Recent content by jamestmather

GEAR IS SOLD - MANY THANKS Hi there - Unfortunately owing to circumstances beyond my control (Badly let down by a buyer who kept me waiting for quite a while) I am putting my HVX kit for sale either together or seperately: 1x HVX camera with 4gb card Comes with- spare batts (6 I think) -...

Hi all, I am testing the waters, so to speak. I live in ireland but can ship everything. I would prefer to sell the lot as one but might consider splitting, depending on interest. I have the following: HVX 200 CAMERA 4gb P2 Card...

So there I am, flying to a job and drinking as much Chablis as the stewardess will shovel in to me (doncha just l o v e Business Class?) when I decide to check out the movies - Deja Vu on file - pop on the headphones, it's a pretty enjoyable romp - tony scott leaving a shot on screen for more...

Hi, First off - this is not designed to be inflammatory so don't take it in that spirit. Background to the post - I'm shooting a TV drama - four hours long - the camera discussed was a Sony 900 - I'd just completed a drama on one and found it cumbersome and as unwieldy as shooting using a...

http://www.bestadsontv.com/ad_details.php?id=3496 It just gets funnier with each viewing.

Hi there, (Apols if this has been posted but I conducted a search and found nothing about) it. I have turned off everything on the auto menu, however, the camera seems to hgave locked the AGC setting to 6db (its BLUE) - I'm on P2 - 720p - Film Camera - auto switch (on side of cam) is set to...

I have a question - for 35mm DOF adapters - is it possible to use an auto focus lens - which (as I understand it) - relays information from the camera body to the lens via contacts - and, using these contacts, construct some kind of DIY system where this could be utilised - wired off to a DIY...

Hi there, I have just ordered the HVX (arriving on Tuesday I am told) and was wondering what the best PC editing program is to import and cut on. I understand there is some compatability/codec issues with premiere but avid is okay. Any further developments on premiere compatability as I am a...

Hi there, I was wondering if anybody had used this equipment and what they thought of it. http://www.siliconimaging.com/ - go to digital cinema link and look at the 1920 HD - sounds interesting no? Has anybody independent tested this system? etc Thanks James

Hi everyone, I have just pulled a pretty heavy u turn towards the canon in favour of a hvx in my head as I'm reading worrying reports of shadow noise etc. Also the pretty impressive res charts for the canon have piqued my interest - My questions are these (and do forgive me if I am a little...

Hi there. I am curious about the micro 35 and mini 35 systems. There certainly seems to be a huge price difference between the two systems and I was wondering if they both employ the same spinning ground glass paradigm and what the overall resolution loss is between the two, in short, is the...