Steve Wargo
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[Pat Ford] “polarizing filter helps a bit”
Remember that a polarier bends the light to accomplish it’s function. For more info on the color of water, see this: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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[Pat Ford] “Ok…you’re from Arizona. “
Pat, what color is the water where you live?
Steve Wargo
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Water doesn’t have it’s own color. What color are you hoping to get?
Steve Wargo
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[Michael Palmer] “experience the rolling shutter”
Kill two birds with one flash.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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[George Socka] “Might this be the beginning of the end of the line for FCP all together?”
We were a Discreet house for many years. When it went away, we had to make a decision. Having seen AVid put the screws to their customers, we looked at FCp. We chose FCp because it was reasonably priced and everything came from one company. I can hire an FCp editor at any time. None of our decisions were based on a demo but rather on how wide spread the systems were in use. The quality was good and the workflow seemed reasonable. However, I may never call it Final Cut PRO. It lacks too many functions that were in D-Vision 3.5 over 10 years ago.
I guess what I’m saying is that we chose FCp because it is deeply embedded in the industry and that we can find qualified operators at every turn.
NAB has been a good place to go see what the latest upgrade is but that is only because some things are held back until they are released at the Big Show. Apple is better served by bringing the improvements to market sooner. Putting the word out on the Internet is the way it’s done now and the users can convince the rest of the world. As successful as Apple is, why should they spend NAB money when it doesn’t bleed black ink. America is wising up and starting to watch the bottom line a bit closer. It’s just good business.
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
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Luke
I thought that your price was a bit low for the work on your reel, IF, you completed everything in a timely fashion. I am hesitant about paying too low. It usually leads to missed deadlines, too many hours and other problems.
One important thing is to determine who the ONE decision maker is. If it’s up to a committee, you may tweak till the end of time. Establish a timeline and make sure that everyone sticks to it.
My one piece of advice that I have is to always charge enough and give them just a bit more than they paid for. I have won numerous clients based on simple things like using a disc printer to print a label on every DVD that goes out the door. We NEVER write on a disc. That is the first sign of an amateur.
Stand by your rate. It’s already a good deal.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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With this guy’s thinking, imagine how much $$ we have coming for all of the research that we do for visitors to the COW.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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What a load of crap. You do not have a verbal agreement of work for hire. If you had hired him to do research, he would have a rightful position.
He is crazy. Break off all communications except to reply in a professional manner asking where you asked him to do research. That would be like asking me to quote on a job and I charge you for calling all of my subs and asking if they’re available and then researching which software I would use for your 3-D animations.
Go over ALL of your written communications to see if anything can be construed as a “hire”.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Ron
What was the purpose of having a COW booth at NAB? I had wondered about that in the past but how about a word from the Moo Master?
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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All cameras have this problem. The higher tech cameras have TC in and TC out. You start with a lead camera and set the TC and then run a cable to Cam 2 and out of that the Cam 3 Etc.
On the larger cameras, you can use a Deneke Time code box which you set with one camera and then use one on all of the other cameras. they have a crystal in them that keeps accurate time.
TC in and out is one thing that we were all hoping for but that’s not the case. What we will do is use a Deneke TC slate and shoot the slate occasionally or each time the cameras restart. Then, on each clip, you align to the TC displayed on the slate instead of the TC recorded on the tape.
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.