[Thomas Kaufman]

One more thing: I’ve just completed two weeks of work for Discovery that was all shot at 60 fps except for some low-light work at 30 fps. Before we began I called my client and Discovery to make double sure they really wanted all their footage at 60 fps and the answer was yes.

I confess I’m still not sure why they think this is a good thing, but what I learned is not to assume someone is making an error when they require footage shot at 60 fps. To paraphrase what Tony mentions above, it’s all about communication. Even though we work in a communication business, sometimes I think there’s precious little of it going around!

Thomas Kaufman, DP
Washington, DC

[Thomas Kaufman]

Leo, you’re right as usual — they don’t need a grid and I’ve told them so, yet they want one…

They’ve also asked not to use floor stands, they want the lights fixed in position. I suggested we simply mount them to the ceiling, but again, they come back saying they want a grid.

Since I can’t use a floor stand with a reflector, I thought I’d use the 200 as a fill light. Not optimum, but maybe good for what they want…

As to the fixtures, they’re sometimes to be shooting thru a prompter screen and I thought the parabeams would give them enough level to do that without having the plasma screens in the background burn out.

So, given the above, what size grid do you think would work?

Many thanks

Thomas Kaufman, DP
Washington, DC

[Thomas Kaufman]

Steve, I had heard that an SD card on the SDX 900 allows the camera to continually capture a certain amount (like 40 seconds or so) of video and audio without tape rolling.

Thanks,

Thomas Kaufman, DP
Washington, DC