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  • Steve Wargo

    June 12, 2008 at 3:37 am in reply to: 24p HD-SDI out?

    There is supposed to be a firmware update coming that allows 23.98 out of the SDI port.

    Oh, to answer your question: Yep, that’s the way it is. (for now) I, personally have raised hell about this.

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 11, 2008 at 5:24 am in reply to: shoulder support ex-1

    I went to NAB looking for 4 things, one of them being a shoulder support for our EX-1 rental cameras. The only one tat qualified was the RedRock Micro unit. The bad thing is: There’s a 3 month waiting list for those

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 10, 2008 at 8:02 am in reply to: LED Lights

    Lightpanels “Micro”

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 10, 2008 at 7:13 am in reply to: Discounts

    With new clients, if you want to give them a break, give them “free” time, never a rate reduction.

    As stated by the other poster, write it out at full price, then, knock off the discount by listing a reduction of hours. If you give them a discount on the hourly rate, that is the rate they’ll expect in the future.

    This is the most fair way to give them a reduced price.

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 10, 2008 at 1:06 am in reply to: client renegs on deal

    It’s funny that we are all in the communications business but all of the problems are usually started by someone miscommunicating something.

    Did I get that right?

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 9, 2008 at 7:41 am in reply to: Multibridge overheating???

    Did you know that Iron, like most metals, is not usually found in the Earth’s crust in an elemental state.[2] Iron can be found in the crust only in combination with oxygen or sulfur. Typical iron-containing minerals include Fe2O3—the form of iron oxide found as the mineral hematite, and FeS2—pyrite (fool’s gold).[3] Iron is extracted from ore by removing the oxygen by combining it with a preferred chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as smelting, was first applied to metals with lower melting points. Copper melts at just over 1000 °C, while tin melts around 250 °C. Cast iron—iron alloyed with greater than 1.7% carbon—melts at around 1370 °C. All of these temperatures could be reached with ancient methods that have been used for at least 6000 years (since the Bronze Age). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 800 °C, it is important that smelting take place in a low-oxygen environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.[4]
    Even in the narrow range of concentrations that make up steel, mixtures of carbon and iron can form into a number of different structures, with very different properties; understanding these is essential to making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the body-centered cubic (BCC) structure ferrite or α-iron, a fairly soft metallic material that can dissolve only a small concentration of carbon (no more than 0.021 wt% at 910 °C). Above 910 °C ferrite undergoes a phase transition from body-centered cubic to a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure, called austenite or γ-iron, which is similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.03 wt% carbon at 1154 °C).[5] As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for cementite to precipitate out of the mix, leaving behind iron that is pure enough to take the form of ferrite, resulting in a cementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stoichiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe3C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite around it. Self-reinforcing patterns often emerge during this process, leading to a patterned layering known as pearlite (Fe3C:6.33Fe) due to its pearl-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful.

    So, at 2000 degrees, your place would have burned to the ground.

    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 .

  • We’ve had insurance through The Hartford since 1990. It was only about $1200 a year back then for a million bucks worth of liability and $20,000 worth of equipment including a rider to cover $50,000 worth of rental gear.

    It seems as though companies are a lot more prudent about asking for insurance proof before hiring us.

    Insurance is one of the first things you’ll need when starting a business. One incident and you’re finished.

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 8, 2008 at 4:52 am in reply to: Camera to compliment EX-1

    You might try a Canon HV20.

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 5, 2008 at 11:34 pm in reply to: EX-1 wins

    [George Strother] “I think it was originally a contraction of Frigidaire®.”

    I think you’re right on that. Frigidaire was the leader in sales for a long time. Did you know that Zenith was the last TV made in America? And, wasn’t it CBS that convinced the FCC to go with NTSC instead of PAL?

    Obviously, you’re not 25 years old.

    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 .

  • Steve Wargo

    June 5, 2008 at 11:27 pm in reply to: EX-1 wins

    That would be on next week’s schedule so I’ll let you know. The EX-1s are out almost every week so it’s been tough to get that comparison done.

    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 .

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