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Have two Matrox Axio LE NIB. Purchased for our HD workflow and the MXF file format. So we could go straight to the timeline. But now that the firestore will write straight to Quicktime, premiere pro is able to read them natively. So the Axio is not longer needed. Looking to sale them since...

I have a fixture that Im close to having done. And im ready to do some test wiring. I have one fulham workhorse 5 ballast and wish to wire it with two bulbs. Ive been to the fulham website and I have a nice wiring diagram on how to wire the two bulbs. Its real simple and straight forward. But I...

In my search for the best possible deal, Ive now come across two sites that are offering the base camera for as little as $1799 and the other has the camera at $1999. To me this is a steal. My question is are these prices even realistic? Or are the cameras finally coming down in price or are...

Looking to encase my kino project. Are there any shoplights that are easy to diasimble or convert to 2g11? Looking at converting this one. http://electrical.hardwarestore.com/13-38-shop-lights/tread-plate-shoplite-648400.aspx Is there a better way than this?

Im putting one together that uses the kino/case/biax types lights. they are 4pin 2g11. I trying to find a ballast that will do two fluorescents or better at 55w each. Ive done pleny of google searching. But when I break down the ones that I find they are either not for twin cfl tubes or are not...

Has anyone tried modeling a flo using the compact fluorescents? like these: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=product.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=Fluorescent+Lamp+55w&image.x=0&image.y=0 I would love to build one that uses these. Anyone...

When I have a battery installed in the back of the dvx100b the camera works fine. But if I plug in the AC adapter the camera will not come on. Am I missing something? A button?:(

Have a client that wants me to record a live event and be able to do live replays of the during the event on a imag/projector system. I can get the imag/projector setup done. But being able to do the replays is the problem. I cant think of a phesible way of doing it. Any ideas how I might go...

Equipment: One DVX100B One DVX100A Getting ready to do our first event shooting. Its a boxing event. With a mixed camera setup. We will only be shooting the ring which is very well lit. Since im sure alot of you have already done some event shooting. I was wondering what settings the community...