Grimor

42 minutes ago, Emanuel said:

What exactly easyrig-like you had it there?

Poor man / DIY from Grimor industries 🤣🤣

It's a gardener Stilh Harness (with 90° aluminum tube)  and a cheap rope ratchet with upgraded cord. 

I buy all the parts for under 100 euros and you can adjust rope length with just one hand. 

Never use the real easyrig thing, but I think the main difference is  mine has no suspension mechanism. 

A little BTS of the short film:

The drone images appear because we actually had them from previous days (taken for security reasons) and we decided to give them a use. And slow motion is a narrative decision. First we oredered the voice over with several situations to represent. Then we realized that the dog was unable to stay still for even a single second. All the time playing and jumping. So it was easier to extract expressions if everything is slow. In total it took 5 hours, 180Gb in fast cards and 2 packages of sausages!

Hello to all EOShd members. I haven't been here much this year, but I consider this forum to be my second home. This year has been hard personally (divorce with young children) but we must continue in life with good spirits. So like every year (and it's been 6 now) I link you to my police Christmas greeting:

In the tech side it is Sony FX6 in UHD mode at 100fps (S&Q) and S-log, Hi Base Iso. Rokinon lenses. 

I hope you like it and I send you a hug.

Adiós Amigos!! 

I recently found a second-hand bargain of 4 betso transceivers for just 150 euros. We usually shoot with 2 jvc GY-hc 500, 1 Sony FX6 and 2 GH5S, plus the SD mixpre 3 II. In this way, although none of them keep time precisely, I can have everything in sync wirelessly, thanks to the transmitters. Surely it is not the most modern or most appropriate, but it works for me.

8 hours ago, Kisaha said:

No! Never on auto! If you are not sure, better go lower, you can easily add some db in post..

Maybe you have to format them ON the digital console, or have them Mac ready (Mackie works with everything usually, but they favour Apple stuff), a simple fat32 stick could be useful also..

For so big projects, usually they hire a van, which is a control room as well and have a different approach with an included sound man inside the van.

I´m learning in the hard way! 

I should have used the "safety channel" mode where a channel is recorded 6 decibels lower than the other.

12 hours ago, IronFilm said:

You're not broadcasting this live??? Otherwise the same SDI feed that's going back to you, then you could also run a XLR line feed next to it running in the other direction to feed the cameras. I don't see any problem at all here. This is a normal way to do it. 

If it isn't being broadcast live, then just put a Tentacle Sync E / Deity TC1 / TCS Ltd USO / etc on each camera, and let that do the syncing for you in post. (plus like @Kisaha said, make sure each camera has scratch audio either from an external mic mounted on the camera itself, or the internal mics if it has that) 

We were not brocasting live. Just recording for post-editing.

TC boxes from Denecke or TCS are difficult to find here in Spain. Is easy to find Atomos (ultrasync One/Blue) and Deity.

Thank you very much

Well, I agree with everything. At my last rock concert, we used 6 cameras, and only 2 shared the same time code. The sound mixer during rehearsals tested all three of my usb drives and none were recognized by the console (mackie), so no mp3 for me. At least I take my portable recorder (Marantz pmd 661) and adjust the level, since I couldn't keep an eye on it, I put it recording in auto gain mode. Big mistake, because at the start of the concert they turned up the volume and since they didn't have limiter it clipped for almost the entire track. I only had good sound from the rf feed that I took with the G2 and in post production, the synchronization was a nightmare because the clipping prevents the synchronization by wave.

Hi everybody.

In my work I normally use multicamera in interviews with 1 Sony and 2 JVC with time code over BNC cable. But I know that it is risky to have the cameras physically linked, because of the risk that someone crosses and throws a piece of equipment when tripping. Also in live events or on stages and performances this connection is unfeasible. So what would be the recommended price-quality version of wireless TC for 3 simultaneous cameras? Deity TC-1 Kit or 3 units of tentacle E? Then another question would be that I have found it really useful to have an RF line feed from the mixing desk of the pavilion or the concert directly to the main camera, where there is no press splitter for wiring. Currently I do it with a sennheiser G2 lavalier transmitter , but the different line and mic gains and the different amplifications make it complicated.

So, is there a more profesional way to send Line RF feed, to the camera, for at least 30-40 meters away?? @BTM_Pix  @IronFilm@Kisaha @Anaconda_

Another year, I return with my traditional police Christmas video. This year a short film of a thief who climbs the walls dressed as Santa Claus, to camouflage himself as the popular Christmas decoration. Remember that it is a video that we make in which each roll is interpreted by policemen, not actors, and that the technical section this time is made up of some more members of the squad, where only 2 of us have audiovisual knowledge.

