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[Mike Cohen] “I’ve been using one form or another of e-mail since about 1987”
Did they really have computers back then?
Bought my first one in 1985. I remember when a friend of mine, around ’87, told me about the coming of e-mail. I wondered what I would ever use it for. Sometimes I still wonder.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
When someone says to me “If you don’t hear from me, assume I got it”, I can’t believe my ears. The other side of the coin would be “If I don’t get it, you’ll hear from me.” Sure I will, you bet.
here is one major issue that happens:
You send a message that says “Approval Needed”, they answer back and you answer them except that no one ever changes the subject line. When I go through a back and forth, I change the subject line. Most often, I use my name and the date and sometimes the time or revision number or something. I would look at a subject line and figured that I already read it.
You might add, “If I don’t hear from you by XX:XX, I’ll be calling you” and then do it. With me, I can read a mail, start to answer and then get distracted. I found three ‘drafts’ in my mail today that I would have sworn that I sent. Hey, I might get distracted by one of my dogs in a minute and completely forget to hit the send button on this message. It’s happened before.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
I use 30p and a 1/60 shutter. More shutter means more blinking from the rotor blades. Remember that you have a shadow constantly passing by. Interlace will be smoother but just a tiny bit. Turn the stabilizer on. Some complain about a water wave effect from the CMOS. I haven’t shot from a chopper with the EX-1 yet but I’ve been on boats and haven’t had an issue. Look in our archives for more info.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Ron
Why haven’t you told us about this before?
Still laughing….
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[Jeff Bonano] “Is it possible that there are pitfalls”
See if you can find the contest rules. Sometime, the rules state that you give up all rights as soon as you send iy in. However, that could be contested because they did not act in “good faith”.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Thanks for not asking.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[David Roth Weiss] “I told him to go to Hell.”
Ooo Ooo! I have so many responses to this one. RL, however, would frown on all of them. So just use your knowledge of me and your imagination.
Go David!
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
After reading all of the posts up till now, I have a few experiences to look back on.
In the 60’s, I was a hard core Harley guy and settled most of my disagreements with a cue stick or a baseball bat. No one owed me money, or at least not for long. I had been to court and too many times, the verdict was based on looks, length of hair, reputation, or some other discriminatory detail.
After mellowing out and balancing the time spent in jail vs the actual score that was settled, I started using the court system. Some of the old guys looked down on that but it was time for a change.
I have been the plaintiff in 5 small claims cases and have prevailed each time. All 5 were for non payment of debt. One was actually a wash where the judge figured that we were pretty much even.
About 10 years ago, we gathered up all of our way overdue invoices and sued about 6 or 7 people or companies. They were all over the small claims limit and we used our corporate lawyer. It cost us about $3000 and we never collected a penny. Money not well spent (This is what Ron is talking about).
A year ago, I had to pursue a client that stiffed us for quite a bit of money. He had been a client for 10 years and always paid, albeit sometimes a bit late. He has a Canadian company and he convinced my wife that he needed to pay for his infomercial after it was completed because of new money transfer laws brought on by 911. I had no knowledge of this agreement and would not have approved. She said ok and he clipped us for just under $19k. We sued, he lost in court by not showing up. We haven’t collected a dime and we are now pursuing the matter with the U.S. Marshalls office to go after his bank account. Just try collecting from a Canadian bank.
My overall experience leaves me with the same taste as Mr. Lindeboom. If you are quite certain that you will prevail in court and that you’re not going to spend a thousand to win 500 or you’re not going to miss a big job to win a small amount, have your day in court. There’s always the baseball bat and there are other, more creative ways to bring people to their knees.
Something that I have thought about for years is having a credit app for people to fill out and sign when they ask for credit. When someone has to put ALL of their financial info on a sheet of paper for YOU to read, they tend to back off. They get a bit nervous when you have their social security number.
And that brings up another thing that most people don’t know. If someone stiffs you, file a 1099 on them with the IRS. They have to claim the entire amount as income, and if they don’t, they will have IRS problems. You simply file a 1099 on them. And if you don’t have their ssn, the IRS can help you with that too. The IRS has their own form of baseball bat, and it ain’t pretty.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
I spent years working as a shooter for ESPN Speedworld. If I supplied my own tapes, they gave them back to me after they cut the show (how very strange). I have years of 3/4 tapes and we’re transferring all of it to DVD.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[Clint Fleckenstein] “”sit on the internet and hurl insults” crowd.”
Keyboard commandos. What a joke. They’re all movie “watchers”. Hell, my dead grandma was a movie “watcher” and look where she’s at.
I have seen about a million crappy movies shot on film and nobody ever bitched because they were shot on film.
Michael Mann happens to like a deep depth of field so he chooses to shoot HD because the lenses allow him to produce the image that he wants to produce. It’s not like he chose HD to save money and ended up with a deep dof because of it. Myself, I’m think that way too many director and shooters have discovered and now overuse shallow dof to the point that it all looks the same, same, same, same, same. Shallow dof should be used sparingly, not on every flippin shot in a movie. If every shot is like that, it’s not special anymore. It becomes the same old thing. GAG ME.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .