[Steven J. gilbert]

https://www.belief.com

Go to the experiments. Pollinate is real great for inspriration.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Filip,

Trying to post on our ftp. Do you have an email address you could send. Please send it to:

sgilbert@ci.wellington.fl.us

or I could attach the .wmv file it’s only 300K.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Bradbro,

Don’t compromise your art. Do what feels right. It might take longer, but it will help create your own style.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Jody,

Do you have a chance to rent any of these cameras? The Z1 is an excellent camera. I have a DVX100a at work and absolutely love it. The ausio is awesome and the optics are great too. If you are considering HDV, check out the new JVC camera as well. It has interchangeable lenses and native 16×9 aquisition. Are you going to have to but a new VTR for ingest into your MAC? Maybe there will be some more feedback and suggestions. Try posting in the Panasonic DVX forum and Sony forum.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Kat,

I have to agree with Jeff on this one. Stick with the steady work with benefits and have the best of both worlds. Maybe look at a career change, but consider keeping both. You might not realize what expenses are involved with insurance both personal and business. A $50,000 a year salary might end up being an $70,000 expense for your employer. It will include insurance, which isn’t getting any cheaper, vacation, sick time, pension and other benefits. If you do decide to give it a go full-time, I would suggest that one of you keep the full-time gig as a fall back. One of the most important things in business is to create residual income. You work once and keep getting paid. If you work this way over time then you will create an increasing income over time and not have to work from job to job.

Love what you do and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

It might be the same solution as shooting with Sony tapes in Sony cameras. Because head clogging will occur. Which I have had happen in the past. Panasonic tapes seem to be OK as well. The government access station I built in the late nineties had 5 Sony DSR-20 VTR’s and a leightronix switcher. No problem with the decks with regular scheduled maintenance, like cleaning tapes once a month. I am not sure why your decks are clogging.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Also check out TVOne. I am placing these into two control rooms in the fall and saw at NAB.

Steve

[Steven J. gilbert]

Thanks.

[Steven J. gilbert]

That’s the way I am used to shooting. Thanks for confirming this.

[Steven J. gilbert]

I figured it out. I had the swith in the front on line and forgot to check it.