I hope it makes you laugh at least a small part of what we have laughed shooting it.

A greeting to all, and especially to Andrew.

On 12/1/2022 at 9:31 AM, Emanuel said:

Thank you... And what about their audio wireless?

I shoot this with Hollyland Lark 150 dual wireless mics. 

For the money, I think is good enough. 

On 10/30/2022 at 7:26 PM, tupp said:

What camera developments have you achieved?

I was only joking here with the character behind that project, in the same way that he did. I apologize if I have offended you. I have never developed a camera. I don't even dedicate myself full time to filmmaking. Sorry

My vote is for Cinemartin 🤪

I'm so sorry to read such bad news, Andrew. You have the full support of the filmmaker community.

21 hours ago, Django said:

Yeah we’ll like I said you can buy a GH5 new for $1400 and used for as low as $800

 

 

And don't forget those used "GH5S" now on the sub-1000 land

I like the YT channel "This guy edits" 

https://youtube.com/c/ThisGuyEdits

9 hours ago, kye said:

It does seem like a long time.

@Grimor

[Small correction] I'm getting old and my memory can't remember exactly: They were 2x12 min at 800 watts. I add a photo of one of my bags. They are very hot, you can barely touch them with your bare hands after a few minutes. It exhales a lot of water vapour, probably toxic because the smell is not like water at all. In a recent project, I put a temperature/humidity sensor with a cheap IOT module, so I can check real-time data over the internet from my smartphone all over the world and see graphs of my historical data. If someone is interested I can recover the project

23 hours ago, kye said:

Interesting.  I would have thought that the silica gel would have made the container too dry, but apparently not.

Seems like a good solution, and worth trying if humidity is a problem.

I wonder if silica gel can be dried and reused?  Maybe by putting it out in the sun on a hot day, or something similar?

I have big silica bags (1kg) I'm my gear closet. 

I usually reused every 1 or 2 month following the manufacturer instructions:

Microwave at 800watts during 15min, turn upside down and another 15min. 

This camera is not very popular here, but since firm. update v2, it has great new features:

Add the AI-based Real-time Tracking AF, and if the Touch Function is set to Tracking AF, you can use Real-time Tracking to track the subject even during manual focus

Add the Breathing Compensation for consistent angle of view when focusing

Note: Lenses that support the Breathing Compensation feature

Add the 16-bit RAW output via HDMI

Add the bokeh adjustment mode for easy adjustment while minimizing exposure changes

Add new features that support High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) dual production for SR Live

SDR Emulated Preview Display on EVF

SDR Gain Metadata Recording

Add the Picture Cache Recording function, which is also supported when shooting with S&Q Motion

Displayed the 4-channel audio level meter on the on-screen display

Add the other useful features

Note: Refer to the Help Guide for details on all updated functions.

Previous Benefits and Improvements

Adds the 100P and 120P options to the Slow & Quick Motion frame rate menu when the codec is set to RAW or RAW & XAVC-I

Fixes an issue where the EI value is not reflected correctly during playback in Cine EI mode

Improves the overall stability of the camera

Does the new server have some effect to the search function? Because the search of "Fx6" found 0 results now. I know it's a camera you don't like very much Andrew, but hope not so much to ban it fron the new server. 😂

No Glitch in the Matrix !! 

https://spectrum-brand.com/blogs/news/crash-course-to-softbox-modifiers-parabolic-lantern-rectangle-octagon-umbrella

The konica hexanon 40mm is really really sharp.

I used to use it as an anamorphic taking lens but the "dracula's coffin" bokeh is very distracting.

Wish it had more blades!

18 hours ago, PannySVHS said:

zurcir se@Grimor. Tener HD de 100mbit en el GX85 habría sido ... Bueno, habría sido el mismo HD que carece de la belleza natural que se obtiene con HD de un G6 o G7. GX85 HD se ve un poco decepcionante y frágil en comparación con esos dos. GX9, por otro lado, podría ser un ganador. ¿Alguna experiencia con el HD de 100mbit y 200mbit del GX9?

I don't have gx9 to test, but its really easy and safe to test. You will know that you are in a stealth mode when the screen does not show the recording mode and you generate those corrupted movs. 

On 12/21/2021 at 11:03 AM, AlfeoG said:

Hi all,

Please send me a small corrupted mov file (full hd 60/50p 100/50mbps) from the following cameras: g85, gx85, g90, gx8. I want to try and repair them.

Hi, we have repaired it successfully long time ago, resulting no real increase of  bitrate. So we abandoned the investigations. 

I Spanish language I really like the channel of Falco Films. Great content specially those of lighting from  the DOP Rita Noriega.