out of the production business? Yet you still frequent here… hmmmm. I’ve deduced that you trying to convince other companies to go out of business for your own personal gain of having less competition. Insanely brilliant plan!

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    June 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm in reply to: What I feel is killing production companies.

    Hi Mark

    Here’s a few observations from looking at your website:

    Video demo says serving “eastern IA” then it says “we work coast to coast”; be consistent.

    Other places on the site you have terms like:
    serving mom and pop
    affordable
    budgets big or small

    This means you are willing to sell on price, remove that from the sales equation; you simply want to provide solutions as mentioned earlier in the thread.

    Your site tells me you are capable, but who is your client? Me personally, as a Producer/Director, I feel I would hire you as my tech team/production crew but I don’t really get the feeling that I would contact you if I were a business looking for a video – there’s a lot of tech terms on there that sound great to those in the field but may scare off or confuse the admin assistant looking for basic info.

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    June 3, 2013 at 3:11 pm in reply to: What I feel is killing production companies.

    [Mark Suszko] “We’re in the business of solving communications problems for clients.

    Came across this one today

    “It’s not enough to be the best at what you do; you must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.” Jerry Garcia 1942-1995, Musician

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    April 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm in reply to: Is There a List for Equipment For Sale
  • Steve Kownacki

    April 17, 2013 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Dove “Real Beauty”

    Saw this earlier today… brilliant! Great emotion. Now go tell your special someone they’re beautiful.

    Steve

  • Steve Kownacki

    March 8, 2013 at 4:22 pm in reply to: Shotgun mic stopped working

    stopped working during the middle of a take?
    put in a new battery even though the orig tested OK.
    fidget with the cable to see is the cable or jack is bad.
    what brand of mic?
    can you swap inputs on the camera?
    did you swap the cable?
    try it on someone else’s camera or mixer?
    is there an input switch on the camera that accidentally got switched to line in?
    did the input on the cam get turned to zero?
    is the cable fully inserted?

    Do only 1 of these at time to isolate the issue.

    Steve

  • Contact Macie Video in MA (781) 326-3135.

    Similar issue with my EX1 at a pool, one drop of water is a mic killer. SONY’s flat rate starts at $800. Macie will diagnose and repair not simply replace boards. Not a real deal for me as I always use external mics.

    Steve

  • When you look at the modify>audio channels, it comes up as “use file”

    You can select as many clips in the bin as you like, then choose “mono” and make sure it’s set to “2 tracks”, channel format “mono”. I have 3 clips selected here, and yes they all get modified.

    When you put it in the sequence, you get 2 mono channels; option click the channel you don’t want and delete it.

    Contrary to my earlier post, I have NOT found a way to have clips’ audio automatically set to dual mono.

    Steve

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