Recent content by David W. Jones

I looked at the new SD stuff since I was already an owner. But My primary goal at the time was a small low budget Ambisonic recording package, and I felt the F6 offered better bang for the buck. With the F6 I can use 4 channels together with my Rode NT SF1 SoundField Mic, and have a stereo pair...

With the changing work climate here I sold my larger Sound Devices / Lectro setup last month, and no longer have a cart or large heavy bag kit. The majority of the audio work I'm doing now are interviews and commercial shoots where I need to be pretty mobile. So I'm using a Lowepro ProTactic 450...

Trying to get an idea on what folks are using to manage their assets on shared servers in 2021? Think video footage, still photos, graphics, audio and the like. Years back I had a cataloging app that I could add metadata to each file for searches. Such as "sunny Day", but for the life of me I...

Not a fan of the lighting, but you can see the reflection on the refrigerator if you pause the video.

Not sure about the Parabeams. They have a larger reflector area which may need to be modified at one end. The Diva Lights are open ended.

The Parabeams do have a dimmer on the back, next to the DMX connections. If mounted on a grid a DMX controller would be a great way to dim the lights without getting a ladder out. FWIW... they put out much less heat with the LED Tube swap.

The Parabeam uses the same Biax tubes as the Diva, but puts out much more light due to the reflector design. FWIW I have re-lamped all of my Biax Diva style lights with Ushio ColourMax LED Lamps, except for the ones I use on the green screen with the 525 green tubes.

I'm not sure if Kino Flo still manufactures their 525 Green tubes to fit the older Image series. Which were great for lighting a green screen.

I have owned a pretty nice kit of C/Y lenses for some time now. Great look.

If this is a long term project with good budget, then setting up a white cyc area lit with space lights would give you the cleanest look, supplemented by lights on roller stands which could be used to fill when needed, and then rolled back for wide shots.

At my last place I didn't have the height to use space lights, so I used Chinese lanterns lamped with large CFL lights. They proved to be a good any use light. If I had it to do again in 2020/21 I would likely use COB LED Lights along the lines of a 120 or 150 fitted with something like an...

If I remember correctly the 6 lens set is $48,990

Well this is just me, but I wouldn't have the light coming from all those different angles. The moon is one large source, not 4 lights coming from different directions.

As part of my continuing retirement sale, I offer up my set of Zeiss Contax Primes. It took a long time to assemble this set, but it was well worth it. Providing the look of both Zeiss Standard Speeds, and Zeiss Super Speed cine lenses for a fraction of the cost. The mounts are all C/Y except...

The OConnor 08308 Assistant's Front Box Mount provides a mounting position for a Camera Assistant's Front Box when using the 1030, 2060, 2575 and 50-200 fluid heads. This unit is used but in fantastic like new condition. Personal DP owned and never rented out. Part of my retirement sale. Free...