Another feature film on the HPX500

[smelni]

Check out this preliminary page I put up for a feature film I just shot with the HPX500 - lots of locations. The camera once again performed like a charm. 25 hours of footage and no issues.

check it out here:

http://www.slmproduction.com/mainsite/2007/09/driven_feature_film_starring_w_1.html

[pathfinder]

NICE...Smelni. You got me all excited. I'm on my way to Thailand to shoot a feature in late Sept. with the 500 as well.

Two questions I like to ask if you don't mind:

1. How do you archive your footages on location/set?
2. How big of a budget did you guys have to be able to get some of the veteran actors in there? Particularly this one?

Looking forward to your finished feature.

Samuel M. Lee

[dougspice]

Heh, I sure wasn't expecting to see Ryan Hurst's face there! I've worked a bunch with Ryan. Congrats on the film!

[Brandon Rice]

William Devane... wow! Nice... looks good.

[Erik Olson]

Did you experience any vignetting with the three stage Cavision mattebox? Looks like a MB4169H3?

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[smelni]

NICE...Smelni. You got me all excited. I'm on my way to Thailand to shoot a feature in late Sept. with the 500 as well.

Two questions I like to ask if you don't mind:

1. How do you archive your footages on location/set?
2. How big of a budget did you guys have to be able to get some of the veteran actors in there? Particularly this one?

Looking forward to your finished feature.

Samuel M. Lee


1 - on set we copy each card to 3 hard drives via a laptop - we have a 2nd 2nd AC who does that. THere is a log to keep track of where each card is copied to - and until its copied to at least 2 locations we cannot reuse the card. With 4 16 gig cards we never had to wait for a card even shooting 1080
2- Unfortunately I cannot release any information about budgets.

[smelni]

Did you experience any vignetting with the three stage Cavision mattebox? Looks like a MB4169H3?

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None whatesoever even at the widest - the only issue with the mattebox is making sure the rotating stage doesnt hit the lens. Also I needed to remove the screw on UV filter from the lens when we had filters in to prevent internal reflections.

[Erik Olson]

Was the screw-on UV an 82mm thread / 85mm OD type? We recommend against having any filters stacked behind the mattebox rough opening for vignette.

I'm surprised you'd get reflections if the rubber 120mm - 85mm donut was parked against the UV filter instead of the HVX front element (of the same 85mm OD.

Odd, but certainly not impossible.

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[smelni]

vignetting is not an issue so we keep the UV filter on at all times except when we place a filter in (for lens protection)

the reflection happens and can be subtle and easy to miss - but its there very often once a filter is in the matte - basically light bounces between the UV and the matte filter

[Erik Olson]

Do you have Cavision's plastic nesting split-ring reducers or the single 120-85mm rubber donut?

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[smelni]

rubber donut

[ROKOKO]

William Devane is one of my favourite actors. Highly underrate and sadly under used these days. If you have a way of contacting him for projects, let me know. I'd be very interested in working with him at some stage.