Thomas w. Silkwood
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A POINT OF INTEREST: We have encountered a different problem. I’m a American and work in Thailand. We work in multi-system environments so my team works with lots of teams from all over the world. On one occasion it wasn’t possible for a USA team to rent all the florescent lights they needed so they decided to us standard florescent tube lights, the kind you put in your work shot back home. The florescence looked okay except for one bank. The USA team came to us and asked for help. They couldn’t figure out why one bank of lights had the flicker. I noted that they gelled all their lights except the one they were getting flicker from. I suggested they gel this light too and the flicker was gone. I thought some of you might find this interesting.
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JH is right. No autofocus on any pro cam that I have seen unless it’s a pro handheld with fixed lenses. I have seen folks confused by the slider switch in front of the rocker zoom switch. This is to set the iris on manuel or auto. Easy to be confused by this if you are new to these cams.
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Hi Mark,
I’m new to the site (used to be on FastForwardClub forum but that isn’t to be found now.) but your question caught my eye. Also that you are shooting in church. I’m an American missionary serving in Thailand for around 30 years. We shoot evangelistic films in the native languages here. Now you know a bit about me.
We shoot with VERY old JVC KY17s and KY25s. Great workhorse cameras for their day but the chips are shifting color and we need to upgrade. Problem is what do we upgrade to (besides the money issue)? JVC Bangkok suggested that if I didn’t want to get their studio cam adapter to look at the 200 model to save money. I have been live switching through a four channel Panasonic for years but that all has to change as it is only 4/3 aspect and its highest signal is Y/C and not component. All my gear is long in the tooth and needs replacement. I would also like genlock that does come with the studio adapter. Another problem is the 200 is a tape model. I still like tape but only being able to shoot for 60 minutes is a drag. I’m interested in what you would decide to do and work arounds you may find. The 700’s would be nice but to replace switcher, cams, purchase studio modules and RC units is a killer on my budget.
When shooting movies we shoot with a JVC GY-DV5001 PAL camera with a Focus Enhancement’s hard drive recorder. It’s still running great and excellent picture. We will continue to use it for some time as Thailand hasn’t gone HD yet.
I should have mentioned that we have a 43’X32′ studio with 21′ ceilings and 12′ grid.
Great to read about your work and hope to hear from you soon.
Tom Silkwood